BN 1-6 Fraud watch and worth the hype
BN 1-6 Fraud watch and worth the hype
Throughout the games, choose one navi you would put on fraud watch and another that was worth the hype or at least the hype was reasonable (decision based on narrative, feats and boss battle) Don’t choose any of the final bosses though. Or you could just comment on my picks.
These are my picks:
BN 1
Fraud - Protoman
Let’s not forget Megaman just got done beating Elecman while being hindered by a dungeon that prevents him from recovering HP easily and draining the PET’s power, gets tortured a little by Elecman before the official battle starts, beat him, immediately fights a fresh Protoman who is a highly experienced combat Navi with a shield and Megaman still won…I don’t even recall Megaman showing signs of exhaustion or hyping the foe like he did for Circusman’s final battle in BN 6…
Hype - Elecman
I don’t feel strongly about this but there isn’t alot of choices I could put here tbh and it’s certainly not Magicman. Underrated design btw
BN 2
Fraud - Planetman,
He is the leader of the post-game area and while I understand the battle can be kinda challenging and it’s only our folder stacked full of PAs that makes it easy and his exploitable weakness, I kinda feel like Napalman, the WWW Navi he did recruit, would no def him.
Hype - Shadowman.
This Navi caused so much damage, increased the stakes, decent battle and took lot of effort to finally take down. Like his arc felt like it should have been pushed much further down in the plot.
BN 3
Fraud - Flameman.
A bum hyped up by the narrative Megaman after battle and Match (who keeps bragging about his programming skills) to be formidable during that arc, you gotta go all the way to the Undernet, deeper in then you we expecting to go because Flameman wanted the appropriate battlefield for their showdown, but the battle itself wasn’t interesting at all. And then Bass roasts him lol. (Genuinely loved this arc btw)
Hype - At least 3 Navis could take this spot but for me it’s definitely glazed-up Protoman.
The fact that you could only battle him after completing the main story (it’s as if you literally have to beat the game to prove you are worthy enough to face him lol) and stumbling upon him on Hades Isle.
BN 4
Fraud - Shademan
Megaman Axess anime did a better job of making him leader of the darkloids and incredibly threatening/ almost too strong to fight even in a 2 v 1 without the need to be carried by BN 4’s scripted no damage darkness shenanigans whenever you fight him in the main story. And when you do fight him for real in the post game, it’s really nothing special at all.
Hype - Windman
He literally took over the net when he lost control of his senses and his operator has to use a flute to calm him down and keep him nerfed on a daily basis. So he had to fight Megaman in the tournament while nerfed and we never fought Windman at full potential (I feel like having his full power sealed would affect Wind soul’s overall power?)
BN 5
Fraud - Meddy
While I like that she really wanted to show how competent she was to be in the team, she still acted very rash and naive of the dangers of the Undernet. I mean she starts the whole issue in the first place by trying to run into the Undernet alone but as soon as she runs into a darkloid, she remembers that she actually isn’t ready for the smoke, gets scared and runs behind Protoman/Colonel for protection. Yes it’s the same issue with Toadman in Team Colonel’s scenario but also I found it harder to imagine Meddy roaming around in the Undernet with no issue compared to Toadman who could dive into water panels and her Twin liberation thing usually isn’t worth using order points one compared to Toadman’s ability.
Hype - Napalman
He felt so reliable in Team Protoman. Also pretty funny how he cleared the path to a liberation mission by simply nuking a lot of darkloids in an instant. I liked this idea more than Tomahawkman just swinging his axe.
BN 6
Fraud - Judgeman
It’s the real world stakes and Lan’s dad’s fate that were in Judgeman’s favor here.
He also looked pretty intimidating too the first time you see him imo. The battle though….
Hype - Colonel
Honestly one of my favourite Navi fights in BN 6 and that cape throw one shot move he does really surprised me the first I got caught by it and it’s still a fast attack in general. His presence and level of threat he poses throughout the game was well done.