Time for Another Executive Decision

Very well! I've been playing Mega Man Anniversary Collection. This is an anthology of all the classic NES Mega Man games I grew up with, plus a couple of them from SNES and Playstation. It has 8 Mega Man games plus two bonus arcade Mega Man games.

I've played Mega Man 1 through 7. I'm missing 8.

Eight is terrible.

I think the time has come to invoke the Final Rule. Mega Man 8 is bland, boring, slow, boring, uninspired, boring, uninteresting, and boring. I'm moving on.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a game where I've not gotten my money's worth. I played nine out of ten of the games. I played Mega Man 1 through 7. I unlocked the two bonus games. Every other aspect of this game is awesome. Mega Man 8 is just plain bad.

And I want you to know that I'm a big Mega Man nerd. I may not be the biggest MM nerd, I may not have gotten into Legends, Zero, Battle Network, or many of the other Mega Man franchises, but I still dig the classics.

I originally came into contact with the Nintendo Entertainment System in 6th grade when my grade school classmates were all getting it for Christmas. The summer before going on to 7th grade, my friend Luis Fernando brought his NES to my house and he had this shiny new game with him: Mega Man 2. It blew my mind. That was the first Mega Man game I ever played and is still my favorite. Anniversary Collection has allowed me to replay fond memories, from 1 to 6; memories of times gone by.

There were times I got in trouble with my parents because I was hooked on Mega Man. (I once got out of class early and went to play Mega Man 2 at this video rental store where they'd let you pay to play NES games, and I missed my dad picking me up. I made him wait for me for like 40 minutes until he got sick of it and left me there and I had to take a bus home. This was junky level addiction.) Memories like this abound in my head and Mega Man brings them all back.

Mega Man 8 does nothing for me. I feel no obligation to finish it. In fact, the longer I play it, the worse it gets, and it takes away from the specialness of the other games.

I'm calling this a game now. I'm going to Mega Man X Collection.