With the 32-bit sprite work, the PS1 era soundtrack, and the cheesy 90's era voice acting tickling your brain and Mega Man possessing the ability to have the Buster and a Special weapon selected at the same time, you might be fooled into thinking that this is going to be one of the crown jewels of the Classic Mega Man lineup for the first couple of minutes. Sadly, it doesn't take long for the Blue Bomber's physics to start to feel sluggish and floaty with all of his extra animation frames, because it's right around that time when the game starts to flood the screen with so many moving enemy and explosion sprites that the game dissolves into visual noise.

Still a fine Mega Man all the same. I'm just happy that the Internet only makes fun of Dr. Wahwee, Rwmega Man, and JUMP JUMP SLIDE SLIDE because that means that Aqua Man's handsome guy intro got to be a complete surprise for me.

Also shout-out to the Mega Man Legacy Collection 2 version of this game for removing the red cross on the "Heal Mega Man completely" Rush item and turning it into a mysterious white box, meaning I was trying to beat the last two bosses of this game on one health bar like a chump. Capcom changing this in a rerelease means that they're aware that the original version of Mega Man 8 violated the Geneva Convention!

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Best MM8 Robot Master - Aqua Man clears, but I also appreciate Astro Man for being programmed with anxiety.
Worst MM8 Robot Master - Saying "Clown Man" is too easy and also isn't true. The implications of Search Man's double-headed state of existence makes him the worst for me, but I'm saying this out of pity as opposed to hatred.