Mega Man: The Power Battle is an interesting take on the Mega Man series. It's not your normal 2D platformer where you go through levels. It's actually based on the boss fight. Some consider this to be a fighting game, which really you are not using your fists or feet, but you are shooting at the other robot masters. Mega Man: The Power Battle was developed and published by Capcom, and was released in Japan in 1995. It was released originally in the arcade.
Dr. Wily has rebuilt some of his robot masters and is looking to take over the world. You can play as either Mega Man, Proto Man and Bass, and you are trying to stop Dr. Wily. After you select your character, you can choose between three stories, they are actually based on the first 7 Mega Man games, which is pretty cool. The first story is 1-2, 3-6, and of course 7. Now it's not every robot master from those games, it's certain ones, and I really like that, although having all of them would of been cool, and make for a challenge. Once you choose what story you want to do, you get a roulette wheel style wheel and when you hit a button it will stop on whatever level you will go to.
While in a fight, you can shoot the normal way, or hold down the shoot button and give the enemy a charge blast. Once you defeat that robot master, you can use their powers against other enemies, which is also cool. Just like in the past Mega Man games, certain power ups will do more damage then others, so you have to choose wisely. Not only that, you can do dashing, jumping, and so on. Now when it comes to difficulty, I think this game is easier then the classic Mega Man series. Especially the boss battles, it didn't take me very long to get through the first story of the game, and most of the second story. Granted I was playing this on MAME, but I didn't use many credits. I think I died once just on the first story.
The graphics for Mega Man: The Power Battle look great, the animations are very well done, the sprites are bigger then the old Mega Man games on the NES, which is expected, especially for an arcade game in the mid 90's, the game runs very smooth, the animations on each stage is cool, the game is colorful and the backgrounds look very nice. There is no glitching, slowdowns or anything like that, which is a huge plus.
The music is very well done. It's well composed, and kicks a lot of ass. It's very well composed and it fits a Mega Man game, it's not some sloppy, thrown together mess. Then again, back around this time, Mega Man was treated very well by Capcom, and of course they put effort into their games. The soundtrack was allowed to be purchased in Japan back in the mid 90's, which is pretty cool, although I am willing to bet it was a bit expensive. The sound effects are well done, from the fighting, the blaster noises, and even Mega Man and the robot masters make noises here and there, which is pretty cool.
The controls are great, moving around is easy, jumping and attacking is very easy, they respond well, and playing this on MAME with a PlayStation 3 controller so it's easier then using a keyboard and it is nothing I can complain about.
Mega Man: The Power Battle is a blast to play, I enjoy it a lot, the gameplay is fun, the graphics are nice, the music and sound effects are very well done, and the controls are good. Really not much for flaws, other then a few small things here and there. I did mention earlier how I wish all robots from Mega Man 1-7 were in this game, that would of been awesome. I do have to say that this game is easier then the regular Mega Man series, which nothing against those games, but I am horrible at them. I still find them to be classics though. If you like fighting games, and you like Mega Man, give this game a try, I think you will enjoy it.
There is a few ways you can play Mega Man: The Power Battle, for one you can play it on MAME, and I am pretty sure you can play it here at Vizzed in the emulator section. Another way is through the Mega Man Anniversary Collection on the PlayStation 2, XBOX, and GameCube. It was a unlockable in that collection. Not only that, this game was ported to the Neo Geo Pocket Color along with the sequel, Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters.
I would love to see a new Mega Man game like this, especially if they took all the bots from 1-10, and then maybe do one based off the X series, that would be really awesome, but the chances of that happening is close to zero, because we all know how Capcom treats Mega Man these days, and it's really sad. I wish they would do something other then overpriced compilations, ports to mobile, and stupid things that don't matter when Mega Man fans want a new game.
I did do a video review of this game, so if you want to check that out, you can below:
Mega Man: The Power Battle is an interesting take on the Mega Man series. It's not your normal 2D platformer where you go through levels. It's actually based on the boss fight. Some consider this to be a fighting game, which really you are not using your fists or feet, but you are shooting at the other robot masters. Mega Man: The Power Battle was developed and published by Capcom, and was released in Japan in 1995. It was released originally in the arcade.
Dr. Wily has rebuilt some of his robot masters and is looking to take over the world. You can play as either Mega Man, Proto Man and Bass, and you are trying to stop Dr. Wily. After you select your character, you can choose between three stories, they are actually based on the first 7 Mega Man games, which is pretty cool. The first story is 1-2, 3-6, and of course 7. Now it's not every robot master from those games, it's certain ones, and I really like that, although having all of them would of been cool, and make for a challenge. Once you choose what story you want to do, you get a roulette wheel style wheel and when you hit a button it will stop on whatever level you will go to.
While in a fight, you can shoot the normal way, or hold down the shoot button and give the enemy a charge blast. Once you defeat that robot master, you can use their powers against other enemies, which is also cool. Just like in the past Mega Man games, certain power ups will do more damage then others, so you have to choose wisely. Not only that, you can do dashing, jumping, and so on. Now when it comes to difficulty, I think this game is easier then the classic Mega Man series. Especially the boss battles, it didn't take me very long to get through the first story of the game, and most of the second story. Granted I was playing this on MAME, but I didn't use many credits. I think I died once just on the first story.
The graphics for Mega Man: The Power Battle look great, the animations are very well done, the sprites are bigger then the old Mega Man games on the NES, which is expected, especially for an arcade game in the mid 90's, the game runs very smooth, the animations on each stage is cool, the game is colorful and the backgrounds look very nice. There is no glitching, slowdowns or anything like that, which is a huge plus.
The music is very well done. It's well composed, and kicks a lot of ass. It's very well composed and it fits a Mega Man game, it's not some sloppy, thrown together mess. Then again, back around this time, Mega Man was treated very well by Capcom, and of course they put effort into their games. The soundtrack was allowed to be purchased in Japan back in the mid 90's, which is pretty cool, although I am willing to bet it was a bit expensive. The sound effects are well done, from the fighting, the blaster noises, and even Mega Man and the robot masters make noises here and there, which is pretty cool.
The controls are great, moving around is easy, jumping and attacking is very easy, they respond well, and playing this on MAME with a PlayStation 3 controller so it's easier then using a keyboard and it is nothing I can complain about.
Mega Man: The Power Battle is a blast to play, I enjoy it a lot, the gameplay is fun, the graphics are nice, the music and sound effects are very well done, and the controls are good. Really not much for flaws, other then a few small things here and there. I did mention earlier how I wish all robots from Mega Man 1-7 were in this game, that would of been awesome. I do have to say that this game is easier then the regular Mega Man series, which nothing against those games, but I am horrible at them. I still find them to be classics though. If you like fighting games, and you like Mega Man, give this game a try, I think you will enjoy it.
There is a few ways you can play Mega Man: The Power Battle, for one you can play it on MAME, and I am pretty sure you can play it here at Vizzed in the emulator section. Another way is through the Mega Man Anniversary Collection on the PlayStation 2, XBOX, and GameCube. It was a unlockable in that collection. Not only that, this game was ported to the Neo Geo Pocket Color along with the sequel, Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters.
I would love to see a new Mega Man game like this, especially if they took all the bots from 1-10, and then maybe do one based off the X series, that would be really awesome, but the chances of that happening is close to zero, because we all know how Capcom treats Mega Man these days, and it's really sad. I wish they would do something other then overpriced compilations, ports to mobile, and stupid things that don't matter when Mega Man fans want a new game.
I did do a video review of this game, so if you want to check that out, you can below:
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