Rockman Battle & Fighters

Rockman Battle & Fighters is a single-player fighting game. As in Mega Man: The Power Battle and Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters, players control one of four characters (Mega Man, Proto Man, Bass, and Duo) and choose between three sets of boss battles with various Robot Masters from the first seven Mega Man games. The battles are fought linearly in any order and after each boss is defeated, a special weapon is added to the player's arsenal. Each boss is weak to one specific weapon, so the player is encouraged to strategize the order in which the bosses are faced. Players will battle six robot masters before challenging a sub-boss and a final boss battle against Dr. Wily. Two players can use a link cable to transfer database information between systems, but no co-op or versus play is supported. The digital re-releases omit the database transfer feature but add the ability to rewind gameplay. The western release do not feature any in-game translation outside of the manual. ==Reception==

Critical reception for Rockman Battle & Fighters is mixed. Tim Torres of 2D-X called the game "tightly designed and wonderfully animated", and summarizing it as "way better than it has any right to be". In 2023, Time Extension identified Rockman Battle & Fighters as one of the best games for the NGPC. ==Notes==