Mega Man Zero

Mega Man Zero, known in Japan as Rockman Zero (ロックマン ゼロ?), is a video game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld game console.

It is the first installment in the Mega Man Zero series, the fifth series in Capcom's Mega Man video game franchise.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Tight and solid controls.
 * 2) For the first time, Zero is the main protagonist and he is fully playable.
 * 3) The game perfectly blends Mega Man and hack and slash elements.
 * 4) The world is surprisingly big for a GBA game. Every level is interconnected into one huge map.
 * 5) You can fully customize Zero by finding customization chips.
 * 6) Incredible graphics. Characters now sport an anime-like style and drawing as well.
 * 7) The Cyber-Elf system is pretty well executed.
 * 8) *There are 3 types of Cyber-Elves - Nurses, Animals, and Hackers. Nurses can heal you or add more HP bars, Animals add or improve abilities, and Hackers edit data. Hackers can add more time, kill enemies, and more.
 * 9) Lots of replay value, such as...
 * 10) *A ranking system that rewards Zero depending on his performance on every mission.
 * 11) Awesome soundtrack.
 * 12) There are tons of awesome boss fights.
 * 13) The story is amazing.

Bad Qualities
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 * 1) The game has no lives, only continues, therefore you get an instant Game Over if you die.
 * 2) * To make things worse, the number of Continues are limited. You only earn continues when you complete a mission. This was fixed in the Zero/ZX Legacy Collection.
 * 3) * This problem was taken care of in the sequels.
 * 4) The weapons' level system can lead to lots of grinding.
 * 5) There's somewhat of a learning curve with the Cyber-Elves. If you don't catch on to it early, you will suffer.
 * 6) The misssion system sucks. Once you try a mission, you cannot leave without beating the stage or quitting, but if you quit, '''you cannot revisit it ever on your save file.

Reception
Mega Man Zero has had a mostly positive press reception. Critics lauded the game's storyline, graphics, and tweaks on the franchise's classic action formula, though many were put off by aspects of its extreme difficulty level.