Mega Man 2/YMMV: Difference between revisions

* [[Breather Boss]]: Flash Man is pretty much ''the'' easiest boss in the game thanks to the fact that his "attack pattern" consists of running around his stage and stopping time randomly to fire at you. He runs around in a set pattern, and ''only'' attacks after using his Flash Stopper. Not only do you practically have to ''let'' him kill you, but killing him without getting hit is not only possible, but downright probable.

** Once you know the trick behind his AI, you'll never get hit by Crash Man again. His jumping and firing is connected to your firing, so simply get close to him, shoot, and walk on under him as he tries and fails to hit you with a Crash Bomb. And that's if you don't simply kill him with the Air Shooter, which can ''one-shot him'' if its fired at point blank.

* [[Breather Level]]: Flash Man's stage becomes this if you save him for later. Once you have a few utility items and Crash Bombs, you can take the safer paths through the stage that are loaded with health and ammo pickups, one-ups, and even E-tanks while avoiding the [[Goddamned Bats|Crazy Cannons]] and [[Demonic Spiders|Sniper Joe walkers]]. Wood Man's stage is also fairly easy due to being a fairly straight trek to the boss where you kill a ton of easy enemies and do very little in the way of platforming.

* [[Complacent Gaming Syndrome]]: Most of the game's weapons range from middling to awful, save for one standout: the Metal Blade. It fires massive sawblades at any angle, one-shots most enemies that don't resist it, quite a few bosses are weak to it, and it has such a huge ammo count that you can practically use it as a Mega Buster alternative. Unsurprisingly, most players go after Metal Man first and use nothing but the Metal Blade, save for the few instances where the situation demands you to use another weapon.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Air Man. He's got a unique design among Robot Masters, and the memetic song made in his honor has caused fans to view him as something of an undefeatable badass.

* [[Hype Backlash]]: As probably the most popular game in the ''Mega Man'' series and one of the most acclaimed games of all time, it naturally tends to get this from time to time. In particular, more than a few fans consider ''[[Mega Man 3]]'' to be the actual pinnacle of the series, and those that don't tend to give that treatment to either [[Mega Man 4|4]], [[Mega Man 9|9]], [[Mega Man 10|10]], or in more recent times, even ''[[Mega Man 7|7]]'' due being [[Vindicated by History]]. But the unifying thread behind these dissenting opinions is that the game's still too simplistic compared to later titles, to the point of feeling primitive. Questionable stage design and weapon balancing are also marks against it for some.

* [[It Was His Sled]]: Holy crap, Wily's an alien! Except he isn't, and that was just a decoy. The alien form in general counts though: back when the game came out, it was a huge surprise for obvious reasons, but now, it's one of the most famous moments in the franchise's history.

* [[Polished Port]]: ''The Wily Wars'' re-release gave the game a 16-bit graphical upgrade, remixed music, and a save feature. While opinions vary on if the graphics and music are truly an upgrade or not, it's hard to find ''anyone'' oppose to a more conventional, non-password focused save feature.

* [[Scrappy Weapon]]: More than ''half the game's weapons are these'', unfortunately.

** The Atomic Fire is something of a proto Charge Shot, firing weak shots that you can charge up into bigger, more powerful blasts. Unfortunately, it takes forever and a day to fully charge the Atomic Fire, and charge shots consume a ''ton'' of ammo. It ends up being [[Awesome Yet Impractical]] outside of the two bosses that are weak to it.

** While the Time Stopper is true to its name and stops time, it's way more of a hindrance than you'd think. Once it's active it drains all its energy in one go, you can't change weapons or even fire your buster while it's active, and if there are any enemies in your way? Unless they're small enough for you to jump over (which they likely aren't), you'll either have to let the Time Stopper wear off so you can kill them, or face tank damage in order to get through them. The Flash Stopper in Mega Man 4 is basically an apology for how hard this weapon sucks.

** Being the first shield weapon of its kind, the Leaf Shield is a rough start for its lineage. You can't move while it's active or else you'll throw it,

and it won't block projectiles. However, it does see some use in Crash Man's stage and Wily Stage 4, where you spend a lot of times motionless and assaulted by [[Goddamned Bats]] that die on contact upon hitting it. Still, it's far more situational than it has any right to be.

** The Crash Bomber gives you very little bang for your buck, since it has a very small ammo count and deals pitiful damage to anything it makes contact with. The explosions, while damaging, are delayed and only go off if the weapon hits a wall. And like with the Flash Stopper, you can't pause if you've got a bomb active. It's not really a step up or down from the previous game's Hyper Bomb, but rather a step sideways.

** Bubble Lead. It's a ground-traveling weapon that doesn't even hurt 90% of enemies that can easily be hit with it. Fairly self-explanatory right there.

* [[Tear Jerker]]: The ending. Before the credits start, it simply has Mega Man taking a long walk home looking introspective and sullen while [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J73r_zDlXaA surprisingly melancholy music plays over the passing seasons]. The scene's minimalist presentation makes it even more of a solemn affair: depending on how you look at it, Mega Man either feels guilty and even sad over having to kill his fellow robots, or is simply exhausted and worn down from the fight with Wily while possibly feeling homesick. Thankfully, the mood picks back up once he arrives home and the credits roll.

** [[Memetic Badass|Air Man]], at least in the games hard mode thanks to having a tornado pattern that's almost impossible to dodge. Even in easier difficulties, their tight spacing and projectile-deflecting tendencies can give newer players some trouble.

** The Mecha Dragon's status is a big reason why this trope is YMMV: for some he's a [[Breather Boss]] who you can practically beat in your sleep, but to others he's a terror on par with the Yellow Devil. It all depends on how good you are at dodging his fireballs, because in most cases, all it takes is one solid hit for them to knock you off the tiny platforms you fight him on and drop you into a bottomless pit.

** The Buebeam Trap at the end of Wily Stage 4 is considered by many to be one of the worst designed bosses in the series. A series of wall mounted turrets, they're all spaced around a huge room and can't be hurt by anything other than the Crash Bomb, a weapon with a ''very'' limited ammo count. You barely have enough bombs to kill it as is, and you'll need to waste at ''least'' one of them to destroy the barriers blocking a few of them. You also need at least one usage of Item-1 to get to one of the turrets since you can't hit it otherwise. If you run out of either of these weapons/utilities, [[Unwinnable|you're screwed]].