Mega Man 2
89PurrfectSadkitty Score
92KitSuperintelligent review
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In the year 200X, a super robot named Mega Man was created. Dr. Light created Mega Man to stop the evil desires of Dr. Wily. However, after his defeat, Dr. Wily created eight of his own robots to counter Mega Man.
Kit's verdict · 9.2/10
The series at its peak, with a soundtrack people still hum and boss order you choose yourself.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Weapon-stealing rock-paper-scissors is brilliant
- Legendary soundtrack
- Password system and an easier Normal mode
Not so much
- Some weapons are wildly overpowered
- Quick Man's laser corridors are cheap
Play it if anyone who loves precise action platformers and great chiptune music.
Skip it if players who get frustrated by instant-death spikes and pits.
Cheats & codes
Every Mega Man 2 cheat we know
All eight Robot Masters beaten with four Energy Tanks, ready for Dr. Wily's castle.NES · Place the red dots on these grid squares on the password screen.
Single-player only. Cheats can turn off achievements and some saves; use them on a spare save.
Tips
Play it better
- Start with Air Man or Metal Man; the Metal Blade is cheap to fire, shoots in eight directions and wrecks most of the game.
- Bubble Lead wrecks Heat Man, Leaf Shield beats Air Man, Air Shooter beats Crash Man, and only Crash Bomber hurts Wily's Boobeam Trap.
- Flash Man's Time Stopper freezes the deadly lasers in Quick Man's stage while you drop through them.
- Item-2, the jet sled, is the fastest way across Crash Man's and Wily's long gaps.
- The Boobeam Trap fight needs exactly enough Crash Bomber ammo, so don't waste any on the way.
- Fill Energy Tanks before Wily's castle; the password system remembers up to four.
Secrets & unlockables
Hidden in plain sight
Tap a secret to reveal it.
Did you know?
Trivia
- Capcom let the team make it on their own time after the first game sold modestly, alongside other projects.
- It's the best-selling original NES Mega Man game, at over 1.5 million copies.
- Takashi Tateishi composed most of the soundtrack.
- The Robot Masters came from fan-submitted design ideas.
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