protoman is certainly not the only character with nothing to him who became extremely popular only by looking cool but he might be the funniest? dude is just not in these games but we all love him. and rightfully so! look at him! he rules! i love protoman!

and i love mega man 5? this one is sick idk what everybody else is talking about??? i mean sure idk that anything here is series high outside of the visuals (this is easily one of the best looking NES games i've ever seen), but it's really consistent, which i think is fffffffine.

people say the mega buster is too powerful in this game and this is true but i would prefer that to weapons being underpowered and bad-feeling, which has been the case in previous games. i think the boss weapons are pretty good too, another consistent spread, maybe my favorite in the series so far. we're definitely at a point in this series where it's hard to come up with new stuff, and there's a mix of old standbys and fresh shit that uhhhh, well, some are better than others, but a valiant effort for this deep in the series.

anyway this game is unfairly maligned i think, i had a great time. it's got fuckin charge man dude! charge man rules. you see that guy? get outta town. love charge man.

Reviewed on Sep 26, 2021


3 Comments


2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed the game but which MMs did you think had underpowered and bad weapons on NES prior to 5? I only sorta feel that way about MM2's tbh.

2 years ago

oh man the weapons don’t stick in my head hard enough properly answer this question I’m sorry! Really just describing my memories of gut feelings vs my immediate responses to the current game. I know that’s not a satisfactory answer but it’s what I got!

I do want to make clear I don’t mean badly designed, I’m saying bad feeling like, I don’t like how they feel personally, and I don’t prefer to use them

2 years ago

Oh that makes sense, was just curious.