Hey, Has Anyone Checked on MegaMan? The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Battle Network

[@SigmaLance3375]

I see MMBN. I Like.

[@darkdragonmedeus705]

MMBN is what I consider the greatest sub series in the Mega Man IP.

[@axy1993]

Agreed!

[@jojodelacroix]

Real talk. MegaMan has more good spin off series than like any property in the world. Mario, ig has some pretty strong spinoffs but very few things can compete. Battle Network. X. Zero + ZX. Legends. Starforce. All of them are at least decent with most of them being largely really good if not genre defining.

[@darkdragonmedeus705]

@ Mario has a lot of great spinoffs given Donkey Kong Country, Wario Land, ect count. I'd argue plenty of games in those series have often exceeded mainline Mario. As have some of the RPGs. Though I never thought the sports or party series surpassed the main series. Mega Man on the other hand does pretty much have an ever spin off series has its share of amazing titles yeah.

[@notsenny.]

“Base” like the instrument brother 🫡

[@Belesprit656]

​@Sonicfalcon16 it's phonetic spelling, how to pronounce it.

[@enas_one]

I'm not even a Mega Man fan but can tell it was a good series and worth a revival. Why would they not do it?

[@Remyael]

Idk Capcom hates money I guess

[@thehevandragon]

@Remyael When you make enough money you can pick and choose HOW to make it. None of this “they hate money” BS.

[@scoutmasterdemi_gaming]

Battle Network is my beloved! I'd strongly encourage anyone to check out PVP -- the final game has AMAZINGLY balanced and frantic gameplay!

[@TayoEXE]

I freaking love the cool designs of all the Mega Man games. I think they hold up well today. Also, yeah, what the heck. I can't believe I'm saying it's the year 2025 now. As for Jack-in, I've heard so many jokes about it as an adult. lol We were so innocent. Here in Japan, it's just Plug-in, even when it went infrared wireless and no longer involving plugs. Thing is, the English localization couldn't have known that either at the time since the Advanced PET wasn't a thing until BN4 I believe, so good question why they localized it to Jack-in. lol

[@Remyael]

Yeah very true, also by the end some point out that they weren't even using a cord/cable they were just using Bluetooth lol, so im sure they'd have to have a new catchphrase if they did decide to localize it again

[@TayoEXE]

@Remyael Yeah, in Japanese, it's less jarring because it's English still. プラグイン. It just comes off more as Lan's catch phrase for sending MegaMan into the Net if that makes sense. Still, the days of wired connection is still a fascinating idea as in the anime I remember Lan could not operate MegaMan manually or send him chip data without a direct connection. When he disconnects, he's fully autonomous as an AI without help. Weird that he can still get video feed of him despite that lack of connection come to think of it. Lol

[@Remyael]

Anime magic lol, like we can't question it too much if we do we'd have to question why a 10~14 year old kid keeps having to save the world on a yearly basis

[@pablotomasllodra4423]

@@Remyael Maybe because the first two PETs were unable to send Chip data wirelessly so the cables were needed until they cracked the tech with the wireless adapter, which was consequently in-built for the newer PETs?

[@rainz1808]

Just a few days ago I was just thinking about Megaman Battle Network, checking out if there's a new one. In middle school, my friend was the one who introduced me to Megaman Battle Network, he even let me borrow his Megaman Battle Network 6 for me to play on the GBA. I remember how hard it was to beat the Cyber Beast Falza and it was so satisfying when I finally beat it! MMBN will always be one of my favorite games and the music are so memorable!

[@alexdavis3848]

"felt like another beast" was that an intentional or unintenional pun for BEASTS? It was a season never dubbed. if i remember right, the english dub stopped halfway though access (the season where lan and saito can fuse and fight in the real world). to note: jack in was a localization. "puragu iin" (romanize) or "plug in" was what was said in the original Japanese.

[@TevyaSmolka]

I love megaman battle network series it was really awesome and badass

[@aster4jaden]

It was Battle Network that got me into Megaman, I had seen a few old Games but never cared for it until I watched Megaman NT Warrior and I was hooked.

[@Skeith143]

Awesome video bro 👏🔥 BattleNetwork & Megaman Zero were my favorite games in middle school and highschool. Just love the character designs. Currently trying to watch the NT Warrior series, never got the chance to watch all the episodes or even in order lol.

[@Remyael]

That sounds like such a fun time, enjoy the ride man

[@Omega_Man_X]

To this day I’m still salty that we never got any ports of Network Transmission. It was such a fun reimagining of Battle Network 1

[@Omega_Man_X]

Also the fact Kaji designed Armarouge (Pokemon Scarlet) and its Bass (the instrument and not the fish) (going along with the music references at the time. Rock Roll Blues Bass etc)

[@jasondobbins9735]

@@Omega_Man_X I have been playing MegaMan for 10 years. How did I never realized that bass name came from the musical instrument!!! the bass I’ve seen so many times how have I never made a connection although to be fair. I never even made the connection between mega man’s and roll’s name coming from the music to

[@Cdoping]

Man, battle network games were crazy fun when I was a kid

[@Remyael]

It was a hella good game

[@QuantomX64]

Brooo why you saying Bass like that? You think you're going fishing?

[@Remyael]

Slip of the toung lol

[@Belesprit656]

This game really set the standard for this type of game, One Step from Eden and others would use a similar type of design.

[@thereluctanthipster6075]

Oversaturation was the biggest issue. There was as many as 4 or 5 Megaman games a year at one point. As a fan from the NES, I got sick of the needless multiple versions and there was just too much. Then Inafune went and pissed off corporate.

[@Remyael]

Yeah Pokemon did something to the market/industry when companies realize they could release practically the same game with slightly different changes and call them different versions

[@JonahLFSangGamerGendut]

I see MegaMan Battle Network, I like.

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

Fun fact I never played the Battle Network series until I was a adult but it's funny because I used to watch the Battle Network anime Mega Man NT Warrior all the time as a kid it was even funnier is that I used to always see toys for the anime I probably seen the toys and merchandise more than I seen the games for this

[@EnigmaBarry]

Fantastic video. The Anime was how I was introduced to the games too. Then I go to GameStop and on the shelves I see "Mega Man Battle Network" on the shelf. After that, the newest Battle Network were an easy purchase each year. Similarly, the Star Force Anime was how I learned there was a Battle Network successor.

[@Remyael]

Yeah I think I found out about StarForce from seeing clips of the show on KZbin back in the day

[@NuKidOnTehBlock]

Megaman needs a revival time now

[@Remyael]

It super does

[@Sonicfalcon16]

1:40 i watched a stream of the collection and he wondered the same thing "why did no one else do this"?

[@storyrant]

Bass is pronounced like base.

[@miguelhernandez6733]

Good video, man

[@Remyael]

Thanks 🙏🏾

[@Sonicfalcon16]

You know i realized, in my school if you were a black kid in the early 2000s you like at least one of these things: megaman X, battle network,legends, zero series,zx series, dragonball, or sonic. I just had the craziest flashback bro.

[@danielpayne1597]

I adore the MMBN series. MMBN3 is my fave GBA game of all time, which says a lot considering I was a hardcore Fire Emblem fan and we got three FE games on GBA. I think the "Jack in!" catchphrase would go away without even having to worry about it, because as the series progressed, the physical cord jack went away and everything became wireless--just like our modern tech. So the phrase would be more like "MegaMan.EXE, transmit! Execute!"

[@Remyael]

Yeah you're right, twords the end of the show they really did just start to air drop the navis lol

[@devingiles6597]

Remyeal, you got it wrong. Mega Man NT Warrior was on Kids WB! back in 2003.

[@Remyael]

The games came out in 2001, I just got into them after I watched the show, unless you were referencing something else then my bad

[@brunyramos8732]

Yea👍

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

You saw this on four kids it didn't come on for kids this came on Kids WB

[@Axl_SR]

BTW Battle Chip Challenge was made by the Megaman Zero Devs

[@Remyael]

Megan zero always seemed cool but I never played them tho

[@serPomiz]

@@Remyael very cool, unreasonably hard. it punished you consistently for not being good at it, and the first game could softlock you into a fight that you really would not be ready for

[@tommy6742]

I got the MMBN games on Steam out of nostalgia when I've been playing them on my on emulation handhelds like the 35XXH for a while(now on the 34XX).

[@Remyael]

I used to play battle network 4 on an emulator on my phone in college, so when there's a will there's a way lol

[@supercyc10]

Battle Network collection sold better than all their collections COMBINED, and yet we only hear crickets from Capcom. But anyone playing that gamecube game can attest to how janky that game was- the platforming was awful. It was the "B Team" that made it for sure.

[@Remyael]

B-team 10000%, but we get the switch 2 this year (maybe) and Capcom just brought back okami after a long time soooo maybe just maybe we get a new game on the switch 2 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@raymondtillotson6985]

I'm waiting for a Battle Network version of Mighty no. 9. Anybody with me?

[@saying_thingsyt3584]

Btw the card game still has a community and it’s lowkey fire

[@Remyael]

Yeah I've seen y'all while I was doing research, keeping the dream alive

[@evasi291]

Nice

[@evasi291]

For MMBN being on spotify

[@Remyael]

Yeah I didn't mention this in the video but the whole time I was editing the video, I was just playing the ost lol

[@evasi291]

@ O k

[@Model_118]

Lol bought Chip Challenge couple years back just always liked its twist on the game. Hub is god tier in BN3 with BugStop and BusterMax.Really gotta get back to playing the collection. Remember battling my friends one summer and beating him in .68 seconds and he said he was done playing for the day 🤣. Capcom is lacking hard not making a game like Pokémon Go.

[@deionwilliams782]

Like the video, but the anime was released on Kids WB not 4Kids tv. Too bad they didn't adapt all the seasons.

[@Remyael]

Yeah my bad I remembered it being on 4kids and didn't bother looking it up, other people have pointed it out gotta fact check more and not let my memories from when I was a kid write the script lol

[@deionwilliams782]

@Remyael It's cool! We humans. Keep doing your thing 👌

[@drago77blu38]

Yeah the MegaMan anime that we got in the west aired 2 seasons that had cast of characters that appeared in MMBN 1-4. The other seasons can only be watched subbed and the story of those seasons and the cast of characters roles that appeared in MMBN 3-6 btw are VERY different compared to the games.

[@TheBouShea]

I wish we got Sol Cross in USA

[@mopedizegmr2779]

It's kind of sad that megaman end with starfoce series i wish there is more continuity if this kind of megaman series like it's predecessor

[@Remyael]

Might number 9 was a thing, so I not sure why we don't have some fan versions of battle network

[@LeMuDX]

There was a starforce 4 planned where Geo teams up with Lan’s descendent but it stupidly got scrapped

[@mopedizegmr2779]

@@LeMuDX man I hope there is another new one because I enjoy megaman battle network and starforce so much and I complete all of those game

[@DonDaDonRogers-k9i]

When did bass get an over soul!!! What game was that in?

[@Remyael]

It happened in a movie

[@MahouPoint]

Battle network 5, it’s a mod card and special gba slot feature on the DS version

[@MahouPoint]

Good video but small nitpick, It’s pronounced base like the instrument not bass like the fish

[@Remyael]

Right I keep forgetting that rock,roll and blue's so bass makes sense

[@nathanthompson663]

I think it's time for a battle network revamp on switch

[@Remyael]

Switch 2 just got announced, it's time

[@cannolidaddy]

Monster rancher...when????

[@Sonicfalcon16]

"Manga kinda dark" and the sky is blue

[@Remyael]

Lol fair enough

[@ForrestFox626]

These are great games (even if I prefer Star Force in terms of story).

[@Remyael]

Hey nothing wrong with being a StarForce fan, I loved the story of SF3

[@Sonicfalcon16]

I dont think it fell, it just finished

[@pablotomasllodra4423]

What about Star Force?

[@Remyael]

StarForce is gonna be it's own dedicated video

[@AwijoshSun]

Bass Guitar

[@juandiegotorres9632]

Anime and cartoons are one in the same since anime is just the Japanese term for animation.

[@Remyael]

Oh I fully agree, but some people get annoyed when you don't make it seem like they're two different things so I decided to say the thing I figured would have less blow back

[@juandiegotorres9632]

@@Remyael alright. Also it's bass like the instrument, not like the fish. Don't let the badly voice acting from MegaMan 8 fool you

[@TayoEXE]

@@juandiegotorres9632 Yeah, I noticed that too. lol It was a common mistake admittedly. Bass and Treble being clefts in music, for example.

[@juandiegotorres9632]

@TayoEXE it's fine. MegaMan in Japan has music names for most of its characters

[@SonplaysMinEcraft]

i'm gonna be that guy star force was always more peak than battle network it only flopped because bn fans weren't ready for it back then

[@Remyael]

Lol I respect that boldness

[@iporush1667]

id 100% buy a megaman.exe desk ai assistant

[@Remyael]

Nah I feel that to some extent lol

[@iporush1667]

@@Remyael like not a robot but just a P.E.T. that has a tamagochi like property to it