Mega Man Zero

"The Best MegaMan Game Ever"

This game comes after the two best GBA games MMBN 1 and 2 and it is absolutely not disapoiting it is actually the next best one. In this game Zero comes back from the X series and it is very good.

Gameplay - 10

This game has one of the best gameplay ever in the MegaMan history. It is like playing with Zero from MegaMan X3 but now Zero has more than only 1 life it has more weapons, Zero is faster and more powerful and X does not battle the monsters. Zero can charge to weapons at the same time and what is best of all is that he can actually charge them separately, which is outstanding. That depends on which Mode you chose, the modes are A and B. And since this game is faster dashing off at fast, very fast speeds is pretty cool, and attacking at the same time of dashing is very fun even tough it does not sounds like it is, well, it is. This game is like the previous non-GBA Mega Man games, like that you have to choose from 3 to 5 level at a time and that firstly not all levels are available. Zero has all kinds of advantages in this game, but the problem of this is that at the end of each level it lowers your total score and you can only equip 3 advantages at a time but you'll get used to it. But thee is another problem like that newbies will have a hard time trying to figure out what to do, since it is hard.

Graphics - 8

The backgrounds have a very good anime styles to them, when running the hair of Zero wafts in the wind, and not only while running but also while just walking and that is a very cool effect. The bosses in this game are huge I mean Extremely HUGE compared to the last ones and when you cut an enemy with Zero's famous sword it will most likely slice in two parts. The artwork for the game of the characters are pretty much like the ones in the Battle Network series i don't like that, i like the MMBN series but i don't wants them to mix with the original gameplay of Mega Man, and they are almost like the ones from the X series but that does not matters much.

Sound - 9

The execution of the music of this game is fairly good, do you remember Zero's theme, well it got remixed a little bit, and it has some parts from past songs like the example I just told you of. The themes of this game are not very memorable but that's because maybe you are concentrated in the game and not in the music. The sound effect are very, very good there are better sound effect for consoles but not for handheld, but maybe it could be better but they are good.

Story - 8

Do you know what is the best MegaMan story up until now, well I guess that you guessed since it is pretty obvious, which one else, this one the MegaMan Zero story. And even tough it came out a lot of time after the last MegaMan story excluding the MMBN series,well I like it. I would tell you which is the story but i think it would be spoilers and the rules are no spoilers, so better buy the game.

What's Bad About This Game

I will make a little list of what is the bad things of this game even tough they are not so much:
I hate that instead of looking cooler and all that stuff why did they had to make it cuter I mean normally guys play it, girls play it too but not as much as guys do. And also that if you are not experienced in playing MegaMan games you will find it hard, and you will actually get stuck in some places. I did.

What's Good About This Game

I will make a little list of what is good about this game, there a lots but I am only putting a few:
It is the best story of any other MegaMan game.All the presentation is absolutely extremely good, and other things too.

Length - 7

This game is fairly long but if you are looking for an very long game like a normal RPG you won't get it.

Replay Value - 10

As any other MegaMan replaying it is absolutely worth you will replay it until 100 dollars of batteries run out (obviously I'm obviously exaggerating).

Conclusion

Buy this game even if you have to mop the floor in a pig farm, I am telling you it is totally worth it. The overall score I give this game is:

Gameplay: 10/10

Graphics: 8/10

Sound: 9/10

Story: 8/10

Length: 7/10

Replay Value: 10/10

Overall: 52/60

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 08/06/02, Updated 10/25/02