Mega Man 2 
Mega Man 3 Overall Comparison Mega Man 2 was one of the first NES games I owned. With its classic gameplay and memorable music, it was a wonderful entrance to the world of Mega Man (still haven't played through the original...the presence of points and lack of 8 bosses is still weird). To this day I still play this game through.
Last summer I decided it was time to give another game a chance. I loaded up Mega Man 3 and was immediately greeted with a lot of the same, but something didn't feel right. Gone were Dr. Wily's bots with cool elemental influences (Heat Man, Air Man, Metal Man); in their place were bots with odd influence (Hard Man; seriously, Top Man?) I decided I had no choice but to play it through until the end.
One of the classic features of the Mega Man series is the opportunity to re-battle fallen bosses during the Dr. Wily stage. By this point you probably have figured out their weakness, so the battles aren't too difficult. Imagine my surprise as I was playing through these levels and found those same teleporters at the end of these new stages.
*SPOILER ALERT*
Those teleporters brought me into battle against all the bots from Mega Man 2. This was not just unexpected but it brought back great memories previous years. Lost in this nostalgia was the need to figure out what their new weaknesses would be (Magnet Man for Metal Man wasn't too tough). As if this wasn't enough, you also get to fight the cyclops that constantly disassembles itself (a definite throwback to the original Mega Man).
These battles made Mega Man 3 a wonderful experience, but since the throwbacks to the past made it so memorable, I am going to give the nod to Mega Man 2.
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hmmm, yea, i think i see where you are coming from. mega man 2 set the tone for the rest of the series. the first mega man was just kinda the lead up to the real game. i did like the sliding in mega man 3. the charging they added in mega man 4 kinda made it a little too easy to beat the bosses out of order.
yea, some part of me doesnt like the charging either
I appreciate the charging/sliding additions. It gives the game a bit more demension. Plus, it give you some more options to avoid dying.
For me, the sliding/charging have always been linked together. In 3, I never felt much need to slide in stages. Once 4 added charging, I found myself holding a charge and sliding under bosses to fight them (since at that point I had no idea of weaknesses)...when you can beat all of them with your mega buster, it's a little discouraging.
yup, exactly. always holding a charge got lame really fast, but you gotta do it because of how powerful it was. i still like mega man 4, but the series was most pure at 2 and 3 i think.
The main reason I love MM2 over 3 (and subsequently, every other Mega Man game period) is the music. I love the Metal Man stage, and Bubble Man is great as well. But then you get the epic Wily Stage music, which could be described as the best stage theme in the history of games, period. Aww yeah.
I love the music. Love love love love it.
Love.
I have about 5 MM2 songs on my cell phone for ring tones, just because they are all that awesome.