Mega Man 8

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Product Features

• Platform: PlayStation
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Genre: Action/Adventure

Product Details

• ASIN: B00002STJH
• Item Weight: 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,897 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)

• This is item 8 in The Mega Man Series.

Product Description

Manufacturer Description

Mega Man one of video gaming's most popular heroic characters launches into action when two mysterious metallic meteorites crash to Earth. When his villainous Dr. Wiley makes off with one of the orbs Mega Man must battle his way through 14 enormous stages to discover the secret. Customized upgrades let you tailor your Mega Man to the deadly mission ahead!

Product Description

When a gigantic explosion in space sends two strange meteors crashing to earth, a desperate call for help goes out.

Mega Man speeds to the site and arrives just in time to see his arch-rival, Dr. Wily, fleeing the scene....

Now Mega Man must uncover the secret of the mysterious meteors in a race to stay one step ahead of Dr. Wily and his deadly breed of super-powered robots.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Side-Scrolling Action, September 3, 2000

By A Customer

Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

The Playstation, and almost all post 16-bit consoles for that matter, have been seriously lacking in the side-scrolling game genre. Mega Man 8, however, brings us back to that strange technological world that started on the old NES.

Mega Man has to stop the nefarious Dr. Wily for taking over the world. Wily has, naturally, created eight new robots for Mega Man to battle with. They are Tengu Man, Grenade Man, Clown Man, Frost Man, Sword Man, Astro Man, Search Man, and Aqua Man.

The game mechanics are true to its predecessors, with few new additions. Mega Man can actually swim now, a la Mario. It also borrows the "money" concept from the Game Boy titles, allowing you to buy upgrades for the Blue Bomber. It is also divisioned into two parts, like the Game Boy titles. You fight the first four bosses, then the next four (identical to Mega Man 7).

The graphics are wonderfully cartoonish and animate fluidly. The bosses also demonstrate a lot of character and are generally fun to fight. The music is good, but no tracks really stick out in my mind.

I'd say that I only have two qualms about Mega Man 8. The anime sequences are well done, but the voice overs could have used work. There is a lot of yelling that gets irritating. Also, I think the final battle could have been a lot more exciting.

But, all in all, it's a very good game to add to your Playstation collection.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars MegaMan 8... oh man...., April 30, 2001

By	James Jeans (Galesburg, IL USA) - See all my reviews

Oh boy... I didn't know what I was getting into when I bought this game. I was lucky, see. I went to a second-hand store and sold a few games and managed to pick `MegaMan 8' up ... . A true bargain considering the game was in PERFECT condition.

My review is mixed, however. I'm an old-school MegaMan fan. I love most of the NES games (some are better than the others) and I love all of the SNES games. MegaMan 7 and then Megaman X1-X3.

My problem with MegaMan 8 is that it feels too much like a cartoon. I like the anime cut scenes, but the acting is horrid! I wish they would have gotten the actors from the MegaMan cartoon. That would have been a major step up.

I didn't like MegaMan's voice at all. He sounds like a little girl. The guy who played Bass should have played the Blue Bomber. Some of the bosses in the game were ridiculous, and some of the stages were harder than the entire game of Megaman X5.

The upside is that it is classic MegaMan fun. I liked the fact that the `Boss Anthem' was back from MegaMan II (when you click on a boss, the small piece of music that plays) and the music after you destroy a boss was back.

Overall, MegaMan 8 is a decent game. It doesn't deserve the title `Anniversary Edition', but it was well worth the [money I paid].

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I really wanted to like this game, but just couldn't do it., October 23, 2003

By A Customer

I bought this game without having played it, assuming it would be at least as good as the NES Mega Man games (I had missed the limited-release Mega Man 7 for SNES).

I will just say straight out that I was very disappointed by the game. For starters, the gameplay was, in my opinion, unnecessarily difficult. I got to the Wily level where you have to go through this stage they flies past you at a mile a minute, and have a one-second warning to "Jump", "Slide", etc. After proably a dozen tries, I put the game away on my bookshelf and haven't touched it since.

The voice acting was simply horrible. Why oh why did Capcom give Mega Man a girly voice? It sounds like he was voiced by Mickey Mouse, put into a helium chamber, and then kicked hard in a tender spot. It was simply painful to listen to. And the acting in general was so bad and overdone it reminded me of the original Resident Evil.

The anime sequences were also unnecessary. Some anime is directed toward adults, while others are directed toward kids. The anime here reminded me more of "Hamtaro" than "DragonBall Z".

Basically, this is a game that looks like it's for kids, but is probably way too hard for them to play. Unless you're a super die-hard Mega Man fan (as I USED to be), then skip this one.