Mega Man 5

Mega Man 5, also known as Rockman 5: Blues no Wana in Japan, is an action, adventure, platform, third-person shooting video game created by Capcom and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System in North America and the Famicom in Japan. It was later re-released on the PlayStation, PC, and mobile phones.

Plot
Mega Man 5 takes place during the 21st century, about two months after the events of Mega Man 4, when the mad scientist Dr. Wily once again attempted to take over the world. Proto Man, secret brother and once ally to the world's greatest hero Mega Man, leads an army of robots in a series of destructive attacks on the world. To cripple the world's defenders, he kidnaps his own creator, the genius scientist Dr. Light. Mega Man wonders why Proto Man is doing this, but with little choice left, he sets out to stop him, assisted by Beat, a robot bird gifted to him by Dr. Cossack.

Mega Man prevails over a new group of eight powerful "Robot Masters" working under Proto Man: Star Man, Gravity Man, Gyro Man, Stone Man, Crystal Man, Charge Man, Napalm Man, and Wave Man. Mega Man then makes his way to Proto Man's fortress and confronts his fellow creation, who nearly destroys the protagonist in the process. However, a second Proto Man arrives just in time, revealing the first as Dark Man, one of Dr. Wily's newest robots. Mega Man vanquishes the impostor, then pursues Wily to his newest hideout, defeats him, and saves Dr. Light. However, the fortress begins collapsing, and while Mega Man is distracted from holding up the ceiling from crushing himself and Dr. Light, Wily manages yet another retreat. Just after Wily escapes, a familiar whistle is heard, and part of the ceiling is blasted away, allowing Mega Man and Dr. Light to also escape. As the two watch the castle collapse from a distance, their mystery savior is revealed to be Proto Man, who quietly slips off unnoticed.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Great graphics which are very colorful for the NES.
 * 2) The music is considered the best of the NES Mega Man titles.
 * 3) The plot of the game is interesting; Proto Man (actually Dark Man, a robot imposter disguised as him) captures Dr. Light despite him helping out Mega Man in the previous two games.
 * 4) The Mega Buster charges quicker in this game, making the charge shot much more useful.
 * 5) The game features letters which spells "Mega Man V" (Rockman 5 in Japan and "Mega Man 5" in the Anniverary Collection), and rewards you Beat for getting them all.
 * 6) Beat is a very powerful weapon which attacks incoming enemies and even bosses at the cost of Beat's weapon energy, most recommended in the final boss.
 * 7) As a bonus to beating Star Man's stage, you get the Super Arrow, a weapon which can be used as a platform, basically an improved version of Item-2 from Mega Man 2.
 * 8) Many of the Robot Master stages have some interesting and unique gimmicks, especially in Gravity Man and Gyro Man's stages.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) This game feels so much like Mega Man 4 in most ways like having 2 castles, a new foe, and more similarities.
 * 2) The parts of Crystal Man's stage where you need to get past the falling crystals which fall at random intervals requires so much trial and error that it's nearly impossible without Star Crash.
 * 3) Almost all the special weapons are useless against the Robot Masters considering how the Mega Buster's charge shot ironically deals more damage than their weaknesses.
 * 4) The charge shot can get cancelled out if you get damaged by enemies and just like the previous game, you can't charge up while the bosses fill their health bars - you have to do it before entering the door, or after their health bar is filled.
 * 5) Two of the special weapons, Power Stone and Charge Kick, are considered to be the worst weapons in the whole franchise.

Reception
Mega Man 5 was very well received by fans and critics alike when it was released.

Trivia

 * It is rumored that this game got banned in Vietnam due to Napalm Man's similarities on his scenario, the type of enemies and the underground sections looking similar to the Vietcong tunnels, and that napalm was used as a weapon in the Vietnam War.
 * Yusuke Murata, Crystal Man's designer and that of Dust Man in the previous game), would later go on to illustrate the art for the manga series Eyeshield 21 and One-Punch Man, as well as draw posters promoting the Japanese releases of Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.