Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection - REVIEW (Nintendo Switch)

Mega Man's legacy on modern consoles continues with Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection, but does this compilation do its six included games justice? Find out in our in-depth review of the Nintendo Switch version right here!
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[@toonzach2870]

The fact that most of the main Mega Man franchise is fully playable across all mainstream modern consoles is pretty crazy to think about.

[@MrMrTravman]

and PC :)

[@MaoRatto]

They are still missing the god damn Rockman World series.... AKA The Megaman gameboy games, and also... They need to fucking get Megaman and Bass and the wonderswan game... Then I am totally satisified...

[@CS-cd6zg]

May it always be so! If there's one franchise I want constantly accessible across every platform I own, it's Mega Man.

[@toonzach2870]

@@MaoRatto I too am awaiting a Mega Man Gems Collection. Not just the games you mentioned, but Wily and Light's Rockboard, the Power Fighters games, Battle and Chase, Wily Wars, the Game Gear game, the Xtreme games, Super Adventure Rockman, it'd be nice to have all of them in one collection. And dammit, re-release Saturn Mega Man 8! It's annoying that the most complete version of the game has never been re-released.

[@toonzach2870]

@Mister Fields I haven't noticed frame drops when playing the X or Classic collections.

[@saucymongoose7246]

I'm glad people get who missed out on the these games get too experience them. Now we need a Legends and Battle Network/ Star Force legacy collections.

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

I really want those games, but with how they started doing the Pokemon thing and splitting up most entries for collectablity, not sure how it would do.

[@deprecated8036]

Well emulators and roms are a great alternative, it doesn't hurt.

[@Herozonex200]

Dr.wily never bullshit with Zero lol. I played the collection on the ds. These fuckers are hard lol. I did beat 1,2, and 3 though

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

@@deprecated8036 Yeah, I've been having a difficult time trying to get Nintendo roms, so I'm putting my foot down when there's even a slight chance I could get a virus.

[@Herozonex200]

Never had a chance to play star force legacy collection/ battle network. I missed it while I was growing up.

[@Bona_D._Roosky]

Finally. Now someone tell SEGA to collect the Sonic Advance & Rush games in one.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

There ya go, a Sonic Pocket Collection if you will. Advance 1,2,3, Rush, Rush 2, and Handheld Colors. It’d be awesome.

[@ReinaHW]

That would be asking Sega to have common sense, not likely to happen any time soon

[@smashmaster521]

I would love to play Sonic Advance and Sonic Advance 2 on Switch. Same goes for the Sonic Adventure games and Sonic Generations.

[@fodv93]

@@runningoncylinders3829 that'd be great since we never even got the advance trilogy in north america and yet japan did which is stupid

[@bassmanleviathan3239]

This would be amazing!

[@staticshock4239]

We need a Battle Network collection now.

[@crypticbeast1013]

Also Starforce and Legends collections

[@crypticbeast1013]

Chaz Starkey Misadventures of Tron Bonne

[@MegaNerdX]

Cryptic Bëast none of the other legacy collections put side games into the them, so Tron Bonne wouldn’t make the cut.

[@bajuju7959]

Chaz Starkey tell that to assassin’s creed rebel collecting, consisting of black flag and Rouge, only two games

[@aguythatlikesrice8075]

No

[@Koretex_]

I NEED A BATTLE NETWORK COLLECTION

[@bravefencermusashi4826]

Koretex we will they are just thinking how to make them work.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

I know at least 5 had a Double Team edition. For 3 and 4 I don’t know if they did that. Alternatively they could do the entire set of 6 games as 2 variations; one with the first variation of 3-6, and the other with the second. 1 and 2 would be in both.

[@sscool100]

They probably bundled it with Star force and maybe the cross over game we never got

[@kai_824]

With how 6 games for BN and 3 for SF I'm pretty sure this will be a split game thing. 5 in the first collection and 4 on the other. Or if they are gonna be petty they can count the 6 split versions if the game as separate games

[@bravefencermusashi4826]

Delta _ or the could do what Megaman battle network5 got on ds it was called double team which had both games on it

[@RichardMetric]

I'm wondering if Jon is watching this, just shouting "IT'S ZED!!!"

[@boshwa20]

Why does he pronounce that way anyway?

[@Spindash54]

Boshwa Because that’s how the letter is pronounced in the UK.

[@Chicken008]

@@Spindash54 Canada too. :P

[@pro-toman]

Spindash54 And every other country that speaks english besides the US.

[@Xen0gears515]

Probably say ZX as "ZEX"

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

I think one of the things I'm most impressed by with this collection is that it's all contained in one package, instead of being spread over two.

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

@CM HW I like the way you think

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

@Count Cobalt There have been dual packs of games over the years, so having two games in a collection is a possibility

[@Curryskie]

I wish they’ve include those Zero short anime commercials from Japan in the gallery. They are super smooth.

[@aegisreflector1239]

Agreed

[@deprecated8036]

@Unknown But there is a Zero manga

[@unsuunsu9952]

7echLife we don’t talk about the manga

[@aguythatlikesrice8075]

@Unknown name of manga ?

[@giratina008MagicRush]

I heard what I needed to. The extra boss fights for ZX when using Zero game cartridges on DS Lite are here.

[@JD-mz1rl]

Omega rematch baby!!! Fire up the cannonball!!

[@RageUnchained]

@@JD-mz1rl model O is the real goat tho

[@Zapper850]

Now let’s hope they do a battle network collection

[@extremegamercollector425]

Zapper850 yes please!!! That’s next should be

[@Gunplabro]

I tried so many times to emulate them and get into the series but all of the story ultimately made me give up. So much talking. I just want to play the game. Jesus Christ.

[@extremegamercollector425]

Questbro the story is the best part imo

[@Neku_99]

Extreme Gamer & Collector If it happens I hope they add all the Japanese exclusive cross overs like the Missing Boktai event in 6 and also maybe add an English version of 4.5

[@extremegamercollector425]

Ivan Ramos doubt they’ll go that extra mile but here’s to hoping 😃

[@diceb0mb]

MAN it feels really weird seeing my name in a GameXplain review (I was Ry in the Z-Chaser leaderboards). Good review Ash, I agreed with pretty much all of your sentiments myself!

[@barrybend7189]

I made 12th in A class( I started in b for Z1 stage 1.

[@diceb0mb]

@@barrybend7189 sick as hell, I got like half of the WRs due to being the first person to even attempt most of the Z-Chaser stages but all my records have been knocked down a peg by now lol

[@Thatguyyoudontknow594]

4:58 Excuse me???

[@HowlingGuild]

lol trust me, that's only the beginning.

[@Sonic0330]

First time?

[@DrazenX195]

Starting the video with Departure was absolutely the right call.

[@crypticbeast1013]

DAICHI WO FUMISHIMETE

[@FFXfever]

Departure is just the intro to Zero series. Every zero youtuber have done it atleast once, cause it's just so amazing.

[@Busterman64]

Can't wait to get my hands on the game! ...and now the wait for a possible Megaman Battle Network & Starforce collection.

[@DTOSX666]

oh man I would LOVE a MMBN compilation! Only played the first one but I loved it.

[@SuperPlaytendo]

Can’t wait to hear that high quality B O O T Y ! !

[@HunterForHire422]

God that wasn't something I wanted to hear again.

[@thepan4ever]

4:58

[@cliffturbo2146]

That was just... wow XD

[@MaoRatto]

Rule 34: Smile darkness my old friend

[@MaoRatto]

@@HunterForHire422 I wanted to hear...

[@nathanlasart226]

The Nintendo Switch has 25 Mega Man games on it, all collectively at the price of about 2 and 1/2 new triple-A games. Legends 1 and 2 HD when?

[@JudgeTyBurns]

“Z-Chaser” sounds like the name of a cocktail.

[@Big-Image]

Off topic: Imagine a mega man zero remake developed by platinum games.

[@Glowingtomato]

My preorder is ready to go, MMZ3 is one of my favorite games of all time. I love all character designs in The Zero/ZX series

[@Jackattack359]

Zero 3 is fantastic

[@bladeexe]

Definitely going to use that save assist feature for Zero 1. That one is to punishing for its own good.

[@SolidSnake684]

Good to see my favorite Mega Man series get the proper treatment. The X collection felt a little slapped together, and this looks like a markedly improved effort. Time to rock out to Zero 3's soundtrack on some big speakers!

[@almightykeys4734]

i got mega man collection 2 just for the sound track of mega man 8 :)

[@faidou9954]

Next up, the Megaman Battle Network games, hopefully....

[@user-jf4ew2ly7v]

I’m just jamming to these new tunes

[@RasenRendanX]

The music is phenomenal

[@tcwentertainment]

Is it possible to switch to the original soundtracks in the remasters ? i prefer original Megaman Zero soundtrack

[@driley1988]

I'm picking this up tomorrow especially since I never played any of them before. Plus now I hope we can convince them to make a Battle Network Collection 😁

[@loopseeker]

same boat

[@cheukyin810]

well well well.

[@driley1988]

@@cheukyin810 3 years later it happened 😂

[@austinmorrison6953]

I am so glad I pre-ordered this. Imagine my elation at hearing how far Capcom went with the collection. Does this mean we'll be getting legacy collections for the other parts of the Megaman timeline? and dare I say it... LEGENDS 3?

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

Fly low Icarus.

[@alexbubble6952]

I can imagine that they might release the prototype along with 1, N64 1, 2, and Misadventures of Tron Bonne. Nothing else will come out of it for now, though.

[@Gunplabro]

I have a feeling that is what they are going to do. Release every game in the series and then release Legends 3.

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

@@alexbubble6952 It's very likely they will, I hope they're able to decompress some of the audio and such. Not likely though. Were their any major differences between Legends and Megaman 64 besides dialogue being cut?

[@austinmorrison6953]

@@Gunplabro I know there was a time where griping about canceling Legends 3 for no given reason(seriously do they give ANY adequate reason for cancellation?) seemed like a dead horse but with all the legacy collections they're making, it seems like a PERFECT OPPORTUNITY to revive the Legends 3 project! And aside from that, they could work on Battle Network Legacy collection which even includes the Japanese exclusive titles and spinoffs such as Legend and Phantom of Network and the crossover scenario with Boktai which they could use as a separate opportunity to bring that game series back as well. And somewhere further down the line, they could potentially give us ZX3 just so they can resolve the cliffhanger with Master Thomas and we can finally learn exactly how "humanity was reset" and how the world of Legends came to be. They've got to keep striking while the iron is hot!

[@Digiflower5]

You had me a save assist. I have the Zero collection on DS and Zero one is brutal, I wanted to enjoy the difficulty and story but there zero 1 was too punishing with its life system so I dropped it. This sounds perfect.

[@kahn1101]

Digiflower5 do you think save assist will mess with the rank at the end of the level?

[@Digiflower5]

@@kahn1101 Im not sure myself, never thought about it.

[@kahn1101]

Digiflower5 if you haven’t played it yet, dying with save assist turned on doesn’t affect the rank, it still counts as beating the stage with one life

[@Digiflower5]

@@kahn1101 thanks for letting me know, the game is coming in the mail.

[@kahn1101]

Digiflower5 enjoy!!

[@borby4584]

11:22 That happens in both the GBA version, and the DS collection. I don’t think they CAN fix it

[@TransShadow42]

I'm so happy this collection exists. Hopefully they do the same for the other series too. I would love a star force collection

[@Darkchao_berserko22]

Come on battle network collection

[@Leonheart18]

Castlevania need this for the gba and ds games

[@firechar2722]

I'd love a Star Force collection! Have a ton of great memories playing those games through middle/highschool

[@joebilly3719]

I remember ZX world being a bit messy and sometimes hard to move around, but ZX advent? Not really, it was much more linear and well organised than ZX, I dont remember a single instance of getting lost in ZX advent. Hummmm

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

ZX Advent wasn't very hard to navigate, but it still got sort of confusing at times. ZX though... that game has almost no sense of direction.

[@cantrip7]

I don't remember getting desperately lost, but I DO remember shuffling through doors or noodling around for collectibles and not ending up where I expected. And I think it's due to the map layout and area transitions being borderline arbitrary without an easy-to-reference map. Its exploration, sense of place, and QoL didn't compare favorably to Metroidvanias then, and it certainly doesn't now.

[@CDRW24]

ZXA had a much superior map to work with.

[@lou00006]

Better map but horrible dubbing

[@darrylaz3570]

ZX: Good Metroidvania, horrible map design ZXA: Good map, but too linear to be a Metroidvania Hopefully, a ZX3 will get it right with the best of both worlds from both games

[@cybersoul2809]

I honestly believe ZX is better than Zero 4, also it has one of the best hard modes I have ever seem

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

The orignal ZX despite its flaws is still my Favorite Mega Man game

[@dynamon911nz]

Wich i heard back then zx was supposted be worked on zero 5 something like that.

[@otherprisma7354]

Only if the map layout was better, then i might have consider it.

[@darrylaz3570]

I agree. The only thing that brings ZX down a notch is the atrocious map display. Otherwise, it's actually my favorite MM game of all time

[@demi-fiendoftime3825]

@@darrylaz3570 That can easily be beaten with a online map now a days

[@KiraAotsuki]

GOD MY NOSTALGIA BOMB WHEN THAT DEPARTURES SONG STARTED. Im so excited! Comes in tomorrow

[@carlzerris6566]

Every review ive seen for this collection has departure for a bgm. Wonder why.....XD

Boy do I love that intro song!!! These are the best Mega Man games. SO glad they are back

[@PainCausingSamurai]

I actually loved the interconnected levels of the first Zero game. Between missions you could leave the base through the elevator shaft and explore the other areas, and they would gradually open and change as the story progressed.

[@halberdierv2]

Behind Battle Network, these are my favourite eras of megaman, and i really dig the artstyle

[@RasenRendanX]

I will legitimately cry if we get battle network on switch

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

Question though, would we get the GBA or DS version of Battle Network 5?

[@Txo9]

@@DoctorDisasterDracula i really hope the ds version!!!

[@Txo9]

@CM HW aww BN 4, such a mess of a game!! I would hope for a special version of it but mostly likely never happening XD

[@RasenRendanX]

@@DoctorDisasterDracula Has to be the DS version imo. It has both in one

[@Nintendonator3000]

Save Assist sounds like such a nice feature, I could really use that on the Castlevania collection.

[@Jackattack359]

Thankfully it’s present on the anniversary collection

[@VioletaVolnutt]

ZXA plot is one of the bests

[@Falvern57]

Said no one.

[@METR0lD]

Ash lives! I feel like we rarely see or hear you on the channel these days. :(

[@ClexYoshi]

I'd argue that MMZ1 is a little rough around the edges, as it effectively turned me off from getting the other 3 games back in the day. I really don't like that Inti-creates tied character progression and their arbitrary score and ranking system together in such a clunky and unfun way. grinding for crystals to feed cyber elves isn't all that fun either. That being said, I own these games physical, and I particularly like ZX and ZX Advent.

[@Jokerwolf666]

I agree with basically all of what you said.

[@randomduck8679]

That seems to be the general consensus for the first game.

[@SeekerLancer]

What sucks is that using one system punishes you in the other. Do the annoying grind to get the Cyber elves, enjoy your crap rankings. I still like the game, especially the story and Copy X (though I wish Capcom had the courage to actually make X the villain) but the first game really is rough to replay.

[@northwindkey]

Hint for Z1: Grind on the very first mission you can and use the Open World to collect energy crystals rather than actual missions. Practice in open areas before starting a mission to go for a good ranking.

[@Sonic0330]

@@northwindkey Grind on Zero 1? or ZX?

[@maybetoby]

Got my copy. This is my first time playing these games and I love them. I love the post-apocalyptic setting of the Zero series.

[@fodv93]

That's not entirely true. The zero games already had a collection on the DS

[@symphomaniac]

That collection was amazing

[@thegreatgario3478]

The DS Zero collection was on a handheld, so it's still considered "locked out" for console users' purposes. Not going to say it was a great collection, either (though the games were still solid). So glad to have this Legacy collection now; it's really solid, from playing it so far.

[@KayFiOS]

All games are included in one package, physical or otherwise, improved versions of the GBA games' soundtracks, uncompressed video and audio for the ZX games, achievements that are actually worth giving a damn about, and a speedrunning mode that actually teaches you how to beat it quicker. This looks like it'll easily be the best Legacy Collection Capcom has put out so far! Here's hoping for more collections!

[@PikangsFutaba]

Indeed, back with the X Legacy Collections I kinda liked the idea of X challenge (but in the long run they missed a lot of oportunities to create tricky boss fights and only used 50% of the 16-bit era Mavericks). I mean, it would have been interesting to see how we could have dealt with some fights like one example I could have used myself as a very tricky fight would have been X6 Mijinion with X2 Magna Centipede (which in this case if you get poisoned from Centipede you would end up restricted to the saber to beat Mijinion... assuming you don't use Moth's weapon) But I can see myself playing Z-Chaser mode over and over because is an actual speed-run contest and actually can work as a tip of how you can deal with certain situations (that for the most part you'll end up learning a good trick or two especially if you want to get a good rank in the normal mode for the 4 Zero games), plus, it can ALSO work as a "training" mode of sorts, because the Zero games are very well known to be not friendly for failures (but again, the extra stuff like the GBC Mega Man Xtreme autosave system when you reach specific parts of a mission are also a lifesaver for newcomers).

[@KayFiOS]

@@PikangsFutaba I'm actually going into the Zero series blind; I'm speaking from the perspective of someone who owns the Mega Man Classic and X Legacy Collections on Switch, but never played most of the games outside of the Classic series. That said, I hope the accessibility options make it easier for me to play through the games, but _without_ barring me from unlocking achievements, like in MMXLC. That made me want to play the games without using the accessibility options, but I'm a scrub and couldn't finish X2 before moving on to games that didn't leave a controller-shaped indent on my wall!

[@Noah-zo6zn]

WHET FOR BOOTY!! I forgot about that line lmao

[@lirfrank]

Oh man, missed opportunity with the lack of touch controls. The Ace Attorney Trilogy had them, after all.

[@KingofKeys2000]

im a pretty hardcore megaman fan and i can not wait for this collection. i have all these games and played them when they released and behind the legends series these games are my favorite megaman games. great review now i will be sitting by my door for my copy

[@laggalot1012]

Myself, I have virtually no 2D Mega Man experience whatsoever, aside from the Mega Man 11 demo, but I'm rather interested in this collection. 6 much-praised games that to me as a relative layman look like they hold up a lot better in this day and age than the traditional core series would (for the most part, anyway), and for a pretty modest price tag to boot. I watched a ZX playthrough once on KZbin, and it really caught my interest, so that's become the main driving force for my interest, although I've been recommended by friends to play these games in chronological order, so I intend to do that.

[@SuxMenner]

In my opinion, playing the series in chronological order is incredibly satisfying for various references and structures of the series story, you can very well just play all 11 classic games with no problem and then go to the X series and play up until X5 or X6 (Your choice as there are different views on when the X series really does end for everyone), other side games like the Mega Man World games are good but for a first timer it may be too much, Mega Man & Bass is part of the main games but because of it's difficulty it may not be of your interest. Other things like the Xtreme titles, The Power Battle games and so on are not needed but they are technically part of the story. (Also something people question)

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

Yeah I'd play these games in chronological order. There's sort of an arc that Zero goes through in the X and Zero games.

[@millionshadesofdarkness2165]

Now we need the battle network collection that includes the *Battle Network Gamecube Game*

[@laplace7357]

Regarding the graphics "bug" in the elephant boss fight. I remember that happening in the Zero collection for the DS as well.

[@MrElpizo1982]

the Zero series was my personal favourite, I even bought two of the UDON Complete Works so I could keep one in the shrink wrap in pristine as the first copy I got was worn from being well-read. These games are superb & I'm so glad people will get to play them, & play them in such as well-executed way. & its only £25?! an absolute steal.

[@Voltackle86]

Oh my god i'm basically forced to by this. This is my childhood right here :')

[@McKnighty]

3:56 Dang it, everytime you call out females being playable as something special, it keeps it from being normalized. I didn't even think of it when it first came out.

[@Keezawea]

I mean, we're talking about the Megaman franchise after all. The only game of the franchise i can think of where you play as a female character (besides the ZX games) is The Misadventures of Tron Bonne.

[@runningoncylinders3829]

Took 9 games to get Splash Woman. They are robots though; while advanced they’re mostly arbitrary of gender.

[@zawisza926]

McKnighty you could unlock Alia, Layer and Palette in Megaman X8 and play as Roll in Megaman Powered Up I think? But yeah it’s one of those things I don’t even think about when playing games and shouldn’t really be so “special”

[@randomduck8679]

@@zawisza926 Roll was playable in MvC 1 and 2 also, predating X and Zero's debuts.

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

Now we just need a mega man gb collection and there we go

[@MegaNerdX]

Mister Fields because Mega Man V

[@TheXtremeBoltGuy]

@@MegaNerdX bingo

[@kofimuata3276]

The Japanese version option just sold me on the game. Thanks for the very thorough review.

[@Vampocrat]

Since the main timeline has been going in chronological order with the releases of the compilations, we now need a Mega Man Legends Legacy Collection.

[@WingZX1103]

The silver lining in all this is we have the OG, X, Zero and ZX collection. Which means we have legends, battle network and star force to port over. I will probably die from joy if they confirm battle network is coming

[@huntinghussain2994]

Yeah. BUT STARFORCE AND BATTLENETWORK COLLECTION WHEN? I love all the games here and have them for DS, I just prefer BN and SF way more

[@yusokoliko]

Using Departure to open the video. Predictable yet completely satisfying.

[@spacepenguin87]

I didn't even know there were games after MMZ 3, so this is definitely going on my switch.

[@giygas_9577]

I REALLY hope we get a collection with the Gameboy and Gameboy Color games as well as Mega Man & Bass and The Wily Wars.

[@spacethegamer6426]

Now we just wait for the Legends Legacy Collection to complete the main Megaman Timeline

[@kai_824]

Lol with 2 games

[@spacethegamer6426]

@@kai_824 3 games, there's also the Misadventures of Tron Bonne

[@No-lb6kg]

@@spacethegamer6426 sounds silly because only 3 games and they cancelled legends 3,prefer bn and starforce collection first

[@spinceiling7442]

6 of my favorite games in the franchise. Highly recommend

[@rickyandino1339]

Between this and the re-release of DMC3 on the switch it looks as if Capcom is finally putting effort into their ports.

[@StarlinkNova]

It's great that we are getting these various Megaman collections. I only hope that Capcom doesn't stop here and brings us a Legends collection next, followed shortly by a Battle Network collection. I actually never played the Battle Network games myself so having a collection handy would be a perfect excuse to do so.

[@spicyfuse]

Woah the menus in this collection are amazing

[@diandre2530]

"So now that your appetite's whet for booty" Please tell me im not the only one who heard that

[@datalphalion]

And now I wait for Mega Man Battle Network and Star Force Legacy Collection, featuring a New Funky Mode!

[@B1itz_90]

4:56 I totally forgot about that lmao oh English ZXA VAs bless their hearts

[@GuyDandy]

If BOOTY memes don't come about after this, I'm rioting.

[@Matanumi]

There were riots...but no BOOTY

[@seanpaul3954]

Really enjoyed your review...I just wanted to add that I was especially impressed by the grainy GBA screen filter. It's by far the best I've ever seen a GBA game look on a modern TV and hope it is used with other GBA ports .

[@BigEOT3]

If we buy these games, not only could it convince Capcom to give fans a Battle Network Collection But maybe we can finally get ZX3?

[@Bornagainvillain]

I can't wait to pick this up tomorrow. Hoping for a Battle Network Collection someday.

[@16BitGamerCat]

I LOVE Megaman ZX. The fact that this collection came out 2 days after my birthday makes it feel like a birthday present. Now if only we could get a Battle Network/Starforce collection and a legends collection so I could play all the games I missed.

[@gamwhiz1]

Maha Ganeshariff (Thicc Elephant dude) has actually always had that visual glitch; hard to notice on gba, but running a backup of Z1 on an emulator makes it easier to see that weird bit of distortion when that one move forces the screen to shudder. I figure the background art's just a bit too short and exposes the layer behind, since it's not a very tall boss room. Super cool of you to go that deep, though; this was an excellent review in general. Really impressed at how you touched on the overarching feel/tone the games set on top of the gameplay itself, since that continuity and sense of closure always made this series special to me.

[@grayfox4819]

I see with pleasure that Capcom did their job with this collection... I wish they did the same with the X one... (well, the games from X4 onward all work very well, althought X6 and X7 suck. The problem is only for the SNES games)

[@ChrisGorski]

Time for the Mega Man Legends compilation

[@ThisIsCSDX]

In the case of PS4/XB1... Capcom on the other Legacy Collection Achievements: Eh, just include 1 per game and throw in challenges with ranks. Capcom with Zero/ZX Legacy Collection Achievements: WE HAVE TO MAKE THESE MATTER MORE AND HAVE THEM AS DETAILED AS POSSIBLE!! Edit: Turns out the X LCs have more detailed Achievement lists. My bad ^^;

[@kevinramirez3134]

Who cares about achievements and trophies. Just play the games for what they are. Great games!

[@PikangsFutaba]

Yeah, they kinda got lazy in this one, X Legacy Collections had some interesting or cool ones (for me one of the interesting ones is Covert Ops in X2 as I normally rush Magna Centipede's stage and trigger the alarms almost all the time, in that challenge the only alarm you can trigger is the one after the 2nd mid-boss that is mandatory anyway, beating Dragoon in X4 with the Ride Armor or fighting Vile 5 times in X8 before you complete the boss rush stage) as well as other annoying ones (like listening to all of Alia's/Axl's transmissions or rescue all reploids in X7).

[@ThisIsCSDX]

@@kevinramirez3134 Look, I was just making a funny about how MMLC 1 & 2 were completely barren in terms of online achievements whereas Zero/ZX went apeshit with the detailed ones while not realizing XLC1 & 2 did that first.

[@ThisIsCSDX]

@@PikangsFutaba Eh, I'm content with it, tbh. I just can't wait to play this and revisit some of the games that helped mold me as a gamer.

[@ryanmurphy6949]

Mega Man Xtreme 1 & 2 collection would be epic. I played the heck out of these as a kid.

[@simplyblynx284]

"So now that your appetite has been whet for booty, let's get this show on the road!" Me: *swiggity swooty*

[@Nightswipe1]

You talk smack about the voiceacting but Pandora makes the game so warm and ASMR-like. Love that.

[@Jackattack359]

She sounds like she’s about to fall asleep herself

[@technokidx88]

Now all I need is a battle network and legends collection pack

[@mumsy8711]

I honestly like zero 1 because despite its big flaws, its a great pick up and play, since it isn't too long and the more confidence you have, the less necessary the grinding is. its even better that Im getting this on switch.

[@staggorath2377]

Zx was my childhood. Getting 5 other games with it is just the cherry on top

[@rudeboyspodcast]

Guys, if you want BN collection or ZX3, then we GOTTA buy this. We gotta vote with our wallets. Plus, it's pretty damn affordable. 6 great games for $5 each? I'll buy that, easy.

[@PikangsFutaba]

Can't wait to play it later tonight (on my Ps4), but if I can't today, then tomorrow I can do it on any of the 4 platforms (yeah, I bought it 4 times because I love the game, plus, I can let my bro. who has my Xbox One at the moment play the games as well... Especially Zero 3 to ZX Advent as he only played up to Zero 2).

[@hit9819]

Brought the whole Mega Man collection on Ps4 but to me it definitely felt more suited for the Switch so Im getting this on the Switch 👌🏼

[@positiveproductions6699]

I hope this sells well so we can get future remasters released

[@vicenteschultzsolano255]

As someone that already played the ZX games and some of the Z. I must say this was a really accurate review. More then ones I found myself thinking "Yep, I had the same thought" like when you talking about the ZL/ZR buttons not being mappable and when talking about the localization. This review filled lots of the doubts I had about the games (I was going to buy it anyway) Definitely the review im going to point out for my friend if the ask.

[@weglarz]

I actually loved the open world of zx and advent. I love both series!

[@UndernetChara]

As someone who has played the Mega Man Zero collection a lot on the DS, I am really happy with this game.

[@Miko-samaa]

Now that we have Zero games, can we get Battle Network/Starforce lmao, those were my favorites along with Zero

[@GIRru11]

I'm so happy that this collection exists, I have never been able to play the Zero series, and I love being able to replay ZX and ZX Advent

[@openinginawe5518]

I need to play more Mega man games. This may convince me

[@DoctorDisasterDracula]

I'd say this is worth it. Zero 1 and 2, and ZXA are the only games that don't hold up too well. They're good, but not amazing.

[@MrMrFreddy]

I recommend it. IMO, the Zero series is the peak of Mega Man, I prefer it to both the classic series and X series. They also have a fantastic story, probably the best of the entire franchise.

[@darkglass3011]

I love ZX and ZX Advent because of the Kamen Rider approach to newly acquired powers. You change forms to use these powers and can even change between them on the fly without having to go to the menu first.

[@Infernoblade1010]

Zero's STILL my favorite Megaman character and I remember playing Zero 4 first and I cleared it multiple times. It was such a sick game and I'm so happy they remade all of these. Way to go Capcom!!

[@Jokerwolf666]

ZX Advent is the best one I think, I love that you actually transform into the boss reploids instead of getting a piddly power.

[@robertmackeymackey5521]

I've never played a Mega man game but want to get into the series,what game should I start with?

[@hasannaim8381]

This is just a hunch, but maybe the first one?

[@dragongamer4753]

Get the legacy collection and start with MegaMan 5 its by far the most beginner friendly out of the bunch.

[@positivevibesyo]

All of them. Lol

[@joaquinzillich5393]

You should begin with the classic series then move out to X and then the rest

[@lord_jayj]

Chronological order would be og megman then the x series then zero then zx

[@souloftherisingsun8274]

I’m impressed with how far they went, especially with the art, video quality and the Z3 stuff. I wonder if you can fight the bosses from Z3/4 in ZX, if they kept that lock on tech in? Would be pretty rad. Also, Rock On> Mega Merge, but that’s just me. Mainly because the acronym they used for “Rock” is badass

[@JaseRider]

The best mega man games IMO, stoked!

[@goldenpp72]

Feels like to me they really missed some opportunities. They could have finally fixed the horrible map in ZX, added in the uncensored versions while still being in English, stuff that big fans would have loved to see, and likely never will.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I'm curious if MMZ 1-4 are based off the original GBA releases or the DS collection. The main difference being the DS collection made further changes (beyond just removing the oil blood) and changed words like die,death and kill to the kid friendly, destroy,terminate ect.

[@goldenpp72]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I think it's the DS version for better and worse.

[@UltimateMasterBroly]

IM SO READY FOR MEGAMAN LEGENDS COLLECTION FOR SWITCH AND MEGAMAN LEGENDS 3 🔥💥🔥👏🔥🔥🔥 NOW THAT WOILD BE EXCELLENT!!!