Ep. 7: Mega Man 4

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With the franchise fully established and the production team stabilized, Capcom brought Mega Man 4 to the Nintendo Entertainment System, attempting to move forward while also adopting some bad habits that would stick with it for decades to come. Can a game be both good on almost every dimension and yet almost entirely forgettable? You tell me, cowboy.

The Game: Mega Man 4, known as Rockman 4: Aratanaru Yabou!! (ロックマン4 新たなる野望！！ Rokkuman 4 Aratanaru Yabou!!)

Original Platform: Nintendo Family Computer / Nintendo Entertainment System

Developer: Capcom

Director: Yoshinori Takenaka

Producer: Tokuro Fujiwara

Composer: Minae Fujii, Yasuaki Fujita

Release Date:

• December 6, 1991 (JP)

• January 1, 1992 (US)

Music Used In This Episode

• Let There Be Light by AmIEviL

• Pharoah’s Last Dance by Vurez

• Shades of Blue by CrimsonZeal

• Cossack Skies by bsolmaz13

• Wonderful Shadows by the Electric Sheep Orchestra by fredrikd

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