Mega Man 6
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 My scheme for world domination has faild!" — Mr. X (Dr. Wily)
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Mega Man 6, also known as Rockman 6: Shijo Saidai no Tatakai!! in Japan, is an action, adventure, third-person shooting, platform, side-scrolling video game created by Capcom and published by Nintendo on November 5, 1993, for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America and the Famicom in Japan. It was the sequel to Mega Man 5 and is the sixth (and original final) game in the Mega Man series, and was later followed by Mega Man 7. The game was later re-released on PlayStation, PC, and mobile phones. It is also the last Mega Man game released for the NES.
Plot
Mega Man 6's story takes place after the events of Mega Man 5. To counter Dr. Wily's repeated attacks, the Global Robot Alliance was formed, and one year later the "First Annual Robot Tournament" is held in order to determine the world's strongest peacekeeping robot. The tournament is hosted by a man known only as "Mr. X", the leader of the mysterious "X Foundation" and many strong robots participate. Dr. Light, a pacifist, decides not to enter the competition, but sends the robotic hero Mega Man to supervise it. Before the event can begin, however, Mr. X announces that he has reprogrammed eight of the strongest contestants to do his bidding in taking over the world: Blizzard Man, Centaur Man, Flame Man, Knight Man, Plant Man, Tomahawk Man, Wind Man, and Yamato Man, and tells Mega Man he had been manipulating Dr. Wily from the beginning. Following this, Mega Man and Rush set out to put an end to Mr. X's plan. Mega Man destroys the eight Robot Masters, then makes his way to Mr. X's fortress. The villain is beaten and quickly reveals himself as none other than a disguised Dr. Wily. The evil scientist flees to a new fortress stronghold where Mega Man pursues and defeats him again. The game ends with Dr. Wily finally brought to justice and sent to prison.
Why It Rocks
- Simple but fun story, where Mr. X holds a robot tournament and reprograms eight of the strongest Robot Masters for evil, forcing Mega Man to defeat them.
- Great graphics, especially for their time.
- Balance difficulty, not too easy, not too hard.
- Solid controls, as expected for a Mega Man game.
- Fantastic soundtrack, including Blizzard Man's theme, Yamato Man's theme, the bosses' theme, Mr. X and Dr. Wily stage themes, and the final boss theme.
- Great levels with their own them based on that area.
- A whole host of new Robot Masters to defeat with unique themes and great designs, like Yamato Man, Knight Man and Centaur Man.
- Much like the previous five installments, when you defeat a boss, you can steal and use their abilities, and, for the first time ever, Mega Man actually showcases what the weapons do during the "Weapon Get" screen.
- Creative and fun bosses.
- Tons of new weapons to play with, including the Silver Tomahawk, the Flame Blast and the Centaur Flash.
- Rush is used in a different way compared to the previous games. He now transforms into a suit for Mega Man to use, with Jet Mega Man having a jet pack to cross pits and Power Mega Man having a chargeable punch that can destroy certain blocks.
- The final battle against Wily Machine 6 is challenging and epic.
- The North America cover is a huge improvement over the first five Mega Man games North America cover art.
Bad Qualities
- It's very predictable at this point that Dr. Wily is the main antagonist, and he does a very poor job of disguising himself as "Mr. X".
- Beat no longer attacks bosses (it could be considered a positive due to it being able to cheese certain bosses last game).
- For some reason, the game is never released in the Europe.
Trivia
- Mega Man 6 was originally meant to be the final installment of the series, with Mega Man arresting Dr. Wily, but Capcom wanted to continue the series judging from the "To Be Continued" message after the credits.
- This is the first main Mega Man game where Mega Man speaks.
- This is the only game in the classic Mega Man series to have Robot Masters designed by non-Japanese people, as two of the game's Robot Masters, Wind Man and Knight Man, were designed by Michael Leader from Virginia and Daniel Vallée from Canada, respectively, who were the winners of a Robot Master design contest held by Nintendo Power, making it the only game which held a Robot Master design contest outside of Japan.
Reception
Mega Man 6 has enjoyed a lot of praise over the years by fans and critics alike.
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