{"id":2389,"date":"2013-02-20T13:58:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T13:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2013-02-20T13:58:35","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T13:58:35","slug":"my-top-100-16-mega-man-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.controlpadblues.com\/?p=2389","title":{"rendered":"My Top 100: #16 – Mega Man 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This debate will undoubtedly rage on forever; Mega Man 2<\/em> vs. Mega Man 3<\/em>…\u00a0 which is the better game?<\/p>\n

Video games are what you make of them, or, at least made special because of what you take away from them. \u00a0So technically, there is no wrong answer.\u00a0\u00a0You could even say, “I hate both games, and think Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing<\/em> is the greatest game of all time!”\u00a0 I’d be awfully intrigued if you ever said that, but there must be some reason for you to be saying\u00a0it, as crazy and it may sound to me.\u00a0 Right?<\/p>\n

Right.<\/p>\n

Mega Man 2<\/em> was the first Mega Man<\/em> game I\u00a0played. \u00a0It’s the one that started the obsession, and\u00a0got me hooked to the series for years and years to come.\u00a0 And really, that has to count for something!<\/p>\n

We all know about the rock-paper-scissors gameplay, so let’s start with the music. \u00a0The developers probably could have made a much more inferior game, slapped these chiptunes on top of it,\u00a0and it might still make my Top 100 countdown.\u00a0\u00a0They’re just that<\/em> good. \u00a0It sets the mood even better than the widely known Super Mario Bros<\/em>. over-and-underworld themes.<\/p>\n

Without even looking at a screenshot and simply listening to the music, you\u00a0could probably guess that Flash Man’s level is filled with slippery ice traps. The hectic Heat Man theme compliments your sweaty palms nicely as you jump from one disappearing block to another, while Quick Man’s music has those little “buzzing beeps” (not sure what else to call them) that give you that sense of urgency when rushing to avoid those massive death lasers.\u00a0 Bubble Man’s level was the first one I ever chose when playing the game, and that music just fit so perfectly as a\u00a0“water\u00a0theme”…\u00a0 one of my favourite game tunes of all time, for sure.<\/p>\n

On top of that, you’ve got an amazing game that has been perfected from the last time around.\u00a0 The first Mega Man<\/em> was great, but the slight tweaks to the formula for MM2<\/em> just hit it out of the park.\u00a0 Energy Tanks, three distinct weapon add-ons, eight bosses instead of six, more freedom in choosing the boss order, and an actual map for Dr. Wily’s Castle…\u00a0 they were only minor changes that\u00a0ended up making\u00a0the world\u00a0of a difference.\u00a0 The jump in quality between the first and second games is quite astounding.<\/p>\n

I know people on both sides of the Mega Man 2\\Mega Man 3 <\/em>argument, and really, there’s no reason for heated debates.\u00a0 To each their own, I say!<\/p>\n

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