Mega Man 8-bit Deathmatch V5B - 22/05/17!

[Hallan Parva]

actually I've fought everyone and I'll side with Shmeckie on this one; Bass 2 fucking sucks hardcore

it's entirely because of the stage and it's entirely because of Super Adaptor
I honestly felt like I was fighting the game more than I was fighting the boss

at least with Mega Mech Shark, I could fly around fully instead of use my singular boost jump and then fall in a pit anyway
at least with the chase, I'm made immediately aware of the area I can stand in, and I can't fall off into death or anything
hell, Enker/Ballade/Gamma all technically have death pits, but the stages are either moderately large or have the edges railed off

Bass 1 is near flawless but Bass 2 completely sours the mood

[Shmeckie]

it's entirely because of the stage and it's entirely because of Super Adaptor
I honestly felt like I was fighting the game more than I was fighting the boss

Summed up my whole rant in a nice, pithy package. You couldn't be more right.

[RifleGod]

Mike is going to nerf that idiot. We just need to wait.

[CutmanMike]

You can find info about that here

[Astro Seraphim]

Someone should totally probably upload some video(s) with the new original songs in the game just like they did with Erbattle  or something becauseQuint'sthemesaregodly

Speaking of which, was Erbeserk uploaded too or?

[Dr. Freeman]

The originals I made will be uploaded, but I'm waiting 2 weeks til after release for a little grace period.

[VonStein]

Hi, new fool here, came by for three things:

a) new expansion is very nice, I played (solo) for quite a while and enjoyed the game and its changes a lot over that time.

b) one of my favorite things about the game is, amusingly enough, the yashichi search, and the new expansion was one heck of a ride for that one. (Plugman, Jewelman, MM9DW1, I am looking at you) Which brings me to...

c)

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I can confirm that all but two of the yashichi can be seen, or at least *glimpsed* without cheats, even if it requires getting Rush Jet or jumping to one's death somehow. And in spectator mode they can easily be seen usually. But MM8DW1 and the new Diveman stage both appear to break that pattern unless I am missing something. For Diveman's stage it just appears to be too low to be seen from any angle I can approach it at even in spectator mode. And in MM8DW1 it's stuck inside a pillar and I can't find a way to see inside. I suspect the latter was due to locking the area off in a patch for being a hiding spot? I am wondering if I am missing something with those two.

That said, thanks for the game folks.  <!-- s:D --><!-- s:D -->

[PowerGloveNinja]

Will Need to try out when I have the time.

[Shmeckie]

I know it's not from this update, but I really wanted to say the Evil Robot fight was flawlessly designed and I have nothing but endless praise for everyone responsible for designing that fight.

[CutmanMike]

I know it's not from this update, but I really wanted to say the Evil Robot fight was flawlessly designed and I have nothing but endless praise for everyone responsible for designing that fight.

That would be me! I hear this a lot but I think he's a bit on the easy side as some attacks you can just sit in the corner and go to sleep. I won't change him though.

[Shmeckie]

If you can, I'm unaware of which ones because I kept moving the whole time. Had a blast fighting him! Kudos to you on that one!

Also I noticed the musics loop properly now instead of starting all over after one loop like a basic music file. I really appreciate that touch. The music sounds right, now.

[CutmanMike]

Something is rising from the scrapheap for v5b!

[The_Broker]

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I was wondering when more older Wily stages would show up! Can't wait to see it, sir.

[Dr. Freeman]

Actually have it a bit earlier than 2 weeks.
have fun

[NES Boy]

Some things I'd like to point out:

A while back, I made a suggestion that TITLEMAP would be updated so that when you reach the MM7 and MM8 campaigns, they would play appropriate intros reflecting those campaigns. Ivory confirmed that updating TITLEMAP to include new intros for those campaigns was planned. During my replay of the entire game, I went back to TITLEMAP after clearing the MM6 and MM7 chapters, only to find that they still play the same tournament intro despite it no longer being relevant to the story.
The ending when you defeat Gamma still refers to Maestro as "it" regardless of the gender you set.
I was looking through the game's code, and I discovered that when you defeat Bass at the end of the MM7 chapter, the game uses the Console Commands "set MM8BDM_BassDefeated 1" and "ArchiveCvar MM8BDM_BassDefeated", much like how certain events in the game (such as Plug Man getting the Memory Scanner working) work. However, nothing in the game's code references the MM8BDM_BassDefeated value. Does this indicate that Bass was meant to temporarily replace the Wily Capsule fight until you beat him, and could only be available through Plug Man's memory scanner from then on (much like Quint)?

Other than that...

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I'm happy to see MM4DW1 become a reality in v5b.