[24381756 if I had to pick]

Yes, they are, charging makes the boss' temporary hit invincibility bearable. Sliding adds a whole new dimension to the game.

[DERRECK SIMONS]

I don't mind if I don't have a charge, I hardly use it in the Classic series. Now sliding on the other hand, I like to have, as it's useful for getting through a stage quicker & dodging boss' attacks.

[GekkouX]

Irgendein, on 14 December 2009 - 03:47 AM, said:

I don't mind if I don't have a charge, I hardly use it in the Classic series. Now sliding on the other hand, I like to have, as it's useful for getting through a stage quicker & dodging boss' attacks.

Agreed. Chargeshot is really for "cool factor" while sliding is actually useful.

[Silver_Stryker]

I usually used he normal shots too, but the charged shot was great for the bosses; it evened out the damage sending/recieving ratio I had to go through. Especially for snakeman. I still can't believe I beat most of those peeps without their weaknesses...

But I agree with the sliding.

[KEN BLAST]

Silver_Stryker, on 14 December 2009 - 05:19 AM, said:

I usually used he normal shots too, but the charged shot was great for the bosses; it evened out the damage sending/recieving ratio I had to go through. Especially for snakeman. I still can't believe I beat most of those peeps without their weaknesses...

But I agree with the sliding.

By "those peeps" do you mean MM3 bosses? If so...Top Man and Spark Man are easy in my opinion without special weapons.

[GekkouX]

Charge shot wasn't in the games until 4.


RM10 should have slide, I understand chargeshot because in 9 they took it away saying "he hasn't done this in a while" but sliding is something he should be able to do at his most basic level. For F's sake its just sliding.

[Silver_Stryker]

8BitBurst, on 14 December 2009 - 01:49 PM, said:

By "those peeps" do you mean MM3 bosses? If so...Top Man and Spark Man are easy in my opinion without special weapons.

I meant all the bosses 1-7. I just got done playing them a few weeks ago. I never played them before, and thus, I didn't know the weaknesses of each Master. I spent one life trying all the weapons I had on bosses which often lead to no avail, then spent my second(sometimes my last) life killing them with the buster. SnakeMan, CrashMan, QuickMan, SlashMan,...There were more that put me on edge. Just naming a few.

Quote

Charge shot wasn't in the games until 4.

Must've gotten them mixed up then. I played 1-7 all at once.(not literally of course.)

[Flame]

Silver_Stryker, on 14 December 2009 - 03:57 PM, said:

Must've gotten them mixed up then. I played 1-7 all at once.(not literally of course.)

Its been done you know. 1-6 all at once.

[GekkouX]

Bolt Crank, on 14 December 2009 - 05:45 PM, said:

Its been done you know. 1-6 all at once.

I would like to see that, sounds interesting.

[Silver_Stryker]

Bolt Crank, on 14 December 2009 - 05:45 PM, said:

Its been done you know. 1-6 all at once.

lol yea I'm aware of the possibility. I remember I saw on youtube someone playing X2 and X3 at the sametime.

[Flame]

[Terminus]

Charging or sliding. I only slide when necessary. Charged was nice in 4 and up... But didn't really use it till 8. With the different charge bullets.

[Krazy Monkey]

The fact that Mega Man was stripped of those abilities in Mega Man 9 was one of the main things I hated about that game. Yes, I know... Proto Man had those abilities, but unfortunately, he wasn't playable during any of the instances where they were actually needed. For example, there was a path in Plug Man's stage (which had a bolt underneath), which blatantly looked like it could have been slid through. There were also plenty of parts at the Endless Stage where the slide kick was definitely needed. The slide kick ability was also pretty useful during the battles against that dragon mini-boss at Magma Man's stage, and during the boss battle against Galaxy Man, since that made it much easier to get away from the Black-Hole Bomb.

I know I've probably ranted about this many times, but I STILL think removing those abilities from Mega Man in the first place was a stupid move. It just made my blood boil when Keiji Inafune claimed that those "fancy moves" were "unneceessary", and then removed those abilities without coming up with a real story-related explanation as to why Mega Man couldn't use them anymore. He instead flat-out acted as if Mega Man never had them. Honestly, did Inafune and the rest of the staff REALLY think that people were going to magically forget about something that's been established in the series for OVER TEN YEARS?

[Terminus]

It was a story driven purpose that Rock didn't have those abilities. During that time of peace, Rock had no need for them. So Light basically just locked them within Rock so he wouldn't be tempted to exploit them (thanks R-Shadow). So it is understandable. The only other biggest time of peace was between 6 and 7. And that was due to Wily in prison... Though the hidden Robot Masters...

[Flame]

the buster, the way I see it,was disarmed. Megaman obviously started disaming. so i can understand no charge. But no slide...? Seriously, how does he forget that?Its just a freaking slide on the ground! how can he possibly "exploit" that? by kicking a soccer ball into a window?

[Terminus]

I don't see it as the action of the slide. I see it as more of the mechanics that allows him to slide. Certain parts within his legs and such that could be misused. I doubt he just throws himself along the ground. There is also that MM5 weapon that uses sliding to activate. It obviously is a minor weapons system, but a weapons system none the less.

[Krazy Monkey]

Zechs, on 15 December 2009 - 04:08 AM, said:

It was a story driven purpose that Rock didn't have those abilities. During that time of peace, Rock had no need for them. So Light basically just locked them within Rock so he wouldn't be tempted to exploit them (thanks R-Shadow). So it is understandable. The only other biggest time of peace was between 6 and 7. And that was due to Wily in prison... Though the hidden Robot Masters...

...And yet Mega Man could still use those abilities in Mega Man 7. How come Dr. Light didn't remove them during the "time of peace" where Dr. Wily was in jail?

[Flame]

Krazy Monkey, on 15 December 2009 - 05:25 PM, said:

...And yet Mega Man could still use those abilities in Mega Man 7. How come Dr. Light didn't remove them during the "time of peace" where Dr. Wily was in jail?

Between 8.5 and 9, there is a LARGE gap of peace. between 6 and 7, the gap is far shorter. Id say no more than a month. possibly less.

[Terminus]

That is pretty much it. It is all I can personally figure. 6-7 isn't long. Even states that in the intro I believe. Between 8.5 and 9 was a large gap. King II's design destruction. Bass reuniting with Wily. Wily figuring out how to plot against Light (and possibly taking quite some time to persuade his robots...), plus the destruction to his Lab so repairs are in order... I'd say Wily was busy restoring his odds against whomever he saw fit.

[Flame]

I dont think it took much time at all. He merely showed them how they would be disposed of like used goods, and they rebelled because they wanted to live.