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Topic	Para ranks every classic Mega Man stage theme
Paratroopa1 04/21/21 3:52:14 AM #160:	BONUS RANKING: WILY MAP THEMES We've come this far, why not rank just about fucking everything there is to rank at this point? The little map screen that shows Mega Man's path through Wily's fortress is one of those iconic little Mega Man things that they include in nearly every game, and I kind of love them, so, why not? This isn't a super interesting ranking so I'll slam through 'em quick. Most of them are original, so I'll just mention the derivitives in their corresponding writeups. (Quick side note: As far as I could tell MMV did not have a corresponding theme here but it's possible that I forgot or missed something.) 18. Mega Man II (GB) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_4pBERL1nk Yeah, not this time Mega Man II, I've covered for you enough. Is this even where this theme belongs? It could have been a stage theme (it plays in a capsule room), it could have been a boss theme (it plays when you fight Quint), but it's really just too lame to be either of them, so I'm relegating it to a "Wily Map" theme since it basically plays for a full loop there anyway. Whatever it is, it's weak and I am only acknowledging it in the lowliest way possible. 17. Mega Man 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EstZUFF8aVs Honestly just kind of sounds silly - doesn't really have the intimidation factor at all. The horns are just kind of goofy! And it's just too quiet. I am not afraid of this Wily castle whatsoever, which is ironic because it immediately starts off with JUMP JUMP SLIDE SLIDE, making it the most fearsome of all. 16. Mega Man & Bass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMQ7g5JkZ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV9KsLdvFk Just a few ascending notes, that's all you got? Kind of an afterthought of a theme, it doesn't even have a proper map, just a sliding door like on a gameshow telling you what stupid King-stage prize you've won. Lame. 15. Mega Man: The Wily Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xzZzWh11jk They're all good from here on out! This one mostly gets knocked down because of the whole Genesis-y sound of the whole thing really but it's kind of an interesting take. 14. Mega Man 6 (Wily) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVh8KBgcWcU The most boring and forgettable of the NES ones, if you can even really tell them apart that is. It's really trying to lay on the gravitas for the final battle against Wily but it's just average. 13. Mega Man 4 (Wily) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPQ-7LI37Mw Pretty similar to the last one, slightly more memorable. I told you this ranking was boring. 12. Mega Man IV (GB) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEreHoL5TCc Good start, slightly anticlimactic end, doesn't have that nice finish that I'm looking for. 11. Mega Man 5 (Proto Man) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_mS8Wc4id0 You really have to admire how committed Wily was to the whole evil Proto Man bit - he built a whole fucking castle with Proto Man's helmet as the motif, all in service of tricking Mega Man into thinking Proto Man was a bad guy for about five seconds. Anyway, I can never remember this one for some reason but I do like it. 10. Mega Man 6 (Mr. X) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFNl9QdO5I You really have to admire how committed Wily was to the whole Mr. X bit - he built a whole fucking castle with a giant X as the motif, all in service of tricking Mega Man into thinking there was an evil guy named Mr. X for no fucking reason for about five seconds. You also have to admire Wily's commitment to being in character as Mr. X by having an ESPECIALLY FANCY map theme. It's so refined! 9. Mega Man 5 (Wily) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HngVdMY4dM Most of the 4-6 themes kind of blur together since they each have two castle themes apiece, but I do like this one - the discordant beginning is real neato. 8. Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrIZc6MxGU It's such a simple, short theme, but I like it for some reason? Unlike some of these others, I never fail to remember it - it just sticks. 7. Mega Man III (GB) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPh9TJ8p4EE As usual, Mega Man III here just quietly delivering the goods when it has to. I really like the echoing sense of space in this one, makes real nice use of what the GB has to offer. 6. Mega Man 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2CEiwM1STA As usual, MM11 does alright for itself in this department - I like that it fits in with the established Wily motif in this game. 5. Mega Man 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmh9PRNq0wg I dunno, something about this one just really clicks - I like the triumphant ending to it, it just sounds like a Wily map theme ought to. They repeated this one for the two arcade games but I'm not gonna bother listing them. 4. Mega Man 4 (Cossack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLElDGwlfGA For some reason, whenever I TRY to remember any of the castle themes from MM4-6, this is the one that actually pops into my head - it's super memorable and I don't know why! I really like it. 3. Mega Man 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5VxSbQszg I'll never stop finding it funny that they wrote this really long, elaborate Wily map theme just for the event programmer to absolutely not give a shit about this and cut it off midway. Ever get the sense that Mega Man 3 might have been just a bit rushed? Nontheless, I actually think even with it being cut off it works really well in sounding intimidating and foreboding - it was almost a better choice! 2. Mega Man 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW5zkp-75rI Hard to beat the classic. Why even try? Mega Man 9 didn't try, it just copied the theme again. So did Mega Man Soccer, because why not rip off the best? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DMht02M5dY It's a goddamn classic. Sometimes I wonder whose idea it was to have the cutscene of Dr. Wily flying to his castle and seeing it there and having the map light up with this cool theme. It was a <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:953063132] in Para ranks... [t:79360411]...</cite> <quote>BONUS RANKING: WILY MAP THEMES We've come this far, why not rank just about fucking everything there is to rank at this point? The little map screen that shows Mega Man's path through Wily's fortress is one of those iconic little Mega Man things that they include in nearly every game, and I kind of love them, so, why not? This isn't a super interesting ranking so I'll slam through 'em quick. Most of them are original, so I'll just mention the derivitives in their corresponding writeups. (Quick side note: As far as I could tell MMV did not have a corresponding theme here but it's possible that I forgot or missed something.) 18. Mega Man II (GB) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_4pBERL1nk Yeah, not this time Mega Man II, I've covered for you enough. Is this even where this theme belongs? It could have been a stage theme (it plays in a capsule room), it could have been a boss theme (it plays when you fight Quint), but it's really just too lame to be either of them, so I'm relegating it to a "Wily Map" theme since it basically plays for a full loop there anyway. Whatever it is, it's weak and I am only acknowledging it in the lowliest way possible. 17. Mega Man 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EstZUFF8aVs Honestly just kind of sounds silly - doesn't really have the intimidation factor at all. The horns are just kind of goofy! And it's just too quiet. I am not afraid of this Wily castle whatsoever, which is ironic because it immediately starts off with JUMP JUMP SLIDE SLIDE, making it the most fearsome of all. 16. Mega Man & Bass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMQ7g5JkZ0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV9KsLdvFk Just a few ascending notes, that's all you got? Kind of an afterthought of a theme, it doesn't even have a proper map, just a sliding door like on a gameshow telling you what stupid King-stage prize you've won. Lame. 15. Mega Man: The Wily Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xzZzWh11jk They're all good from here on out! This one mostly gets knocked down because of the whole Genesis-y sound of the whole thing really but it's kind of an interesting take. 14. Mega Man 6 (Wily) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVh8KBgcWcU The most boring and forgettable of the NES ones, if you can even really tell them apart that is. It's really trying to lay on the gravitas for the final battle against Wily but it's just average. 13. Mega Man 4 (Wily) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPQ-7LI37Mw Pretty similar to the last one, slightly more memorable. I told you this ranking was boring. 12. Mega Man IV (GB) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEreHoL5TCc Good start, slightly anticlimactic end, doesn't have that nice finish that I'm looking for. 11. Mega Man 5 (Proto Man) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_mS8Wc4id0 You really have to admire how committed Wily was to the whole evil Proto Man bit - he built a whole fucking castle with Proto Man's helmet as the motif, all in service of tricking Mega Man into thinking Proto Man was a bad guy for about five seconds. Anyway, I can never remember this one for some reason but I do like it. 10. Mega Man 6 (Mr. X) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGFNl9QdO5I You really have to admire how committed Wily was to the whole Mr. X bit - he built a whole fucking castle with a giant X as the motif, all in service of tricking Mega Man into thinking there was an evil guy named Mr. X for no fucking reason for about five seconds. You also have to admire Wily's commitment to being in character as Mr. X by having an ESPECIALLY FANCY map theme. It's so refined! 9. Mega Man 5 (Wily) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HngVdMY4dM Most of the 4-6 themes kind of blur together since they each have two castle themes apiece, but I do like this one - the discordant beginning is real neato. 8. Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrIZc6MxGU It's such a simple, short theme, but I like it for some reason? Unlike some of these others, I never fail to remember it - it just sticks. 7. Mega Man III (GB) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPh9TJ8p4EE As usual, Mega Man III here just quietly delivering the goods when it has to. I really like the echoing sense of space in this one, makes real nice use of what the GB has to offer. 6. Mega Man 11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2CEiwM1STA As usual, MM11 does alright for itself in this department - I like that it fits in with the established Wily motif in this game. 5. Mega Man 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmh9PRNq0wg I dunno, something about this one just really clicks - I like the triumphant ending to it, it just sounds like a Wily map theme ought to. They repeated this one for the two arcade games but I'm not gonna bother listing them. 4. Mega Man 4 (Cossack) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLElDGwlfGA For some reason, whenever I TRY to remember any of the castle themes from MM4-6, this is the one that actually pops into my head - it's super memorable and I don't know why! I really like it. 3. Mega Man 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra5VxSbQszg I'll never stop finding it funny that they wrote this really long, elaborate Wily map theme just for the event programmer to absolutely not give a shit about this and cut it off midway. Ever get the sense that Mega Man 3 might have been just a bit rushed? Nontheless, I actually think even with it being cut off it works really well in sounding intimidating and foreboding - it was almost a better choice! 2. Mega Man 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW5zkp-75rI Hard to beat the classic. Why even try? Mega Man 9 didn't try, it just copied the theme again. So did Mega Man Soccer, because why not rip off the best? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DMht02M5dY It's a goddamn classic. Sometimes I wonder whose idea it was to have the cutscene of Dr. Wily flying to his castle and seeing it there and having the map light up with this cool theme. It was a</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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