Megaman II

Speaker

A friend of mine mentioned that he would kill to be able to play Megaman II again.

Anyone know of a good way of making this happen?

bowen

Does he have a Wii?

http://www.nintendo.com/wii/online/virtualconsole/games/detail/ABoFMyJgokTXHeGlXnJ4vEuU7RBkfqM8

If not, the only thing you can do is pick up a NES with Megaman II.

CygnusZ

It's not on the virtual console?
If your friend has a PS3, he could make a Japanese account, order a point card from Amazon Japan and buy the PS1 version of it from the PS archives store for 600yen.

reddeath

If he lacks a nintendo wii, megaman 9 and 10 are EXTREMELY similar to megaman I I in playstyle, right down to mega being unable to slide, and the lack of an Mbuster. Other than that, virtual console megaman 2 all the way.

wonderpug

There's also a port on the iPhone which is probably horrible.

truck-a-sauras

bowen wrote: »

Does he have a Wii?

http://www.nintendo.com/wii/online/virtualconsole/games/detail/ABoFMyJgokTXHeGlXnJ4vEuU7RBkfqM8

If not, the only thing you can do is pick up a NES with Megaman II.

or a gamecube using Megaman Anniversary collection which is also available for the original xbox, but is compatible with 360.... oh and like $10 as that seems to be average price if you find a copy.

and in that you get many games...1,2,3,4,5,6, etc....

MagicToaster

The PS2 released the Megaman Aniversary Collection some time ago. It has Megaman 1-8

bowen

truck-a-sauras wrote: »

bowen wrote: »

Does he have a Wii?

http://www.nintendo.com/wii/online/virtualconsole/games/detail/ABoFMyJgokTXHeGlXnJ4vEuU7RBkfqM8

If not, the only thing you can do is pick up a NES with Megaman II.

or a gamecube using Megaman Anniversary collection which is also available for the original xbox, but is compatible with 360.... oh and like $10 as that seems to be average price if you find a copy.

and in that you get many games...1,2,3,4,5,6, etc....

Ah well, this I didn't know.

I'm just hoping he has at least one of the three major systems.

Glass.Cannon

The Gamecube version has the buttons reversed (B is jump and A is fire) and as far as I know there's no way to change that. Some people might not care, but anyone used to the original or classic games in general is going to find that awkward at best. The PS2 version is fine, though it looks a little fuzzy compared to an NES. Wiiware or a real NES is probably your best option.

Naebliss

wonderpug wrote: »

There's also a port on the iPhone which is probably horrible.

Actually it's pretty good. I have it for the ipod and although the touch screen is inferior to real buttons, the game still plays fine. It was totally worth the couple of bucks I spent to always have Megaman 2 with me.

Edit: I thought I would add that it's actually not just a port. There are multiple difficulty levels and it will save your progress. Also there is a stage select screen for the wily levels.

JaysonFour

The Anniversary Collection for original XBox is 360-compatible? I'll have to have my copy sent up from home.

truck-a-sauras

JaysonFour wrote: »

The Anniversary Collection for original XBox is 360-compatible? I'll have to have my copy sent up from home.

and unlike the Gamecube version the controls don't feel borked

President Rex

Plus if for some reason you have a Genesis instead of an NES you could look into Megaman: Wily Wars...although the controls always felt quite a bit more floaty than their NES counterparts (although at least you get to pick weapons from 1, 2 and 3 to harass Wily in an ultimate final stage).


...But that'd probably be more expensive than finding an NES and a MM2 cartridge seeing as you'd basically have to buy a Japanese copy. Wikipedia says it was only released on the Sega Channel in North America. This is why we have the Something Awful LP archive, though.