Mega Man: The Power Battle

  • Release Date: 1998
  • Genre: Fighting
  • Players: 2

Before his exploits in Marvel vs. Capcom, Mega Man starred in his very own fighting game. Now, it's not a fighting game per se; rather, think of it as a Mega Man game without the stages and just with boss battles. The good part is that you can select from 3 available players—Mega Man, Proto Man and Bass. (Yes, you can finally play as Proto Man.) Even better, the game is 2-player simultaneous.

The object of the game is to plow through Dr. Wily's robots and defeat him in his castle. After selecting a character, you actually pick the set of bosses you'd like to go through in the 8-stage battle. They include:

  1. Set 1- Mega Man 1-3: Heat Man, Ice Man, Wood Man, Crash Man, Guts Man and Cut Man;
  2. Set 2- Mega Man 4-6: Dust Man, Napalm Man, Plant Man, Gyro Man, Gemini Man and Magnet Man;
  3. Set 3- Mega Man 7: Shade Man, Turbo Man, Junk Man, Slash Man, Cloud Man and Freeze Man.

Defeating each robot will earn you their weapon.

The final 2 stages are Wily's castle. The first stage will almost always be a fight with the Rock Monster.

Sometimes the stage will be inhabited by the giant pumpkin that acted as a mid-boss in Shade Man's stage in Mega Man 7. The next stage is a battle with Wily's ships.

Wily Ship #1

Wily Ship #2

Wily Ship #3

As the 3rd attack, he'll have 2 smaller ships hovering about, him teleporting back and forth between them. Only the one holding him is vulnerable. You have 9 seconds to defeat him before the battle ends. Either way, you win. I'm not sure if you get a better ending for defeating him properly.

 

Game endings:

  • For Mega Man- Mega Man watches from a nearby mountain cliff as Wily's castle crumbles to the ground. Returning to Dr. Light's lab, Mega Man believes Wily will never stop. Questioning why robots harm humans, they all agree that the only way they'll ever be peace is if enough people want there to be.
  • For Proto Man- Proto Man watches from a nearby mountain cliff as Wily's castle crumbles to the ground. After watching the destruction, he stands atop a building, looking down. At that point, Proto Man's allegiance was still unknown, so it is questioned as to whose side he's really on.
  • For Bass- Bass drags Wily out of the falling castle and onto a nearby mountain cliff. Wily questions why Bass attacked both his maker and the other robots. Bass responds that he wanted to prove to Wily that he was better than the rest of the robot creations. Wily reminds Bass of his defeats at the hands of Mega Man, but Bass writes it off, stating that he underestimated Mega Man, and next time he'll defeat him.