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The game follows the adventures of the protagonist Mega Man as he must defend the Earth from a group of powerful robots from outer space called the Stardroids. It is the fifth game in the handheld series of the Mega Man franchise.
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| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| D-Pad Up | ↑ | D-Pad up |
| D-Pad Down | ↓ | D-Pad down |
| D-Pad Left | ← | D-Pad left |
| D-Pad Right | → | D-Pad right |
| A | Z | Right face |
| B | X | Left face |
| Start | Enter | Start |
| Select | V | Select |
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The Story Behind Mega Man V
According to Mega Man series artist Keiji Inafune, the fifth installment took the longest time to develop of all five of these titles. It was one of the first games available with added support from the peripheral. Tango was included as a support character not featured in the home console games; his name, like other characters in the series, is part of musical motif.
"Especially with a theme as vague as space." He additionally recalled having "a lot of reservations" when designing the Stardroids. Mega Man V was developed by the same third-party company that worked on three of the four previous Game Boy Mega Man games. Mega Man V is the final installment in the Game Boy line of games based on the original Mega Man series.
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These bosses are known in game as "Mercury", "Venus", "Mars", "Jupiter", "Saturn", "Uranus", "Neptune", and "Pluto", named after the first, second, fourth, and fifth through eighth planets in the Solar System. Terra is named for the Latin word for Earth. Like the bird Beat from previous installments in the series, Tango will appear on the screen when summoned to attack enemies, transforming into a buzzsaw and ricocheting around the room.
As each boss is weak to specific weapon, the player is encouraged to complete some stages before others. As Mega Man, Charging up and releasing the firing button causes Destroying the boss at the end of each stage adds its special weapon to Mega Man's arsenal for the rest of the game. Pluto was, at the time the game was made, considered a planet, unlike from 2006 and onwards.
Why Players Still Load It Up
Game Informers Ben Reeves called it the 11th best Game Boy game due to its relative ambition compared to its Game Boy predecessors. In 2008, Nintendo Power listed Mega Man V as the 14th best Game Boy or Game Boy Color video game, praising it as the best of a quality series of portable Mega Man games. GamePro was contrastingly unimpressed with the controls on the SNES, considering the use of Game Boy much simpler.
Mega Man V was released on the Nintendo 3DS' Virtual Console on November 6, 2013 in Japan, on May 22, 2014 in North America and PAL regions the following year. Outside Japan, the game is considered to be quite rare. Capcom had planned to release a full-color compilation of all five Game Boy games on the Game Boy Advance in 2004, but the project was cancelled.
Mega Man V — Frequently Asked Questions
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What console was Mega Man V released on?
its publisher shipped Mega Man V for the Game Boy back in , and this page runs that release.
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How many players does Mega Man V support?
This browser version of Mega Man V handles 1 player(s).