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Episode 136
Mega Man 6 was the last entry of the series on the NES, and while this sequel doesn't do much in the way of innovation, it's extremely well polished! This time, two of the bosses were designed by American fans - a first for the series!
So why did publisher Capcom decide NOT to publish the game in North America, and how did we end up getting it anyways? In today's episode we'll find out, and we'll also learn:
* The best way to beat EVERY STAGE!
* HIDDEN ITEMS - Where to find the ENERGY BALANCER, and all FOUR BEAT PARTS!
* A SECRET GLITCH that can skip two (or more) entire stages!
* BRANCHING PATHS - Which way is the best?
* DETAILED MAPS for every area!
* The best way to defeat EVERY BOSS (with or without boss weapons), even DR. WILY HIMSELF... AND MORE!
Thanks for watching!
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
0:00:00 Intro
0:05:38 Opening Scene
0:06:30 SECRET: Boss Skip Glitch
0:08:29 Wind Man
0:13:10 Flame Man
0:17:40 Blizzard Man
0:23:17 Plant Man
0:29:40 Tomahawk Man
0:36:52 Yamato Man
0:42:21 Knight Man
0:47:42 Centaur Man
0:53:12 Mr. X Part 1
0:58:17 Mr. X Part 2
1:03:47 Mr. X Part 3
1:08:51 Mr. X Part 4
1:14:55 Dr.Wily Part 1
1:20:24 Dr.Wily Part 2
1:24:51 Dr.Wily Part 3
1:30:24 Dr.Wily Part 4
1:33:24 Ending
1:38:08 Thanks for Watching!
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This game nailed the mechanic of making boss weapons work in levels as well as being specific weaknesses to bosses. Everything is useful.
At 2:45 I had no idea you could defeat that boss by punching the platforms back at it, and I had this game growing up and have beaten it dozens of times.
"Do not jump into any active flames." Good advice, man
@ja3482
Ай бұрын
✍🏻
@Redpoppy80
Ай бұрын
Pain hurts.
@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate
Ай бұрын
Well, that’s just common sense. I’m very sure Mega Man isn’t fireproof.
@kerred
Ай бұрын
Video game loading screen tooltips
@mlc4050
Ай бұрын
Pain is the best teacher
This was such a polished game. Capcom was squeezing every last ounce out of the NES with this one.
@Talyannn
Ай бұрын
No. there are quite a lot of bugs in it
@michaeloffgrid
Ай бұрын
@@Talyannn No. There are far fewer bugs/glitches in it than the previous Mega Man games. You can go to the Mega Man wiki and look them up. MM2 and 3 have an entire page's worth.
@CC-bm3wb
Ай бұрын
I loved using the Jetpack in this game. Wish it would have carried on in future megaman games
@fefyfona4318
Ай бұрын
@@CC-bm3wbMaybe it's just a coincidence but the Falcon and Gaia Armor in MMX5 sort of feel like a call back to MM6's armors
@CC-bm3wb
Ай бұрын
@@fefyfona4318 True!
This was the first Mega Man game I ever beat. I thank you from the bottom of my soul for this, yo.
@GlitchedVision
Ай бұрын
this was the first Mega Man game I ever played, I didn't even know it was part of a full series when I was a kid, I thought the roman numeral VI was the subtitle "Vi" not the number 6... yeah, I was a strange kid... wasn't until years later when I got to play Mega Man World 2 (gameboy) that I realized it was a series, and don't even start on the shock I felt when I discovered X lol
You can't hide that Whomp Em cart from me I SEE YOU! Fun fact! The actor used in the NES 2 commercial shown at 2:56 is Rick Gomez who played Endless Mike in The Adventures of Pete and Pete. He also voiced Zack in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII as well as the Kingdom Hearts games!
@paxhumana2015
Ай бұрын
The Krion Conquest is also a pretty good Mega/Rock Man clone as well.
A nice finale to the NES entries
@KornPop96
Ай бұрын
It was really bugging me that he hadn't done the last one yet 😂.
My favorite of the 6 NES titles, and not without reason. This game is amazing in both visuals and gameplay.
@possumorb3770
Ай бұрын
Also, the Silver Tomahawk is my favorite weapon in the series.
And with this, there are no more Mega Man games on the NES to do a guide on..... But we do still have the Game Boy games, and the SNES games
@co81385
Ай бұрын
Mega Man 7 could be covered. And, well...We *could* count Mega Man 9 & 10 as NES games.
@davidmcgill1000
Ай бұрын
And then there's the battle network and legends games that when combined will take decades to make guides for.
Ай бұрын
And they just added the Game Boy games to NSO
@zachatck64
Ай бұрын
@@co81385 Don't forget Mega Man & Bass
@co81385
Ай бұрын
Good call! Now THAT'S a game that could use a guide! 😁
Saturday Morning UCBVG! ❤️
“But is it really wrong to give the people what they want?” Let me tell you this brother, I’m 42 and I check back weekly for your videos, they honestly sometimes keep me going :)
i remember owning this, it was basically the last nes game i got because I'd switched over to snes, but had most of the other mm games.
Its actually rather incredible to see just how much performance they squeezed out of the humble little nes. MM6 is an extremely good looking game. I truly believe that hardware limitations breeds the creativity necessary to make the best games.
The last NES games were gorgeous (this and Kirbys Adventure). Really peaked right before obsolescence.
@paxhumana2015
Ай бұрын
Actually, the Famicom officially died in 2000, so there were smaller Japanese companies that were still making games officially for the video game console past 1994.
Am I the only one who's going to point out that when you shorten the First Annual Robotics Tournament to a set of acronyms it spells out: F.A.R.T. You're welcome😅😂
@neutraltral8757
Ай бұрын
This is the first I caught wind of that. 🌬💩 Thanks for smelling I mean telling us about it. 😆
Kudos for all your hard work on this channel. Your playthroughs are very interesting and engaging, even when I'm indifferent to the game(s) being played (i.e. Paper Boy, Back To The Future, etc). And I always appreciate the brief history lesson you include with every game you cover.
1:27 she did amazing with this one. Many of the stages feel like you're in the location. also the Final Battle theme feels like a grand finale theme.
This game almost feels like a blaze of glory for the NES. I had a SNES already when this came out, but I still played NES games. Of course, I played them less and less as time went on and I got the new releases coming out on SNES, but this game made me hook my NES to the TV for the first time in a long time play it for hours a day, just like I had in the late '80s. It was a fitting end to an era of video game history.
@RookMeAmadeus
Ай бұрын
In the early generations of consoles, there was definitely a big upside to sticking around for the last bits of the previous generation once the new one came out. In the NES/SNES days, you definitely saw developers push the old consoles to their absolute limits, while they were still learning how to make the new stuff work. Kirby's Adventure, Mega Man 4-6, Ninja Gaiden 3, just to name a few. Sadly, it's not a phenomenon you see much of anymore. Most games are developed with PCs in mind, which are usually top of the tech tree now.
@paxhumana2015
Ай бұрын
@@RookMeAmadeus , clearly you have not paid attention to the home brew scene.
Flame Man's weapon is humble, but the angle makes it so effective. I LOVE the music in his stage, too!
Such a fun game that I still play to this day. MM3 will always be my favorite of the NES series, but MM6 is a worthy addition that looks and plays great.
I never knew you could punch the platforms against the Wily stage 1 boss!!! 😮
I loved how you add some humors into every games you played.
I always scratch my head when people say MM6 does not do anything new. What about the FLIPPING ADAPTER?!? That’s half the reason I like MM6. It’s a power suit/Jet pack that is not in the other 5 nes games. You can almost play the whole game as Jet-Rock😮
@wolffiegaming
Ай бұрын
It's new... but... it's still just a rush adapter. The flying form is a variation on the jet. the power form i don't think has any variance, but it's pretty limited use logistically. That plus the story is the worst one lol, and the game play is by far the easiest.
@paxhumana2015
Ай бұрын
@@wolffiegaming , ironically, Mega/Rock Man X6 is indisputably the hardest game in the entire franchise.
@wolffiegaming
Ай бұрын
@paxhumana2015 yeah. Cuz x6 is terrible
@ninjaguyYT
21 күн бұрын
@@paxhumana2015 Is it? I have beaten MM6 multiple times. I have lots of trouble with Megaman 1. Don't get me wrong - 6 is not easy at all. But I find 1 harder.
Hells yea! I just finished a Megaman painting piece. Hope you have a great weekend!
@azforu29
Ай бұрын
I'll bet you it's sick looking too.
Can’t wait to play through this again now that I have a new guide. Loved your Mega Man 2 guide.
The Ben K is called that because of the Japanese legend of a warrior monk called Benkei. The legend says that Benkei was on a quest to obtain 1,000 swords from samurai in Kyoto through duels. A similar character shows up in Okami, though that character's obsession has to do with fishing, not swords.
@MotherKojiro
Ай бұрын
He's one of the two playable characters in Genji for PS2, which I highly recommend if you're into Devil May Cry and its ilk.
A new episode!! Thank you my man ! Your channel is the only one I always watch faithfully 😆
1:37:06 They reused that theme in the Mega Man 7's intro on the SNES. And it's melodically very similar to Mega Man 2's legendary intro (which was also a tribute to the former title's Credits theme).
0:49 Dude's over here in 2030 with Mega Man 12.
@scummy_mofo1802
Ай бұрын
Was wondering if anyone else noticed the leaks 💀
@lra9242
Ай бұрын
I mean, considering it was about 11 years between Mega Man 8 to Mega Man 9 and about 8 years between Mega Man 10 and Mega Man 11 so I guess at this point anything is possible. I kind of hope a Mega Man 12 comes out soon.
your videos remind me of those old tricks and tips vhs's we got back in the day so cool gives me a warm nostalgic feeling
This game holds a special place in my heart because it's the first Mega Man game I ever bought when i was younger.
Yay, another UCBVG!!! Been waiting awhile for Mega Man 6, glad to see it! I have even an avid Mega Fan since Mega Man 2 first released in 1989, and haven't looked back since!
@knightimusprime25
Ай бұрын
mm2 was released in 88
@Linker2A03
Ай бұрын
@@knightimusprime25 Yes, in Japan as Rockman 2, it was. North America received the game months later in 1989, while the PAL release was in 1990.
@lawrencemcstephens308
Ай бұрын
@@knightimusprime25 In Japan it did, but here in the USA where I live, it was released in 1989 ;D
I freaking love this game! I played it years ago as a teen. I was barely able to survive it, but it was crazy good fun. With an in depth guide like this... I think I might give this game another run! Killer video! 🤘
"Power Piston often is out of range of the normal buster" So fun story, theres a small youtuber by Roahm Mythril who long time ago did Perfect Runs (No damage, buster only, no charge) of the classic megaman games. He eventually did the castle stages and this boss alone was most of the episode because it just refused to come low enough to get hit with the buster
MM6 my beloved. Thank you for producing such detailed video on one of my favourite games, UCBVG ♥️🐕
Many thanks U Can Beat Video Games ✌️
@b-retrogamer2324
Ай бұрын
Cool name brother🤘🏻
Your scheme to help us beat video games has never faild! 1:14:36 for reference
Mega Man 6 is just as good as the other Mega Man games, and I love it. Glad you covered this one.
Oh awesome! My regular session of the "INSTANT DEATH" drinking game.
@RookMeAmadeus
Ай бұрын
How are you alive right now? 😋
@starofjustice1
Ай бұрын
@@RookMeAmadeus Because, luckily, doing shots is not INSTANT DEATH.
This is still my favorite NES Mega man entry. I probably spent more money renting it back in the day than it would've cost to just buy it, lol.
You finally did it! Man, I have been waiting for this my entire life! Ok, maybe not that long, but for at least a year. 😂
I was given this game as a birthday gift when I was a child and its still my favorite NES entry. Incredible soundtrack and I had a blast finding all the secrets!!
2 and 6 hold the #1 spot for me! Knight Man has the BEST theme in this entire game!
I can’t wait to see your channel grow over a mil in subscribers! You deserve it!
My only NES Megaman game that I owned and my second favorite classic Megaman game (Megaman 7 is number 1.) I beat this game multiple times as a kid and I found out a few years ago about the Energy Equalizer. Thanks for finally covering this game.
THIS is what I’ve been waiting for!
WHAT!!! So excited! This was my gateway to MegaMan and really video games in general!
Upload on my birthday! Thank you so much!!!!
@Reidharding89
Ай бұрын
Happy birthday🎉
@blaine1987
Ай бұрын
Happy birthday! 🎂
I don't get to catch you as much as I used to when you vids first drop, but just know, I've not stopped watching this whole time. I'm so proud to have had the luck of watching this channel grow into what it is now. And the quality and extra info you add into the video's has gotten so much better too! Well done mate, congratulations! I don't know if you remember me but I started doing uploads of my Twitch VoDs around when you started out. Sadly, I had PC issues so my poor channels taken a massive hit over the months of downtime. BUT I was glad that didn't happen to you when you've done the bigger games recently. Thanks for being an inspiration for me to keep plugging away at it tho mate, especially after my PC dying and all. Even if you may not know that you had been like this for me. So thank you mate, keep doing what you do and just being you.
Finally, we have completed the NES Mega Man games. I have been waiting for this one.
So glad you are back on Mega Man. RPGs really aren't my thing, so Ive not watched in a while. Not complaining! Happy to see you succeed with any videos, but extra happy for the ones I used to play.
So glad to watch this! Mega Man 6 was my first Mega Man game and is my absolute favorite of the Classic series!
Mega man on NES was so great. Even the less heralded ones are solid games. Great video as always
This was the first Mega Man game I actually owned. Rented 2-5 before but never had the cash to buy one until this game.
Man, I've beaten Mega Man 1 through 11, but I'm still going to watch this.. I love all your videos because of the history lessons, insights, and things I didn't even know about that you talk about.. in short, you're the man, Mr. UCBVG! Edit: One small note.. at 0:50, you have Mega Man 11 listed as 12, when MM12 hasn't been made yet. I'm sure it was a typo or an oversight or whatnot, but was just bringing that to your attention.
My favorite MegaMan game from NES, and you did the thing for it. You Lord. Thankyou
This series makes me so happy
I honestly hate when game reviewers do that. “A lack of innovation, or new features hurts this release.” New features can be awesome and can really spice up a game if done correctly, but I’ve always been of the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mindset.
@pjd418
Ай бұрын
the point of that is if nothing is added and no innovation might as well just play the old game and not the new one
@Ironstarfish
Ай бұрын
Yeah there is a reason super Mario world was different, mega man X is my favorite
@TheSuperSaiyan4Gamer
Ай бұрын
@@pjd418Yeah, but I think reviewers expect the developers to completely change the formula and reinvent the wheel for each game.
@jakewhit9000
Ай бұрын
Bingo
@glenngriffon8032
Ай бұрын
People have gotten too obsessed with the "bring something new to the table" mentality and it's bs. You know how I know it's bs? Because people still asking for HL3 and telling Valve to stop waiting for the latest and greatest technical revolution. And how many of us want MegaMan Legends 3 even if it plays basically the same as 1&2 but with nicer graphics? There's nothing wrong with wanting something different or new in a sequel game but I think it's absurd to think that devs should always be pushing to bring something new in. Especially if you are finding yourself more invested in the story than gameplay
Part of me was always bummed out, as a kid, that my family had moved on from the NES by the time this game came out, and I never played it on original hardware. But man, as far as the NES Mega Man games go, this is impressive just because it feels like such a culmination of what the team learned how to do with the series and put it all in here.
Awesome guide, 1:13:37 blew my mind, i had no idea you could do that!
Yes Saturday morning cartoons.... I had an aunt growing up that always got the WORST presents for all us kids... like when I was 13 she got me a Wheel of fortune watch made for 5 to 7 year olds...wouldn't fit my wrist hahahaha.... BUT in my 14th bday she got me MM5 AND MM6 ... forgave everything at that juncture...funny thing was she said she felt bad cause she forgot and just went to a local pawn shop and grabbed two video games that the cashier recommended. .. she felt bad for not putting thought into it ..the irony ... love u libby
The Mega Man Series is wonderful. I've always loved the diffrent types/elements of enemies. Also the music is absolutely amazing.
I have been waiting for this episode since I found this channel way back in its infancy
The unique thing about Mega Man franchise is that innovation is not needed. We just want the Blue Bomber the way he is, on a new mission hunting new robots with new weapons. It’s perfection!
All time classic. Great video! I can't wait to see what you post next!
Perfect timing!! I got through two bosses and I was getting confused on the order! Now I can learn the tricks! Thank you.
The boss design in this Megaman is pretty cool.
I was literally thinking earlier today that it would be cool if you covered Megaman 6, so imagine my surprise when this video popped up immediately!
I absolutely remember that sweepstakes to draw a MAN lol how badass man
I made it through this one recently and I've been waiting for this one. Wow, end of an era.
Im playing through this now, and using this video to help with boss level order. I'm trying to play first and check the video later. I'm at the Mr X stages now, and i have to say that having previously beaten 1-5, this may be my favourite yet. Its so well balanced, has numerous strategies, and encourages the use of boss weapons during the levels in a way i hadn't seen before. Thank you for doing this video, i have enjoyed the series so far, and this is a great way to end it.
Good episode. Glad to see the series continue with X, that storyline was great.
Mega Man VI happens to be my favorite game in the franchise -- and it also happens to feature my favorite soundtrack.
@SantaFeSuperChief1
Ай бұрын
Based
Watching this video reminds me of just how fun the Rush Adaptors are. They really are the standout features of this game!
Love ALL the Mega Mans
38:38 there's interesting behind this enemy. Ben-K is named after classical Japanese warrior monk Saito Benkei. The backpack full of weapons on the robot is like the many weapons Benkei himself carried in his combat career. Seven weapons in total, all at once. He's the guy who basically went to the armory and when the quartermaster asked "How many weapons will you need today?" He said "Yes." 😀
This was my first introduction to the magman genre and my favorite game.
Real talk this is my favorite Megaman game ever. It is honestly close to being my favorite game of all time.
Thank you. Finally getting around to mega man on the anniversary collection thanks to you.
Mega Man 6 will always be one of my favorite Mega Man games despite it not being as original as the early entries. It’s a fine game, and if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. You can actually beat all of the robot masters with the mega buster, even though Centaur Man could be tricky. That’s why I always save him for last. And the music rocks! Whenever I hear the start of Yamato Man’s music, I always have the urge to sing “Go, Go Power Rangers!”
Much like MegaMan you have a great formula and give the fans what they want! GJ
Another great video! Thanks so much. It was a blast learning about this game as I played through. For me, I can see some small faults, but overall it is a very well balanced and fun game. A contender for my favourite in the series.
Note about Eddie: You can get by him before he tosses the power-up and go to the exit ladder. That way you can keep respawning him and he'll instantly be in place to toss the new power-up (this applies to every MM game he shows up)
What a nice surprise! Watching now
Finally! After asking for at least a year. It's here
Favorite Mega Man game among the six.
Love how Ucan starts up megamn fanfiction at the end there. And doesn't notice.
Dr. Wily is so proficient at making robots, we know he can even make robots that look like himself. He did this once in Mega Man 3... perhaps even twice given that he gets crushed by a falling block at the very end of that game, yet mysteriously survived without any issue. So, maybe even if there doesn't seem to be much going on with this story, there's More Than Meets the Eye (bad robot/Transformer reference) here. :) What I think happened was that Dr. Wily was also a robot in this version, and they did nothing more than imprison that robot at the end of the game, not the real Dr. Wily. Even the Dr. Wily that posed as Mr. X was a robot. The robot Mr. X was all part of a sophisticated plan by Dr. Wily to replace the formerly defeated Syndicate boss from the Streets of Rage series who was defeated at the conclusion of Streets of Rage 2. Thus Mr. X / Dr. Wily founded RoboCy Corporation leading into everything that happened in Streets of Rage 3. Okay, that's probably not what happened... 😆 but on the other hand, is it a mere coincidence that both of those games were released within a few months of each other in 1993-1994? 🤔
I’ve been waiting for this one since the 5th part dropped! By now, I managed to beat it myself (as well as 7 and X1+2), but I always come back every once in a while to this particular series to watch your videos. Always so entertaining and fun, no matter how many times I rewatch them. Happy to add another one to the playlist! Excited for the next one already. Will you go to X1 or 7? Going by release date? All I know is the wait is worth it!
@Rws4Life
Ай бұрын
Brilliant video as always. Loved it. Bird on bird violence made me lose it. Good stuff I assume the next megaman vid will be tougher to do, since those get more complex (like different stage looks depending on which bosses you fight first)
Now this game and Mega Man 5 are very Expensive!!! thanks for this video!!!
I'm glad you finally got this one done! My 2nd favorite of the NES six games (2 is always first). Great soundtrack (2 and 5 are better). Nice selection of robot masters. What's annoying to me is that the best weapon takes exactly 7 hits every time. There isn't an instance where a weapon is just THAT effective to defeat its target in like 3 or 4. Gone are the days of Bubble Lead wiping out Heat Man in 3 hits. I once did a test like you where I tried all weapons out and came to the same conclusions. I will admit that I had no idea how useful the Power Adapter was against the X and Wily stage bosses. I did see a clip on Facebook of someone using it against one of them. I want to say it was the big swinging ball. I hope you'll consider going forward with 7+ at some point.
I've been waiting for this one to come out... Sure, I could have joined the Patreon for UCBVG, but I believe that good things come to those who wait, and thus I waited patiently for MM6 to make the list. Now to wait for MM7 and the first three MMX games...
I must say, I am enjoying the creative uses that you are finding for all of the game's special weapons! I consider MM6 to have one of the weaker sets of special weapons, so this is cool to see!
Might as well comment on a comment in the YamatoMan section: The Benkei (Ben-K?) enemy is named for a famous Japanese warrior back around the mid-12th century who had a genre-defining last stand while holding a bridge against a small army out to get his master. He held that bridge till the bitter end, making sure that the enemy paid with many more lives than his own. This is one of those famous historical events that Japanese media loves to reference. So those Ben-K robots are made in his metallic image, barring the way to all invaders.
Thanks for the upload!
Mega Man 6?Aaaaallllllllll right!
Man, I really loved this game and would pop it in when I could. There are a few things I didn't you could do with the Power Suit though. I'm going to have to try them out. Thanks!
Benkei is some legendary soldier who held off 40 dudes on a bridge and died standing up full of arrows to buy time for his master Yoshitsune who yeeted his family and committed seppuku so they wouldn't be taken prisoner and tortured
Was hoping you’d get to this one! One of my favorites of the original series
Some clarifications about my Knight Man entry. Capcom did misspelled my name in the game, though I blame my lousy handwriting at the time; I never could quite write in cursive... I almost never got my prize because similarly, they misspelled the name of the street I lived on. Sadly, I never got to play Mega Man VI as at the time, all the video game renting places in my small town had exclusively switched to SNES games. Then when I moves later, well, life happened... Finally, it was refreshing to see my original entry again. I did remembered the crest of spikes on the head, the helmet-shaped head, and the cross on the chest, but I had forgotten I went with a black, grey, and red color scheme.
@jamesknapp64
Ай бұрын
Dang this is a comment drop.
@universalperson
Ай бұрын
Congrats on being part of video game history. It seems your original design is on the Megaman wiki, for anyone who wants to see it.