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Topic	Para ranks every classic Mega Man stage theme
Paratroopa1 05/05/21 6:49:05 AM #195:	I'm not quite ready to move on with the list yet so time for another dumb shitpost of a list! Since I'm about to really kick this into high gear with the top 50, it seems like a good time for title themes! BONUS RANKING: OPENING/TITLE THEMES Okay, so I struggled with this one a little bit because I wasn't sure what to do with these. Some games have some kind of opening cutscene, some don't. Almost every game has a title screen theme, but some of them are short and not very notable. What to do? Combine them all into one thing? Separate them? At the end of the day, I decided to combine them. It's a little weird, since every game is kind of doing its own thing - some games are just a lengthly title theme, some games don't have much of a title theme but have a long opening scene, some games have a full on cutscene at the beginning, etc. But to be honest, most of the title screen themes are actually really boring - they probably figured people wouldn't be sticking around on those, so it's usually not the games' best work. Because of the awkwardness of how differently each game handles it opening, I'm gonna do something slightly different here - I'm actually ranking these based not just on music, but also on just how cool I think the opening is in general. I'll mostly focus on the music, but that turned out to be sort of a boring exercise, so I'm just ranking the whole thing. Why the fuck not! This is a stupid as hell list. Mega Man 1 has no title theme at all, so it's not here. Duh. 27. Mega Man Anniversary Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jk12F-DaxQ Oh sorry, did you forget that I was ranking EVERY Mega Man game? Did you think I was fucking around? This is the ONLY theme in this game, and it's getting fucking ranked, right here, right now. And it's getting ranked at the bottom! Because I think it sucks. It's just kind of a lame remix of MM2/MM3 with a little drum loop underneath it. Plus, there's no real title screen here at all, you just get dumped into a menu. No sense of style at all! 26. Wily & Light's Rockboard: That's Paradise!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGiY981fiU I'm sorry, did you think I was FUCKING AROUND when I said EVERY GAME? Well, okay, all of the ones that I could like, actually find video of... and not Super Adventure Rockman because I didn't know what the fuck to do with that at all. Okay, so, a word on Wily & Light's Rockbard: That's Paradise!!. I sort of realized that I fucked up and probably should have included this game in my main list? Aside from MM1-6, this is the only other NES Mega Man game in existence, and even though it's some kind of weird Monopoly-like board game, it DOES have a few themes that one could consider stage themes, and although I've never played this game and never heard the soundtrack, I could have ranked them. I'm not sure what to do with these in the future - I'll consider going back and retroactively ranking them. Anyway, there haven't been any other songs to include from this game until now - here's the title theme, it kind of sounds more like it belongs in Adventure Island or something. It's cute, but it's not substantial. 25. Mega Man Legacy Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSHW2noP0FE EVERY GAME, MOTHERFUCKERS. Like Anniversary Collection, this is Legacy Collection's one and only time to show up on this list, so, here it is! It's just the MM3 theme, which, yeah, and it's not a great remix either, although it is better than AC's. Not much of a title screen to speak of here either so I just linked to the song. (By the way, no Legacy Collection 2 here, because it just uses Mega Man 8's intro stage, and that's boring. I'm not including Rockman Complete Works because... there was some reason. I think it was just a reused stage theme or something? I don't remember, too lazy to check) 24. Mega Man: Powered Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kimZQ832Kk4 Oh man, Powered Up, I am disappointed in you. All you could do was a little bit of demo footage over Cut Man's theme? Followed by a title theme that isn't all that great. I'm only giving points for the Mega Mans building the Capcom logo, that's pretty cute, but otherwise Powered Up's title screen game is weeeeeak. 23. Mega Man: The Wily Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyNvQuHJdFs This one is strange as hell and I don't know what to make of it. We get Dr. Light like, barely animated talking to us with no dialog for a while... was he supposed to have dialog at some point? I have no idea, but it's super awkward, and then the lights go out, and we get this gag with a bunch of eyes in the darkness that goes on for way too long, and then suddenly a shot of a bunch of robot masters all piling on top of Mega Man that disappears way too quickly to even look at it! The pacing is super awkward. The title theme sounds like Sonic the Hedgehog's beach vacation. This kind of sucks. 22. Mega Man & Bass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBrSw_bd7k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROYUh-VRStI I expected better out of you, Mega Man & Bass. Just a menu getting shot up and then a short title theme? Weak! I couldn't find video of the GBA opening but it doesn't really matter. The GBA theme is better, though, as usual. And then there's Rockman & Forte: Challenger From The Future... wait... where is it? Where did it go??? oh god. oh NO 21. Mega Man Soccer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wj1xk4QQO8 Mega Man Soccer! Did you see where R&F2 went? You know, the one for WonderSwan? You say you think Dr. Wily's Revenge knows where it went? Okay thanks 20. Mega Man: Dr Wily's Revenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGW6MUY7nSQ Hey Dr. Wily's Revenge! Did you see R&F2? Whoa holy shit, your title theme goes on HOW long, I've never heard it before, anyway did you see it? It passed by here HOW long ago? Ah FUCK 19. Mega Man Battle & Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm-IbJSjK5s (just 0:54 - 1:58) Hey Battle & Chase, did you... wait, what the fuck are you even doing here? Who invited you? Nevermind, has R&F2 been this way? It just passed by that way, you say? Okay hang on, I'll be right back, we need to catch up 18. Rockman & Forte: Challenger From The Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMlKjyDNxw8 (Just until 1:50) Oh thank FUCK, do you know how worried I was? I take my eyes off of you for ONE MINUTE and... what the hell are you wearing, is that Burner Man's theme? Okay, just, stay right there, I need to go back and talk to Battle & Chase for a second. Then we'll deal with you, mister. <cite>Paratroopa1 posted [p:953573961] in Para ranks... [t:79360411]...</cite> <quote>I'm not quite ready to move on with the list yet so time for another dumb shitpost of a list! Since I'm about to really kick this into high gear with the top 50, it seems like a good time for title themes! BONUS RANKING: OPENING/TITLE THEMES Okay, so I struggled with this one a little bit because I wasn't sure what to do with these. Some games have some kind of opening cutscene, some don't. Almost every game has a title screen theme, but some of them are short and not very notable. What to do? Combine them all into one thing? Separate them? At the end of the day, I decided to combine them. It's a little weird, since every game is kind of doing its own thing - some games are just a lengthly title theme, some games don't have much of a title theme but have a long opening scene, some games have a full on cutscene at the beginning, etc. But to be honest, most of the title screen themes are actually really boring - they probably figured people wouldn't be sticking around on those, so it's usually not the games' best work. Because of the awkwardness of how differently each game handles it opening, I'm gonna do something slightly different here - I'm actually ranking these based not just on music, but also on just how cool I think the opening is in general. I'll mostly focus on the music, but that turned out to be sort of a boring exercise, so I'm just ranking the whole thing. Why the fuck not! This is a stupid as hell list. Mega Man 1 has no title theme at all, so it's not here. Duh. 27. Mega Man Anniversary Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jk12F-DaxQ Oh sorry, did you forget that I was ranking EVERY Mega Man game? Did you think I was fucking around? This is the ONLY theme in this game, and it's getting fucking ranked, right here, right now. And it's getting ranked at the bottom! Because I think it sucks. It's just kind of a lame remix of MM2/MM3 with a little drum loop underneath it. Plus, there's no real title screen here at all, you just get dumped into a menu. No sense of style at all! 26. Wily & Light's Rockboard: That's Paradise!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGiY981fiU I'm sorry, did you think I was FUCKING AROUND when I said EVERY GAME? Well, okay, all of the ones that I could like, actually find video of... and not Super Adventure Rockman because I didn't know what the fuck to do with that at all. Okay, so, a word on Wily & Light's Rockbard: That's Paradise!!. I sort of realized that I fucked up and probably should have included this game in my main list? Aside from MM1-6, this is the only other NES Mega Man game in existence, and even though it's some kind of weird Monopoly-like board game, it DOES have a few themes that one could consider stage themes, and although I've never played this game and never heard the soundtrack, I could have ranked them. I'm not sure what to do with these in the future - I'll consider going back and retroactively ranking them. Anyway, there haven't been any other songs to include from this game until now - here's the title theme, it kind of sounds more like it belongs in Adventure Island or something. It's cute, but it's not substantial. 25. Mega Man Legacy Collection https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSHW2noP0FE EVERY GAME, MOTHERFUCKERS. Like Anniversary Collection, this is Legacy Collection's one and only time to show up on this list, so, here it is! It's just the MM3 theme, which, yeah, and it's not a great remix either, although it is better than AC's. Not much of a title screen to speak of here either so I just linked to the song. (By the way, no Legacy Collection 2 here, because it just uses Mega Man 8's intro stage, and that's boring. I'm not including Rockman Complete Works because... there was some reason. I think it was just a reused stage theme or something? I don't remember, too lazy to check) 24. Mega Man: Powered Up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kimZQ832Kk4 Oh man, Powered Up, I am disappointed in you. All you could do was a little bit of demo footage over Cut Man's theme? Followed by a title theme that isn't all that great. I'm only giving points for the Mega Mans building the Capcom logo, that's pretty cute, but otherwise Powered Up's title screen game is weeeeeak. 23. Mega Man: The Wily Wars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyNvQuHJdFs This one is strange as hell and I don't know what to make of it. We get Dr. Light like, barely animated talking to us with no dialog for a while... was he supposed to have dialog at some point? I have no idea, but it's super awkward, and then the lights go out, and we get this gag with a bunch of eyes in the darkness that goes on for way too long, and then suddenly a shot of a bunch of robot masters all piling on top of Mega Man that disappears way too quickly to even look at it! The pacing is super awkward. The title theme sounds like Sonic the Hedgehog's beach vacation. This kind of sucks. 22. Mega Man & Bass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBrSw_bd7k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROYUh-VRStI I expected better out of you, Mega Man & Bass. Just a menu getting shot up and then a short title theme? Weak! I couldn't find video of the GBA opening but it doesn't really matter. The GBA theme is better, though, as usual. And then there's Rockman & Forte: Challenger From The Future... wait... where is it? Where did it go??? oh god. oh NO 21. Mega Man Soccer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wj1xk4QQO8 Mega Man Soccer! Did you see where R&F2 went? You know, the one for WonderSwan? You say you think Dr. Wily's Revenge knows where it went? Okay thanks 20. Mega Man: Dr Wily's Revenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGW6MUY7nSQ Hey Dr. Wily's Revenge! Did you see R&F2? Whoa holy shit, your title theme goes on HOW long, I've never heard it before, anyway did you see it? It passed by here HOW long ago? Ah FUCK 19. Mega Man Battle & Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm-IbJSjK5s (just 0:54 - 1:58) Hey Battle & Chase, did you... wait, what the fuck are you even doing here? Who invited you? Nevermind, has R&F2 been this way? It just passed by that way, you say? Okay hang on, I'll be right back, we need to catch up 18. Rockman & Forte: Challenger From The Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMlKjyDNxw8 (Just until 1:50) Oh thank FUCK, do you know how worried I was? I take my eyes off of you for ONE MINUTE and... what the hell are you wearing, is that Burner Man's theme? Okay, just, stay right there, I need to go back and talk to Battle & Chase for a second. Then we'll deal with you, mister. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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