I definitely think this is just a mega man game. I do think due to the passage of time this one might've been hit the hardest because this was the era of manuals so you can imagine my surprise playing this through the legacy collection and finding out 20 things at the end I could do. I did not know about the mega buster charge until the 2nd to last boss I beat in boss rush LMAO. I think overall this game and 3 can be substituted for the other. I think i'll unfortunately hit that roadblock with the next two games aswell where these games start to blend with eachother. While liking this game more than 3 overall I will give it the same rating because I won't give it the same score as 2 but overall a way more fun game than 3.