Megaman Battle Network Legacy Collection with a side of salt

Thanks so much to @CapcomUSA for sponsoring this video and providing me with a free copy!
Be sure to check out gsght.com/c/rjhtao for more details and to pick up your own copy of the game!
Join this channel to get access to perks:
► / @scottfalco
Follow my twitch for livestreams/games with fans
► / scott_falco
Check out the merch Shop
► teespring.com/stores/totally-...
Support me on Patreon
► / scottfalco
Follow my twitter for art and updates
► / scottfalco

[@morallygary9098]

You… you made a recolor Scott just for this. I respect this greatly. Good stuff Scott.

[@saphi20]

is sponsored after all, and he loves the series anyways

[@dawk7]

I mean, if anything deserves a custom avatar...

[@ariki9804]

Mega Style ScottFalco.EXE... 🤔

[@TheLuckystar96]

He did a great job mimicking the design of so many 2000's collectable mon shows 😂

[@LokiScarletWasHere]

That last part with Roll being possessed... That killed me.

[@YGeo]

Ah yes another moment of "Anime when my parents walk in"

[@tman1669]

Yup. People talk about their Lola Bunnies and Nalas. But never talked about Sadist Empress Roll.Exe😂.

[@ReddistLine]

@@tman1669 She called herself Empress when she got mindcontroled

[@serPomiz]

and let's not forget she's being possessed by the pylon of stoic that is Elecman. I mean, what the hell?

[@duelmaster62000]

@@serPomiz She was, I thought it was some kind of virus put in a battle chip

[@Celtic1020]

1:41 that was actually intentional. With classic megaman they went for traditional sci fi, but for exe they wanted to do a future that could be a decade or two away. They f*cking nailed it.

[@JeanKP14]

I do think the Y2K virus/panic inspired them a lot too with the "everything is eventually going to use the internet and viruses could easily fuck up every day life things", it's great

[@steveluvscows2490]

The Battle Network series is basically an alternative continuity where instead of developing robots, they invented a version of the internet that's better than anything Zuckerberg and his stupid Metaverse could come up with.

[@Josuh]

The Battle Network series is basically an alternative continuity where instead of developing robots, Dr. Light and Wily got laid and humanity didn't go near extinction over the next millennium

[@WackoMcGoose]

Exactly, we quite literally live in the Battle Network timeline right now. Everything being internet connected, whether it has a good reason to be or not? ✅ Everyone carrying around pocket-sized devices that are required to function in daily life? ✅ A large portion of criminal activity taking place entirely digitally, where a single hack can ruin the lives of thousands? ✅ The only parts we're missing are AI advancing to the point of true sentience (ChatGPT and its ilk are more of protoform Mr Progs than actual NetNavis), and a worldwide-known criminal organization trying to destroy the cyberworld (we have a few candidates, but none are even remotely World Three tier just yet... thankfully).

[@user-pp3ur9wt7x]

@@Josuh I ...really hate how accurate that is.

[@classiccat7783]

Wow Scott is so smart he predicted so many game things and stuff

[@ZestuboArchfiend]

Knowing that Scott is a huge Battle Network and (Most Likely) Starforce Fan, brings a huge smile to my face. And honestly, I agree with BN3 being one of the best. Not only was a great story, but I have a personal love for it in my heart since it was the very first game that got me into the game series into the first place, alongside the anime growing up.

[@orangegalen]

Same, BN3 is what got me into the series and Megaman in general. BN4 on the other hand got me right back out…

[@knox7945]

Also the most broken build in the game that PVP can end in a minute or so.

[@tonyveron]

@@orangegalen dang, BN4 was my first. It took a very long time to get through that fetch quest near the start... never finished it...

[@orangegalen]

@@tonyveron I got BN4 Red from GameStop so it was pre-played, and I think they saved right at the final boss. I had no clue what was going on so I new gamed it. But just playing through it, something to me as a kid just felt off - almost like it was a knock off game (I think it was the art style change from 3 to 4, and not the bad dialogue). Then I got stuck on some part and just didn’t pick it up until I met a friend that knew the game and found the hidden back alley or something to get to the next part. But by that time I was out and traded the game with him for Metroid Zero Mission.

[@ZestuboArchfiend]

@@orangegalen Yeah, as much as I love the Battle Network series. BN4 is the black sheep of the family, I won't even hear otherwise. The fact that most of the scenarios were trash. Not to mention you had to complete it multiple times, JUST to get all of the double souls. It was not worth it. But honestly, BN5 and BN6 more than made up for that.

[@RadioballZ129]

This man can only predict the future.

[@night1952]

What is he going to predict? The past?

[@RadioballZ129]

Well, uhhhh. Well you see- uhhh. Huh, touché.

[@GooberInternet]

​@@night1952 The 4th dimensions future.

[@Nyahahameha]

@@night1952 No, that's postdict.

[@ajanis95]

sort of like how the battle network series did.

[@Kyotosomo]

I cannot stress enough how unique and fun the gameplay system was, there truly is nothing else like it. It would be a dream come true if this collection managed to sell two million copies and get a modern sequel like how we got Megaman 11. The game already has a million sales after just two weeks, let's hope it happens!

[@ZXChris93]

Supposedly between both collections, it already did get to 1m sales!

[@zaknafein254]

Kinda late reply but highly recommend One Step from Eden for a game that mimics battle network's gameplay

[@MK7219000]

That freaking Spit-take at the end caught me so off guard 😂

[@TheSattocs]

These games were amongst the many reasons why the GBA was one of the greatest consoles of all times. I adored these games so much. There was so much content crammed into those little cartridges!

[@ZXChris93]

The fact that half the titles had to cut content just because of the storage limits of the gba cartridges says alot on how much content these games had, for being gba games.

[@TreyDobe]

I am such a huge fan of the series, I owned every BattleNetwork game that came out and I would even 100% complete quite a few of them.

[@BMoore556]

@@ZXChris93 this is why I hope they release a new one. Imagine what they could do with out all the limitations in storage and power that the GBA had!

[@guardianaelita3301]

This particular episode was more like “with a side of sugar” and it’s really nice to see people talk about the things they love! Definitely curious about this franchise.

[@BM03]

This combined everything I loved as a child. MegaMan, RPGs, computers and cards. Doesn't hurt that the music was unique and absolute jams. It was such a massive part of my childhood, my God.

[@thedastardlylizard5944]

“Oh you’re a game alright, just not a super one!” Scarlet and Violet; “Oh yeah? And why’s that?” “PRESENTATION!”

[@richardsavings6690]

🎵Welcome to the internet Have a look around Anything that brain of yours Can think of can be found🎵 It kinda fits the rhythm of Welcome To The Jungle too.

[@sobakiin1797]

Very very nice. Now let's hope Starforce gets one next.

[@Sakurabliss7]

I really hope so! Starforce was a great series.

[@Klonoahedgehog]

They tend to wait a bit between Megaman collections so we'll probably be waiting a little while for it. Between the Zero collection and this one we got the Great Ace Attorney collection and the Darkstalkers collection. And between X and Zero we got the Disney collection and the Street fighter collection if i remember right

[@Xios_Angelis]

I hope if they do that they add the scrapped 4th game

[@tman1669]

​@@Klonoahedgehog keep in mind that the Virus happened in 2020 halting devolpment on this so... so long might not be so long.

[@lyrin5644]

We can dream

[@thatguyguswho]

When I was a kid used to playing Megaman Zero the complexity of the Battle Network series broke me in ways I didn't know possible.

[@danielpayne1597]

Okay, but respect for being a kid playing MMZ! The games prior to 4 didn't mess around.

[@catlady510]

I absolutely love Megaman battle network 😁😁

[@tariqdotpng546]

7:07 glad to see you’re doubling down scott genuinely great stuff

[@crash5786]

Yea, poster board projects are a thing. I helped my little brother with one recently.

[@ryuudrako86]

This is so nice to see. There has been so much attention lately given to this series, and the sales prove that battle network was always wanted. It's nice to see the best boy back, and the love people have for him.

[@jameslawrenson1208]

Just knowing this doesn't end in death and despair like the other Megaman timeline makes this my favorite version.

[@sasir2013]

you would like starforce then

[@syrelian]

TWICE, we continue onto Star Force which... ALSO GOES WELL, like Eventually the Robot line ends at Legends which is an Okay state but the digital setting genuinely continues on modern mundanity despite the tokusatsu nonsense that happens, good endings all over the place!

[@Josuh]

Battle Netwrok has regular humans living in it, even by Zx there's still conflict unsurprisingly and in Legends they straight up die but are replaced by human bionicles which is probably more convenient tbh

[@FreDaN92]

Such love for Battle Network and Star Force series. Both Mega Man series were a HUGE part of my childhood. I am over the moon for this Collection and anime being released for everyone.

[@BotSupportIronValiant]

Speaking of indie games like Battle Network, One Step from Eden is pretty great

[@Dharengo]

Way too hard for me but I put a few hours in.

[@Fox_Olive]

absolute banger of a game and Duelists of Eden is coming out soon too!

[@Zwyrx_Hgqfyggz]

Just so y'all know, you hop online through each game with that game's inventory and chip folder. So hopping immediately online is basically asking to meet a guy who gave himself Bass immediately and getting your screen nuked for all 200 of your starting HP. Play through the games at least a bit to get some decent chips to avoid any potential trauma and also cus they Rock (Or in this case Hub)

[@WackoMcGoose]

Yeah, in general the PvP scene assumes you've 100%ed the game in question first. In 3 and 6 especially, you WILL get your ascii handed to you if you haven't gotten postgame chips...

[@RainaD-oq2wr]

This was my first Megaman as a kid, I adored the battle network series, I had 3,4 and 6! Can't wait to be able to play the whole series now!

[@NebulaDark]

This is the happiest Scott is ever been. 😊

[@Lightmagician60]

1:30 the ONLY thing they got wrong.. was everything still using cables.. and how good AIs are... which is impressive

[@Eddiegames9]

The big reason why the netplay on PC is a bit more scarce, is because the battle network community had created their own netplay client with rollback support, which is generally the best way to play with other people (having access to more save files, and therefor folders is nice, and it includes 4.5, which is a cool time)

[@Cirex2118]

What I wish, is that they had multi save files, a total of 3, one for a story file, an online match file, and a speed run file. That would add to this collection a BUNCH, so that we can actually do all 3 gameplay styles.

[@umbrajesus5230]

I've just gotta state, personally I think 5 is my favorite overall and 6 being super close with how good it was! Scott that last bit with Evil Roll was downright hilarious, thats gonna be a blast rewatching/finally watching most of the episodes I couldn't watch cuz of school!!

[@blazemcking]

I really can't state how much I loved these games/shows as a kid, so seeing them back with all the extras is amazing.

[@redhunter9669]

Megas design has always been the coolest thing to me as a kid. This games design has inspired me endlessly over the years

[@FireandFlame]

Evil Roll.exe had a bigger impact in my taste in women than I'd like to admit...

[@thecoolpangoro2790]

Reason why Megaman Battle Network 3 and 6 PvP is common is because it's considered to be the "balanced" out of the volume collection. Either way, I love this series as a kid! I'm glad I get to play with others now!

[@amorinda979]

Ah Videogamerz... I never got to play much of the Megaman games growing up, but I did love watching my brother play during long car trips. Megaman is what brought my immediate family to finding those early animations of yours and I seriously couldn't be happier for it. Now I'm glad to actually have the chance to play the games myself! Thanks for all the content you give Scott, keep up the good work (with well-earned breaks, of course!)

[@interlock2.076]

Man, I love this game and this was my childhood game. I may have not did megaman battle network right away because I did have a console right away this is the best early 2000s game on a console ever.

[@aedenspear2394]

Same dude. Battle Network was my childhood (and now that I work in IT, I get all the references). However, I'm a bigger fan of Star Force, the games that got me through my teens. I REALLY hope there's a Star Force collection.

[@lazylurkerbro9855]

I clicked on this assuming you were going to talk about an old bundle collection on like the GameCube or Wii or something so COLOR ME SHOOK when it turns out this is new! Can't wait to relive some childhood memories :D

[@MorglortheMangler]

You did a great job reviewing the Battle network collection, Mega Man has always been one of my favorite games to play. Loved how you showed evil Roll from the cartoon. Whip it Roll, whip it good.

[@adamastus56]

By far my all time favorite game series. Even inspired me to learn about the internet and networks as a kid, and even ended up going to college for Network Administration.

[@jai_the_guy]

This is such a good video @scott. It made me so happy seeing how much you enjoyed talking about it

[@chriss.249]

5:52 The fact they brought dude from nt warrior back, made me smile

[@yudit.360]

I grew up playing and watching the cartoons so the collection was a must. I still have my battle network 3 blue GBA cart and having to play it on a bigger screen feels amazing. Great video!

[@ericmalikyte885]

Finally, this series is getting the love it deserves.

[@boonboonsaga99]

My man's the prediction king. He is so good at predictions he does it by accident with throw away jokes. Man doesn't have to lift a finger

[@cowserthekhelinace]

Though it seems he can only channel his power through Deltarune... That's... VERY VERY INTERESTING

[@mattwo7]

6:45 They also don't have BN5DS, they don't even have art for it, when they have art for OSS, Legend of the Network and Phantom of the Network and 4.5 RIP Sol Cross MegaMan

[@aton667]

I've been a fan of your work since those early newgrounds days, seeing you cover this collection is a delight!

[@Vanessa15975329]

Hell yeah! I've been really itching to get this for my collection, but I'm officially sold. About time I get my hands on the games I never had like 3 to 6. I only had 1 and 2 and Network Transmission. Though, StarForce eventually release is gonna be so hype! I remember that one dearly~

[@jonathanrosas9046]

This is such a trip in memory lane man, these titles are now back and are all amazing!

[@victorteste5325]

Konami should take a hint and release a Remastered Boktai Collection already (1,2,3 and Lunar Knights, a.k.a. Boktai DS). Those games were ridiculously unique and fun. Also, props for Capcom for managing to keep the crossover content in all games. They even brought the cut BN6 crossover areas back.

[@rinyahto3852]

That'd be pretty tough considering the main gimmick would be pretty hard to even replicate thanks to the hardware changes. I'm all for it though, so I wouldn't have to drop 'insert absurd amount of money here' for it.

[@ninja_link]

Always happy to see this content come up, and stoked for the Battle Network remakes! Please keep rocking it, ScottFalco!

[@luigiadegaming]

Yes Scott! It came to a surprise that you also enjoyed MMBN, and I am so glad you made this amazing video!

[@Gannytan]

Glad Battle Network got a legacy collection had been hoping for one since the 30th anniversary now its great seeing how much love it is getting!

[@paralynx9665]

Battle Network 5 Double Team was my very first Meagan game and getting it for my 10th birthday is such a vivid and precious memory. Thanks grandma P.S: Liberation Missions are cool!

[@chaosxdiscord8261]

I love these games so much! So glad they re-released these. I was the only one among my friends to play these, so it was kinda nice hearing you say so many good things about them. Also, I don't remember there being so many MegaMan Legends references in these games! I miss Legends so much...

[@Doi-]

Mans responsible for giving me my childhood back, I get to complete the whole series.

[@Johnfuchs-pm5wu]

All I'm gonna say is he is smart to not heavily show any other game in the series other than 3 he understands good taste (Edit) pbtttttttt AHAHAHA I forgot about evil roll 7:05

[@DEDManGaming]

The hype is so real for this. Battle Network is my favorite iteration of the Blue Bomber. Hoping that StarForce is on the horizon too!

[@MasterofLaziness]

It's such a good collection! I completed 1 through Bass (with heavy use of bustermax outside of dungeons as grinding that one is rough) and I'm 4 chips from finishing 2, with no bustermax until the second postgame door.

[@mOnStErSonfilm]

thanks, Scott for reminding me my age. Battle networks was the second game I ever got and happy to see people shared that memory, though I felt my back go out when you mentioned link cables.

[@theKungFuFerret]

It’s sweet to see Scott so excited for a title

[@Doomsday9872]

4:15 thank you for unlocking a long forgotten memory of trying to do a boss fight in the sun and also see the GBA advanced screen

[@ImTopin]

I am so happy this is a thing. I loved playing 3 blue that seeing the footage in here is hitting me with that good nostalgia I'm currently playing through 2 and I Can't wait to get to 3

[@TheCuteGamerVT]

Love these games so much. Having a blast with them on stream and while playing the first I was reminded how little these games hold your hands sometimes. "Go find this thing" where is it? "Somewhere in town, just check everything"

[@JadeOfficial]

I can't believe they called it Busting Level. So good

[@goteer10]

BUSTIN' MAKES ME FEEL GOOOD

[@minarosario]

This collection is pretty cool, but the thing that I always loved about megaman.exe is, well... him! the desing its so CUTE! and all the fusions, and cross fusions are so cool! Also your custom Scott with the colour palette is lovely

[@JeffreyThrash]

I made sure to hang on to my original GBA carts of BN2 and 3 in particular, so I'm admittedly more excited Capcom re-released the anime on KZbin! I remember the show would only air at 2 pm where I lived, so I had to make ABSOLUTELY sure my Mom would let me come home on Friday (which of course was the only school day that let me go home before 3) so I could even have a CHANCE of watching the show after the long drive home. Of course, my Mom would often foil my plot by getting into LONG, lively conversations with the other parents that would force me to not only miss the show, but remain on school grounds until 5 pm!! If this goes on sale, though (preferably the Switch version), I would love to finally give 1 and 6 a try. Never got a chance to play the very first Battle Network and I unfortunately slept on 6 because 4 and 5 left such an awful taste in my mouth, that I assumed 6 would be divisive-at-best as well. I was clearly on the wrong side of history...

[@bobboberson6792]

It's a decent collection. Though it's disappointing that they didn't use the DS remakes for 1 and 5, or the Network connect feature of just giving you the other versions trade/pvp exclusives for 2 and 3 that are needed to unlock post game completion stuff like in the Virtual console version.

[@jakebeetle5957]

7:10 Oh come on I didn’t think that was explicit.

[@jokehr3955]

Dang, nostalgia is strong. I went on to steam and bought this title before you were halfway done with the video. I will now resume your beautiful work, Scott.

[@runic6668]

Now this is side of salt. It's been such a ride watching you grow from the Overwatch days, can't wait to see what's up next.

[@smugsneasel]

Good job ScottFalco. Introducing people to Empress Roll and basically forcing them to look up the series for context at least.

[@FluidGTx]

This series is my entire childhood and hopefully we get a starforce collection too

[@underplayer420]

I love how your characters outfit now has a hollow knight nail. And love CC design!

[@SONICX1027]

The cool thing about the Legacy Collection, is that Megaman in the main menu is voice by Andrew Francis

[@chusikotari874]

I grew up playing the battle network collection, 3 was my first game I ever bought for myself, and i played that game for nearly 100 hours when I was young. Me and my brother both had the opposite versions of 5 (me with protoman/him colonel) and it still holds a special place in my heart for that. I'm so glad to see that so many others love this game series too ❤❤

[@drcake8001]

That poster board on the arm thing gave me instant middle school flash backs

[@MaddyM_1.0]

Big network fan here and when you mentioned Boktai I nearly lost it. It may not be back for real, but man did I love that series and lunar Knights. Thank you for making this video and making my night a little better

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

@6:47 Don't forget *Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge* is also missing! Yeah, I'm being demanding; I'm glad you mentioned Network Transmission!

[@TreyDobe]

One of my most nostalgic things about the Battle Network was when I was netbattling my friend at school on MMBN 2 and we both came to the same conclusion that whomever got the Gateman chip fusion first won so we was always rushing to try and grab the combo before the other. Such good times.

[@Mariana112383]

I love when this man gets pumped on somethin he loves

[@Xahnel]

Navi is the little blue fairy in Ocarina. Broad "ä" sound Net Navi is short for Net Navigator. Short flat "ă" sound.

[@dasirrlicht5415]

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I remember playing some of these, and I now wanna pay for more of it.

[@Dogbot3000]

Still feels like I'm dreaming that we even got this. Never would have I expected it, but boy am I thankful.

[@TheGamingMalamutt]

2:35 Scott makes an AMAZING point. Card Witch, Tri-wing and ESPECIALLY One Step for Eden all exist because of Battle Network's influence. And One Step for Eden was a top selling game in early 2020. thats not even to say anything about the fanmade Battle Network games and rom hacks of 6 that allow for Online PVP. This game series was WELL overdue for some love and i'm so glad it finally got some.

[@U.F.O]

The second you started talking about the anime, I knew you were going to mention either the cat episode or "Empress" Roll.

[@xavierrick0505]

I am so with you on the Starforce collection. I was honestly really disappointed personally when this collection was announced, thinking that Starfirce wouldn't get any love. Luckily, it reawakened the fans of it, and hopefully, nintendo will listen in a few years

[@ThePickledAuthor]

Glad I wasn't the only one making posterboard Megaman armor parts as a kid!

[@daninja4357]

I grew up with star force so hopefully it will be added as a collection as well

[@FallinCresent]

You even mentioning Network Transmission is a delight. I played it a lot back in the day.

[@TheRythimMan]

I forgot that I was looking forward to playing this game. Thanks for the reminder.

[@Shantae1188]

That ending clip of the anime. I definitely never saw that when I watched it before.

[@guran159]

Ah yes your "original" series, Video Gamerz, that bring me back.

[@devilbowser253]

i love how much love the megaman series seems to be getting lately

[@SilencedBTM]

Man, I remeber those old flash cartoons, Scott. Was a big fan back in those day, but yeah. Not enough quotes on "original" when we're all that age. lol

[@BADLUCKCHARM]

been having such a fun time playing the legacy collection + watching the anime, banger :D

[@IDTen_T]

Scott Falco: [Speaks] Apollo: [The gift of prophecy]

[@sharoncorsey9515]

Megaman 3 White Version was my first Megaman game and I was hooked after that. I even got the toy PET with Megaman and some battle chips to play with it. I still have my action figures to this day!

[@Soltrigger]

Absolutely love that all the Boktai content is in this collection.

[@commonviewer2488]

There's a Boktai chip you can only get if the language is set to Japanese.

[@Soltrigger]

@common viewer So I've heard. Thanks for the heads up, though.

[@Kingjder02]

Now I want that jacket you made.

[@Skully34]

Only seen this battle system once before, it seems super cool

[@RedYDG]

You know learning that Scott was a Battle Network fan and seeing CC... Kiiiiind of all adds up.