New to this game is an easy mode, which was included to allow the game to be more accessible to people who might not be as good or have played the games before. For Proto Man Bass, there are some slight changes to the shop, as well as having different shop keepers. The list is the same as 9, except you can't spend(waste) 200 bolts for Roll to change her outfit. Like in some games, you can collect bolts in the levels to buy items in the shop that you can use to aid you: Energy tanks, Weapon tanks, Mystery tanks, and other such commodities can be bought here. Bass has the ability to shoot in 7 directions not just left and right. He can also use his shield while jumping to deflect various projectiles (Including some boss ones), though this is offset by the fact that he takes considerably more damage than Mega Man. Proto Man plays very much the same as Mega Man in the latter games, with the ability to slide and charge up his Proto buster for more damage. Different in this game, is the ability to play as Proto Man from the beginning, and the ability to play as Bass once you pay the oh so hefty fee of $1. Once you defeat all 8 robot masters, you then proceed to a labyrinth that includes a very special set of bosses in the first stage for any Mega Man fan that will make their jaws drop.
After you defeat them, you are able to use their weapon. It's the standard affair with Mega Man games, you can choose from any of the 8 robot masters and then go through their level so that you can fight them at the end. The heart and soul of any classic game, especially Mega Man games, is the gameplay itself. In my opinion, the soundtrack overall isn't as good as 9's was, but there are still some tunes that are really enjoyable (Nitro Man's track is my favorite), and a couple are really quirky (Sheep Man's in particular). Now any fan of Mega Man games knows that the games always have an enjoyable and interesting soundtrack to go along with the games. The same thing that is said for graphics can be said for sound, in that all of the sound effects take root from the NES games. Fans of the classic games will enjoy the throw back, though people not previously fans may not particularly enjoy it as much. It's unfair to judge this game based on graphics because it's trying to emulate the NES's graphics from more than 20 years ago. This installment is different in that now you can go through the game as either Mega Man or Proto Man from the start. The story this time around is that a virus known as Roboenza has inflicted robots everywhere, even Roll! The usual culprit Dr.Wily says he has no involvement, and that he was working on a cure, but that some robots stole pieces of a machine he was working on to cure the virus.
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Like Mega Man 9, this game retains all the the nostalgia of the original NES games with graphics, sounds, and gameplay almost exactly the same as the first 6 games, before the series moved onto the SNES and PS1/Sega Saturn. Mega Man 10 is the latest installment in the long standing Mega Man series.