[Playthrough]Mega Man 2[Complete]

[Bou]

Okay... To explain the first two episodes, they were originally done on Mega Man Anniversary Collection, which the default difficulty (Normal) is actually Japan's Normal, which is the US Hard mode, hence the trouble I seemed to have, since I was able to get an emulator working with the game, I'm playing the US NES version, where the difficulty is actually Normal and not Hard. XD But yeah... Here we go!

Also, a small note, most, if not all, of my Mega Man video titles are references to songs. Its up to you to figure them out... I'm aware most will use Google though.

The Story: Following Dr. Wily's first defeat at the hands of Mega Man, the vengeful scientist constructs eight new robots to counter the Blue Bomber. Mega Man heads out to the field again to stop the evil desires of Dr. Wily.
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Episode 01: Jumpin' Jack Flash
After. Dr. Wily's previous defeat, he made eight of his own Robot Masters to counter the creation of Dr. Light known as Mega Man and attain his place as ruler of the world. Well, not if Mega Man has anything to say about it that is. So, for his first opponent he tangles with Flash Man in the slippery ice-like stages. I, hate, ice levels. They screw me over so bad.



Episode 02: Be Quick Or Be Dead

After the defeat of Flash Man, Mega Man decides to head off and challenge Quick Man, where he must overcome lasers of death and then, the quickest of the quick himself, Quick Man. And this is a reason why I shouldn't record within an hour of waking up. First half of the stage went okay, I guess, but the second half was just blah. Especially the last enemy of the stage respawning when I was just barely out of his path. I also used the E-Tank I grabbed during the stage during the Quick Man fight. He doesn't mess around on Japan Normal difficulty eh?



Episode 03: Iron, Steel, Metal

A quick note: I'm back to using an emulator for this. And apologies for the sound distortions early on and near the end, they don't interfere with the quality of the video, but I still apologize for them. In the future I'll try to avoid having them.

After defeating Quick Man, Mega Man heads off to the factory where Metal Man can be located, having to make his way through conveyor belts of doom, falling platforms, drills, and other assortment of enemies before finally reaching him to have their showdown. I know a lot of people consider Metal Man to be easy, and I can see why, his pattern is pretty easy to read, however, I have the hardest time with him. I believe its the conveyor belt that messes me up, I'm not quite sure, but yeah. I'm surprised I was able to get him in one go, barely, but still.



Episode 04: Bubble Pop

After barely walking away from the Metal Man fight, Mega Man heads off to where Bubble Man has been causing trouble to engage in the Robot Master who even Dr. Wily laughed at, due to his inability to walk. That's just cruel Dr. Wily, laughing at your own creation. You're the reason he can't walk! Just work on him some more!

Bubble Man isn't too hard. Okay, he isn't hard at all, unless you're new to the games of course. Maybe? Eh, anyway... I take a couple of hits, but overall, Bubble Man goes down easy. Bet Mega Man is glad it wasn't another throw down.

[Mistah Showtime]

Those are a lot quicker than I remember them being. XD I liked the MM games, but I wasn't very good at them. lol I always enjoyed the different powerups you could get from beating each boss. Pretty good fights I think, challenging too. Well, except Bubble Man......poor guy.

[Bou]

Episode 05: Up In The Air

After taking out Bubble Man, Mega Man takes to the skies to take on the one who cannot be defeated: Air Man. (Running joke among the Mega Man community)

Pretty standard stage. The bigger enemies disappearing towards the end was an NES thing, sprite limitations, so, the game removed a sprite to keep it running smoothly. As for the battle with Air Man, its been a while since I've fought him, so I was a little rusty with it, but overall, it went okay.



Episode 06: Crash Test

After somehow defeating the one who can't be defeated (so much that he even has his own song about it!) Mega Man heads off to... Wherever the hell Crash Man is!

Let me make this perfectly clear, right here, right now... I hate this stage. Very much. It annoys me. It pisses me off. It does everything it can, but not enough to make me quit. Its that evil. Haha. I also hate Crash Man, I was trying to buster him but he wouldn't cooperate. So I had to Air Shot him. T_T



Episode 07: In The Heat Of The Night

After defeating the annoying Crash Man, Mega Man heads off to the... fire caverns? Something? Wherever Heat Man is to take out the zippo lighter.

The stage itself, with Item 2, isn't too bad, though, there are a couple of sticky spots before that area. All in all, the stage didn't give me too much trouble, however, Heat Man did, I couldn't lock him in a pattern. Not sure if its due to being rusty or being tired during the time of recording but yeah.



Episode 08: Knock On Wood

After going to hell and back, though not literally, Mega Man heads off to the forest area to deal with the wooden man made of steel... Wood Man.

Stage itself isn't too bad, you can pretty much run through the first half. Hah. The dogs aren't too bad but it has been a while for me that I forgot proper placements on where to jump and shoot. Took some hits but overall a quick run.

[Mistah Showtime]

Those were some pretty quick runs. I don't remember the bosses being that easy though. lol You made pretty quick work of all of them. You definitely know their weaknesses since it only took like 1-3 hits to beat them. Now for Wily's Lab!

[Bou]

lol, yeah, weaknesses do a ton in this game. Hell, look at Wood Man, a fully charged Atomic Heat destroys him in one hit. XD



Episode 09: The Dragon's Flight Across The Waves

After defeating the 8 Robot Masters and sending them crying back to their master, Mega Man follows them and heads off to Wily's Fortress, tackling the first area just to get into the place.

I hate this stage. I really do. Its not too bad until you get to the Item-1 ladder crossing, thing. I hate that. The person who thought of that idea should die in a fire. The dragon is a pushover with the Quick Boomerang but the platforming part might be a little tricky.

[Mistah Showtime]

That did look tough trying to get to that ladder on the far side. You look like you didn't have any trouble with the rest of the stage, especially the dragon. It seemed really easy to be so far into the game. Just keep shooting with the boomerangs and it's a quick victory. lol You sure made it look that way at least.

[Bou]

Episode 10: El Pico

Note: I admit the song title is stretching it a little, but the bosses name is Picopico-kun so... it kind of works? Maybe? I don't know but anyway...

After Mega Man blasted his way through the defenses outside the tower, scaled it, and took out the Mecha Dragon, he heads into the fortress now where more diabolical traps and enemies await him.

As he makes his way through, he falls into a room with a unique security system that Dr. Wily apparently borrowed from Dr. Light, running into something similar when he encountered it during a break-in in the past.

Small note, after the stage, I accidentally hit load state, instead of saving it so... I had to go through the stage again. Fun times, I tell you what. XD

[Mistah Showtime]

You made that security system look rather easy. Seems like a pretty quick stage. I'm sure if you don't fall in the right direction that those spikes can be a hassle though.

[Bou]

Episode 11: Bulldozer

Can't get anymore simple with a song title than that, huh? Hah. Oh well, its from Machine Head, so all is good, I think. Anyway...

After fighting his way past more security, Mega Man emerges into the third area of Wily's fortress. Quite an unguarded area too, though, it is littered with instant death spikes.

At the end of all of it is a Guts Man inspired boss called the Guts Dozer. Who, like the Mecha Dragon, can be absolutely raped with the Quick Boomerang.

And a small note, am I the only one who thought this should have been Wily Stage 2, or even Wily Stage 1? Its so easy compared to the other two.

[Mistah Showtime]

Talk about a simple stage. XD Dodge spikes, spam boomerangs, DONE! lol I'm sure it may take some practice getting the spike pattern down though since they are instant death with a single touch. That stage was just friggin quick. I agreee, it should have been first. Looked far too easy for this late in the game.

[Bou]

Mega Man must have blown a hole in the floor and went through the waterways or something. XD "Fuck this place, I'm going through the floor." XD



Episode 12: Mind Trap

After blasting his way further into Wily's fortress and taking out the Guts Dozer, Mega Man heads even deeper, getting closer and closer to Dr. Wily, but the further he goes, the more he has to put up with.

I hate this stage. Well, no, let me rephrase that. I hate the boss at the end of this stage. The stage itself isn't too bad, except for the invisible/fake floor tiles, especially the one over the spike pit. The real annoyance to me comes towards the end with the Mech-riding Joes.

The boss though the Boobeam Trap, or the Buebeam Trap, whichever spelling you want to use, I hate. I like the strategy involved with it. How it makes you think on how best to take them out, since you can only use the Crash Bomb a total of 7 times.

Most people destroy the walls and purposely die to refill their energy through the stage but not me! No no! I make use of my items and my energy tanks. I can't believe I used 2 tanks here. Blah. I was wanting at least 3 for the showdown with Wily. Oh well.

[Mistah Showtime]

That stage did look kinda simple, though I can see there is some strategy involved when around those spikes. I can see how annoying that laser boss can be. It looked like a pain, so it's certainly understandable why you had to use 2 of the sub tanks. Everything flashing and disappearing at moments didn't help I'm sure. But, at least it's over with. Now on to Wily!

[Bou]

Episode 13: Adrenaline Rush MKII

After bombing his way out of the Boobeam/Buebeam Trap room, Mega finally reaches Dr. Wily, however, before he can get to him, he must face all 8 previous Robot Masters, who are Wily's last true line of defense.

I hope no one minds that this video is just the Boss Rush, the Wily battles will come later. Small note, I love that Metal Man is weak to his own weapon... It makes me very happy, considering I dislike fighting him with just the buster.

And to explain the "Mark II" of the title. Since this is Mega Man 2, therefore the second boss rush, I thought it would fit. Maybe?

[Bou]

And.. This is it! I hope you have enjoyed it.



Final Episode: For Whom The Bell Tolls MKII

After dealing with the 8 Robot Masters again, Mega Man heads into the final teleporter where he is confronted by Dr. Wily in his Wily Machine 2, which the first form is ludicrously easy.

Fully charged Atomic Heat will do the first form in. However, the second form is a little more tricky, since the energy balls he does now bounce in a formation, they are a little trickier to dodge. Metal Blade for the second form.

After the defeat of the Wily Machine 2, Dr. Wily runs off into an underground area and Mega Man gives chase. The boss fight here is kind of easy. The pattern is easy, but the thing hits pretty hard, and he will get a lucky shot in here or there. Only weapon that can damage him is the Bubble Lead (it shorts the circuits of the machine) while everything else heals him.

Oh, and please watch the entire video. Added a silly little "PSA" at the end. Hah. Taken from one of the attempts on the Alien.

[Mistah Showtime]

You friggin smoked through all those robot masters. That looked way too easy. XD All the fights looked fairly easy in those last two vids. You only had to use 1 sub-tank and fought 10 different bosses? That's pretty impressive. It only took like 7 minutes to really run through them all as well. Insanely fast I tell you! I bet touching the alien irked you a bit. No telling how much life that could take off considering how much damage it did there. I wonder if it's instant death? Anyway, had fun watching these. Always been interested in Mega Man, just never really picked up the games and played them. At least I understand the story a little bit more now.