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Apologies if I missed it, but which of the GB Mega Man titles are must-plays? I'm very LTTP with the series, for some reason it was a complete blind spot in my gaming youth so I've only played the first few NES games and I still need to finish up 3 in the Legacy Collection. I got the sense from Googling that IV and V are the best, and maybe III is worthwhile too?

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You didn't miss anything, but only because I can't answer this question yet! I've only recently started the second Game Boy Mega Man, so answers for the rest of the series will have to wait. Everything I've heard says the later ones are better, at least.

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Well that makes sense! LOL. Have you played Mega Man and Bass, specifically the GBA version? Unfortunately (IMO) that was my entry point to Mega Man games when I tried it about a decade ago, and I gave up when the first level or two were nigh-impossible. Platforming is my fave but between that and the early going of MM1 I was convinced the series was just not for me. Save states helped me get through numero uno though and then enjoy MM2 a great deal.

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I have not, but I do have that to get through at some point, too!

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While I didn't feel it played the best for all the reasons mentioned, I did enjoy the originality of the levels at the time. It gave it a niche for a Mega Man completionist like me. At the very least, I did enjoy it in comparison to Mega Man II, which seemed to try to replicate the original source material as closely as possible (while playing very poorly). Interesting to know that II was the only one that didn't have this dev.

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