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Mega Man 5
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Item Description
Proto Man, the villain? That was the shock waiting at the start of Mega Man 5. Mega Man's mysterious brother appears to be leading a new robot army, tearing up the city and kidnapping Dr. Light, and the Blue Bomber has to fight his way to the bottom of it. Without spoiling too much, the truth is more complicated than it looks, and the reveal gives this late NES entry a better story hook than most of its siblings.
Capcom used the fifth game to polish rather than reinvent, and it shows in the stage design. Gravity Man's stage flips you onto the ceiling, Star Man's floats in the low gravity of space, Charge Man's runs along a speeding train, and Wave Man's sends you skimming across the water. Stone Man, Gyro Man, Napalm Man and Crystal Man round out a lineup with real variety, and weapons such as the screen-clearing Gravity Hold and the steerable Gyro Attack are a pleasure to experiment with.
The Mega Buster got a boost too, firing a bigger, wider charged shot than before, though taking a hit while charging costs you the blast. Hidden in each Robot Master stage is a letter plate, and collecting all eight to spell M-E-G-A-M-A-N-V earns Beat, a robotic bird who swoops in to attack enemies on his own. It's a smart reason to comb every stage, and it gives completionists a goal beyond the bosses.
Mega Man 5 is often described as one of the gentler classic entries, and that is part of its charm: it's a generous, confident game from a team that knew the formula inside out. Arriving at the end of 1992, when much of the spotlight had moved to the Super NES, it's also a late-era NES release that plenty of fans missed the first time around. Played today, it's a relaxed, polished tour of everything the 8-bit series did well, with Beat waiting as the prize for anyone patient enough to find every letter.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 1992
- Publisher
- Playtronic
- Developer
- Capcom
- Genre
- Shooter, Platformer
- Players
- Single player
About the game
In the fifth chapter of the original Mega Man series, the battle is closer to home as Mega Man fights to save the world from further destruction. Gain the advantage by picking up items and successfully defeating bosses to gain their weapons as your own. Get ready for intense action-platforming in 13 stages before taking up battle against Protoman!
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