Mega Man 2: Difference between revisions

* [[Emergency Energy Tank]]: This was the first game in the series to give you E-Tanks, which can instantly refill your health on the go, and were essential to toning down the difficulty of the original game.

* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: The gorilla robots from Wood Man's stage.

* [[Excuse Plot]]: Dr. Wily is back for revenge with a batch of his own robots to counter Mega Man. Go at it!

* [[Fanfare]]: The iconic Mega Man theme at the title screen, as well as the "Boss Selected" music.

** Finally, there's the triumphant victory theme after defeating the final boss.

* [[Mini-Mecha]]/[[Hopping Machine]]: The AT-ST Joes, the latter also applies to the robo-rabbits from Wood Man's stage.

* [[Minus World]]: The glitchy version of Skull Castle stage 2, which is accessed via a glitch in Air Man's stage.

* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: Gorilla robots in what looks like a mid-western forest?

* [[Musical Nod]]: The first part of the game's opening theme is a remix of the first part of the previous game's ending theme.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: While the games difficulty is much more forgiving than the original game, Difficult mode is not a cake walk.

* [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]: Wily's [[One-Winged Angel]] in the final battle.

* [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]]: Due to the addition of more utility items, [[Emergency Energy Tank|Energy Tanks]], and a password save system; plus an actual Easy Mode in the North American version (there called "Normal", but the "Difficult" mode is actually the original difficulty).

* [[Shout-Out]]: Heat Man looks like a human-sized Zippo lighter.

** There are a batch of enemies in Bubble Man's stage that look uncannily similar to [[Metroid|Metroids]], especially since both games were released in the same year.

* [[Spikes of Doom]]: Particularly in parts of Bubble Man's stage and Wily Stage 3.

* [[Spread Shot]]: Air Man's weapon, the Air Shooter.

* [[Supervillain Lair]]: Skull Castle.

* [[Tank Goodness]]: Guts Tank