History VideoGame / MegaManII

The second of the five ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' games to be released on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy. ''Mega Man II'' (aka ''Rockman World 2'') may have almost the same name as ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', but it's a very different game. Releasing just five months after ''VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge'', it was developed by Thinking Rabbit Inc., and was the only ''Mega Man'' game the company would ever work on, with all future Game Boy installments going back to Minakuchi Engineering, developers of the first game.

The second of the five ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' games to be released on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy. ''Mega Man II'' (aka ''Rockman World 2'') may have almost the same name as ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', but it's a very different game. Releasing just five months after ''VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge'', it was developed by Japan System House Co., and was the only ''Mega Man'' game the company would ever work on, with all future Game Boy installments going back to Minakuchi Engineering, developers of the first game.

* DWN-013: Crash Man[[note]](called "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Clash Man]]" in this game)[[/note]], gives [[ThrowDownTheBomblet Crash Bomber]][[note]](or "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Clash Bomber]]")[[/note]]

* ObviousBeta: The game had less than a year (possibly even less than five months) of development, and glitchy collision detection, bland level design, a strange plot, and poor sound quality stand as proof of it. It certainly didn't help that the developer had only ever made games for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]] and [[UsefulNotes/GameGear Game Gear]] prior to working on this.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Crash Man's name is spelled as "Clash Man" in this game, which is actually his original Japanese name.

* OffModel:
** The Wily Machine's sprites depict Dr. Wily as much smaller than he's supposed to be, making him look much smaller than Mega Man.
** The game's U.S. and European covers both depict Quint in the background, but the artist seemingly confused him with Proto Man, resulting in him having red-and-white armor instead of the green armor of his official character art, along with slightly odd proportions that make him look more like a ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' character.

The second of the five ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' games to be released on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy. ''Mega Man II'' (aka ''Rockman World 2'') may have almost the same name as ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', but it's a very different game.

There's a little more of a plot compared to [[VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge the previous game]] -- this time around, Dr. Wily has used a stolen time machine to travel into the future, and brought back some rebuilt versions of the Robot Masters from the second and third NES games. Along with the Robot Masters, Wily has brought back Mega Man's own future self, who has been corrupted into an evil robot known as Quint, who is armed with the Sakugarne, a deadly cross between a jackhammer and a pogo stick. This game was released just five months after ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'' and this proved to be the only ''Mega Man'' game which the company ever worked on.

Aside from all that, the gameplay is much the same as in the NES ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', meaning that E Tanks, the slide move, and Rush are introduced for this entry. In addition, it did introduce what would become the standard format for the three following games, which consists of four full Robot Master levels and fights, followed by another four Robot Master levels and fights (as opposed to the previous game, which just gave you four Robot Masters from ''Mega Man'' with corresponding stages, followed by a BossBonanza of the ''Mega Man 2'' Robot Masters).

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Considering all the later installments that take place across the coming centuries, it's pretty bizarre to see Wily just casually going to the future and back.

* HitboxDissonance: The game's hit detection is notoriously spotty in both directions, meaning that enemies can damage Mega Man despite his not appearing to touch them, while Mega Man's own shots can either no do any damage despite making contact, or destroy an enemy even when his aim seems slightly out. That said, the easy difficulty means this is more of a minor inconvenience than anything else; it only really becomes a problem in the final level (and Crash Man's to a lesser extent), where shooting enemies while on ladders can be difficult.
** Then there's Quint, who can be damaged by firing at the area ''above his head'' for a few early hits before he even calls his Sakugarne in and starts attacking.
* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Quint is this to Mega Man. Wily gets in on the action too, with the Japanese manual saying he collaborated with his (apparently reformed) future self to abduct the future Mega Man.

The second of the five ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' games to be released on the UsefulNotes/GameBoy. ''Mega Man II'' (aka ''Rockman World 2'') may have almost the same name as ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', but it's a very different game. '''Boy''', is it different...

There's a little more of a plot compared to [[VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge the previous game]] -- this time around, Dr. Wily has used a stolen time machine to travel into the future, and brought back some rebuilt versions of the Robot Masters from the second and third NES games. Along with the Robot Masters, Wily has brought back Mega Man's own future self, who has been corrupted into an evil robot known as Quint, who is armed with the Sakugarne, a deadly cross between a jackhammer and a pogo stick. Yes, really.

This game was released just five months after ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'', and both the rushed development schedule and developer Biox's unfamiliarity with the series are rather apparent in the rather odd storyline and various aspects of the gameplay. Unsurprisingly, this proved to be the only ''Mega Man'' game which the company ever worked on.

Aside from all that, the gameplay is much the same as in the NES ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', meaning that E Tanks, the slide move, and Rush are introduced for this entry. In addition, despite the game's numerous other flaws, it did introduce what would become the standard format for the three following games, which consists of four full Robot Master levels and fights, followed by another four Robot Master levels and fights (as opposed to the previous game, which just gave you four Robot Masters from ''Mega Man'' with corresponding stages, followed by a BossBonanza of the ''Mega Man 2'' Robot Masters).

* AstralFinale: Like before, the final stage takes place in outer space, onboard the Wily Station.

* ObviousBeta: The game had less than a year (possibly even less than ''five months'') of development, and glitchy collision detection, bland level design, a strange plot, and poor sound quality stand as proof of it. It certainly didn't help that the developer had only ever made games for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]] and [[UsefulNotes/GameGear Game Gear]] prior to working on this.

** The Wily Machine's sprites depict Dr. Wily as much smaller than he's supposed to be, with him looking like a midget next to Mega Man.
** The game's U.S. and European covers both depict Quint in the background. Unfortunately, the artist apparently screwed up and confused him with Proto Man, resulting in him having red-and-white armor instead of the green armor of his official character art, along with slightly odd proportions that make him look more like a ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' character.

* SequelEscalation: For the game's ''many'' faults, it does at least manage to be larger in scope than ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'', thanks to introducing a second set of Robot Master levels along with Rush and the Slide maneuver from ''Mega Man 3''.

* YourSizeMayVary: Dr. Wily especially suffers from this in the final battle, which, on top of having his Wily Machine being smaller than usual, depicts him as smaller than ''Mega Man himself''.

* GuideDangIt: Like ''VideoGame/MegaManDrWilysRevenge'', the second set of Robot Masters are accessed from identical teleporters. However, there's no way to tell which teleporter leads where until they're used, making it almost impossible to follow their weakness loop without a guide.

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Quint is this to Mega Man. Wily gets in on the action too, with the Japanese manual saying he collaborated with his (apparantly reformed) future self to abduct the future Mega Man.

* SequelEscalation: For the game's ''many'' faults, it does at least manage to be larger in scope than ''Dr. Wily's Revenge'', thanks to introducing a second set of Robot Master levels, along with Rush and various other gameplay mechanics.

* ChainReactionDestruction: At the end of the game, you shoot down Dr. Wily's escape pod with a giant missile. Wily then explodes repeatedly and crash-lands on Earth in a massive skull-shaped explosion.

[[caption-width-right:270:The Rock goes portable... again.]]

* SequelDifficultyDrop: Put it this way -- it's like the developers only played ''[[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Rockman 2]]'' and found it way too difficult, so they imported the ''Mega Man 2'' version just so they could [[DifficultyByRegion play it on its easy mode]]... and then decided ''that'' was way too difficult! Even without the decidedly easy level designs though, the introduction of Energy Tanks and Rush makes the challenge much more reasonable than in the previous game.

Aside from all that, the gameplay is much the same as in the NES ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', meaning that energy tanks, the slide move and Rush are introduced for this entry. In addition, despite the game's numerous other flaws, it did introduce what would become the standard format for the three following games, which consists of four full Robot Master levels and fights, followed by another four Robot Master levels and fights (as opposed to the previous game, which just gave you four Robot Masters from ''Mega Man'' with corresponding stages, followed by a BossBonanza of the ''Mega Man 2'' Robot Masters).

* DWN-009: Metal Man, gives [[ExtraOreDinary Metal]] [[DeadlyDisc Blade]]

* DWN-013: Crash Man[[note]](called "[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Clash Man]]" in this game)[[/note]], gives [[ThrowDownTheBomblet Crash Bombs]]
* DWN-016: Wood Man, gives the [[GreenThumb Leaf]] [[ThrowingYourShieldAlwaysWorks Shield]]

* DLN-001: Quint, gives [[JokeWeapon Sakugarne]]

* AllThereInTheManual: As with the previous (and following) game, the only way to understand the plot is to read the manual.
** [[http://kobun20.interordi.com/2011/03/14/its-quintn-time/ The Japanese manual]] gives more backstory than the localized American one. Wily originally intended to use the stolen time machine to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim go back in time to before the events of the first game and launch a secret attack]]. However, the time machine was seriously flawed, and even with his modifications, it could only travel to the future and back.

* MyFutureSelfAndMe: Quint is apparently this to Mega Man.

* OffModel: The game's U.S. and European covers both depict Quint in the background. Unfortunately, the artist apparently screwed up and confused him with Proto Man, resulting in him having red-and-white armor instead of the green armor of his official character art, along with slightly odd proportions that make him look more like a ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' character.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Quint just teleports out after you battle him, and is never seen or mentioned again. Presumably with Wily's plot foiled, the timeline which led to Quint's creation ceased to exist.

* DLN-001: Quint, gives [[PileBunker Sakugarne]]

* RearrangeTheSong: Almost all the music in this game is new, though for some reason the "Got a new weapon" theme is a slightly rearranged version of the one from ''3'' NES.

* DLN-001: Quint, gives [[JokeItem Sakugarne]]

The second of the five ''[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man]]'' games to be released on the GameBoy. ''Mega Man II'' (aka ''Rockman World 2'') may have almost the same name as ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', but it's a very different game. '''Boy''', is it different...

Aside from all that, the gameplay is much the same as in the NES ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'', meaning that energy tanks, the slide move and Rush are introduced for this entry. In addition, despite the game's numerous other flaws, it did introduce what would become the standard format for the three following games, which consists of four full Robot Master levels and fights, followed by another four Robot Master levels and fights (as opposed to the previous game, which just gave you four Robot Masters from ''Mega Man'' with corresponding stages, followed by a BossRush of the ''Mega Man 2'' Robot Masters).

* DLN-00X: Quint, gives [[JokeItem Sakugarne]]

* AfterBossRecovery: Starting with the ''3'' NES Robot Masters, while you'll still get health refills after defeating each Robot Master (and Quint), you'll no longer get weapon energy refills and will have to rely on item drops from the enemies. Many fans actually appreciated this, feeling that it added an element of strategy to a ridiculously easy game and forced careful management of weapon energy during the second half, and this mechanic would later reappear in ''VideoGame/MegaManIV'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManV''.

* ObviousBeta: The game had less than a year (possibly even less than ''five months'') of development, and glitchy collision detection, bland level design, poor sound quality stand as proof of it. It certainly didn't help that the developer had only ever made games for the [[UsefulNotes/SegaMasterSystem Master System]] and UsefulNotes/GameGear prior to working on this.