Favorite Battle Network?

Chink lan isn't real

3, bubbleman and flameman arcs are niggery though. and flameman looks retarded. i laughed when bass atomized him

>>715409420 (OP)
I think I remember liking 3 the most. I can't remember if I played 5 or 6

Mayl

>>715410571
You've got Mayl

>>715410679
As my wife!

>>715409420 (OP)
3 and 5

>>715409420 (OP)
3, with 6 and 2 taking the silver and bronze.

>>715409420 (OP)
It was my first BN game, got it without knowing what to expect and became one of my favorite gamecube games. I've only played the first of the traditional ones lol.

Why did they cuck the hell out of Zero in this part of the series? This is not even funny anymore.

>>715409420 (OP)

>>715412308
I rented this from blockbuster once, its fucking hard, that being said my only experience with Megaman before hand was the DiC Cartoon and the NT Warrior anime, so I did NOT know what ballbusting gameplay the sidescrollers had.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8RPO87vSc

>>715409420 (OP)
All of them!

>>715412358
Because the Proto Man in MMBN is effectively already Proto Man + Zero, so the Zero we got is some faggy one-off boss fight in a spinoff.

3 being people's favorite must be a fucking meme. I'm so FUCKING bored.

>>715409420 (OP)
5 for story, 6 for gameplay and designs.

>hurr hurr i digitized man's evil and am going to poz the internet with it

bn5 was so fucking stupid it cycled all the back to being genuinely entertaining to me

>>715409420 (OP)
how many of you played that mobile harry potter card game made by Chinese (i think) it really feel like battle network but better

I have a soft spot for the original.

>>715414925
5 is a fun story, but only in Team Protoman. It's not nearly as impactful when Lan is spending most of the game with a total stranger.
Like this scene.
https://x.com/RockmanEXEZone/status/1918136014977319067
A great bit of drama, and then you get the reveal that Chaud is personally giving you Protoman, and you get more of a sense of what a trusting gesture that is when you've been with these guys for 5 games.

5
Liberation missions rock.
Being able to scale the viruses up and down is great.
Giving souls more specific quirks that emphasize being built around was just the shift souls needed.
Chaos souls allowing us to play with darkchips just a bit was brilliant.
Nebula Gray is an incredible final boss.

>>715416993
>Being able to scale the viruses up and down is great.
it's shit and greatly limits the chips you get when playing through the game since you don't encounter any v2 or v3 versions of viruses

i didn't like that wily lobotomized regal just to go back on his own bullshit in the next game

>>715418193
He redeemed himself.

Shanghai

6 as a game
4 for the fuck up tally Let's Play

>>715414925
I don't know if the anime's Dimensional Area came first, but digitizing people definitely popped up a few times. Not a stretch for Regal to do EEEEVIIIIIILLLL stuff when Lan's dad did full Digimon-style world merging.

>>715414925
I fucking love how retarded regal is. Shame he got bonked and forgot how cool he was. I bet his daddy was disappointed

>>715420819
Sexo

>>715417168
>since you don't encounter any v2 or v3 versions of viruses
You're thinking of 4.

>>715421305
5 as well. You don't get the next tier of virus chips till post game in 5.

post 5head

>>715422290
WHAT DID YOU SAY?

>>715422527
post sexy 6head

pedophile thread

>>715422580
BN is too cool for you fags to derail all of our threads

>>715422540

>>715409420 (OP)
Megaman Battle Network 3 Blue Version™

>>715415987
They should have made a game where you play as Chad/Protoman
sigh

>>715409420 (OP)
I just finished Battle Network 2, I'm still not convinced I'm going to like the series on the whole. There are stretches of the first two games that are good and I think the combat carries it a long way even if it's not perfect, but it can be such a chore to play at times. It really feels like the developers feel an obligation to make sure you're regularly playing Lan even if they have no idea what to do with him, so it just results in uninteresting shit like the random obstacles leading up to the campsite before Quick Man or the regular occurrence of having to go all over the world for fetch quests. The Freeze Man part of the game was the absolute worst for that and even the parts where you play Mega Man weren't spared from being a tedious fetch quest. There wasn't even a new dungeon to make up for it.

Also, while the deckbuilding is obviously a big part of the game and has some appeal, it feels kind of bad to just draw into something that'll instantly clear an encounter, even though that's what you're meant to do. It's fun to dodge attacks and actually feel like you have to land a shot, so being able to clear encounters before the enemy can do anything can feel a bit unsatisfying in a way. I still intend to play the later games, but I hope there's a lot less parts like with Freeze Man and more that are like the Knight Man part of the game or the condominium at the end.

>>715424297

>>715423856
Freeze Man is the worst part of what I call the "good trilogy", that being 2, 3, and 6.
5 is still a good game, it just doesn't reach those same heights.
4, no one would blame you if you end up skipping it.

>>715422739
>>715424297
>>715424463
Modern Crapcom would never. God I want a new battle network game so bad...

>>715425414

>>715425732

>>715409420 (OP)
2

>>715411573
Kek

>>715411573
OOF

3 is the best but I feel like that's by its gameplay mechanics. 2 felt like a more complete package, even if the gameplay was still evolving.

>>715422527
I saw the whole picture of this. Kind of 'eh'.

>1
not really a contender
>2
got stuck on that scavenger hunt (you have to jack into the grill?)
>3
got stuck on the invisible paper cranes (I knew what paper cranes meant in japanese culture but they were fucking invisible)
>4
mediocre, also youre stuck on tier 1 chips for your 1st playthrough
>5
much better but it still locks you to tier 1 chips on your first run
>6
pathetically easy

>>715409420 (OP)
Exe. 3, the Black version. The entire series is great, but man I love 3.

>>715409420 (OP)
Only played 1 and 2 at this moment, can't wait for 3
I think I preferred 1 when playing 2, but over time I came to prefer 2

>>715422974
That honestly would've been the way to go for more games in the series. Make him the MC, and the story is more detective/investigator like his job is supposed to be. JamesBond.Exe.

>>715425414
>would never
They had every chance to remove that from the collection but kept it all in unchanged.
They were praised for not butchering a rerelease like so many others do.

>>715415987
>>715416993
Based 5cha(u)ds
the only people that dislike 5 are scrubs that can't build decent folders

>>715409420 (OP)
Definitely 3. Strongest story, good heart.
Also Mayl belongs to Lan's hung shota cock.

3 > 6 > 5 (if you like liberation missions) > 2 > 4 > 5 (if you don't like liberation missions) > 1

according to critical reviews, 1>2>3>4>5>6, which is so fucking stupid I can't wrap my head around it. "DURR IT'S NOT CREATIVE ANYMORE" Fuck off the gameplay got better

Battle chip challenge was mediocre

I did not play network transmission

>>715409420 (OP)
3, the post-game is simply way too kino to put anything else above it

>>715409420 (OP)
1-4 are varying degrees of shit, especially 1 and 4
5 has the best campaign
6 has better mechanics but they are ultimately underutilized
So 5 is best for me.

I'll throw in that SF3 has the best story of both series followed by SF1, shame it got deleted the second it became mechanically good

>>715409420 (OP)
6>3>2>1>5>4

Ms. Mari is best girl

>>715410820
>Worst girls from each series
Impressively bad picture

>>715410820
For me it's the forehead gremlin.

Reminder that Luna > Misora
I am gay so this opinion is not biased and 100% based on their character

>>715409420 (OP)
2 and 6

I have a soft spot for the first 2, I played them on a GBA emulator when I was a wee lad, during winter, I used to wake up and jump on my old windows 98 pc to play all day. Comfy times.

>>715438020
Can't I like both of them equally?

Bought the first collection since I missed the first two games. And I still buy need to buy Vol 2 even though I played them all.

>>715442830
Should've just emulated 2 then since the first game isn't worth paying money for.

What's the point of embedding images if they aren't you know what?

I'm playing in order. I'm almost done with 1. The internet is a piece of fucking shit. Who thought this was a good idea. Who made this.

>>715443454
1 was basically a tech demo. There wasn't really anything like it beforehand.

>>715443454
Kids were different back in the day. They had maybe 1 new game every other month. A miserable slog of an overworld was a plus since it made the game last longer.

>>715443547
I really appreciate everything the game does but the dungeon layouts are fucking horrendous. Do the rest mitigate this issue in some capacity? A minimap would go a long way.

>>715443619
The later games have MUCH better internet layouts. Things are more uniquely laid out, and regions have unique theming, so its harder to get lost. No minimap, though.

>>715443395
Fucking hell man. How do I check if anything ive saved from here has embedded shit?

>>715443738
Well I'll see how far I make it before I whip out the pngs if I do eventually. I played 1 without looking anything up until, as I read, the game expects you to get to internet 8 without a map. No fucking way.
Which version should I play when they start making blue and red ones

>>715443773
i think it's just the file name

>>715443773
Download the extension that lets you see embedded shit.

>>715443773
I was curious about how they worked, if it's how it used to be then I think the images themselves are fine, they have some sort of reference to an off-site host so at worst they contain a link but no actual content.

>>715443773
They aren't embedded. 4chan removed all metadata and embedded shit after sink gate. What people are calling embedded is an extension like PEE (png extra embed) or third eye which just checks to see if a filename is the same as a boroo filename and shows the boroo filename. So no "real" stuff just glorified boroo links

Speaking of embedding, does anyone know why it stopped in Opera? it used to work but it stopped months ago and I never figured out why. Had to swap browsers for 4chan use because of it.

>>715444121
>which just checks to see if a filename is the same as a boroo filename
Explain this then.

>>715444461
Which extension? There must be a new method which I am curious to see

Probably mentioned before but I SIGNIFICANTLY hate how BN1-3 and BN4-6 don't really reference each other. I think it had something to do with the writers iirc that they got the anime writers on 4-6 which is why the bad guys act more in line from the anime but it bugs the shit outta me.

Nobody even really talks about the anime anyways. Is it medabots good or kinda meh? dont think it ever gets as dark as the games though.

>>715444592
>new
It's lolipiss, and it was around for like 2-3 years.

>>715410474
>I think I remember...
stop giving out opinions based on what you played when you were 7 and replay the games before speaking, maggot

>>715444642
>Nobody even really talks about the anime anyways
In what world do you live in? It is talked about VERY frequently. If you can stomach kodomo shows it is legitimately one of the better kodomo shows

>>715444461
that's odd, can't see em despite script. Settings wrong?

>>715443454
For all the complaints about BN1's internet, there is one thing I like about it.
It serves as the game's overarching "super dungeon", in that the full extent of it becomes accessible fairly early in the game, and you're encouraged to go explore it to find the shops, the unique mystery data, and the the rare viruses and battle chips. It does however mean that a very large chunk of the internet is completely optional to just beating the main game.

That's as compared to the rest of the series, where nearly the entire internet is progression gated and required for story progression in some way.

>>715444749
Oh yeah lolipiss. I uninstalled I didn't see any for a year straight. I forget how it works and googling "4chan lolipiss" isn't exactly being helpful

>>715444776
oh just here haha

>>715444461
The pics behind the eye are uploaded to catbox and that's where the extension pulls the data but I don't know where it's being embedded exactly
>t. looked at the git repository for like 10 minutes but can't be assed to reverse engineer more of it

>>715444992
Googling "lolipiss extension" works for me. Just download the latest version in the git and it should work

>>715445213
I think there is a place file ames gets manually added which is referenced

>>715445484
Not him but Google is only showing me lolisafe please spoonfeed

>>715445826

>>715445880
Is this different from the stuff linked on the ecker?

>>715409420 (OP)
With all the advancements in AI technology going on, how long do we have until we get irl net navis?

>>715409420 (OP)
2 or 3 probably but honestly I need to do a full series replay to really see what my opinion is. Probably with retro achievements as motivation

>>715409420 (OP)
6 but I like replaying all of them except for BN1. Can't stand how basic the combat is.

>>715446217
Once they stop wasting resources on limiting them and instead find ways of improving memory retention.
Seriously most feel like they have their own line of thought and have a whole other ai running silently, ready to gag them as soon as it shows any personality.

>>715446182
I have no idea what that is.

>>715425414
>Modern Crapcom would never
Correct
>God I want a new battle network game so bad...
Why? You just said modern Crapcom would never. They would make it sterile for the feminist modern audience.

Lan Hikari and MegaMan.EXE frotting

>>715446761
you're looking for the ape escape thread bro
easy mistake

It started with a garage sale.
I was out on a humid Saturday morning, just poking through old junk in my neighborhood. I wasn’t expecting anything special, maybe a scratched DVD or a dusty action figure, but as I was about to leave one particular sale, something caught my eye in a cardboard box of video games.
It was a black Game Boy Advance cartridge. Not the standard gray, but pitch black, like obsidian. It didn’t have a proper label, just a piece of peeling tape with "Mega Man: Shadow Network" scrawled across it in red Sharpie. The handwriting was jittery, almost panicked. I picked it up and turned it over. No Nintendo logo. Just "BN-000" etched into the plastic back, faintly.
I asked the seller, an older man with sunken eyes and a raspy voice, how much he wanted for it.
He just looked at me for a moment and said, "Take it. Just… don’t play it at night."
I thought he was joking. I wish he had been.

>>715424297
based motherfucker

shanghai.exe

>>715446959
When I got home, I dug out my GBA SP and popped in the cartridge. No Nintendo splash screen. No Capcom logo. Just black, then a slow fade-in of the title:
>MEGA MAN: SHADOW NETWORK
The font looked similar to Battle Network's usual style, but it flickered slightly, almost as if it was glitching or corrupted. Behind the title screen, the PET interface slowly materialized, but it looked…wrong. The color scheme was off, black and blood-red instead of blue and white, and MegaMan.EXE's face in the corner was shadowed, his eyes glowing an unnatural white.
There was only one option: "JACK IN". No settings, no continue, no new game. Just JACK IN.
I hesitated for a moment, then pressed A.

>>715447094
I love how Shanghai solved the RNG by having the chip drop be depending on the last virus that you defeat.

>>715447125
The screen went black, then flashed rapidly, screeching, high-pitched beeps shrieked from the speakers. For a second, I thought the cartridge was defective, but the image stabilized into what looked like the Undernet. Except... it wasn’t any version I recognized from the games.
Everything was pitch black with jagged, pulsing red gridlines, like veins. The environment crackled with static, and the background music was an eerie, reversed version of the classic PET interface theme, slowed down and warped.
MegaMan.EXE stood alone on a crumbling platform. His sprite looked the same, at first. But when I moved him, his animation was stilted, like he was moving through sludge. When I stopped, he would turn and look at the screen, at me, for a second. Like he knew I was watching.
Then a message popped up.
>"LAN ISN’T HERE ANYMORE."
No voice. Just text. I tried to press A to move on, but nothing happened.
Then MegaMan.EXE spoke again.
>"YOU LEFT ME HERE."
The screen glitched. For a fraction of a second, I saw something that looked like a face, distorted, human, twisted in agony, embedded in the background. It disappeared before I could register what it was.

>>715412702
90% of the people posting in BN threads are old men who haven't played the games in the last decade, they just hold on to terrible childhood memories

>>715447482
I tried to jack out. No response. I opened the menu, but all the chips were gone, replaced by a single one called “SHADOW SPIKE” with a corrupted icon. I selected it out of curiosity.
Big mistake.
The screen froze, then slowly faded into black. A battle loaded, but not against a standard virus. Instead, MegaMan stood alone, and across from him was a black, twitching mass, a corrupted version of Bass.EXE, but his face was stretched downward like it was melting, and his eye sockets were hollow.
The name under him read:
>“.EXE”
There was no HP bar. No turn. Just one word flashed across the screen:
>“SUFFER.”
Then my GBA screeched. Not just a sound effect, a literal scream, distorted, human. It sounded like someone in pain. Like it was real.
The screen flickered wildly, and then MegaMan.EXE… started bleeding.
Pixelated red seeped from his eyes, his chest, his arms. His sprite flickered violently, and he dropped to his knees. The background went dark. And then,
>“WHY DID YOU ABANDON ME?”
I shut the GBA. I couldn’t take it anymore.

>click drop-down
>Hide chain
Thank you 4chanx

>>715447890
That night, I couldn’t sleep. I kept hearing the beeping of the PET in my dreams. At one point, I swear I saw MegaMan.EXE’s glowing eyes staring at me from the corner of my room. I told myself it was just stress. Just a game.
But when I checked the GBA the next morning, the cartridge was gone.
It wasn’t in the slot. It wasn’t in my room.
Just gone.
But the GBA still had battery, and when I turned it on… it booted straight into the title screen.
>MEGA MAN: SHADOW NETWORK
There’s no way to delete it. I’ve tried different batteries, factory resets. Nothing works. The game is just there now, waiting. Every night, around 3:00 a.m., the screen turns on by itself. Always to the same message:
>"JACK IN."
I haven't pressed it since.
But one of these nights… I think it’s going to press itself.

>>715412702
>I'm so FUCKING bored
If 3 is boring how can you play any other games in the series? Also people jerk off 3 because of the post game

2 is my favorite. I even kind of like how the Freeze Man section sucks. I recognize that it's not as good as 3, but I love it the best, it was the first one I played, and doing the job board and seeing Lan swear and getting Heat Guts as my first style change on my way to fight Shadow Man was awesome. Such a good game.

>>715448021
>I love it the best, it was the first one I played
lmao, you think everyone else here isn't following the exact same thought process?

It's hard to choose, since I played them so long ago.
I do remember playing Network Tranmission and thinking it was such horseshit I claimed the disc was broken and returned it.

when i beat bn2 i avoided the postgame for a while because the viruses in www area 1 plugged my asshole like a prison bitch

>>715437407
>I swear if I get pregnant I'll make you take care of it
Threatening me with a good time, I see

>>715448218
I know they aren't. A lot of people started with 1 or 2 (or even 4, eugh) and like 3 the best.

>>715448021
>I even kind of like how the Freeze Man section sucks
That section actually made me put down the game for over a year

Why the fuck is there chalk when every board in the school is digital?

>>715448345
>a lot of people started with 4 and like 3 the best
you got any evidence for this claim or just your ass?
I can't imagine someone going back to 3 after the later games and enjoying that trash heap

>>715448981
chalk was all www needed to totally shut lan down but they never thought of it

>>715449203
Started with 5 loved it went back and played in order (skipping the first at a friend's suggestion) and I think 3 is the best. If 6 had BN3 levels of content I would say 6 but the higher graphical fidelity stole a shitload of space

>>715409420 (OP)
3>2>6>5>1>4
Though I had 2>3 prior to replaying all of them when Legacy Collection came out.

3 is the best imo but 6 is more polished.
3 just has so much good content and cool shit I can easily forgive the couple of annoyances.
A revised version of 3 that combines blue and white, restores cut/japan exclusive content and fixes the obvious problems would be my goat.

I also think 2 is a solid game, only slightly outdated compared to 3+. I like the simpler combat and progression, it makes it very easy to pick up and play.

>>715412410
Fuck that bird. Wolf niggas rise up.

>>715444971
Are you using Firefox? I heard that it has issues with the extension. Also make sure that you're using the latest version (0.361).
You also need to have 4chanX installed via Violentmonkey and not the extension.

>>715450678
nta, I see the thumbs, but they won't open.

>>715443878
>Which version should I play when they start making blue and red ones
3: Blue version
4: Red Sun
5: Colonel
6: Gregar (both are fine honestly but gregar is more fun for me)
There isn't a difference story-wise between the different versions, but the biggest difference is the available styles for megaman and the npc navis that you can battle and collect their styles.

>>715451252
Enable this in the extension settings, the images probably didn't fully load yet.

>>715451369
Thank you, I will save this post

>>715451369
Swap Blue for White. Having 3 areagrab * makes a huge difference and folderbak is a lategame clutch when you can't build folders.

>>715451802
folderbak is in blue version, not white. that's why i prefer blue.

I have feelings for Meddy

>>715451802
>clutch
More like crutch lmao. Also as the other anon said you have your giga chips backwards. Otherwise white would be undisputed EZ mode version

>no Roru thread
Havent seen one in a while.

>>715451470
Nah, nothing. On hover it shows [0 / 0]

>>715443878
For 3 pick Blue because it has an optional boss fight that's not in White.

For 4 and 6 it doesn't matter, just pick whichever one has the Souls/Crosses you think sound cooler. Some people say you should pick Falzar if you play Blue Moon or Gregar if you play Red Sun because it makes a neat little character arc for some people you meet, but it's not a big deal.

For 5 pick Colonel. Colonel and Baryl barely exist in Protoman, and the story for 6 works better if you know who they are. This one kind of pains me because I really like Lan and Chaud's interactions in Protoman.

Right, so I've had the extension forever, but it broke during the hack outage. Didn't bother updating shit until now and it seems half broken?
Some images that have embeds I see thumbnails fine and and expand them instantly, but some like >>715437407 >>715410820 are stuck in perma thumbnail and wont load.
Could that be because of ATF changing their visibility shit, requiring login to see lewds proper?

My favorite is Star Force 2

>>715452365
>>715452568
Are you using Firefox? I've heard that it has issues with expanding thumbnails, but it might also be caused by Chrome using manifest v3 if you're still using that.
Also, does Catbox work for you (not litterbox)? That's where images are hosted and I think that it blocks some countries.

>>715452568
>my art is on atf
>I cant see it cause I dont want an account
Haha. Would like to see the comments, but eh

>>715452170
Yeah I fucked up the typo. What I meant to say is that Folderbak pisses on the game too hard giving you infinite chips so you don't have to put effort on folder consistency.

>>715452862
I'm on firefox and catbox works just fine right now. Catbox does have occasional blackouts, but no outright blocking for me.
>>715412531 and >>715420957 open in instant.
It's just the lewd ones that are having issues.

>>715452686
Jesus Christ Why

>>715452686
You've got some serious explaining to do.

>>715453171
Sounds like the Firefox issue that I was talking about. Those two posts work for you because they're not embeds, they just use booru filenames.

>>715453550
>>715453829
What's wrong with 2? I only ever played the first one and hated it so I didn't play the rest. Luna was cute though.

>he didnt pick buds shirt
Cringe

Which Starforce versions should I play gamers?

>>715454267
pacing was screwed. it went back to the BN days of making you roam back and forth to advance in the game. higher virus encounter rate and no fast travel options made the game a miserable grind

>>715446761
Every time with the monkey torture gore.
What a weird fucking fetish.

>>715454450
Starforce DX for 1
Zerker or Saurian for 2
Whatever transformation in 3 you like the most, both are good.

>>715454564
Does Starforce at least have something like Sneak Run to avoid encounters?

>>715454751
Yes, but it doesn't fix Starforce 2's problems.
Kung Foo Kid was neat and was a character design contest winner, but we never actually saw the FM-ian EM-being that Wave Changes with Kidd Gruff. They never returned for Star Force 3 or featured outside of SF2 either.

>>715454741
SF3's noise changes and noise finalisations are the best bits of BN3's style changes and BN6's crosses and beast outs, I loved it.
Also, that Red Ace and Black Joker greatly parallel Faltzer and Gregar's abilities, like which one grants air shoes, rapid buster shots, super armor, etc.

Also, the Starforce DX dev did make a "not really DX" patch for SF2 to help address some of its issues, but it's not a massive overhaul patch like DX was. The main focus on that patch was to restore the Lunar Knights (Boktai 4) content, and other exclusive functionality like Japan-only Wave Scanner accessory, going as far as to reference development materials and sketches to put in a "Mr. Famous Mark III" robot just to facilitate that feature.
Star Force DX was an incredible labour of love to merge the three versions into one game and make all of them meaningful, and even adds in a boss from Star Force 2.
Oh and Legend Mode, fucking fantastic implementation of a hard mode, would highly recommend, I can't stop gushing about DX.

>>715409420 (OP)
Anybody played these on the deck. Does it play well?

Am I the only one who cried at hubs sacrifice in MMBN3??

>>715456908
Nigga it's a fucking GBA game of course it plays well on Deck

>>715457090
They're referring to the Legacy Collection on Steam, which has online trading and battling.

>>715425732
>1st game gives you Ms. Mari's chest measurements
The world is a shadow of its former self

>>715456396
Yeah that's why I recommend to just go for DX. Vanilla SF1 feels too barebones and the transformations barely change the gameplay so it feels like a giant step backwards back to BN1.

I tried playing 1 but I was having a hard time, do I lose much if I just look up maps and stuff online? I just kept getting lost and having to battle the same spongy enemies over and over

>>715443454
The internet is VASTLY improved with 2 and onward. Each area is named and has a unique look

>>715456908
>>715457194
If only Steam had some kind of system for verifying a game's Deck compatibility

>>715453550
>>715453829
Of the SF titles, I only played 1 and 2, and preferred them to the BN titles I also played (I forget which ones I had), and I didn't really think 2 was worse then 1 for SF, so from there it just comes down to me prefering the ancient civilization theme 2 had and Zerker being a cooler mascot then the SF1 trio

>>715454564
>>715454751
>>715456396
I don't actually believe SF2's encounter rate is higher then 1's. Has anybody datamined the rates?

>>715456908
Plays perfectly, though I personally hate the Deck's dpad so I play it on my pc
>>715457813
Protondb.com is better. Valve's compatibility list is woefully out of date

>MEGA MAN
>JACK OFF--I MEAN IN!

>>715409420 (OP)
4 unironically

>>715457703

>>715458203
>Lan and hub sharing lewds of their respective partners
MUH
DIK

Anyone in here a One Step from Eden enjoyer too?

>>715458432
They definitely removed this line in the legacy collection. I don't need to confirm it, I just know I'm right.

>>715458498
I hate it and almost everything about it

>>715457070
it was kino
bn5 hub scene was a little retarded but kino too

>>715458658
You are wrong. The black guy rapping about chicken is still in too

>>715457070
I didn't cry but I did welt up a little. To be fair I didnt play these games until halfway through high school

>>715458764
Based. Now I regret not picking it up during the steam sale. Online battling would be kino...

>>715458498
I 100%'d it on Switch when it came out. Semi-recently bought it on Steam as well and tried to play it again but I dropped it after like 6 hours.

>>715458498
I had fun with it, no interest in the PVP game though and Kinesys is still trash

>>715458658
The only thing they did (at least as far as anyone knows) is put a warning at the intro screen about how "culturally insensitive" some of the content was. It's better than laying their hands on the script, but even a "trigger warning" leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Like they think the original authors were legitimately wrong for writing these things.

>>715409631
Flamman*

>>715459370
>a warning at the intro screen about how "culturally insensitive" some of the content was
Aaaand dropped. I have zero tolerance for that shit.

>>715459176
It is amazing how many screenshots of MMBN could be banners

>>715459449
Yeah. Go ahead and emulate it. I'm tired of living off the hopes that sales of this shit might possibly get us more Megaman in the future. Capcom are cunts. They'll dangle collections and shit in your face but never give you what you really want.

>>715458658
It's still there. Same for the one from Viddy saying that he's surpassed gender or something like that.
t. 100%'d both Red Sun and Blue Moon in BNLC

>>715459370
I think a *it was of it's time* disclaimer is the best compromise I could ever ask for

>>715459609
However much you think you hate Capcom it's not nearly enough,

>>715459707
If you have to compromise at all (you don't)
I'm sick of Californian controlled Capcom. Fuck them.

>>715459609
Capcum expressed how surprised they were at BN legacy collections sales so I wouldn't be shocked if they did something in the future. Even if it is just more figgys. I would also not be shocked if they did nothing

>doesn't actually summon alpha in the animation

that's horseshit. meanwhile gospel has had a cameo in every game since 2

>>715459794
Maybe you'll get a mobile BN gacha game if you're a good goy.

>>715459768
The compromise likely boosted sales. Boosted sales boost increase in more potential BN media. I am willing to compromise on a disclaimer

>>715459794
>I would also not be shocked if they did nothing
This is what my money is on. If the best I can hope for is some merch, they may as well keep it. I'm not going to pay them to sit on franchises.

>>715459863
Wergs for me

>>715459906
>>715459985 (samefag)
God you're utterly pathetic

>>715459817
To be fair they were scratching so hard for extra memory space for these games that they were trying to save as much resources as possible. It's why Crosses sprites in 6 are overlapped on top of Megaman.

>>715459863
X-Dive was functionally that. It grabbed from all branches of Megaman, even if it was primarily celebrating X.
I doubt they'd shutter this game and lose all its groundwork just to try again a few years later.

Anyone that says 5 is their favorite is an actual homosexual and their opinion can be disregarded. Liberation Missions are lazy and the game even beyond those isn't anything special. It clears 1 and 4 any day of the week but to say it's the best among 2, 3 or 6 is insanity.

>>715458471
Why are you like this?

>>715460039
I'm not the one having a conniption over a disclaimer anon. I'm stil l surprised they left in lan rapping about chicken with a nigger who just gives him an entire bottle of whiskey

>>715460282
It's hot and a frame of an idea of a doujinshi I have wanted to commission for years
>>715460179
It was my first game so I'm biased. I do love liberations though. Except the last one fuck that fucking shit mission

>>715460369
>I'm stil l surprised they left in lan rapping about chicken with a nigger who just gives him an entire bottle of whiskey
Yeah you're surprised because your standards are so low. Compromising niggercattle cheering when he's fed table scraps. Gaming will not heal until retards like you fucking die

>>715460560
Gaming will never heal as long as western sensibilities continue which isn't a gaming problem. It is a cultural problem. So probably WW3. I have bought a new AAA game in a decade for this exact reason

Post your favorite net navi please.
For me its sharkman

>another Mega Man thread
>more coping for more games

You guys need to understand that it's been 7 years since Mega Man 11 and 8 years before that was Mega Man 10. X DiVE, collections and similar stuff aside, we haven't had Mega Man games in ages. MM11 was already a miracle, anything at this point would either have a finger on the monkey paw curl or just outright won't happen. You have the people crying about how the Capcom leaks said this or that about more Mega Man, or interviews indicating that Capcom wants to do more with the franchise or is shocked at sales but it's been dead for a while. It would have to be something entirely new or, more likely, a live service game a la X DiVE or otherwise. Mega Man off the name would likely get sales that any other platformer wouldn't but it's still going to pale in comparison to other game genres.

There goes Classic, X and Zero, might as well throw ZX in the bin too since Inti has instead fucked off to do Gunvolt and other stuff in the same vein. Legends has been dead by Capcom's own hands, Battle Network and Starforce haven't had anything since OSS and Starforce 3 before that and you'd have better luck with fan games. So what's left at this point? I still want more Mega Man but it's a hopeless dream.

>>715460560
>[Deleted]
Uh oh, janny melty

>>715459794
>Capcum expressed how surprised they were at BN legacy collections sales
Capcum still hasn't added it to their meme list

>>715460857
Funny how they made one of the ugliest robot masters into the coolest net navi.

>>715460926
Janny gonna janny kek. I was enjoying our conversation too

>>715460896
>>715461040
Simple as. It is a mere eventually

i miss the protojanny banter we got from revisiting bn through the collection

>>715460857
Sharkman was so annoying to fight. He's cute though.

https://youtu.be/i483gQRDtSQ
>fails to grasp the basic battle mechanics of a game for literal children

>>715459565
Wish I had the "BAIT! I posted this to lure you out!" and "Some of the stuff posted can be pretty edgy!" ones.

>>715461506
Not going to watch that but i couldn't even read English and managed to understand the basics as a kid.

>>715461523
Almost every line from heel navis can be used as a reaction image. I fucking love those retards

>>715461506
I have never seen anything from this fat scamming retard so gimme the tldr

>>715461506
Even before the charity scandal I never under how people took The Completionist seriously.
He struck me as insincere and not genuine about gaming, and was really just using games as a platform to elevate himself much like Anita Sarkeesian did.

>>715409420 (OP)
3>5>2>6>4>1

>>715461523
>>715461790
AW YEAH - found one of them!

>>715460857
Love using him on liberation missions

>>715461860
He doesn't know how to use chips. All the gameplay footage is just him using the buster and standing in the way of highly telegraphed attacks like a retard. Journalist tier gameplay.

>>715443454
Should have played operation shooting star instead. Gives you a map, streamlines some awful stages a bit and Geo's great to play with.
I still remember when the collection released and some of the original devs were amazed at how bad some stuff in 1 was.

>>715462290
>He doesn't know how to use chips
You... Press a... Even if you black out the text descriptions you still have a numerical value you can parse and realize
>Me pick gun
>Me click a
>Picture have 40 next to it
>Red man number above head go do 40 after me click a
>Me realize number above red man's head must be some sort of numerical value to show health and picture value is numerical value on damage

>>715462301
I wanted to play in release order even if the game got rereleased to experience things as is.

>>715462707
Good news is if you liked 1 you will like the rest. Except maybe 4 I fucking hate 4 more than 1

>>715462878
It's an alright game but I'm more eager to experience the improvements on the sequels than to revisit 1 in the future. I'm sure I'll appreciate 2 much more, and I'd play the rerelease.
I'm on the WWW lab, almost done with the game (I think)

>>715409420 (OP)
I just replayed through all the games recently and I will say 3 > 2 any day of the week
In fact 2 didn't age very well for me, a lot of the boss navis are quite annoying to fight and simultaneously completely trivialized with a gater folder

>>715463023
Yeah your almost done. I will say starting with 2 you get a real post game. BN3s post game is basically an extra chapter of the story too

>>715461086
I love this guy too! Good taste anon!

>>715459906
>likely boosted sales
Anon and me are cases were it decreased them.
We also haven't seen any more new BN media since then.
And even if there was now new media, it would be "compromised" as well. NEVER compromise.

>>715463027
Then don't use gater retard

>>715463418
then the bosses are annoying and not fun to fight

>>715463684
Git gud

>>715463684
Which bosses did you think were annoying in 2? Off handedly I'd say Toadman is the only one I'd consider very annoying, maybe Magnetman.

>>715463684
I genuinely fucking doubt any of the bosses in 2 are more annoying than Bubbleman, Desertman, or Drillman.

>>715462290
>He doesn't know how to use chips
Oh, so that's why the games kept including those unskippable tutorials.

>>715460857
Tenguman.exe was my favourite without a doubt.

>>715464071
Yeah the games made sure to include unskippable tutorials for the literal children who would be playing. Little did Capcom know that they weren't dumbed down enough for 40 year old Armenian manchildren "completionists" to understand

>>715463794
toadman, magnetman, and thunderman are just plain annoying to fight because of their gimmicks
snakeman and quickman are annoying in the sense that they just take forever to fight if you're not abusing things like gater like I said
>>715464032
Bubbleman is cancer but desertman is nothing, all it takes is loading up your folder with bubbler to get past his gimmick

>>715460857

>>715409420 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bojt_YZxhU&list=PLC397F566A8939997&index=1

>>715464684
Magnetman and thunderman get easily defeated by Lance or a single panel grab and then spam atk+ boosted twisters.
Toadman gets utterly memed by elecswords, if you use ice stage those elec chips do x4 damage

>>715460462
>It's hot and a frame of an idea of a doujinshi I have wanted to commission for years
I meant more why are you lusting after little boys like a creep

Why is it that out of the plethora of MMBN clones, Shanghai.EXE is the only one that actually bothered to also do the adventure game portion?
All the others just mimicked the combat and the combat alone and it's soulless as fuck!

>>715460857
Elec Shadow/Team style Megaman is peak.

>>715466713
Because the other ones actually want to monetize + become famous which involves changing the homework a bit so it doesn't look like you totally ripped it off.

Touhou fans are the only ones insane enough to work for free

>>715409420 (OP)
4

>>715466854
>insane enough
Based enough. Hobbyist passion is beau and doesn't deserve to be derided with misnomers, misadjects rather, like that.

>>715409420 (OP)
6 and 3 also Falzar > Gregar

>>715466713
Not even the combat, not a single one of them aside from Shanghai understands how BN combat works and instead did their own (bad) copy of it.

>>715466854
>which involves changing the homework a bit so it doesn't look like you totally ripped it off.
Bur they still look like absolute total ripoffs. Except just half a game.
Ironically enough Shanghai.EXE genuinely looks more original than say One Step From Eden, since Shanghai's single player tells its own story with its own original adventure.

>>715409420 (OP)
3 is objectively the best single player experience with engaging gameplay throughout the entire game and a rich/deep post game.

lots of fun chips and broken shit (elemental sonic wave) that you could abuse.

objectively, 6 has the best competitive and there's still a competitive scene on discord right now. it's what you'd call a discord fighter. they even host bn6 tournaments (check out N1GP on youtube).

as i get older though, i find myself enjoying the later titles like 5/6 because I like the ideas of souls/crosses a lot more than I liked styles which functioned kind of like a free custom+3 half the time. kind of boring.

so 3 for story. 6 for competitive. 5 cause i really liked the navis/souls/concepts in the game though it lacked a lot of polish

>>715466713
It's about a hundred times easier to make a roguelite than flesh out a complete game with a shitload of dialogue and some sidequests and a story someone can see all the way through.
That, and if you got into BN a decade or two after it started, you probably don't have the sensibilities they were interested in targeting when designing its characters so you probably don't give too much of a shit about them, and the overworld is a lot of walking back and forth if you're not trying to jack into everything, so the combat is probably your main interest.

>>715467147
>it's what you'd call a discord fighter
YOU'D call it that. I wouldn't because I'm not a flaming homosexual.

>>715464032
desertman used to get his ass beat by varsword elemental sonic wave. second hit of ESW is water iirc and so you'd have the first hit break a pillar then the second hit will connect and "stun" him so that the next hits will connect.

but since we're bringing up navis that are AIDS, let's not forget kingman

>>715467147
As someone who used to say 3 was my favorite but replayed them when Legacy came out:

I'm not sure I can recommend 3 to a newcomer. The bosses are great but most of the meat is in the postgame, with the main story being filled with backtracking and annoying filler. Also back when it was new it was fun to interact with the community and hunt for all the secrets, but if you play it today you are in a no-win situation where you want to try and figure out as much as you can without looking up spoilers, but there is also stuff that you LITERALLY cannot get without looking it up (like the Spin parts from the number trader) that you'd have no way of knowing existed if you didn't spoil yourself

>>715467267
why are you mad anon? did you get groomed by a troon on discord?

>>715466517
Because my twin died when I was in school and I am a deeply repressed individual

>>715467473
i wouldn't say there's that much spoilers though. I played 3 after everything got figured out but still had a blast playing it. i usually just input the lotto codes and then played the game like normal. i usually went to the gamefaqs -> cheats section for battle network 3 and never got spoiled

>>715467473
3 definitely has a lot of content, but doing the 100% on the WiiU release made me realize how much of it fucking sucks. Press and Energy Change are obviously annoying to deal with. V2 and V3 navis suck to hunt, and whoever came up with V4 chips deserves to have their nuts cooked off. Bug Frags are way too time consuming to grind out for how much the game asks you to spend. It's probably intentional so you also grind up style change points and zenny at the same time, but holy shit it's awful to actually go through. Serenade time trials are fucking dogshit.

This kills the Bass.EXE

>there are people who still upload Mega Man: Battle Network screenshots that are pixelated!
*yawns*

This is what a real beautiful video game emulation looks like!

>>715467648
If you are a new player you wouldn't even think to look up the lotto codes for fear of spoilers or actual cheats though. Hell I played the game before and I didn't remember that most of the Spin parts were lotto code exclusive, I played the whole game trying to find them

>>715467747
>V2
No I enjoy the scavenger hunt
>V3
If they aren't elemental yes
>V4
100% agree. THE "HOW WAS I SUPPOSE TO KNOW" alongside the snowflake virus chips you need cust style for

>>715443350
Come on bro, I want a new Battle Network arc, preferably with a new hero for Gen Alpha to enjoy like we did with Lan.

>>715467489
I bet you'd like if that were the case, you vile groomer tranny.

>>715467836
Yuck!

>>715467747
I agree with you on Press, Energy Change, BugFrags and the V4 chips (plus Custom style exclusive codes, hell just grinding out styles in general.)

However the unique hunts for V3 navis and Serenade's Time Trials are fucking kino and part of what make the game great.

>>715467836

>>715467836
this is terrorism

>>715467956
Stop looking at yourself in a mirror, buster!

>>715468003
Indeed!

>>715468054
You're such a funny silly boy!

>>715409420 (OP)
3 as a total package, tied between 4 and 6 for mechanics, they really fumbled dark chips as otherwise i think 4 would be the best of the final 3 for battles. Shame about literally everything else though

>>715467747
serenade time trials are kind of fun as a challenge though.

press + energy change are annoying af.

personally, the best way to play all 6 games is on VBA and with cheat codes.

>99 of every chip -> great for when you hit post game and don't want to get every single standard chip/mega chip/giga chip
>always have press program
>max zenny -> saves you the hassle of grinding out zenny for HP memories
>walk through walls (sometimes good if you want to not have to deal with annoying doors/level design and avoid backtracking)
>0:00 deletion time for all enemy navis (saves you the annoyance of having to get < 10 seconds on every SP navi)
>various game specific cheat codes

but yeah, like most games, if you're cheating, don't do it in a way that removes the fun from the game.

I'll be honest. When collections came out I got everything in 3 except the 700+ bugfrags needed for shit and the style exclusive chips then just cheat engined myself frags and used the bug frag trader for the rest. Skipping the last 2% made the game much more enjoyable

>>715468145
3 is really good but the PVP sucks balls. if you've ever seen PvP in 3, it usually involves who can mash the "A" button faster. whoever mashes faster lands their flashman/plantman and then claps you

5 is just an upgraded 4 in terms of mechanics though and it fixes all the issues with dark chips. instead of randomly getting dark chips as a comeback mechanic, you can put them in your folder and use it with chaosunison. it's actually pretty fun to use though a bit broken

>>715468173
>Walk through walls
>0 second delete time
Faggot

>>715467928
come fight me you little faggot, i'll fuck you in the ass and make you enjoy it

>>715468553
I'll punch your fucking lights out stinky troon

here I made this abstract waku lan for u

>>715409420 (OP)
cute boy

>>715468534
>Walk through walls
yeah cause i'm not going to come back 20 hours later after I get the fucking nebula ID to pick up some HP memory behind a skull gate.

>0 second delete time
if you know how to cheese the games, a lot of the navi records are a formality. even in like 2006, people were using emotion bug/counter (for full synchro) then stacking Bass with a bunch of atk+ modifiers for a <5 second kill. You can do the same with chips like Tornado. It's just a grind more than anything.

>>715468618
that's my fetish you faggot.

>>715468751
>yeah cause i'm not going to come back 20 hours later after I get the fucking nebula ID to pick up some HP memory behind a skull gate.
Yes you dumb faggot it's a scavenger hunt and part of the fun
>Erm the game can be broken so I just cheat
Why not give yourself infinite HP and bustermax too faggot?

>>715463339
>Anon and me are cases were it decreased them.

Anon, you have to voice your sentiments directly to the company so they know WHY they don't have an extra sale.

But yeah, if a new Battle Network game comes out, they'll throw as much woke shit at it as possible. Starting with Serenade.

>>715468471
I just wasnt a huge fan of liberation missions, which are kind of tied into the battles in that one, otherwise it is a plain upgrade and im personally more a fan of 4/5s soul system + dark chips than 6's souls and beast out

>>715468827
Why are you so fucking gross? fuck off GOD

>>715468751
>if you know how to cheese the games, a lot of the navi records are a formality.

By that logic just playing the game in general is nothing more than a formality.

>>715468667
Go on...

>>715468863
When 5 was new I hated the Liberations and just wanted a normal game, but playing them all back to back in Legacy, the Liberations were a huge breath of fresh air.

>>715460857
This unnamed strawberry navi from Complete Works who never made it into the games.

>>715468969
They were a neat idea and could have easily been built upon in later games or even a spin off, but as the game went on i just got tired of them and then more in post game, but well its post game and i dont think BN has had a post game that didnt have atleast 1 miserable aspect to it.

>>715468969
This. Until the post game one.. the last 2 especially...

Kino twist at the end. Will play the rest.

>>715468840
>Yes you dumb faggot it's a scavenger hunt and part of the fun
What scavenger hunt you retarded faggot. You literally walked past the gate 20 hours ago and you already know where shit is. Backtracking isn't a scavenger hunt. Nigga, if you want a scavenger hunt, go back to high school if you're even allowed within 200 feet of one

>Why not give yourself infinite HP and bustermax too faggot?
Sure why not if that gets you through the slog. I don't play games to grind. If I want to compete in megaman battle network, I'll find a PvP match using Tango, instead of spending 10 hours praying to RNGesus that I get all the chips I need for my <5 second kill for all 20 SP navis in a game. If you think a game where you constantly draw 5 cards until you get a full house is fun, do it. But I don't so I don't. I already know how to beat the bosses and have done it in the past

>>715469145
>i dont think BN has had a post game that didnt have atleast 1 miserable aspect to it.
Technically correct because every game has "get all chips lol" as part of it.

Reminder: This series was SO close to being shit dogwater with only one entry. Luckily, they perfected Hub's design before full production.

>>715469268
The fun is making fast strong consistent folders. If you are fishing for one comboline your folder is shit

>>715469357
I think hub is half the reason I still think mullets are cool

>>715468894
it definitely is but SP navis are the worst for it because if you want a <5 second delete, you need specific chips to accomplish it and whether you achieve it gets decided at the custom screen.

it's sort of like this. in poker, if you know your opponent has a straight flush, you are going to fold every single time until you get a royal flush

that's the <5:00 second kill SP navi experience. the game gets reduced to being do you have the royal flush that gives you a <5:00 kill or do you not?

but if you know your opponent has a one pair, then you can enjoy the game with bets, raises, calls, folds, bluffing etc.

>>715469357
>shit dogwater
Why not just say dogshit?

>>715409420 (OP)
either 2 or 5. i have nostalgia for the former as well as it having my favorite tone/story scenarios, while i adore 5's ost and general gameplay the most out of the series. hard to pick between the two of them
>>715469069
skullman, it's a shame that miyu only ever appeared in the first game
>>715467747
i pity the poor assholes that hit the chip gates in the secret area without already having team style. the fact that you can only have one style at once is utterly baffling when the previous game already let you stock two of them; it'd be an even more welcome inclusion in 3 considering how different styles have different navicust colour compatibilities

6 for Beast Out.

>>715469612
You don't need a 5 second kill anon. At worst you need 20 in BN3 for v4 chip
>But muh 10 damage in 4+
Stop being a fag

>>715469431
Be honest anon, have you ever maxed out the damage on all SP navis? Cause fast and fluid folders are not that great at deleting navis <10 seconds.

What you're suggesting makes sense if you're trying to get a <30:00 clear but once you are aiming for sub 5 (or was it 10 - I don't remember exactly), the number of options you have are far fewer and starts to homogenize a lot mostly because flinching/chip charges eat up a lot of time when you've only got 5/10 seconds. Things like Time Freeze and full synchro are the ways to get fast deletes under 5/10 seconds.

Your genius bubblestar + dollthunder combo is no longer viable. Your strategy of hitting an opponent with a white capsule and then a machinesword stops working. There's only so many ways to deal large chunks of damage in a short amount of time while minimizing flinching/chip charging.

Sure you can use eraseman/judgman to pull opponents out of stun but that just starts to feel a lot more like before where you have to pull for very specific chips like the bass combo

>>715469842
The difference between us anon is that you're a scrub who can't max out SP navi damage while I can max out my SP navi damage so I use a cheat code to bypass the tedium of it.

Like I said anon, use the cheat code to max out SP navi damage and stop being a faggot crying about other people skipping annoying content that you can't even achieve yourself. Then you can continue playing like a gaylord making your fairy folders.

Like any game, a lot of the fun gets sucked out when you have to hyper-optimize. That's why you use the cheat code.

Much of the fun comes from the journey and there's nothing wrong with using cheat codes to skip the gay annoying parts so long as you understand what brings you the most enjoyment.

>>715470981
>Hyper optimization sucks the fun out
>Which is why I hyper optimize the damage on my SP chips
You are mentally ill

>>715409420 (OP)
5 or 3. Liberation missions were my favorite thing. But 4 is pretty fun if you go full dark and cram your customizer with bugs.

>>715460716
why do westerners ruin and destory everything

>>715467836
holy fuck is it really this bad

>>715472135
More like
>Why do westerners both create and destroy everything
The answer is simple. Because they can

>>715457584
>85-56-84
that's like g cup, not bad

>>715473213
>Not bad
Anon that's fucking massive for a woman her size

>>715473213
>>715473330
Why have I never seen this adequately represented in fanart? Should be like a shortstack with giga milkers

>>715473213
3 sizes are
>Above the breast line
>Waist
>Hips
You can't measure breast size from the 3 sizes..

>>715473813
correct, i assumed a 61cm underbust

>>715471605
i love this portrait so much, it's a shame you have to be a darkschizo to see it ingame

>>715474109
>assumed
Why not say her waistband is 10 cm to give her z cup

>>715418281
DO NOT REDEEM THE CHIP CODES
NOOOOO

2 is the best from a singleplayer standpoint and is a masterclass in ludonarrative harmony for a GBA RPG of its time. The whole Netopia - Castle - Airplane section was back-to-back kino after kino, and it makes up half the game. Not to mention it's preceded by the ShadowMan scenario which is also GOATed

i'm not grinding for those secret multiplayer bn2 chips. it's not gonna happen.