Mega Man 2 KICKED MY ASS - Full Playthru

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[@rabiroden]

When the composer Takashi Tateishi started making music for this game, he was originally doing "cute" music, but the director told him to do "cool" music instead. The one song that survived that cute phase... Crash Man. (Also he didn't even know how popular the game or his music was until like a decade ago.)

[@Chadius]

That... explains a lot about Crash Man's theme, hehe

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

Wood Man's theme also sounds kinda cheery tho. Kind of like the themes for the first stages in older Sonic games; mixes between cute and cool.

[@rabiroden]

@@CarbonRollerCaco Wood Man's theme apparently came about because the director liked the Wily 1 theme so much he asked for another song like it. btw all this info comes from an interview Tateishi did at MAGFest back in 2019. You can find a video of the panel on KZbin. Protodude's site also has a breakdown of it somewhere.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@rabiroden So it's basically a cheerier version of Wily 1? Sounds about right. It'd be oddly fitting if Wood Man's stage were geographically closer to Wily's castle than any of the other starting stages. Not just for location practicality or atmosphere, but the forest itself would probably be the only sort of garden that could satisfy someone like Dr. Wily. :

[@sidnew2739]

Crash Mans Music is one of my favourites, though.

[@FlameJackstar]

Absolutely every track in this game is a banger that sticks in your brain for your entire life. I can't help but jam out and hum every single one of them.

[@thelaughingrouge]

Totally agreed. So rare that absolutely every single track is so damn good.

[@illuz1oN44]

Easily the best MM soundtrack, and one of the best game sountracks period

[@ausgamecollector]

@@illuz1oN44 Also a prime example of a sequel being better than the original; Megaman 2, Street Fighter II, Sonic 2 all follow this.

[@nedinnis6752]

@@ausgamecollector Don't forget Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake

[@ctrlaltdestroy91]

I have this same phenomenon but with Mega Man X.

[@NeptuneMyst]

Mega Man 2 is one of those childhood games with suuuuuuch great music. I still listen to it to this day. The bosses theme when they are powering up still get me excited.

[@trustedgundam1353]

29:27 Yo kudos to Max on clearing that Quick Man laser section in one go. Revisiting that part still always makes me nervous to run through lol.

[@Studioterrel]

At least the mm2 version is more forgiving then the x5 version.

[@MrTubeStuck]

"Boooooo..." That sound still causes me anxiety

[@Studioterrel]

@@MrTubeStuck that whole stage is anxiety. Especially the shadow devil.

[@Chadius]

@@Studioterrel X5 flashbacks intensify

[@bartbart3992]

fr

[@mickc.4992]

Please more full playthroughs, love watching those

[@snippyjay5721]

Agreed, got some MK origins Sub Zero vibes from this playthrough in the best sort of way

[@SideBurn12]

Yeah, would love to see more NES and SNES games played on this channel!

[@mattiasrhawi3361]

I’d love to see more of these playthroughs, like the ninja Gaiden and Castlevania one that you did.

[@ElChicoBush]

Yup, I'd love that Castlevania run

[@nyxofficial47]

Onimusha franchise too

[@SuperPeterok]

Is Onimusha any good?

[@-Nicetomeetyou]

@@SuperPeterok If you like tank controls yeah it's a good time. If not then I'd say it isn't worth the frustration.

[@nyxofficial47]

@@SuperPeterok Very good mainly the 3rd one it is basically a proper dmc like action game which inspired fromsoft games and even dmc's juggle thanks to a glitch.

[@MikeDeeJackson]

When Max accidentally reset the Wily tower... The silent rage was REAL 😈😂😂

[@NobleManager]

I got confused at that part, it seemed like he reset the whole game too and I thought he was done, did he play through the whole thing again? Hahaha

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@NobleManager Passwords, son. Old games had them. Right past the title screen it says "PASSWORD". Select that and you can enter one.

[@NobleManager]

@@CarbonRollerCaco oh shit, you're right! Totally forgot about it haha thanks

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@NobleManager I mean the classic Mega Man game password format is one of the series's most iconic traits.

[@NobleManager]

@@CarbonRollerCaco yeah, I never use it because every time I play it I finish it in one sitting, totally forgot it was a thing.

[@NeosKnight]

Even though I usually come here for the fighting games and the likes, I would also absolutely love more of these playthroughs to come to the channel.

[@SimeonJester]

Guys I dunno if you realize this but Dr Wileys alien is weak to bubbles because its not an alien, when the lights turn on its actually a little circuit thingy thats projecting an alien, and the bubbles are what short-circuit the machine...

[@tank7013]

12:45 Outside of the obvious, I think one of the greatest testaments to Max's stream quality is that he got to ungodly bitrate hell zone and it looked almost completely fine

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

Moving Picture Experts Group: Full screen effects? Pah! It's just noise at that point! Why should we care? Rain, snow, confetti, video game palette cycling: *_FREE REAL ESTATE!_* MPEG: *surprised Pikachu face*

[@ajshiro3957]

Wait, Max has a NES with an HDMI port? Nice. Yes, I totally agree. Megaman 2 is one of my favorites. The one game for a Nintendo system I played a lot.

[@DanoLefourbe]

Seeing you play non-fighting games is a nice change of pace from time to time.

[@ness77777]

Really loving the full playthroughs being uploaded. No nonsense, almost no editing, few parts, just Max playing a game. Would love to see more.

[@ausgamecollector]

Metal cuts wood, Metal slices through air, Metal pops bubble, Metal bursts crash, Metal outruns flash, Metal travels quicker than ‘quick’ Metal is forged in and/ or enhanced by heat, Most importantly, Metal eats Metal… Be Metal….

[@UncleNemmy]

🤘

[@tscott7483]

Love the playthroughs. Mega Man 2 was the fist game that I ever beat from start to finish back in the day. Good times, man.

[@mattduncan3869]

this whole series, man. It just makes me feel good.

[@elderlygoose3667]

These full playthroughs are fantastic to watch, thanks! Laughed hard when chat got you tho, that was brutal!

[@icedcapplord710]

The funny thing is I actually think MM2 isn't even the hardest NES era game and it doesn't even come close in the amount of bullshittery and jank to games like X6 lol

[@KraftLawrence1]

God no, if anything MM2 is the easiest of them all. MM1 is probably the hardest of the OG era games.

[@mattiasrhawi3361]

I was just about the say one of the hardest one was Ninja Gaiden, and then I see him play Ninja Gaiden just as the video was playing lol

[@icedcapplord710]

@@KraftLawrence1 I think 3 and especially 6 are even easier if you ask me Especially with how Wily Fortress in 3 just showers you with energy tanks and health pickups

[@drewthompson1704]

@@KraftLawrence1 I think MegaMan 1 is the easiest, I got bored 2 months ago and beat it in less than an hour with hardly any deaths, I honestly think 3 is the hardest though

[@esmooth919]

@@KraftLawrence1 MM1 is the hardest, and even then, it's not that hard, save for the *_Yellow Devil._* Also, input lag ruins that game.

[@SlothAndKami]

There are 3 old playthroughs I'm surprised never made it on your KZbin channel. 1. God of War - It's currently in your VOD BUT there's muted sections so at 2 very intense points the sound goes dead. Real bummer. I've watched this set of VODs like 3 times now lol. 2. Bloodborne - Your first playthrough. I don't believe for a second that it wouldn't be as interesting as you claim, it's literally your first playthrough! 3. FF15 - Ok this one might be in your YT but I honestly had 0 luck finding it. You literally cried at the end yo! Upload this!

[@redlaytee6157]

Yes, more full playthroughs please!

[@Rudero3]

Mega Man with Metal Man's power was the peak of Mega Man, he would never have that power ever again. The ability to just delete 80% of the enemies and bosses, and doing it in almost any direction...perfection.

[@TheBetoMan]

Every track in the game SLAPS 💥👋 this my favorite out of the original 6 on the NES it’s just soo good.

[@similaritiesendhere]

One game tops it. NES Ninja Gaiden.

[@ThomasMHead]

🤣🤣🤣 I literally fell to my knees LAUGHING when he died to AirMan!!! 🤣🤣🤣 Finally! One game that I'm better at than Max! Yes, I play on Difficult. Yes, I go after AirMan first (so you have the Jet Sled). Watching you is hella fun, Dood!

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

He was ridiculously hasty with those leaves. Probably too stream-conscious. Same with the Item 3 through the gap in Wily 4 LOL. He took two seconds to try to save two seconds and ate piss for it. And, no, Max, you can't die after just touching the checkpoint, you have to die PAST it. How do you expect the game to remember your past THAT well? Memory's precious.

[@phredbookley183]

Quotes taken out of context: "Just literally brute force his ass." -- Max 2022 ( at about 23:10 )

[@MAIcrosoft]

I'm really happy about this! I mean, I don't mind going to Twitch to watch Max' playthroughs but it's just a pain every time to identify which video I need to watch, and if it's the correct one I need to scroll trough the video to find the start of the playthrough. Way more convenient having them on KZbin like this!

[@Magni_Prime]

1. Love this playthrough, Max! 2. It was kinda cathartic to hear you struggle with Air Man. He always gave me trouble.

[@Magni_Prime]

Side note: look up s band called The Megas. They do covers of Megaman levels as rock songs with lyrics. Fairly awesome.

[@RaikouRTA]

Absolutely want to see more of these!, big fan of retro games and definitely keen to see you run through a few of them

[@gandalfandchill549]

I've played this game and loved it thousands of times over... and when I see a playthrough rec on youtube, welp, there goes an hour.

[@L2Nuku]

useless random info: If you hold down button A while selecting a boss, the stars will be replaced by birds on the boss introduction screen.

[@NecronomiTuan]

Oh man this brings back so many memories

[@DarkKnghtZ]

Fun fact: "normal" difficulty is super easy mode made for NA. Japanese version just had "start" and was the "difficult" setting.

[@riftcrawler4349]

Awesome that you're doing this. It's hard for me to catch a lot of your streams right now because of my schedule but I'd love to see a lot more playthroughs from the past. For instance - I'd love to see the Dark Souls 3 playthrough at some point.

[@logicallydashing]

More retro playthroughs? Yes, please! Would love to see Max play Chrono Trigger.

[@kaio0777]

agreed that is a masterpiece

[@TM_AZ]

Good grief, that could take weeks.

[@Zephhi]

@@TM_AZ It's only like 30 hours if you do everything lmao. 20 if you don't

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@Zephhi That would still be 3-4 hours a day across 7 days. 5 if you're going for each of the 10 alternate endings (the ones that aren't variations of the default ending).

[@an0rangutan]

I don't have a Twitch account and have never been on the website, so seeing videos like this is nice because I miss out a bunch on Max content.

[@MaximusPrimusKay]

Would love to see more playthroughs. Your Returnal and Metroid Dread videos were awesome.

[@MissAshley42]

Hell yeah, upload more retro playthroughs! Also, props for playing MM2 on the original difficulty. That setting gets ignored so often. (Also, "Normal" is insultingly easy.)

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

Because we Western gamers were LIED TO and thought Normal really was normal with Difficult just being a bonus, thus most of our memories are based on Normal. In fairness, though, the game isn't well-play balanced because it barely had any time to be tested. Too bad most of the BS comes from stuff that doubling one's attack power can't offset.

[@isaacgree]

Yessss, Mega Man 2 was my most replayed out of the series. The intro theme is a bop

[@TheNameCannotBeFound]

What the Hell, I never thought I'd enjoy watching Max go through classic games so damn much. More! MORE! MOOOOORE!

[@Studioterrel]

For those who want more of classic style MegaMan I highly suggest mega man unlimited. It is a fanmade game but it's one of the best fangames I've ever played. Please like this more so people need to know about that gaming masterpiece.

[@6shallos9]

Or megaman maker

[@Megaman-2407]

it checkpoint placement could use some tweak

[@SAPProd]

While this game didn’t have the “pause damage multiplier” like the first game, it did have an unintentional invincibility maneuver where you pause and unpause and projectiles will go thru you and not hurt you. It’s the easiest way to avoid the beams of the boss fight in Wily Stage 4.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

Yeah, he accidentally did it once. And then got his for it.

[@Acrosurge]

Yesss! Finally, streamers are playing MM2 with the proper difficulty! For the Quick Man fight: If you're low on Crash Bombs, or don't have them, you can use Air Shooter, which does equivalent damage to the Mega Buster, but has a much better area of attack and can hit Quick Man when he's in the air.

[@SAPProd]

I played this constantly growing up. My first Mega Man game and my second Capcom game after DuckTales, I absorbed so much Nintendo Power strategy info before even purchasing the cart (and yes I also heard Airman should be the first stage to beat which proves to be BS). I also didn’t play Hard Mode until way later. So many memories watching you play (and futilely yelling at you with trivia answers or solutions). Even with iconic elements like Rush, Proto Man, the Slide/Dash, and the Mega Buster Charge, this game still feels complete and as perfect as can be.

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

As long as you're farming health along the way, Air Man's not that bad to Buster if you're constantly shooting, even outside Western Normal. Still sucks that it's a battle of attrition, but it's still easier than Quick Man or Crash Man.

[@shaunanderson8550]

I really appreciated Max's bob to the beat lol... that was classic 👌

[@nyxofficial47]

Classic masterpiece! The Willy Stage music is still such a banger!!

[@glthegamemaster4197]

I love these classic game playthroughs from Max, my absolute favorite

[@VodulinMyer]

Played the first 3 MM games for the first time a few years ago, and boy did they drive me nuts.

[@YTHandlesBlow]

I would love to see Max do a co-op run of that fangame, Megaman 2.5D. The diffuculty of getting in your buddies way while jumping over gaps/bosses adds to the challenge lol.

[@garrettturner3262]

I was waiting for the "I can't beat airman" song whenever he faced off against airman lol.

[@onilao]

Think sometimes its nice to just chill and watch these types of playthroughs :D

[@yuurou7927]

It's shocking that wait for airman to come to you and kill him with wood behind his back is such an uncommon strat despite being so effective.

[@cwill-san4003]

WOOOOOO YEAH BABYYYY THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THATS WHAT ITS ALL ABOUT

[@SHRNKS]

Even Jesus knows that MegaMan 2 is the best.

[@splashwavestudios4432]

Love the retro stuff! I never watch Twitch so I really appreciate the YT uploads! Never knew you played any of these games from the intro, but I’ll be looking for them.

[@elnopalero4691]

King shit this type of content is missing from KZbin and if you brought it then even better. Quality games from someone who appreciates them and is amicable.

[@stellaroj]

Flash is such a weird place to start. Air-Metal-Crash-Flash-Bubble-Heat-Wood-Quick is my favourite. Keep releasing the NES streams! Love the content, the only NES soundtrack I love more than MM2 is Castlevania 3.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

A million followers is pretty insane, good luck on the goal, if anyone can do it it's you Max! :D

[@jerryvaz3424]

Please please put more content like this on the channel, my schedule makes it hard to watch your streams all the way through. I subbed to your twitch, but don't make it to many of them.

[@pixelgoat7317]

Hell yeah! These playthroughs are great for when I draw or paint warhammer 40k figures!

[@neojeets]

This game is brilliant! More playthru vids of the classics is always welcome.

[@Jonk_]

More full playthrus or games you play on stream is always fun to watch and would be nice to see on the channel.

[@ELCHAFAMEX]

its awesome to see how universal it is to press the fire button at the timing of the melody on the first Wily stage :')

[@jeezed2950]

The secret to beating the turret boss in wily 4 is to use spam the pause menu when the turrets flash (about to shoot), and don't stop until the bullets safely pass through you.

[@stephentylersterling]

I vote for more of this. More retro games plowed thru in one video playthru. I look forward to more of these

[@comicchaser]

The neverending story of Max making things unnecessarily hard for himself. And I'm not talking about choosing "difficult". Fun playthrough though.

[@jimmaloney1121]

I think that, like many gamers of my vintage, Mega Man 2 was the first Mega Man game we came across as the original didn't do so well in the US. It remains one of my favourites in the series and I like to go back to it every once in a while (I still have my original NES I bought in 1987). There's just something about an 8-bit Mega Man game that brings a smile to my face.

[@harveybudgen4437]

I'm glad max is posting this all on yt, feelsgoodman

[@thundageon5962]

Glad to see you play some of best NES games during quarantine.

[@xenobytezx]

First Metroid, now Mega Man?! 2 of my favourite games? Edit: lmao I only just found out he’s a Mega Man fan Now this is epic

[@plasmaoctopus1728]

I mean, he has our dude X in the intro!

[@xenobytezx]

@@plasmaoctopus1728 true, but i assumed that was from MVC

[@lawrence3185]

he may not known the other series besides classic and x

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

@@lawrence3185 Which would still be fair as Battle Network is a wildly different take and the others are relatively niche latecomers.

[@MrHomelessHobos]

@@CarbonRollerCaco megaman 😮

[@edpistemic]

Glad to see more content coming over from Twitch.

[@Selnathorn]

A full Mega Man 2 playthrough? Take my none-existent money! Oh and I certainly would appreciate more full nes playthroughs

[@devlan66]

Love it and let me say this quite possibly one of the all time best video game soundtracks of all time

[@SAPProd]

Couple of things about the final boss: Bubble Lead is the ONLY weakness. I once took the health down to one and decided to get dramatic and use every weapon to tease the final blow, only to be shocked that any other shot instantly heals the boss. Also I’ll admit it took years for me to get the story of the final boss: Wily turning into an alien and fighting him in space is merely an illusion that would make Mysterio proud.

[@greatheightsu]

hey Max, love you and when you play classics, congrats on a million Twitch followers, merry christmas

[@Thiagomii]

Hope you could upload the full Tim Follin reaction marathon, it was a ton of fun!!

[@MrMallard19]

I'd love to see more videos like this. Either as a feature on here, or on like a separate Doodplays KZbin channel or something

[@hedgehoundable]

I know a wicked crazy skip. Step 1: Kill Metal Man. Step 2: Obtain Metal Blade. That's it.

[@DecoyBlackMage]

Ah yes, hard mode/Difficult, aka the original difficulty in Japan....... Yes.......... :I I love Mega Man 2, but 3 will always be my favorite !

[@ThomasMHead]

MegaMan 2! My favorite NES game, too. One of the all-time best games ever. And that music!

[@proxydoesitwrong6331]

Retro Runback with Max! *Cue catchy 80s style theme of the channel*

[@gamingwithmalachai7959]

This was super nostalgic and fun to watch! The music was on point! Trojan on NES has my favorite music from back in the day! Would love to see a playthrough of that! It even has a VS mode!

[@glennsperling736]

I love the metal blades to the beat of Dr. Wily 1 music. That is THE best Mega Man music theme!

[@ZER0lPT]

I wish I grew up with Megaman games. Even the very old games look very good. My very first game was Battle Network 5 on the DS and played the Zero/ZX collection.

[@Ninja_Koopa]

Getting all the secret stuff in battle networks was such a pain, but worth it once you hit multi-player. Lol

[@CalciumChief]

That was nice stream. Never give up. Never surrender. Also, not sure if I get that comment about "playthoughs getting a chance to shine". Does it mean NES or other old-school games or like games Max played in his olden days of KZbin? I mean, probably my favorite is still Guacamelee from back in 2013. It technically didn't get much attention, since it was so early in VoVideogames career, but it is a full playtrhough there, so I guess you could turn into few longer vidoes. Technically it did get more levels as is now a Super Turbo Championship Edition, so there's that.

[@Deadite8593]

Love seeing the retro stuff! One of my favorite playthroughs of yours was SF2010. You have a level of patience with these old school games that a lot of other content creators don't have, and it sets you apart IMO. Also seeing you finally crack after going through a lot of frustrating jank BS is entertaining haha

[@CarbonRollerCaco]

I was particularly impressed at his ability to run under Walker Joes untouched. I'd never have the stones to even check if that was a thing.

[@takethebluepillnottheredpi584]

I watched this entire video cause Mega Man 2 was and still is a childhood favorite of mines on the Nintendo 🥺🥺 tha memories man,them good ol childhood memories 😢👏🏿👏🏿🤟🏿😊

[@justinkeys3291]

Love Binge watching your playthroughs! Pls bring more!!!!!!!

[@ZGamingGuy]

Something I've always wanted to see is yo videos games doing a playthrough of chronicles of the sword from soul calibur 3. All you guys make your own character and go through that. Would be sick. Especially against some of those insane bosses in that

[@boosiewoosie9215]

I remember playing this with my friends after school in 1st grade back in like 1991

[@allycatblues2770]

MegaMan 2 is such a good game! Although I would not play it without suspended save points.

[@DaBoyzHut]

I just finished watching your Nioh playthrough after finishing it myself, so I'd like to see a Nioh 2 playthrough, not sure if you actually streamed that one though.

[@longshot_916]

Maaaaan, this takes me back. Me and my best friend played the shit outta this back when it came out

[@DamienCooley]

My order since the 80s was Metal Man, Bubble Man, Wood Man, Air Man, Crash Man, Flash Man, Quick Man, Heat Man. This is far and away my favorite game of all time.

[@phoenixwright6932]

Max, don’t be alarmed but Netflix is making a live action Mega Man movie

[@gamingbythefollowing4999]

That level of frustration at the end... i felt that in my gamer bones. Try that shit on the Plug-n-play version. Rough af.

[@KitoBallard]

Fun fact: If you jump over the dragon to land near it's wings, it crashes the game. I wonder why it does that...

[@diobrando7557]

Please keep uploading these playthroughs!!

[@KingValvados]

I was OBSESSED with this game growing up. Beat them all as a 6 year old. Played as an adult, got my ass kicked.

[@Dave_the_Dave]

I had this and Ninja Gaiden as a kid and I could never quite beat them.

[@MarMaxGaming]

Hahah nice job, it can be tough! If you had a good challenge with mega man 2, you would like to see the Top 20 Hardest NES Robot Masters (Buster Only / No E-Tanks) ! Mega Man 1-6 Of course Mega Man 2 was on difficult, and I can tell you Quick Man, Wood Man, and Crash Man can be pretty hard! Btw, the instructions booklet does recommend Air Man under “Getting Started!”

[@enzogonzalez7140]

I really apreciate this content. Keep it up! you have my full support

[@toddw14]

The boss order I follow is: Flash Man -> Heat Man -> Air Man -> Crash Man -> Quick Man -> Metal Man -> Bubble Man -> Wood Man. Once you get Item 1, you can use it on Air Man's stage to get through the floating heads faster & use Flash Stopper after the first blue wolf in Wood Man's stage to stop the other 2 from spawning.

[@WiLDRAGE777]

Megaman 2 was my first NES cart. I still remember when I got it for Christmas the year it came out.