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Friday, October 17, 2008

Freeplay Friday - Mega Man: The Power Battle

Hello and Welcome.

This FreePlay Friday is going to give relief to all of you stressing about Mega Man 9.  Get ready for some Mega Man : The Power Battle.


The Power Battle was originally released as an arcade game in Japan.  It was packaged as part of the Mega Man Anniversary Collection (along with its sequel) on the PS2 and GCN.

And now you can play it FREE on gametap.   It requires the Gametap client and a small download, but it is completely free once you get that set up.  And it runs on crappy machines like my laptop.

The Game itself is pretty simple.  Rather than progress through a long (sometimes frustrating) stage to fight the boss, you immediately fight the boss.  Plus you get unlimited continues and ressurect in battle with the boss at the same level of health, so it is pretty easy.  Think of it like an Anti-Mega Man 9.  If you get frustrated with MM9, boot it up and woop up on some Master Robots.

You can play as Mega Man, Proto Man, or Bass.   The style of the game looks just like Mega Man 7, and you can play 3 different worlds.  Mega Man 1-3, 4-6, and 7.  Each World has 6 Robot Masters from the Various games and  a Dr. Wiley stage at the end.

You still get the bosses power after a battle, and they can be used to defeat other bosses more easily.

I highly recommend a controller for this, as it is very difficult on the keyboard (carpal tunnel?).


So, give it a try and show those robot masters that you aren't afraid of them (just their hideouts....)

~K

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