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Megaman's games are getting better every time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I've tried to get this game ever since it came out and finally got it for 8$ and trust me,it was worth the wait.I'm a serious megaman fan and a game master,but i've had this game for 3 months and I still havn't beat it.I like the fact that you can play with bass.He's really good.My ratings:
sound-8
graphics-8.5
action-8.8
bosses-9.9
overall8.9

I'm a MEGA MAN master...and this is the hardest Mega Man for me!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: October 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have played every Mega Man game there is (minus the battlenetwork megas. not my cup of tea) and have enjoyed almost everyone of them. I enjoy this one but it is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. The ratio of my wins to the bosses had to be 20:1. That is a good thing of course because I blew through the entire Mega Man Anniversary package in one week. Meaning, I beat 10 Mega Man games in 7 days.

Now, this Mega Man game really isn't anything new. Same formula and is actually in my opinion a remake of Mega Man 8. Same bosses pretty much and same basic level design, so if you've played Mega 8 you are not missing much.

With that said it is still worth getting. I bought it for 8 bucks at eb games used and loved it for the challenge.

The Missing Link

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Megaman and Bass, originally released in 1998 (after Mega Man VII to correct the reviewer below, so this is NOT the japanese Mega Man VII, it really is the ninth one in the classic Mega Man series) never made it to the states. The speculation is because in 1998, the Super Nintendo was no longer as popular in the United States and the world belonged to the Sony Playstation instead. It was availible on emulators and one could import, but aside from that, the game didn't see an official release in the states until 2003 when it came as Megaman and Bass (Rockman and Forte in Japan).

One of Dr. Wily's robots has gone insane and Wily has somehow lost control of him. Now it's up to Megaman and Bass to stop him. The two now find themselves working together.

If you've played Mega Man VII (or even Mega Man 8 on the playstation) then the gameplay is virtually unchanged. The difference being you can choose to play as Mega Man or Bass. Mega Man, I'm sure most everyone knows about. Bass controls differently. He's got a burst fire weapon instead of the standard buster that Mega Man has. He can't run while shooting, but he can aim diagnal and fire upwards. He can also double jump and he can dash (the dash looks like it does in the Mega Man X series). The two differ so much that the game is a completely different experience depending on who you play it as.

Upon completing the game start level, the game quickly uses the Mega Man formula. You'll be able to choose which bosses you want to go defeat. The only difference really is that you can only choose between three at first, and once you defeat one of them, pathways to new bosses open up. There's also a shop. When you defeat enemies, they might drop bolts. You can use bolts to buy Mega Man and Bass special abilities.

This game, however, is not an easy game. Even Mega Man veterans will have some trouble with this game. Some of these levels are killer. Even worse, when porting this game to the Gameboy Advance, they didn't bring things down to scale. Many areas are compressed, and don't fit in the screen right. This leads to several deaths which could be avoided otherwise had things been brought to scale. This alone makes the game much harder than it actually has to be.

Also, the sound quality just isn't all that great. This I'm also guessing suffers from being ported to the GBA. I listened to the SNES original soundtrack not too long ago, and it sounds drastically different from this. They are the same, but coming from the GBA's speakers, it just doesn't sound nearly as good. In short, the soundtrack just doesn't sound great.

Overall it's a good game, but if you can find a translation of Rockman and Forte on an SNES emulator, I say go for it. It'll look better and it'll sound better. Megaman and Bass is not by any means a bad game, just one that didn't get ported over as well as it could've. An already hard game is now harder on a handheld.

Original Japanese version of SNES's Mega Man 7

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

For all you gamers who are too young to remember the original Nintendo, or maybe even Super Nintendo systems - the days when the Mega Man franchise was still great - I feel compelled to set the record straight.

First of all, this wasn't the "ninth" game in the series, but actually the seventh. The Japanese games went by the name Rockman (Megaman's true name before being "Americanized"), and in Japan they gave their sequels subtitles instead of just slapping Roman numerals on the name like in the U.S.A. If you ever find an old Super Nintendo system and a copy of Mega Man 7 at a garage sale and play it, you will see that all of the same bosses from "Mega Man and Bass" appear in the game. The only differences are the boss names and the configuration of the order in which the levels are played.

Therefore, this game was never "lost", isn't really "new", and is really the seventh installment in the original Mega Man (or Rockman) story line. Mega Man 8, the last game in the original Mega Man versus Dr. Wily story-line (to date, anyway) came out much later on Sony Playstation (or PSOne as it's called now).

Rest assured that no "Lost" game or "Mega Man 9" has ever existed. Hopefully, maybe though, Capcom will come back to their senses and return to the series that made Mega Man what it used to be. All of these new incarnations and spin-offs (Battle Network? Zero? Command Mission - what the heck is this crap) are ruining the franchise, regardless of what gamers who are new to the series may think. They have most likely never played a real Mega Man game, and think that these Zeros and BattleNetworks are awesome because that's all they've ever known.

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for that elusive Mega Man 9 to come along one day - the new Nintendo DS or PSP systems would be great platforms for Mega Man 9 if you are seeing this Capcom
Until then, if you want a GBA Mega Man game that's actually good and worth playing, get this one. Mega Man 7 - errr... Mega Man & Bass.

Pleasing, but it shows Capcom is lazy.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: April 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The story this time around is that a robot named King has taken over Wily's fort and has 8 robot masters attacking the world. You can play as either Mega man or Bass. Here are the pros and cons

Mega man- His weapon is more powerful than that of Bass and has the option of charging to triple times the power.
Jumping is ok and it gets you around. He can slide, which gives you the ability to go under small areas or evade an attack.
His power-ups are just right if not useless. The two most useful powerups are the high speed charge and the auto charge. Forget everything else.

Bass- Three shots from his buster is equal to about one uncharged shot from Mega man. It is weak. You cannot move and fire at the same time, but while standing you can also fire above your head or into the right or left hand corners.
Bass can double jump, which makes things easier. He cannot slide, but dash. It is only used for evading. It is useless!!!! It states you have to tap the D-pad twice in one direction to get him to dash, but I see no results after 20 and after absorbing every attack around me trying to do so.
His power-ups are great. You can make your shots go through walls. Double your bullets power without charging. And even fuse with your dog. YOUR DOG!

In the game, you choose a boss and go through their stage and at the end, kill them. Upon defeat, they give you their special weapon and give you the ability to use it. The power levels on special abilties are equal between Mega man and Bass.
TIP: Each boss has a weakness. A certain special weapon. The good thing now is that you can tell when it is the right one. The boss will physically react by such moves such as stopping in mid-air or splitting in half.

As a side quest, you can collect cds which contain info on robots from Mega man's past. The problem is you may never get them all. Some are just immpossible to actually touch without dying. It is quite interesting though.

As the title suggests, Capcom is getting lazy.
1. This Mega man game is not innovative to the other 8 exactly like it.
2. They recycled two bosses from Mega man 8, Astro man and Tengu man. That is beyond lazy.

You may need help. If you are a newb, you will die hundreds of times. Mega man is HARD! Just stick with it.

I recommend it.

very hard!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game will get you very fusterated! Its hard and it will drive you crazy! But it is fun.

Love The Game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

MM and Bass is a very challenging game but is so cool if u get used to it and actually beat lvls. The first few days after i bought the game i was mad cause i got stuck on BurnerMan but after i beat him i was pretty good at the game. I highly recommend this game if u are a hardcore gamer.

An awesome game - it's about time it was released here!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 18
Date: May 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In 1998 in Japan, the ninth game in the "Classic NES" Mega Man series was released, Mega Man And Bass. Unfortunately, the game didn't get an American release until 2003 - five years later! It's a shame Capcom delayed this game so long. But at long last, American gamers have a chance to play the "lost" game in the series. Read on for my review of Mega Man And Bass.

PROS:
-THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS GAME IS THAT YOU CAN PLAY EITHER MEGA MAN OR BASS! Mega Man plays just like his Mega Man VII counterpart, but Bass plays pretty different. He has automatic rapid-fire, but his shots can't go through walls and he can't move while shooting. Likewise, Bass can dash and double jump.
-THE ITEM REPLICATOR IS BACK, AND IT'S THE MEGA MAN VII VERSION! You can collect bolts and take them to a shop and use them to get new items. This feature is one of my favorite things about the series, and I'm glad to see it back!
-THE CD COLLECTION ASPECT IS A GREAT ADDITION. Hidden in the game are a hundred CDs. Hunting these down is kind of a "side quest" that makes the game all the more entertaining. Every one of them represents a character in the Mega Man universe.
-THE PLOT IS PRETTY GOOD. In this game, one of Dr. Wily's robots has a mental breakdown, and because of it Mega Man and Bass must join forces to stop him.
-THERE ARE FOUR SAVE FILES. This is convenient, because you can have at least one save file as Mega Man, and at least one as Bass.

CONS:
-TRANSFERRING THE GAME TO THE GAME BOY MEANS SACRIFICING ROOM TO MOVE AROUND ON THE SCREEN, AND SOUND QUALITY. Because of the lack of visibility, you'll find yourself dying from spikes more often than you'd like to. Likewise, the audio takes a major hit in quality.
-THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION SEEMS RUSHED. While playing the game, you'll come to realize that whoever translated this game didn't do all that good of a job.
-THE DIFFICULTY LEVEL IS EXTREMELY HIGH. King's Fortress is a nightmare zone - especially Zone Two. Don't expect to beat this game unless you're a game master.
-THE TITLE IS HORRIBLY MISLEADING. Why didn't Capcom just call this game Mega Man 9? That would have made more sense.
-THE GAME USES MEGA MAN VII'S WEAPON ENERGY SYSTEM, NOT MEGA MAN 8's. In Mega Man 8 your special weapons refilled every time you died, and there was a number assigned to how many times you could use the weapon. Not so here.
-YOU CAN'T PLAY AS PROTO MAN. What does Capcom have against the poor guy? His role here is limted, and mostly consists of him getting injured.
-THE CHARACTERS ARE OUT OF PROPORTION WITH ONE ANOTHER. If you don't believe me, look at the characters when they're next to each other - the poor proportioning may surprise you!

OVERALL:
You may find this hard to believe, but this is my personal favorite entry in the Mega Man series. It's just a shame the game didn't get a North American Super Nintendo release, because the Game Boy's small screen hurts the game somewhat. Still, I'm not complaining. This is an excellent port of the game, and I recommend it to any Mega Man fan.

You can play as Bass?!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: April 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Bass?! Sweet! In the other Megaman games that I have, Bass is so hard to beat. Now I might get to kick bootie with him!

Cool Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Mega Man & Bass is must have for any fan of the original games. I loved the original Mega Man Series and "Mega Man 9" is no disapointment. Even though the plot is a bit old having been repeated 8 times it offers new exciting bosses and playing as Bass offers new challenge. But my overall favorite is Mega Man 3, but hey I also like the others well. Mega Man Anviversery Collection and tthis will complete your collection of Mega Man 1 - 9.

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