I'm not particularly good at action games like Mega Man Classic or X, but this was a fun experience with friends.

Network Transmission's pace is slower than other Mega Man games until you upgrade your Mega Buster, which I didn't do until late in the game. Once you get all the upgrades, it feels better to control.

Oddly enough, my favorite part of the game are the splash screens after clearing a level. The ambient victory jingle with the key art sliding onto the screen would've mesmerized me if I played it when it released.

While fun overall, definitely play another Classic or X game prior to Network Transmission to get an idea of how these games test your skill. You'd probably appreciate this game as a fun extra if you enjoy the other games.

Honestly i don't get the hate towards this game, I think it marries original megaman and the network games amazingly. Now the difficulty is high which I love, but part of that difficulty IS in some wonky mechanics here and there I agree. But I haven't played this in 15 years and picked it up and I'm addicted to it, it has great platforming, the cards are a great substitute for megaman weapons, soundtrack rocks, and the RPG elements of upgrading your health and buster, and maps to find secrets in is all awesome. I think the issues are - i don't like continuing making you reload the game, a lot of old games have this problem. I wish the chip load out were slightly less random in some way, and the boss battles move so quickly and range from very easy to insane - with few in that middle ground of difficult but fun like Needleman and Fireman. I think it could also be a prettier game, and all the text is pointless, but it's honestly a great megaman game

It's weird to think this game really exists. But yep, there is, and it's a spin-off of Battle Network. Which already acts as a semi spin-off while being its own thing and a full fledged action-RPG series.

But here we are and with a platform. The shooting type. We are safe then, right? I mean: it's Mega Man natural genre, after all!
Well...no. This was where the disappointment began. In the moment we go to the main gameplay it feels the game could play like a X game but nope: it has to remind that it's a BN spin-off with the clunky chip system to choose the weapon. The level design felt poorly designed and bland.