Current Events > Can you skip any of the mega man battle network games?

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Like is it necessary to play them in order or are some of them just bad?

i'm skipping all of them

Honestly yeah. 3 was the first one I ever played, and I never once felt like I was missing anything. I'm sure there's something to be said for playing them in order, mechanically, but story wise... its gba Mega Man, not Dostoyevsky.

I would recommend to *anyone* to skip the first game. Look up a plot synopsis to get the 5 minute highlights of stuff that matters in the series long term. It plays like garbage compared to the later games.

The second game is vastly better but still not as refined as the later games. Its story is also only barely relevant to the overall series. You could skip it you wanted.

3 is essential, full stop.

4 is in a weird spot. There's some important stuff that happens in it and it introduces some important core mechanics but it is one of the weaker games in the series as well. If you decide to skip it then make sure to read up a bit about it.

5 and 6 are also essential. 5 has some strange mechanics (like a whole ass tactical RPG shoved into it outta nowhere) but its overall very solid and its plot is extremely significant. 6 is a well honed game mechanically and the culmination of an entire franchise both in terms of gameplay and plot.