Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun

"What Happened, Capcom?"

Gosh, I cant believe that Capcom could screw up this badly. I mean, the previous games of the Megaman Battle Network series have instantly become one of the best games of all time, so what happened now? Lets see....

Story:2/10

What the heck? The only story of this game is you have to stop an asteroid from hitting the Earth. Whoopee. x_x How original, Capcom. I could have been asleep and think of something better...

Gameplay: 4/10

God, for real. The ONLY thing you do now is compete in tournaments. The characters you are against dont even have to do anything with the main storyline! It's like, woo, I am up against Gutsman. Oh no, Chisao got kidnapped, gotta find him! You go get him, and you fight. It's like Lan forgets them right after the battle.....Soul Unisons have replaced Style Changes, and I like this change. I hated having to wait 100 battles for another style change. With Soul Unisons, you can use all your souls in one battle.That is the only 4 points that it deserves for gameplay. And what the hell happened to our Compression Codes for the Navi Customizer?! Damn Capcom. A great feature though is the Full Synchro mode. If you counter an enemy at the right time, Megaman goes light blue and has a pink energy ring around him, thus giving him the ability for the next attacking chip to do double damage. The chips are good, specially with the great idea of Dark Chips. To make a long and dark story short, Dark chips take you to the Dark Side, while battling regularly without using Dark chips takes you to the Side of Light, allowing you to go Full Synchro often. Where did our Zeta P.A.s go? Cannon1 A,BC, now does not give you Z- Cannon, but Gigacannon1. I prefer the Zeta series(The P.A. is unlimited use of the chip for a few seconds) instead of using one big cannon. This applies to some other P.A.s.

Graphics: 9/10

Capcom didnt TOTALLY screw this up...The graphics are actually quite good. Everything has become a little smaller, so it is more pleasing to the eye. The net has rounded edges, so you dont feel like you are gonna hit the edge of a road and lose HP. The characters look a little better, except the mugshots look wierd. Or maybe I am used to the old ones...Chip animation is a little better.

Sound/Music: 6/10

The SOUND of attacks and the net is fine and dandy, but what happened to the theme music we all love? They replaced the best game music EVER with some B.S.

Speech/Language : 1/10

"Leg's go, Lan!", "What a nice young man she was", are some of the mistakes made in this game. I mean, come ON. Couldnt ANYBODY actually play the game before it came out, to check for mistakes? Mistakes arent bad, but there are SO many in this game, that the overall gameplay score degrades because of it.Geez

Rent or Buy: Neither.Dont even download the rom. Go buy Megaman Battle Network 2. It is much better than this load of garbage. The ONLY reason this game should be in your GBA is if you get it for free, or if you find it on the road, OR if you flush the toilet, and it recoils with this game in it, somehow. It sucks.

Reviewer's Score: 4/10, Originally Posted: 09/02/04