Way easier than i thought, even if you only get about 4 continues. Pretty sure contra 3 strengthened my senses.

Honestly, i would've never beaten this if the contra anniversary collection didn't have the Japanese version, which not only gives you infinite continues, no matter the difficulty, but also has a 30 lives cheat. If you want an actually enjoyable experience, play the Japanese version, crank that shit up to hard mode, and use the 30 lives code.
Oh, and FUCK STAGE 5

Not as bad as people will have you think, but that doesn't mean its good. The 'ending' is way too short, and ends out of no where, and the combat usually leaves you so outnumbered that you forced to take a few lives.

A massive improvement from the first game, until world 8, when they finally remember this is suppose to be an AI game, and make the final world hard as SHIT. Good game overall tho

I need to stop playing all these good games, man, my average rating getting more and more f'ed up by the second

I just beat adventure island about 5 minutes ago, and i'm still shaking. This is not a game, its an endurance marathon. I can confidently say that this is the hardest game ill ever willingly beat, and thank the LORD for the Hudson bee

Even if some of the later levels are sort of ass, (rainbow ride and tick-tock clock especially) and the controls haven't aged too well, its still a masterful experience everyone should play at least once.

While the doc robot stages hold it back a bit, the wily castles stages are absolutely fantastic, definitely my favorites in the series.

So much damn fun.
I do prefer Smooth Moves a bit more, but this is definitely a close 2nd.

ITS MEGA MAN 2 BABYYYYYY

This is the first time i finished this game without rewind, or save states. Still used the pause glitch though cuz FUCK THE YELLOW DEVIL