How to not look like an idiot in Mega Man 9

Well done Anthony!!

Agreed 100% I've nearly beat this thing. I realize now that I personally have to use about 2 or 3 E-Tanks just to get me through Wily's boss fight. That said, I also realize the I can't, and won't, be using any on my way to him. If I were really excellent at this though, I wouldn't need any, because its totally possible to do without them.

Very good guide. Pitted the humour and informativeness just right.

that has to be the best way to describe megaman to strangers who dont understand.

@Rev

Holy shit, I had the same idea for a video but in the opposite direction. I think I'll get on this tonight :)

Shit son, it has been a minute. Your explicative vocabulary is well suited...

I loved the clip from Mega Man 8 at the end.

Why were you using the magnet blocks to get to that E-Tank? You have a thing called Rush Coil, use it.

E-Tanks are worthless. The only reason to use them is if you're doing one of the challenges that requires special weapons(Like Bust a Move or Encore) and you need to get weapon energy back with an M-Tank. Otherwise, using E-Tanks is fail.

Also, nearly every single problem in the levels can be solved by running forwards constantly. These levels were designed to be done on speed-run, and it's pretty obvious once you start doing them a bunch.


All that being said, a good video. You really did sum up Megaman's action pretty well in the beginning there.

Wily's fortress pisses me off.

Sweet video, Rev! I should give the demo a shot to see if I can even beat that...

Perhaps that's why I don't find Mega Man 2 to be difficult at all any more. I've been through the game so many times, I know exactly where everything is and how to get through with minimal frustration/embarrassment.

You'd think a doctor of his intelligence would be able to speak a wittle bettah.

Man, I worried about this video UNTIL you said "E-Tanks are for pussies". Truly great vid, made only more awesome by the ridiculous MM8 sound clip.

Anthony, do like and/or appreciate 8 bit Mega Man games since playing 9? If so have you tried the gem of MM2 as a result?

Great video, and the ending cracked me up too.

I do terribly with games like this because normally I don't have the patience to play through the same goddamn level ten times trying to learn patterns. I might give it a shot though, just to say I've played it.

Who slowed down Yahtzee's voice?

Check out mega man 2 on VC (or on your NES). It's one of the best Mega man games out there.
Also.. I haven't found this game more difficult than most other Mega Man games. Yeah it's a little tough but that just makes you a better gamer...

Memorizing boss attack patterns and circumventing them is a staple of a lot of gaming franchises.

I bought this game two days ago and got to the final battle in under two hours using no E-tanks. As I was watching this video, I realised I was not its target audience.

The bit about needing strategy instead of reflexes is an interesting one, in that I finished most levels without continuing. Perhaps it was because I played the first three NES Mega Man's to death and knew what to expect, but memorization wasn't the problem for me, I died more often from an incorrect jump than from not knowing that an enemy was going to jump out at me.

Excellent!
Can't wait for this to hit XBLA.

Part 1 summary: Shoot the crap.

@Samit, for some inexplicable reason they chose Concrete Man as the demo level, which should by no means be tried first, so don't feel bad about not being able to complete it. I can't and I'm half way through the game :S

I want this because the 8-bit Mega Mans and X are the best but I'm stuck with Duke Nukem and Rock Band 2 right now.

I really like to criticize stuff, but this was a pretty good video! Want moar!

this just shows that you don't know how to play Mega Man though. for example that part were your saying not to go for that E-Tank and screws. Well you don't have to jump to that high area of platforms just jump over and then use R.Coil which you have from the start of the game to jump up there.

the biggest part of mega man is knowing how and when to use your special weapons along with memory.

Bravo, sir. Bravo.