After playing 8 and now 9 mega man games in a span of a few months I think this is a really big step down from the previous one. Not talking mega man and bass that one sucks, I'm talking mega man 8 and the improvements and enhancements that made that game so great. While I understand this was supposed to be reverting back to the NES classic mega man era I don't think it was a good decision to cut back on the quality of life improvements mega man 8 introduced. Things like switching robot masters' abilities with the L and R triggers, having your robot energy reset after each death, and more importantly of all, the abilities you can earn and keep to make the game more fun. There is a small semblance of it but it's only really like 1 maybe 2 abilities that he can keep throughout the entire journey. I thought because you bought the hairstyle ability meant you can play through the whole game without his helmet but no if you die once it resets it entirely.

This game isn't all bad, the music was certainly the highlight for me, but good music can only save what was just an ok experience for me. The weapons the robot masters use this time are all useful but like most mega man games it starts off fine and then nose dives for me. Not a bad game but not one I'll revisit.