MMV (Not to be confused with MM5) is probably the BEST mainline spin-off of classic Megaman.

Despite it being on the gameboy and somewhat sharing a name with it's console counterpart, this is the only original portable game on the Gameboy whereas all the others were ports/alternatives.

With the expectations Dr Wily's Revenge (the other kinda OG portable game) set, you'd expect this one to be mediocre/just suffices for portable systems back in the day. But this game is just as good as, or even better than most of the NES games.

The first thing is the game is actually balanced, it feels fair and not bullshit at some points like DWR. The levels are excellently designed and the bosses are challenging and fair.

Speaking of the bosses, you get an all original cast, each robot master being based on a planet in our solar system. This is such a cool fucking concept and it was executed brilliantly.

The weapons you get here aren't as useful as I'd like them to be, they all do the job they need to do. You even have a shop to buy E tanks, lives etc like you do in the later classic titles.

Honestly if you are a fan of classic MM but haven't played this yet, you owe it to yourself to go play this now. You don't wanna miss this game, it is really as good as a mainline title.