Mega Man 6

by Nintendo

Product Features

• 1985 NINTENDO, MADE IN JAPAN

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• ASIN: B00004SVS7
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,302 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

GAME CARTRIDGE CLEAN WITH CASE, NO ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS. [A FUN GAME]

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Oh, imagine that, another 8 robots to fight. After I've already beaten 40. God this is getting monotonous., October 26, 2007

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Mike London "MAC" (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mega Man 6 (Video Game)

By the time Capcom released MEGA MAN VI on the NES, it was obvious to all in the industry that Nintendo's 8-Bit console, the machine that resurrected the video game market in the mid 1980s to the multibillion dollar industry that it is now, was on its last legs. Capcom wanted to move Mega Man to the SNES, but before doing so, they made a final chapter for everyone's favorite blue bomber.

Ironically enough, Capcom chose not to release MEGA MAN VI in the United States, publishing the game only in Japan, due to their decision to put their efforts behind the new MEGA MAN X series. When Capcom informed Nintendo of this decision, Nintendo took it upon themselves to publish the game in America, which is why the game was never released in Europe.

How does it stand up to the other five games? Actually, not that bad. It's obvious Capcom is running out of ideas. The basic story is that a mysterious Mr. X (gee, I wonder who that could be) has been setting up a robot tournament, and when Mega Man shows up, all the robots turn against Mega Man and Mr X tries to take over the world. Naturally, when you defeat Mr X, turns out it is Dr. Wiley and you have to go into a second castle. While Mega Man IV and V at least at an element of surprise in their "twist" ending, by VI you can tell it's Wiley from the beginning, even kinda looks like him.

First off, the graphics are top notch, and so is the sound. But that is little surprise as Mega Man always had great graphics for the NES.

Capcom was so bereft of ideas They even had contestant winners in Nintendo Power design two of the robot bosses (Wind Man, designed by Michael Leader of the US, and Knight Man, designed by Daniel Vallie of Canada).

The other six bosses are largely retreads of previous robot masters or just plain ridiculous.

We have Plant Man (who, might I add, is the single worst boss in not only Mega Man, but in all of video games - he's just gay). His (lame) weapon is a flower shield, and basically he's a poor boy version of the superior Leaf Man from MEGA MAN II. We have Blizzard Man, who for whatever reason is on skis. Ripoff of Air Man from II and Ice Man from the first game. Flame Man is yet another heat-based robot master (we've already had Fire Man from I, Heat Man from II, and Napalm Man from V). We have Tomahawk Man, who is very formidable, but still feels out of place and like Capcom was really stretching for ideas. Centaur Man is at least somewhat imaginative. The worst, though, is Yamato Man. Apparently Yamato is a geographical term in Japan. It'd be like Oxford Man or Birmingshire Man or Las Vegas Man. Incomprehensible. Stupid. Even Wind Man, who was designed by one of the contestant winners, is little more than another version of Air Man.

The levels themselves, while compentant, are hardly what you call inspired. A lot of them you have seen before in previous incarnations, especially Flame Man's level (come on, we've had fire-themed levels before).

A bad part of the levels is that four of them have false endings, I guess in attempts from Capcom to give the game more replayability. In each of the levels for Tomahawk Man, Yamato Man, Knight Man, and Centaur Man, two separate boss chambers appear, one more difficult to reach than the other. By accessing the more difficult of the two you get one of four letters (B, E, A, T), and when you get all four you can now use Beat, the robotic bird from Mega Man V. Quite frankly, the fake endings are rather dumb.

The last levels have some engaging moments, even though one of the castle bosses (a big dragon) is a little too similar too the boss dragon of Mega Man II for my comfort. There's another stage in the Wiley's castle which is primarily dirty water and those spiked orbs, which is again a throw back to Mega Man II.

The end features Dr Wiley being thrown in jail, with the last words and a newspaper picture printed. The ending provides good closure for the series, but then Capcom spoils that by saying "To be continued". Still a good way to close the NES leg of Mega Man's journey as far as story-wise goes.

Mega Man also has some new features. Taking a page from Mario, he has a rush adapter that allows him to fly (albeit, pretty briefly). This is featured prominently on the game art. Beat returns. I would like to have flown longer, given how much this was hyped.

Is MEGA MAN VI a good game? Yes. Without a doubt. It would be an even better game its five predecessors did not exist. Because ultimately, even though they tried adding some new things to the Mega Man formula, at the end of the day, Capcom with this title feels tired and uninspired, like they trying to squeeze one more dollar out of the Mega Man franchise. But that's largely because MEGA MAN VI is just more of the same. If you like the formula you'll love this title. But it is still very formulaic.

All the NES Mega Man games are good, but they're largely the same. I'd go with II or III first, but if you haven't played any Mega Man games VI is a good place to start. But II and III should be your first choice.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best NES MM game, June 21, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Mega Man 6 (Video Game)

I am 15 years old and have played every MM game on the planet.Of all of them Mega Man 6 has to be the best.It has OK storyline and catchy boss music.You can summon Beat the blue bird or fuse w/ Rush to become Power and Jet MegaMan.Its also the first MM game with the option to sort out your special weapon`s energy.I dunno about you,but if you see this game,BUY IT!!Its a shame MM8 had no Rush transformations,otherwise,that would be the best MM game.Peace out!

3.0 out of 5 stars The last NES Mega Man game left a lot to be desired, October 5, 2011

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BX Lounger (The Bronx, NY) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mega Man 6 (Video Game)

Gamers were knee deep with the Super NES and Sega Genesis back in 1993. But the NES was still cranking out games whether gamers liked it or not. For those who had the SNES, Capcom released Mega Man X and was very well received by critics and gamers. In 1994, they released the last entry in the NES Mega Man series with Mega Man 6. Incidentally, Capcom was too busy making Mega Man X and Mega Man 6 at the time so they let Nintendo publish the game for them. While it brought a few new ideas as well as the standard run and gun game play, the last NES Mega Man game left a lot to be desired.

Mega Man 6 started off with a robot tournament in full swing that got taken over by Mr. X. He took control of the eight most powerful robot entries and let them run wild in the city. Mega Man swings into action to stop him once and for all. Of course, it doesn't take long to realize Mr. X was Dr. Wily in disguise, so you have eight stages to choose from and two castles to explore, each with 4 stages for a total of 16 stages. You know the drill: pick a stage, beat the Robot Master and get his weapon to use on another Robot Master. To mix things up a bit, the Robot Masters were created by fans of the series, not by Capcom. Some of the stages have alternate paths where one leads to the Robot Master while the other leads to a "fake" version of the Robot Master. Mega Man can now combine powers with his dog Rush after you collect two Rush adapters. Of course, the robot bird Beat from Mega Man 5 returns and will help you once you collect the letters that spell out his name. When you want to take a break, you can write down a password so you can continue your game later.

The PROS: It was nice for Capcom to finally try to shake up the traditional formula it followed with all of their Mega Man games. It looked and played like the games before it. The music, while not as strong as what you heard in Mega Man 5, still sounded good. The controls remain untouched so they still work.

The CONS: Previous Mega Man games looked better than Mega Man 6. Even though the Robot Masters are the creations of the contest winners, Capcom could have picked better choices. Most of the Robot Masters were based on elements that were already seen (water, ice, fire, air) so that created a sense of redundancy. Judging from the stage layouts, you could tell that Capcom was running out of ideas.

With the release of Mega Man 6, the series came to a close on the NES but continued on the Super NES with Mega Man 7. Capcom would move forward with the Mega Man X series. Some people liked Mega Man 6 while others were disappointed because it really didn't bring anything new to the series. It's a shame since it could have ended on a high note.