Jacking-In 20 Years Later! - Mega Man Battle Network Review

Join me on a trip back to the Game Boy Advance and reminisce on the weirdest Megaman sub-series. It may not be as good as I remember but oh well, it's still the start of something great!
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I don't own Megaman or any related properties.
All music in this video is from Megaman Battle Network.

[@knijohn3581]

QUICK COMMENT ANSWERS! PLEASE READ! Yes I am incredibly mediocre at the game, thank you for noticing. I don't really care how you say Chaud. Say it however you want. I might touch on the remake at some point in the future. Yes I'm covering all the main Battle Network games as well.

[@user-fy1nq3nf1q]

Thank you for these videos, im glad someone finally covered this series. Nobody talks about these games and you do at the very least a decent job at going through the most important details

[@mghegotagun]

Played every single battle network growing up except for the first. I got mmbn2 as a Christmas gift or something. Nice to know I didn't miss much. Also, yes, I agree mmbn4 was a downgrade after playing 3. Tedious, repetitive, less fun battlechips, permanently missable battlechips (Some battlechips of a certain lettercode were 2nd playthrough only). I still miss style change.

[@JacquesLeChat]

froid is french for cold, its pronounced kinda like fwah lmao ps i like ur video

[@bigthecat132005]

I was wonder why you didn't play the 2009 remake of this game which got some voice acting, fixes for all the issues you complained in the video, quality of life improvement from later games such as chip sorting, reduced random encounter rate and an alternate Megaman that has a shield and a lock-on gap close. Many issues mentioned in this video were already fixed in 2009 remake and it's a much nicer experience as the first entry for the series.

[@mghegotagun]

@@bigthecat132005 what's the name of this remake? You're not talking about star force are you?

[@A_Degenerate_with_Glasses]

Megaman Battle Network predicted the future if you think about it. You have kitchen appliances that are connected to the internet, Alexa, Corona, Siri, and Google Assistant are a thing, everyone has a device that is portable and is able to access the internet, cybercrimes is a thing, etc.

[@paanazmi8062]

OMG..you were right..this game was made before smartphone become a huge thing. Smartphone is a normal to have, and can do so many things..how fast technology evolve

[@baitposter]

It's a concept that's been around for awhile now, predating Battle Network, it's the "internet of things." Your Echo at home is an example of IoT technology.

[@snintendog]

@@baitposter I mean we have Statues and Trashcans with USB plugs in them now we have become the parody that battle network made.

[@SKysofRain]

In interviews the team explains that this was intentional. Apparently hey were looking into tech progress and I guess some sciences or psychological predictors (I honestly forgot the terminology they used) to help guide them on judging what tech in real life would be progressing into the future so they added details that would reflect how those may be useful or interesting or even just details for world building. They kinda got lucky on all the details that hi and ended up actually being what we experience now. I'd guess the details that missed faded into the background of the game and we dismiss how weird those may be with "ah its just the game" so we don't really even think about them as much if at all. Super interesting they were beyond just creative predictors, they straight us used statistics and science to help dictate what the future of tech would look like.

[@snintendog]

@@SKysofRain another game that did that was the .hack//quadrilogy in the tech news section there are examples of home automation controllable by texting them, the affordable VR by 2016, how stupidly connected society was and how that was a horrid idea and how more and more issues come up IE major infrastructure like gas pipelines the power grid to dam release valves could be controlled from the net to even how a majority of them are born from incompetence of tech oligarchies rather than malice....most of the time. There seemed to be a theme in the early 2000's that letting tech have too much control was a horrible idea...Disaster report had things like that too now that i remember it.

[@r.p.7174]

Believe it or not, Battle Network still has a competitive scene...though 3 and 6 are the only ones with any sembleance of good balance.

[@Andy-sj4ip]

Bn3 With folderback on the corner nah still more balanced than the madness that is 2

[@train4292]

I dunno about 3. Folder back, and the F folder are insane

[@djangogeek]

Where is this competitive scene? Challenge videos are a dead art that I miss a bunch

[@train4292]

djangogeek Well to be honest, i don’t know, but i do know there have been discord servers around centering around it. Maybe if you could find one, they can hook you up, and you get into it. Try looking up “Team BN” and see if that does anything

[@aliesterus1.023]

BN3 is balanced...? I'd say BN5 is closer to being as balanced as 6... If only because of how restrictive that game made folder building. I can't comment on BN4, because... There's possibility for innovation, but Airhockey is broken. I do wonder if it's possible to break your own panels to prevent your opponent's Airhockey... Eh. But BN3? May I remind you about the F Folder with its infinite stun and high damage output, which turns the game into who can press A first? And how there's a shit ton of defense chips that can drag a game out longer than it needs to be? Oh yeah, and as mentioned, folderbak, particularly if used along with the 11th chip glitch. Plantman lock can also be pretty terrifying as well... Oh, also, you don't have any breaking chips, have fun with your opponent spamming barriers until they have Holy barrier. Then have fun with not being able to deal damage. The tornado folder is at its most fun here though at least, what with having the most consistency here.

[@camposde]

Late pro-tip: When fighting miney, you can actually see where the mine landed by paying attention to where the last frame ends up.

[@shadowmanwkp]

Second late pro tip: There can only be one mine on the field at a time.

[@Speaker12311]

It honestly should be way bigger nowadays since everybody has a smartphone. A real life PET. Could’ve been like Pokémon Go

[@rayscene5887]

You would think so, but no one is really interested in battle network anymore

[@matthewwilliams8267]

THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK! if it was re-released today like Pokemon Go, it'll be extremely popular! With customizable NetNavis, an entire Battle scene, and random virus battles? Yeah, it'll work as an app.

[@mauriciosolano9342]

@@rayscene5887 Thats the problem to marketing Edit: Then Again, Capcom is not milking many of their proven products

[@silverhetch3383]

@doppeldave no cap(com)?

[@einjix]

I dont understand why google doesnt go this direction like making his database a personification of the user, they already have youtube, google, facebook and instagram, appstore connected to the same account and add them features to make them like a little society unbetween the contacts... i just really love this game dont take me seriously

[@perunplague9794]

IDK why but i really liked the idea behind this game, love the idea of everyone in the world having a digitized Navi as their personal assistant that is a reflection of their own personality. It'd be like people battling their own customized Siri's against each other.

[@MrMarinus18]

And it really isn't such a crazy idea. I mean today we pretty much have PET's in just how multi-functional people's phones are.

[@almond3066]

It would be really cool if you could sorta make your own Navi and be your own character

[@paanazmi8062]

@@MrMarinus18 exactly..we have customized online game character like PUBG or COD

[@pn2294]

So, like Digimon and Medabots?

[@logicallgaming]

They had this... it was like the pokewalker but it was bad and very poorly done.

[@BrattySuccuboi]

So fun fact about the battery level, if time runs out you are treated to a cutscene where it looks like its game over, but in reality the scientist next to you will give you an item to restore power, so the time limit is actually just there to scare you, you were never in any actual danger. all that happens is a quick mini game of pressing A as fast as you can and you can continue on.

[@animeking1357]

We've been bamboozled.

[@HeroSword_P]

But you still lose the ability to heal after fights for a while before you get "saved"

[@chasetuttle2780]

That make me kinda angry, lol. I got so stressed out at that part of the game and I looked up guides so I could get through it before the battery went out.

[@BrattySuccuboi]

@@chasetuttle2780 I guess they figure this could easily become a soft lock. If you were to save the game at a point where it would be impossible to make it in time, then that save file is useless, and it’s near the end of the game to.

[@chasetuttle2780]

@@BrattySuccuboi Yeah, that’s true. I just remember getting so upset during that part of the game. I was just like ”Dude!! This is fucking IMPOSSIBLE! There is absolutely no way I could do this without guides!” so I quit the game and never picked it back up not knowing that the battery would just be replenished lol. I oinda

[@TheFallenJ]

KZbin for some reason suggested this video and boy you're criminally underrated.

[@gabymogax4283]

Same

[@ReiMizere]

Same

[@Cyber_Elf_Elpizo]

Saying a very late hello from TeamBN, the series' speedrunning community

[@ChrisHughes89]

G rated? I'm pretty sure those poor bastards in the car got vaporised when they crashed, lol.

[@alpacarice2304]

Eugene's Japanese name, 炎山(Enzan), is a fictional name that is a pun of 演算(calculate) and happens to mean “flame mountain” so that the name seems more natural than just “calculation.” No one is named like that in real life, nor is it a real, used word like 火山(Kazan =“fire mountain” = volcano). Likewise, Lan's Japanese name, 熱斗(Netto) is a pun of ネット((inter)net), where 熱 is “heat” and 斗(to) is a popular naming convention (in fiction and real life) that not even the Japanese people (mostly) know the meaning of (so it’s not that important). This also is a exclusively fictional name. I like how there is subtle characterization expressed in the meanings in the names, even if it is coincidental. Lan and Eugene both have a burning passion within themselves, despite having opposite personalities.

[@marcosdheleno]

as a side note, neto is a normal male name here in brazil, it means grandson.

[@FectoElfilin]

@@marcosdheleno Lan is Brazillian confirmed.

[@elipticalecliptic481]

@@FectoElfilin I mean there are a lot of Japanese people in Brazil, so understandable

[@sciverzero8197]

Just to add a bit of context... the Kanji of 伊集院 炎山 (Ijuuin Enzan) individually each have their own meanings and multiple ways they can be read. 炎 - En in Enzan, is normally homura or honoo (note honoo is not like noodle, but pronounced honoh. double letters only change length not sound). It has the meaningo of fire normally, but when pronounced 'en' is typically used at the end of a word to create a disease name, written in dictionaries as -itis. It can certainly be used out of these contexts, but its sort of hit or miss in modern japanese, whether any of the kanji meanings directly matter to the meaning of a word. There's a reason they were chosen, but its a reason that even japanese people rarely ever think about. 山 Zan, in Enzan, is most normally read yama but can also be mure. Mure meaning hill, Zan meaning Mt. (in the way Mt. Everest, but not typically used to mean "a mountain" only as part of the name of the mountain). Yama, means mountain... and also Hill, mine, heap, [crown (the hat), thread (of a screw), tread (of a tire), any other protrusion all count as the same word], [Climax, peak, critical threshold, again one word], [guess, gamble, speculation, one word], (slang for) a crime or criminal case, a festival float, especially one with a halberd, a wall tile in the mahjong, or, a temple or grounds containing a temple even if not actually built on a hill. So to say "Enzan" as written means "flame mountain" is... true... but not true... Just people named Tanaka 田中, aren't necessarily named "middling quality rice field"...its just the symbols of their name. (Many kanji spellings of words have actually changed a lot over centuries even when the meaning and pronunciation haven't)

[@trustytrest]

Localizing Netto as Lan is a really inspired choice I'm perfectly fine with. Still a wordplay with the same subject matter

[@Alkaliniti]

Alright, I know Higsby is a bad guy in this one, but we cant just gloss over that sick Jack-in move lol

[@train4292]

Loved the video. Battle network needs more love honestly, and it’s great to see it get any recognition it can

[@zyro7756]

I feel like battle network has had bit of a resurgence in the past 2-3 years. Probably part of mega mans revival and the inevitable BN collection coming out this year ( maybe )

[@train4292]

@@zyro7756 Yeah. Capcom has definitely been doing a lot with the series lately. And i can tell you, i’m gonna be the most happiest when they drop that reveal trailer

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

I really hope there are more indie games that take close inspiration from this series. The only one on the marker right now physically requires above average reaction speeds to beat and no story. I would love a high fantasy variant as well as an official new game.

[@unboundferocity117]

@@train4292 on a scale of 1-10 how happy are you?

[@philipplewis9994]

Wouldn’t it be such a trip if capcom came out with an app that was similar to Pokémon go, but mmbn where you could custom your net navi, earn battle chips and customizations for your Navi of different types depending on where you jack-in

[@HeroSword_P]

It would be a ARG of massive proportions, imagine being able to find special areas and rewards depending on where you are irl, very similar to jacking in to random objects in the BN games.

[@_Banjo_]

As dumb and predictable the story could be at times, but my god that bombshell at the end about Hub. What a brilliant moment

[@thatgamergideon0596]

Oh, how I love this underappreciated, yet awesome series. Also, I would love to see you go over the whole series. This was hilarious.

[@kid547]

Lord Jesus please let there be a battle network legacy collection like what they did with zero/zx

[@douglasthequilava]

idea: they should make it a Battle Network/Star Force legacy collection.

[@SeraphimSENS]

Welcome to 2022 when its about to happen!

[@Partuv]

1 year later... OMG OMG OMG OMG!

[@olympusgolemoflight7198]

Jesus: Ask and ye shall receive.

[@Zero_Steel]

lol 2 years later and its happening, now I am wishing for the Star Force and the Megaman Legend series gets in a collection too

[@HotRed00]

Nice to see this series isn’t forgotten about like I was thinking the other day ’m Playing 3 and 5 right now 5 is just too hard but I’m making progress

[@fabo821]

What do you play it on? The original gba?

[@HotRed00]

Fabian Ruiz Fabi i like to play them on my DSlite it looks alot better and cleaner then the screen on my gba sp

[@MrMarinus18]

I didn't think they would be. At least I remember them being massive. Behind Pokémon of course but right behind.

[@philipwrighton]

So I'm not not the only one who remembers five as super hard?

[@paanazmi8062]

@@philipwrighton yeah..i think so..i can't remember that much. Perhaps the liberation mission made this game harder..All MMBN game is moderate to hard difficulty, which is why i love this game so much

[@MrBenMcLean]

He lives in ACDC Town. You get there by following the Highway to Hell.

[@acicon]

Back then, my dumb child brain honestly thought that that's how the internet worked XD I'd love for Capcom to bring this series back.

[@jessicalaplant9306]

There needs to be a battle network collection. They have a mega man collection for basically every other series

[@Giratina871]

"Back then, my dumb child brain honestly thought that that's how the internet worked XD" I mean, we only need NetNavis and a 3D cyberworld and we're quite practically in it.

[@Game_Hero]

After six games and many spinoffs? I preffer the series done and settled. I mean, where would you go from there to improve the series? Also, I agree with Jessica.

[@acepain-_-618]

It’s coming back!!!!!!

[@truffle6082]

​@@jessicalaplant9306 well 🎉 🎉🎉you called it

[@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121]

Rewatching again less than 2 weeks before the Legacy Collection.

[@diddykong6643]

I'm 27 now. I played these games growing up in elementary and junior high school. Just watched the video and I'm still feeling nostalgic and emotional. Thank you so much 💞

[@RedheadedGurlypop]

Thank you for introducing this series to me! Legit was the reason I got the new legacy collection!

[@analysissel]

Probably one of my favorite game series of all time, I'm glad to see someone giving it some attention so far after it's ended.

[@MFMegaZeroX7]

I don't know if someone has explained this yet, but Enzan when written as 演算 can mean "operate" but his given name is written as 炎山 which isn't a word (just a way to write a name) but 炎 individually means flames and 山 means "mountain." In other words, its a kanji reference to a firey mountain (ie: a volcano), but it also is pronounced the same way as "operate."

[@vtuberfanjames]

Popping in for more info even if it's late. The video mentions "kazan" (火山) being a fire mountain. The "ka" bit is more like a general term for fire, as in the element, or when something is burning. 炎 on the other hand is more intense so usually the translation that's used for that becomes blaze (probably why Enzan is Chaud Blaze in the anime localization). On a somewhat connected but unrelated note, the pokemon Entei is probably spelled as 炎帝, which would mean flame emperor, but we can't be too sure because all pokemon names are spelled with katakana.

[@FlipsMG]

105k views in 1 year on a 12k subs channel, it's clear that people still love the battle network series 20 years later. There really should be a remake/remaster or even a completely new addition to the battle network series!

[@Bmanritchie]

Also helps when knowing a Legacy collection is about to release on Switch next year!

[@danny3xeer]

The steel ball run comparison is weirdly accurate

[@tikazombie37]

The best genre definition for Battle Network is "active turn-based action card game"

[@zerogranger]

I swear the Battle Network series doesn't get enough love. It's my second favorite series in the Megaman franchise.

[@MaestroAlvis]

10:52 as a computer science teacher, that spin was accurate.

[@kentucky_188]

I loved battle network, feel like it never got the credit it deserved. The combat was amazing considering it was on a game boy

[@jackryan4249]

The editing is on point and your jokes had me literally laughing out loud. Great video and thanks for bringing back my childhood memories and teaching me more about the little details i missed

[@heartnet40]

On Mayl's name, the anime actually got it as best they could considering her name in Japanese is "Meiru". Swap the R for the L and you basically have the same pronunciation. No idea what happened to the U in translation though.

[@symphomaniac]

Mayl is the correct name. Meiru is just a Japanese pronunciation of Mail. It's a reference, like most names in the series

[@neilg5579]

Her name comes from email so they are both correct

[@GeorgeMonet]

When translating you have to choose between the straight pronunciation, the straight translation or the meaning. You also have to account for the difference in the way the language and cultures vary between the two countries. Sometimes the straight pronunciation would be too unnatural. English names don't end in U. So the translator/s went with a happy middle ground by choosing a name that kept the thrust of the original pronunciation, made a pun on email, and sounded like it could be a normal name in English.

[@natchu96]

on the flip side of english names never really ending in u, Japanese names (or even words at all) don't ever end in consonants that aren't n. So any attempt at rendering an english word like "mail" in Japanese inevitably has a u at the end. It's a really short u just shy of silent anyhow, so take what you can get really.

[@UniGya]

They dropped the U because her name was always a pun on the word "mail," as in email. Calling her Meiru or Maylu would be a direct translation but it would make the pun less obvious, and the point of localization is to convey the same meaning if a direct translation would muddle it.

[@jftdtwo]

had to come rewatch those video cause they just announce the collection for the 10 battle network game ;P

[@Cliffycarpet514]

I just want the battle network games on and switch and I’ll be happy

[@orbitalkao3984]

They should just slap all the MMBN games on switch for $40 and I'll gladly buy it, physical or digital. lol Heck If they threw in MM Star Force I'd even throw more money at them. Assuming they could somehow get that looking decent on the switch. lol (Cause the dual screens)

[@carlosaugusto9821]

BN is perfect for the Switch

[@tylerwilliams3368]

Sweet video. The mmbn series was my childhood, and I wish more people knew about it! 1 may have had its problems, but its later titles (3 mostly) will always have a place on my favorite games list.

[@paanazmi8062]

Yeah. me too..its very strategic game. I wish more people talk and play this game

[@juliocesar6795]

The first Battle Network didn't age well broken chips, awful dungeons and lame final boss, but It did well in introducing this universe, this series had an great evolution, I've started this series in this year, now I'm in BN6, my favorite is BN2 because It's way better than the first one, still very broke, but so fun and memorable too

[@bubblehead4270]

How were the chips broken? Only played BN1 and BN2.

[@juliocesar6795]

@@bubblehead4270 The B code Folder in Battle Network 1 is so broken specially with the Hero Sword B, and in Battle Network 2 we have broken Program Advances like Darkness and Gater

[@PeteZa92]

@@juliocesar6795 broken as in overpowered or like an actual bug in the game broken? Lol sorry

[@burncrowsp]

@@juliocesar6795 Yeah, Gater is really OP but for Darkness you need BassV3 X, which is quite literally the last chip of the game, making it only OP in VS Battles.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

BN1 did very well introducing something so brand new for MM and even rpgs in general. That battle system is a genius invention for a gba game. Let's remember that the classic MM1 was also poor compared to the sequels. These things are common to happen in game history (especially early), when the makers are handling a good number of original ideas that they dont have much reference of implementation. And whenever it doesnt happen that way, which is very rare, whenever a game bringing very original ideas gets many things right, the makers become reverred as extraordinaries in the field (rightfully).

[@MLittleBrony]

it would make sense if Glyde.EXE was based on Glyde from Legends, since Yai herself is designed after a character from Legends.

[@squidlytv]

She looks like the girl from Pokte Village, Manga Island.

[@dduuddeechil]

Rewatching this series again, and not regretting a moment of it

[@radfordra]

It's a jarring experience when you're used to the counter system of MMBN 3 and onward.

[@1brianescobar]

Man, that intro music... what a hit of nostalgia. I freakin loved these games as a kid! I'm sure you've heard of the current one fans are making? Chrono X? I played their demo about 2 years ago, and it was pretty fun to play.

[@douglasthequilava]

Chrono X is still being worked on? I'm surprised that it's still being made. I just assumed it got DMCA'd for some reason.

[@vincently1995]

20th Anniversary of Mega Man Battle Network (2001-2021)

[@spudwilkins9440]

You and rpg monger are the only ones to talk about this series for hours on end that I know of!

[@ShinyGaara65]

Coming back here after the recent Legacy Collection announcement. I can't wait for this game to be re-translated and legible. Even with its unbalanced early installment weirdness. I hope you get to enjoy it too, John. :)

[@Jim-Bagel]

Too bad encounters are still high af instead of being less common but more rewarding to balance the in game economy. The buster max helps but still

[@Kolokasidis]

A game way ahead of its time - unfortunately Capcom is unaware of the goldmine it's sitting on.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Typical Capcom of nowadays. If i didnt know it well enough (fairly old gamer) i would be mad. The whole MM franchise is poorly used after all.

[@Kolokasidis]

@@carlosaugusto9821 It really is poorly used. 20th Anniversary this year, no word from Capcom. I have a bunch of gamer friends, and none of them are aware of this franchise. Shame..

[@billhill5127]

@@Kolokasidis this comment age well

[@Kolokasidis]

@@billhill5127 was so hyped when I found out!

[@raregodcards]

I LOVED this as a kid! Even had a Protoman figure

[@davidcarelli8335]

Your commentary is so good. Actually laughing out loud. This is my favourite megaman series.

[@MrMarinus18]

0:40 Um, the big reason it sounded like that was because there was no sound chip. It was handled by the CPU which meant it got weird effects depending on what other processes it was doing. It also lacked the ability to play pre-recorded music which is one of the reasons it sometimes struggles to copy the SNES since that one did have that capability.

[@Capothekid]

Liked the video. Thanks for the nostalgia. And the commentary/humor was great.Keep it up.

[@a_funyun]

This series is hilarious, and I love these games. Subscribed

[@silentjav]

Hell yeah! I personally love MMBN 2 and 3! Need to go back and def play 5 and 6 sometime.

[@brandonslade2134]

I loved this game. I remember buying blue moon at my local kmart when i was 14. And it reminded me so much of pokemon i was hooked. Being 29 now, it took me a while but i now own every copy of the battle network games. I miss the early 2000s so much

[@knijohn3581]

Insert joke about my terrible upload schedule here *

[@DelusionalMoonlight]

enzan(炎山) name flame mountine only in kanjis, but they mean other meaning

[@RecountDaFox1]

Gonna keep watching till you upload Part 4.

[@chazmaru9583]

Nice video series. I am pretty sure Dr. Froid is supposed to be pronounced « Froh-wah », not « Froyd ». Froid is the French for « cold », hence both a logical name for the human thematically linked to Ice Man and the Ice Dungeon, as well as the enemy introduced opposite Chaud (French for hot/warm as you figured out). Froid’s Japanese name is 氷川 which sounds and looks like a regular Japanese surname but can be read literally as « Frozen River » . PS: Also! Dr. Hikari is another pun. He has the same name in Japanese. Hikari means light in Japanese, so he is the game’s Dr. Light. But Hikari was also the common name given to high speed internet in Japan (Hikari Fiber is the local term for « fiber-optic cable ») in the early to mid 2000s, before the avent of WiFi.

[@trustytrest]

Froyd gives it the same pronunciation in English as Freud, so there's some reason to think it's that.

[@Rutawind]

All the Mavericks posed like they're ready for battle...except Turtloid, who's in his death sprite for whatever reason lol

[@pastexpiration2160]

A master piece and one of the best things in my life growing up. I loved the story, the characters, the environment and the battle system. Beautiful.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

That "out of 6" at the end was both hilarious and insidious. Nice video, thanks for the content. Also, I save stated and used walkthroughs to hell and back in the electric area. I was almost done... But then my rom got wiped by my cleaning software and I don't want to relive the electric area.

[@DarkZero7222]

I love the battle network games, and 2 and 3 are definitely the highlights of the series. But if we ever get Legacy Collection, I really hope they let us toggle random battles on and off

[@douglasthequilava]

better than toggling them, they should give us a slider that lets us set the encounter rate to various settings.

[@HeroSword_P]

The Legacy Collection is finally coming, but there's no way they'd remove random encounters as they are vital to the game, but it would be nice if they were disabled during critical sections, such as when doing a puzzle in Cyberworld (e.g. finding invisible bats with sonar in BN 4)

[@DarkZero7222]

@@HeroSword_P the biggest reason why I think it should give you the option to turn it off is how annoying it is when you have to trudge through so many zones full of Super weak enemies just to get to where you need to go. I remember it being a pain in the ass in the late and post games

[@EmoKabi]

God I love your editing style. It's fuckin awesome

[@EonHSD]

This is gonna get a lot of views now that the collection is releasing in 2023. I can’t wait!!

[@The_Mr._Biscuit]

2:37 In the MMBN world, The Net is basically like Pokémon are in their world. It pervades every facet of life in Electopia (and the other countries), and the entire culture revolves around and depends on it.

[@jaykelley103]

Great review, mate. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@No-sr5fb]

Man the BN series was so much fun. Great video

[@gaymegayng3792]

ohhh dude you beat me to the megaman review, thank you for now becoming a reference to whatever content i do for mmbn: a series i belove like no other

[@rahpowah4355]

This video was pretty funny. I like your style man. Can't wait for my fave, 5

[@JAY-jm9gm]

John nice job! Channel is growing my dude, happy to see the numbers getting better

[@jonathanrussell8998]

I never knew the barrier on the Life Virus in this game dropped when it attacked, I assumed you had to tear the Aura down repeatedly like with Bass.

[@KuranYukiHime]

Thank you for making this video!! As a kid I never completed the teacher terrorist part so it’s nice to get a full plot synopsis. Also I really love your humor and sarcasm when describing the game. I did subscribe and look forward to more content

[@GabrielYuriTheNinja]

Great video, great editing. Underrated channel.

[@rwg6357]

Damn he was so done with the Elecman dungeon he completely skipped over the Protoman fight

[@axdambient]

they explain the Wily LifeVirus thing in the anime for sure, i think in Beast. Wily was a master of robotics and was angry that Grandpa Hikari's network system was what drove society to new heights. he helped form the LifeVirus in order to destroy net society and get revenge for being snubbed i want to say its in this game or another one, but it gets explained why Wily is such a madman. kinda cool link to the original Wily

[@nekonomicon2983]

I love having this playlist in the background when I'm playing battle network. It's great background noise while grinding.

[@ComradeKits]

"One day Capcom was busy not fucking everything up yet" is possibly one of my favorite lines from a review lmao

[@mrbuddha5263]

Subbed for the EGGSJEHEH pronunciation. I can't believe I've gone from pulling my blanket over my head at night to play on my SP to pulling my blanket over my head to cry myself to sleep.

[@mrbuddha5263]

@@rowdyrobgaming8726 I won't even argue lol

[@MrMarinus18]

In terms of design I think battle network megaman looks way cooler than the original which looks kind of derpy.

[@carlosaugusto9821]

Some BN designs are not good, but still more interesting than the old robots. Although it's ok to give it a lot of slack because it was games from the 80's. Most BN designs are very good anyway. I think if the classic MM series was rebooted somehow, all old robots would be redesigned to look cooler. The general design style of MM11 robots, being more elaborate than the wacky ones from NES games, give a good clue of the direction that the redesigns would take. Some of the MM11 robots even look like they would fit a BN game.

[@MrMarinus18]

@@carlosaugusto9821 Keep in mind that the original MM was for the NES. Sprites were very limited in color, size and number of animation frames they could have. They all had to be very simple so they were easily conveyed.

[@philipwrighton]

Someone described this series as Pokemon for adults and I think it perfectly captures everything of this

[@paanazmi8062]

yeah..this games can be challenging..you can die unexexpectedly by normal wild virus

[@DJStratosfox]

You get a sub for being the first uploader to create a Dee-HEEcent video related to MMBN. As a BN Junkie, i'd LOVE to see the rest of the series, especially your reaction to 4 and 4.5

[@ShadowoftheMask]

Battle Network might be one of those pokemon type "man everyone is super obsessed about single thing" type settings with some ridiculous breaking of physics (that "I coded navi to have 100% identical DNA which means it will synch up with you in real life too!" is some digimon bs :'D) but man can't help but love it xD

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Rewatching this after beating BN1 in the Legacy collection LET'S GO! (also, about Chaud's name, "Enzan" doesn't LITERALLY mean fire mountain, but it is written with the Kanjis 炎山 which in on'yoji (the chinese-inhereted pronunciation of a Kanji) makes it "enzan". So it's more like FLAMEING mountain than Fire Mountain (also Kazan is the word for Volcano too)

[@timpuckett5093]

Time to binge listen to these to speed up my workday so I can play the legacy collection

[@aljongreat1900]

One of the most unique rpg ive ever played. Perfect combination of turn based and action rpg, i wonder why no other series copy this games mechanics

[@Lucario1121]

There is One Step From Eden

[@capt.bellamy]

Ya got a new sub straight up, mmbn and starforce love is always appreciated

[@Antonioxx81]

Keep up the reviews !!! Pretty solid!

[@zatchbells]

i consider the battle system in these games to be a turn based action rpg hybrid since you have to wait until its your turn to use more battle chips

[@djyoungk]

They need this on the switch

[@marvin8559]

Hope the complaints from your video series get address as fixes in the potential re release we may get! Love the content

[@esteban-zamora]

When me and my big brother played this game our dad worked at a place that was coincidentally called Sci-Lab. pretty cool huh? BTW we had MMBN 3

[@oshiokimun2647]

in regards to Chaud's japanese name Enzan when written with"演算" is translated as "computing" and while not directly related the word Enzanshi (演算子) which shares the above kanji translates to "operator" which i think makes more sense since thats literally what he is in regard to Protoman in the series.As for his first name Ijuin (伊集院)....well it doesnt seem to translate into anything at all whether you try and translate the romanized spelling or the kanji spelling so ummm yea, thats really fucking weird.But anyway i hope that helped with the translation of Enzan atleast.

[@Xarr23]

I don't know about Chaud's japanese name, but a way to connect the two (calculate and fire) would be the "HCF" command/joke/legend of imputing a command to halt a CPU and/or make it go through many busses and heat up. It was referred as "Halt and Catch Fire"... sort of a "calculate until you burn" so maybe if that legend got to Japan then it'd make sense.

[@mirahsan2]

The very first game just blew me away as a kid

[@apollojustisnt]

The power plant stage and traffic lights area had the hardest bangers out of the entire soundtrack. Can't wait to hear them in hd soon

[@BurstFlare]

15:44~16:08 The Japanese actually put their family names first, where as we Americans put our given names first. So "Ijuin" is actually his family name and "Enzan" is his given name.

[@drigon100]

You know Ive never played these games but my god did I love the NT Warrior Anime!

[@MrMarinus18]

2:45 I live in a fairly newly build appartment building and we actually have trashcans like that. You scan a card that you get via a subscription and then you dump your trash in. It's much faster than standard trashbins because you have like 20 people all doing it in 1 container that can be dumped all at once. Also quite a few statues have security camera's because you can more easily hide them that way and statues are often in very busy public spaces.

[@ceshadow]

This game series is incredible.

[@jakehero95]

This was one of my favorite game series on the GBA and SP. So much nostalgia and fond memories. Kinda breaks my heart there hasn't been anything new in a while and that they don't have a mobile game or real PET where you can have your own NAVI 😔

[@jude4195]

Amazing video always loved star force and battle networks megamans more than the ogs you just got a follow my guy

[@ENZEED]

thank you for the review and recap video

[@nelisezpasce]

Great editing!

[@RetroRetro23]

As a like 10 year old at the time there was no way I could get passed these puzzles. Back in the day we had the websites that had all the cheat codes and walkthroughs lol. Now that’s KZbin