Rockman / Mega Man Series is a general word of serial games starting with “Rockman” that is an action game for Family Computer sold since December 17, 1987, by CAPCOM.
This game takes place in a near future with human and robots living together!
Throughout the whole series, the common thing is that the super robot created by Dr. Light called “Rockman” fights for the world piece in the story. The story and the characters are so popular among fans.
However, I still think that “Rockman” is a very interesting game not only in terms of characters of course but also in terms of its system!
The game stage has 2 kinds: the one which you can choose and master in a free order and the one which you can follow a certain order.
Most Bosses in the game are set to get a big damage with specified special weapons, so the order of the stage is very important!!
Bosses appearing in the selected stages are very strongly characteristic.
Each character has an appearance symbolizing the character’s skill.
It tends to be very tough to smash them, but once you could, you will be able to gain a special weapon which is related to the skill the Boss has.
The system that you can choose which stage you like and the boss’s weapons you fall down can be taken is what you can see only in Rockman, and is succeeded through the series.
Other than that, we have some parts unchanged throughout the series, such as an “Energy Can” to recover the physical power which is well known in this game as E Can, and also some life energy items etc. during the stage. (E Can is a very important item in the Rockman series which even appears in a song about the boss, too strong to defeat. The song name is Airman ga Taosenai, or “I cannot Defeat Airman”!)
Among Rockman / Mega Man Series that people loves for a long period, my most favorite one is “Rockman2: Dr. Wily no Nazo”.
I think this work has confirmed what the Rockman is because normal users’ ideas were wanted for new Bosses appearing in the game, and E Can and the energy items as mentioned earlier appeared since this work!
When I played at my first time, it was so difficult and was moaning not to be able to smash the 8 Bosses. However, as we give it a try to play again and again, the stage structure, the setting of enemies, and the attacking pattern of Bosses are getting clear.
I am sure that you will be into the game because the action will get better and better if you get more knowledge!
The player’s knowledge and experience can be directly reflected in the game, which makes feel worth playing a lot.
Also, each stage’s difficult point in Rockman 2 always has a service point where enemies are coming out endlessly. If you smash them all coming to you endlessly, you can gain Rockman’s remaining machines (or, the remaining characters of the player).
- Even if players make mistakes and let characters die, you can still restart the game as long as you have the remaining characters; therefore the number of the remaining characters is important.
I was so surprised and moved when I noticed the wonderful trick! This game has been made with full of the kindness of the production team!
Please play the Rockman Series★