MegaMan Battle Network 2 Bosses vs Asterisks

Something important to note:
Even if you belong to the crowd that believes the game can legitimately generate every chip in the asterisk code, by virtue of Hard Mode disabling the network function, it's still obvious that these folders were made through cheats. I don't have any input on the asterisk's legitimacy, but they're in the game's coding, so I wanted to abuse it.
Furthermore, I was a little too harsh on BN5 with my last vid- the vast majority of BN2's chips also cause flinching, but because there's no real need to destroy bosses under ten seconds, it really doesn't matter.
That said, it still means there aren't an awful lot of combo strings you can pull off. I think the methods I show off- freeze and prism abuse- are the cheapest and most effective. Now for some li'l tidbits of info.
Hard Mode doesn't actually make enemies 50% stronger, but rather causes Mega to take 50% more damage. The number over Balloon chips indicates the damage HE will take if it pops, and Zeus Hammers deal 300 damage to him.
Frozen enemies break free as soon as they're hit by anything that would cause hitstun, whereas enemies with super armor stay frozen until the status wears off normally. Unless, of course, they are paralyzed beforehand; then the freezing is indefinite (however, foes lacking super armor still break free as soon as they are hit.)
Breaking chips deal double the damage to frozen foes even in BN2, though this damage caps at 600. Big Bomb and Guardian on ice would deal more damage otherwise. As such, GoldFist is an extremely broken chip, and I try not to use it until the finishing blow of some fights.
While Quake doesn't deal breaking damage yet, it also causes no hitstun, has very little cooldown, and deals twice the damage if you can hit both the enemy and the prism with it. Fairly useful.
Zeus Hammers pop balloons on impact, a feature that makes my absolute favorite combo in the game. Balloons may be unwieldy, but god damn they have potential for some naaaaaasty damage output.
Well-timed ToadMan can hit Freeze and Quick before they throw their protection up. DENIIIIIIIED
Geysers can deal 400 damage with a prism up if you can get the cross portion to hit the prism before the diagonal hits the enemy. Hard to do, but looks cool. Chips that flinch are better off hitting prisms so as to keep the combo going.
Needle chips are generally shitty, thanks to slow startup and no hitstun. It's that lack of hitstun that makes them valuable against frozen foes, though, as they'll never break any ice, and beyond that, they form an excellent PA and are great for balloon fodder.
Chips powerful enough to break Bass' aura that also hit a prism will damage Bass for the amount the prism would have dealt. If the damage from the prism and chip combined are enough to remove the aura, it will do so.
I love doing exactly the amount of damage it takes to defeat a boss. I'm fairly certain I've pulled that off three times in this vid. Take a guess.
Lastly, the needless PA spam on PlanetMan is just because the chips happened to pop up and I thought, "ah, why not?" Think of it like cancelling a super into another super =P

[@Z2Wolf]

If beating Cutman exclusively using rocks and rock shaped attacks was intentional, then I have to pay you SO many compliments because that was the most beautifully literal use of 'tactical rock paper scissors' I've ever seen in an RPG game.

[@blazezerozx3346]

😂

[@andrewbrooks7122]

Hahahahahahahaha..(so how do you beat bass protoman and pharaohman)

[@MegaTomPlays]

Reminds me of an old MegaMan comic I saw 🤣😂

[@TheRealBlazingDiamond]

@@MegaTomPlays i think i know exactly which one you're talking about lmao Archie comics was awesome as a kid lol

[@KIABOSS-vh7bn]

@@andrewbrooks7122 that pharaoh man was crazy, i dont rly understand but i think its a glitch the second vard sonic wave dose more than 160 and also the 3rd wave dose more. If u try it on the balloon chips 2 hits make it more than 999 damage. Its weird

[@soloalencon2909]

Only thing i dislike about his video is that i turn my head away for one moment and the boss is dead

[@buff00n3ry]

That's a TAS for ya, baby

[@SILAVNO351]

My boi airman didnt even get to breath lol

[@MushySR]

Ikr?

[@mega20able]

What do you mean? He clearly died inhaling some blue gospel breath fumes

[@MrSpiritualDesire]

Lmfao

[@agl74]

just like floyd hahah

[@samuraijedi1669]

ROTFL Can't breath! 😂🤣🤣

[@angeloviedo4604]

Airman's deletion is funnier when you know what happened to him in the anime.

[@dboyriles]

Also the use of Wood Gospel specifically in reference to his MM2 weakness

[@motchman89]

That's was absolute evil in what you did to air man

[@deshaunwest7370]

I know right

[@BinaryDood]

where when

[@CyberXIII]

@@BinaryDood Very end of the video

[@angeloviedo4604]

Yeah, the program advance lives up to its name.

[@MrSpiritualDesire]

It was sinful lol

[@BrokamaGay]

Everyone: *Can't beat Airman* Bass & Gospel: Hold my cloak

[@BrokamaGay]

Came here to comment this again forgot I was already here

[@ARMRStudios]

And then Lan's PET exploded

[@howisthis8849]

Megaman battle network 2 secret ending

[@TheAzulmagia]

Man, you really earned that SSS License.

[@MrSpiritualDesire]

I'm so jealous of all this power unleashed

[@buboi2752]

@@MrSpiritualDesire cant belive people are still commenting

[@tp-5306]

Yeah

[@OggaDugga]

Crazy right?

[@Wolf_3125]

I laughed at Airman being One-shotted 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NeoDanomaru]

Airman: I've come to avenge my fallen brethren!!! Megaman: -Darkness- GET THE @#$@ OUT OF MY SIGHT, YOU WORM!!!

[@KirbypikachuD3]

No one loves airman

[@Wolf_3125]

I saw one video where a guy had megaman down to 1 hp and one shotted Airman with a muramasa on the first turn!!!! 😂😂😂😂 Funniest thing I ever saw!!!

[@missxmettastars5740]

Poor air man getting it the worst lol

[@samuraijedi1669]

@@Wolf_3125 😂💀

[@pedrohenriquemonteirodacos3224]

Air man? Ah yes him, i just forgot that he existed, and also i don't have noticied that he has not apeared until that moment.

[@wataloopus]

Never played BN2, surprised to see so many Navis from BN5

[@TheBanishedWind]

Bet you were surprised to see Gregar as well.

[@udopiarecords]

@@TheBanishedWind Gospel is different from Gregar though no?

[@Luckingsworth]

@@udopiarecords Gregar is just Gospel 2.0. They are indeed linked. Its been awhile so I don't remember exactly how. In fact thinking about it it may be that Gospel was made to be similar to Gregar (in-universe).

[@KoKoYoung]

Yes indeed it's surprising that BN2 took a lot of Navis from BN5.

[@user-wd7dh3bs3o]

@@KoKoYoung HAHAHAHA

[@SoldierOfFate]

You can say Quickman... *puts on sunglasses* Died pretty quickly. EDIT: Yes my original comment was unoriginal, but here's a new one to make up for it: Met a relatively quick deletion.

[@ZestuboArchfiend]

+The Ugly Barnacle Or that Cutman... *Puts on Sunglasses* Got cut down to size.

[@sobelle109]

+ZestuboArchfiend YEAAAAAAAHHHH

[@andriycrespo8411]

Or that Airman... *puts on sunglasses* got blown away

[@shizzleblitz]

The Ugly Barnacle or that freezeman *puts on sunglasses* Couldn't keep up with the heat .

[@nasirsimmons2995]

The Ugly Barnacle Or you could say that planet man *Puts on sunglasses* Got blown out of this world

[@rajvirdanielsingh8084]

Damn, it's times like this that I know that unless I invest a lot more time in Megaman than I would normally do for a game I definitely am far behind the curve compared to these guys.

[@reebalamaka]

Quickman: I'm the fastest there is, no one can match MY speed! *got deleted in less than 3 seconds*

[@Zarmwhirl]

Prism is a little buggy in that certain attacks deal damage for every frame they pass through, and Var is one of them. You get over 500 damage per wave. Quak hits twice because of the prism, leaving only 50 HP left, consumed by a charge shot.

[@jrd5523]

Damn. Bass got disrespected by getting air bustered lol

[@MrSpiritualDesire]

He deserved it for having all those life points

[@seabit253]

The custom screen speed you show here is ridiculous... I can barely beat Duo and you're mastering this game.

[@cirog.9341]

This is totally awesome! Would love to see you do this on mmbn4

[@infiniteFERN]

BRUTAL

[@mattbeasse3879]

If you used cheats that's totally fine, but if not, dude how many years did you spend at the chip trader?!

[@ZestuboArchfiend]

Even if you used Cheats or not. After seeing this I stand by what I say: Megaman Battle Network 2, The most BROKEN game of the series.

[@nablahnjr.6728]

BN1 let you have 10 Heroswords (200 dmg each),10 Gaia3 (unavoidable 160 dmg) and 10 TriArrows (3*60 dmg + hitstun), Triarrows and Gaia3 with the same code in one folder

[@Zarmwhirl]

+Morshu Gamez Gaia3 was my favorite chip from BN1, and I used it enough to learn that it technically wasn't totally unavoidable. Warping enemies/bosses, particularly Ratty viruses, could manage to avoid it.

[@symes_exe]

BN 3 has 11th chip glitch infinites that I did against my friend. I'd say that's more broken.

[@nablahnjr.6728]

+Zarmwhirl Yeah...you could avoid gaia shocks and time bombs back in the day...

[@TheDagger55]

ZetsuboArchfiend no lel

[@SMAXZO]

I can see why some chips in MMB2 were never seen again. The Elemental Ball chips look OP as hell.

[@Zarmwhirl]

At least they were very hard to get, especially Heat Ball; off the rarest encounter in the game, an enemy with a shitload of HP and accompanied by Dominerd3s, which were also one of the nastiest enemies in the game. If you didn't have a PA handy or Shadow/Invis and a couple Zeus Hammers, forget it.

[@Wolf_3125]

@@Zarmwhirl The GameShark says otherwise 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Wolf_3125]

I loved the chips in BN2 and BN3!!! I was pissed when I played BN4 and saw that Yo-yos, Bronze, Silver, and Goldfists, Fire, Electric, Aqua, and Bamboo sword, Fighter, Knight, and Herosword, Fire, Aqua, and Electric blade, Zap rings, Dash, Burner, and Condor, Wave, Red Wave, and Mud Wave, and Step Sword and Step Cross were ALL removed!!! All those chips would have made BN4 and 5 alot more enjoyable!!!

[@deshaunwest7370]

Your strategy is perfect YO if I combine your chip technique with my own the next time I play battle network 2 it will be a whole lot easier

[@DeluxBass]

I was giving all the bosses dialogue during your video in my head. Highlights included Gospel saying 'What the frack', Bass saying 'Where's my aura' and 'I'm getting bitchsmacked by me!' and Quickman saying "Where is my speed!'

[@chiomuoma2549]

this was BADASS!!!!!ESPECIALLY GOSPEL AND BASSDELUX!!!!GREAT JOB ZARMWHIRL!!!!

[@Sjors_]

Airman: Oh come on, gimme a chance!

[@MrSpiritualDesire]

NEVER!!!

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

"What about my uncle? Did you give him a chance? DID YOU!?!?!?"

[@TheInsomniacReviewer]

I forgot how broken some of the chips are

[@FreddyChoppins]

"Stop stop, he's already dead! 😭"

[@TheZenicProductions]

Ow...my memories

[@randomdudeposting7842]

Turns a giant beast of pure viruses and evil into a tiny ice cube and commences to smash it in a mater of seconds . I wonder if poltergeist would instakill gospel or any navi thats in ice- cube form since it picks up objects and smashes then on the floor.

[@eyesvisionsight]

The coolest thing ever. That's ALL I can say...

[@Zarmwhirl]

@ZeroGForce If I were even remotely competent with editing or computers in general, I would have replaced the music with his trademark song, because it's exactly why I saved him for last and used those chips.

[@Deltaray]

that last fight is clearly a troll lol

[@hazbaska1]

Dude, Knightman is so punishable just cuz he stands still - holy fuck

[@buboi2752]

he was a tank though

[@MisterVercetti]

FreezeMan's even worse. He also stands perfectly still... but then you remember that he takes 4X damage from Elec since he's an Aqua-type Navi standing on ice. Defeating him basically amounts to loading up a folder full of Elec chips and enjoying the show.

[@hazbaska1]

@@MisterVercetti it is fun to toast his ass with elec attacks lol. But Knightman is even more funny because he doesn't have chip weaknesses. I love the idea of blasting a mountain like him to smithereens lol

[@thunderguyer]

Oh Gateman...my favorite chip to use...Especially Gater

[@amancioyallbish3394]

i guess u can say, they all got defeated faster than the speed of sound o_O

[@elguaro3]

Poor Airman

[@sobelle109]

+Cloud Strife After gospel

[@Me-it7cu]

Oh wow lol

[@blazezerozx3346]

+The Unleashed (Vaderzlk11) the disrespect😂

[@arc__dash]

god knows that the rape that was made can't be un-made.

[@Mettalus]

ThatMudkipz All the Men excluding Gospel (Who died so badly he lost his legs and is now a floating asteroid of Cyberbeast Gregar in space) had to go to therapy for 20 years before they could go outside to the real net again.

[@deshaunwest7370]

Hey were did you find poltergeist and guardian from

[@CyborgSelZero]

0:31 Hang on, how did Planet Man survive that Heatball? Shouldn't that do 510 x 2 (elemental weakness) x 2 (grass tile) = 2040 damage?

[@Zarmwhirl]

In Hard Mode Mega takes 50% more damage. Balloon chips indicate the damage he will take if it pops; enemies suffer the normal amount. In this case the balloon only had 340 HP worth of damage on it. Why the game handled it that way is unknown.

[@OceanFragments]

I guess Airman CAN be defeated.

[@Elyseon]

This game came out in 2001?! Where the hell did all those years of my life go?!

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

Deleted, just like these bosses.

[@mightykid9581]

All I have to say is... *He HAD to do it to em*

[@RaymondCruz25]

Please give me the list of that folder 0-0 I wanna defeat all my enemies with Wildcard battlechips

[@michaelirazori9214]

How’d you get rocket fists? Is it a code like variable sword?

[@solacehollow6062]

My good sir, you are now my Senpai. Teach me.

[@user-dr8uz7tl9e]

8:46 ゴスペルが凍ると１マスのアイスキューブになる。 ↓ 水以外の液体は凍ると体積が減る。 ↓ ゴスペルは液体。

[@black_geo0034]

whatvare the combos for the varsword i can make a lot of them. can sombody help me?

[@carminefernandes7402]

Pls tell d link for these cheats

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

I wish you could access hard mode without needing to do link battles.

[@Convoy7560]

Can you give me the codes or cheats you used to obtain the asterisks chips?

[@Zarmwhirl]

Unfortunately I don't remember where I got them, and no longer own the computer (or files) I made this with, so I can't look them up that way, either. But they shouldn't be difficult to find via google.

[@Convoy7560]

Thank you anyway.

[@noteansylvan6051]

+Zarmwhirl how do you do this? how is it activated?

[@Convoy7560]

Wesly Thomason Gameshark codes. Here you have www.gamefaqs.com/gba/561218-megamanbattlenetwork2/faqs/35279

[@MassiveDestructionSP]

Hi Zarmwhirl, in your opinion, which MMBN was the most fun one for multiplayer battles?

[@Zarmwhirl]

+MassiveDestructionSP I have no opinion on the matter.

[@Tomtom-ti4nf]

+Zarmwhirl what's you folders name for I can build it

[@Rory_shi]

He's so quick

[@Xfactor12345]

Battle network 2 was broken shit and I LOVE IT!!

[@ArcHourGaming]

My mouth was agape like Gospels when it got deleted

[@SILAVNO351]

I want whatever the hell lan is taking lol

[@freedombrick]

I thought TAS rules say that it needs to be clearly stated when it's a TAS

[@KoKoYoung]

Since he's not claiming any speed record, I'd say let it be

[@Zarmwhirl]

Pretty much.

[@nlcovertops4789]

Airman. Gone. Reduced to atoms

[@kingsleycheung6540]

HELLO CANNOT USE THE BUSTER MAX..?

[@kingsleycheung6540]

7:19 very nice have the chip to electric shock to attack

[@Mariofan10EX]

Bass deluxe: Holy s***! Let me breathe! Megaman: no lol

[@NoctiTheBiologist]

I am suspecting you used TAS tool... that speed is unbelievable.

[@Flash15X]

1:37 are you trying to tell me at varsword did 2,565 damage? cause i just did the math on that one

[@Thelifelesscreeper]

VarSword has a really funny quirk in this game, where for every frame the VarSword wave (or any attack wave attack that hits multiple squares at once, like Dynawave) hits the Prism it gets multiplied, which ends up doing somewhere around 2650 damage.

[@di-gun5791]

wonky programming with prism

[@betaleaf7719]

I feel bad for napalmman. Poor guy didn't lane a single hit. And exploiting the machine guns with the balloons. Damn.

[@deshaunwest7370]

Gee cat how long did that take

[@wenqi6182]

Eowo that's strong man so cool

[@djt08031996]

you should do this for other battle network games

[@hiroran9796]

This entry had almost every chip come in asterisks and it is ridiculous. You don't need to plan, literally.

[@edfreak9001]

the whole video was masterful but doing that to Airman at the end was just malicious lol

[@zomgpirate]

Hang on, I have several questions, even though you answered most of them in the description, but at 3:40 how are you able to attack with a sword?

[@Zarmwhirl]

That's a cool attribute of the Shadow chips. Charge while under the effects to use an 80-damage Step Sword. Both BN2 and BN3 let you do this.

[@solacehollow6062]

@@Zarmwhirl I did not know this!

[@dualbladesgaming7569]

Airman so didn't deserve that poor guy

[@QuickSmasherEXE]

The final boss of any RPG: being made to look like a little bitch before the sped up custom gauge can fill

[@buboi2752]

Air men needed some air

[@buraishadow4682]

2.86 dang that was quickman

[@Deltaray]

I get it, Rock beats scissors

[@KesorodaBlk]

How did you just Step Sword without a chip? 3:34

[@Zarmwhirl]

Special effect of Shadow chips, which let you charge and use 80dmg step swords until the effect wears off. Both BN2 and BN3 let you do this.

[@dsoto441]

What kind of grassstyle do you have

[@hazbaska1]

I believe it’s Custom

[@ruiclaro5739]

WOW this guy is soo faster even TAS games but he defeat arimanV3 in 4 seconds with Program Advance Darkenss 3000 damage all S Rank i think he's gonna have the Hub Style!!

[@andrewchan1756]

0.04 not 4

[@gab4198]

andrew chan i defeated gutsman in 0.96 without darkness... i used gater

[@ModelZ]

He has HubStyle already, He cheated the chips in the game, and I believe it is already Tool Assisted, not a speedrun of course but I do want to say, GG.

[@Zarmwhirl]

gam3fr3ak179 Correct on all counts.

[@ModelZ]

Zarmwhirl Once you replied to my comment, I was in a deep euphoric state. :)

[@BladeCrossEXE]

Wait... Navi chips can damage Quickman if he's not moving?

[@tylermercado1445]

Not just Navi chips. It works for ANY screen dimming chip.

[@BladeCrossEXE]

Replaying the game now. GutsMan and Roll didn't work when I tried against QuickMan. X_x

[@qwe12353]

poor Ariman xD

[@TheMegamanVX]

1:43 Wha...w..WHAT!? What did i Missed!?

[@starcr123]

So Gospel is Cybeast Gregar??

[@sobelle109]

Actually, Gregar's creation was natural compared to gospel.

[@InsaneBRSMMD]

AirMan: Come o--! ಠ△ಠ Darkness!? MegaMan: He he he. I kill you! AirMan: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! *KILL AIRMAN*

[@IamSaralinka]

No earth breaker at the end? I feel robbed 😢

[@IamSaralinka]

But fr tho, the way you annihilated Toadman made me guffaw lol

[@dmyrhackett1703]

you defeated the boss like it was nothing.

[@Wolf_3125]

Change the title to Megaman being a ruthless Chad

[@miare427]

you beat em all in less than 10 secs........ and airman didn't get to move, rip.

[@richardl.clarke3422]

You could have *nearly* deleted NapalmManV3 with just Prism and VarSwrd. Each Sonic Boom deals 160, but hits the prism six times >>> 3 Sonic Booms [6 Hits (160 Damage)] = 2880 Damage! The trick is that the Sonic Booms can ONLY hit the prism, and NOT NapalmManV3. This prevents him from gaining temporary invincibility ensuring that each hit deals complete damage. Try it!

[@richardl.clarke3422]

Nvm, you did it against PharoahMan haha

[@catiamirabella5107]

This video explain why prism is not available in bn 4 5 and 6

[@RealityMasterRogue]

WHAT US HAPPENING

[@elshroomness]

Omg. Let them breathe!

[@kevinxd4459]

i dont remember heat man in bn2...i could be wrong

[@shizzleblitz]

Geezerdweeb you can find mr.match in the airport and he'll fight you with airman . I think he gives you a hpmem when you beat him . could be wrong tho

[@mastercheifslayer300]

eye twitch

[@matthewhenry86]

Gospel looks just like gregar

[@drunkenskunkproductionsdsp8094]

Gospel and Gregar were made the same way, except Gregar was made by the natural accumulation of bugs.

[@yourmother1630]

quickman got deleted pretty quickly lol

[@omegazero989]

Poor airman

[@NeoDanomaru]

He may have tried to kill Yai by suffocation but I can't help but feel sorry for him!!

[@dylanlarson4658]

7:24

[@soulcleaner3578]

airman is such a joke.

[@Bokune9999]

not as much of a joke as blastman

[@t-universegamer7609]

@@Bokune9999 at least blast man had more health than air man, so he could last longer :V

[@Bokune9999]

true... but then again that tornado attack of airman can block attacks... im not entirely sure if that counterbalances things enough but hey its a factor

[@t-universegamer7609]

@@Bokune9999 true, but still not that much easier, and since he has more health, i'd still say blast man is stronger, even becuz bn6 chips were mostly broken

[@Bokune9999]

yeah i figured as much... i still refuse to believe blastman is less pathetic than airman though... plus theres a navi just as pathetic as blastman in the same game as airman... CUTMAN!!! hes pretty much just blastman with a scissor that slowly circles your area so if anyone should be ripped apart here it should be cutman...

[@AryzenI]

Is this TA?

[@Zarmwhirl]

Yes. Liberal use of save states and some frame advancement (primarily custom window and to activate Toad the moment the turn begins.)

[@AryzenI]

Zarmwhirl It's amazing how well put together this is! There is a lot of effort behind this!

[@sobelle109]

What is the guts strength command?