Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 มิ.ย. 2024
- That's right, after the cliffhanger of J vs James, J's Reviews has returned to cover the long awaited Mega Man Zero/ZX Legacy Collection. Is this collection worth a buy if you've played the games before? How are the new features? Can this collection bring me back to Mega Man after such a long absence? Watch and find out!
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You can remap controls in Z Chaser. After selecting your stage hit options before starting it, go to the control screen and go to custom. Lets you remap in all 6 games, saves after doing it once and I think it carries over for all of them if you do it for one.
Kinda puzzling why it can't just carry over your set up from a file but the option is there. If it wasn't I'd agree with you that I'd never touch the mode again with default controls.
Oh. Oops
You actually have to remap the controls for each stage separately, but it saves after doing it once.
@@JsReviews Don't worry about it man.
@@JsReviews Easy enough mistake to make. The game doesn't do anything to tell you that's the case. The other reply is right, you need to do it for each stage separately but it saves.
J's Reviews what’s your opinion of it aside from the non existent issue
"Finally, J has reviewed a Mega Man Game Again!" - Everybody subbed to J who's a Mega Man Fan
I don't give a crap about mega man. I want my dc reviews back lol.
@360 Overdrive I know. I was just kidding.
I will give I props on his DC reviews because he did make me a fan of Batman beyond. But I still came to this channel from the mega man reviews initially and it’s nice to see him come back to that.
The most underrated Megaman games.
I think zero 3 is one of the best megaman games ever made.
No megaman zero 3 is not one the best it is the best Do you think they’ll battle network and starforce next those games went under the radar especially starforce that even bn overlooked starforce 1 has probably the most well-written plot of all megaman
@@Andy-sj4ip Plot dont matter if the game is garbage. Like sonic and the black knight. Nice story but its yet another mediocre game
Dab dab the game is ok to a bit decent in itself but even when the is really not that good if it has a really good you are still able to enjoy the game for it’s character and have them as your yeah overall sf
@@Andy-sj4ip Your lack of proper grammar hurts me.
Dab dab yo English is not my primary language
Oh great, another way to fuel my Mega Man addiction. At least this collection doesn’t have Hunter Medals, collecting those in games like X7 was a pain
you have zz cards
Actually i wouldn't mind if it had, i had fun collecting those... except when i reached X7....
PTSD flashbacks from getting all the hunter medals from x6 and x7
@@yawningabyss681 X6 had piss easy medals imo.
@@prometheusmodelow8322 now you mention it in terms of medals it's not that bad, it's just the game itself being so bullshit makes it seems harder
Compilation's can get a bad rep for being "cheap &/or lazy", but I'm just happy to see these games become more accessible. Like, was a casual fan really going to go out of their way to track down these games on the GBA & DS? Probably not, so having them in one neat package on modern systems is really nice to see.
thats the thing. people should be happy there is an affordable way to play these games with out resorting o emulation. and they are on steam so unlesss capcom takes them down they will always be available.
@@megamike15 The pricing is a nice-ish part. You get to compensate the original publisher at a price vastly cheaper than buying legacy hardware, and now it is on PC the series is eternally available.
I just wish they expanded the viewing area honestly. These games suffer really badly from screen crunch. Dudes working 9-5 jobs come home and give these games wide screen and add skippable cutscenes. Just look at Sonic 3 AIR. It's great that the games are more accessable but we should never settle for the bare minimum or you end up with Mario 3D All Stars.
@@broom2839 In the case of the Zero games, I doubt we'd get a widescreen treatment done for those even if Inti Creates joined forces for the sake of the collection, there are tons of artwork that would need to be rescanned and coded onto the game back, and considering the collection chose to do a simple filter hints they might not be as easily accessible, a lot of cutscenes, rooms and general rework for 4 entire games would need to be done in order to get them in widescreen.
Now, the ZX series I can very much believe would be possible to be put in widescreen, the difference here being that they're the latest versions of the Zero series engine, with Inti most likely having many of the assets on their hands along with proper ways to edit two games to fit within a bigger screen without going through the hassle of a game made for the GBA of a more outdated hardware.
It’s what allows me, a 12 year old who really likes mega man to own all the main games on my only systems, my switch and Xbox. I appreciate it because without it I couldn’t play some of the awesome titles
"Your Zero/ZX Collection will make a fine addition to my Mega Man collection."
Solid Optimus my mega man collection collection
"I've been looking forward to this!"
Solid Optimus “This is where the fun begins”
Hello there
Someone who's unfamiliar with how Mega Man games work:" *Beats one of the games in under 4 hours* You're shorter than i expected."
Note: The japanese version of Megaman ZX is fully voiced unlike the english version, and honestly being one that can understand japanese when it's spoken to me and having played through the game quite a bit as a kid i loved it.
So since you actually understand it, would you say the voice acting is good?
@@indigocactus3089 Pretty good, compared to the english acting of Advent even with the mastered voice line's I'd argue it's obvious they cared about the acting in ZX in the japanese version, you can hear shifts in the tone of their voices that are not only correct in the context of what's happening but convey real emotion.
Or if you know every line by heart so its fun to play the JP version.
I remember this, I felt ripped off when I found the dialogue voices were removed and only the gameplay sounds were left intact. And then there's ZXA's dub, ugh. I later found out they used the same team as X7 (English VAs that lived in Japan at the time to save money) so no wonder.
Ended up importing both ZX and ZXA just around the time when Zero Collection came out (which I also got in Japanese).
If only we could have it be like the cutscenes in the NA version, where the text is english but the voices are japanese. I understand a tiny amount of japanese but not nearly enough to go without subs 😂
they are totaly doing battle network before legends.
Idk
@ It would be silly if they did Legends before battle network/starforce
I hunger for the Battle Network and Star Force collections.
Vague Luminary how about one collection with the crossover included?
But isn't Battle Network over?
I remember seeing the cliffhanger for mega man ZXA and I was like “woah interesting” so you can tell how “interesting” my reactions was when I didn’t see a part 3 in more than 4 years.
Right, that cliffhanger got me heated knowing that there wasn't another part after that. I really hope they do have the heart to have a conclusion to this.
The cliffhanger is Legends. The entire ZX series is just a setup for the Legends series. If Legends 3 got made and actually explained stuff of the past, we might have gotten a conclusion to that cliffhanger.
Was it because of poor sales or laziness?
@@cobalt9409 We never got confirmation on why ZX got canned. It didn't have the sales of the Zero series, even at lowest overall and was rated much lower overall, with ZX and ZXA only being barely better than Z4.
Legends 3 never got greenlit, apparently and the execs didn't like the vertical slice of the prototype enough to actually sell to garner attention. Legends 3 never actually got "confirmed", in a way. Or at least that was the story when uncovered.
what do you think had the biggest cliffhanger: Legends 2, X8, or ZX Advent
THANK YOU FOR NOT QUITTING J SERIOUSLY I LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY NEW VIDEO OF YOURS THAT DROPS IN MY SUB BOX
"Megaman legends legacy"
Me: *looks at the moon* don't do that... don't give me hope
We still need a THRID game CAPCOM! WHERE IS IT?! I AIN'T BUYING THAT CANCELLED STUFF!
@@raito6689 get megaman off the moon!
Including a new megaman legends 3 game to finish the saga. That would be great
I give u hope
@@senilevideoenjoyer Megaman off the Blue Moon. Eh?
One thing I will say about the scaling stuff, ZXA still looks MASSIVELY better than it does on emulation. For some reason like every pixel is constantly blinky and changing in size and its unplayable, while on Z/ZXLC it looks totally acceptable except on the health bar which isn't THAT big of a deal
What emulator are you using?
@@TheXFalzar Desmume. However I probably won't be emulating ZXA anymore since I can just buy it lol
@@lemlem35 if you ever try to emulate ds again use the newest nightly desmume release because the stable release is from 2015 and has a lot less features than the nightly ones these include increasing render resolution allowing 3d games to look majestic and make 2d ones look slightly better
@@TheXFalzar Thank you!
@@lemlem35 no problem
I'd also love a Battle Network and Star Force collection(s) on top of a Legends one. It's great that Capcom is releasing these games and hearing that the collections improving over time is great. It shows that Capcom has their priorities straight, and as a Mega Man fanboy, I can't say how important that is.
Oh, I would LOVE to replay the Battle Network series since these were my childhood. And giving Star Force and Legends a chance.
Well do I have some news for you 2 year later :)
Battle network collection is pretty fun
may I ask why your ZX and ZXA reviews got hidden? I want to rewatch them
And so the legacy continues. Glad to be commenting again
You and me both, heh.
Good to see ya back to reviewing Games again. Looking forwards to seeing where your channel goes from here!
It's really good to see these games specifically getting the treatment, since how much lower exposure they've been. I personally can't justify affording it due to my budget and having access to the others already, but it's great to get these games into new hands.
Also, welcome back from retirement, J.
Damn, I didn't think you'd get this out this quickly. Props to you.
BTW: It's great to see you back into Mega Man. The X Retrospective got me into your channel to begin with.
J apologizes to the ZX Advent OST :)
Shits on the Zero 4 OST still :(
It's not the greatest. There are some standouts but not many. I'm shocked Falling Down NEVER got remixed.
Reminders that it's the sounds used to produce the music.
In terms of arrangement, Z4's OST is amazing.
Zero 4 is like Megaman 10; the in-game music sounds like shit but the arranged album is phenomenal.
If you bought the PC version of the Z-ZX Collection, you're in for a treat because modders are actively replacing all of the music with the arranged tracks... not sure if Zero 4 is done yet though.
You can actually map the buttons for Z Chaser. Go to settings once you picked a stage. Look for it in the lower part of the screen.
In Z Chaser you rebind your controls from the start race screen. (Its on the bottom)
what I want is a battle network starforce collection, With online features and all that, I’d adore it oh so much
I'm just so happy that the entire collection on the switch is on the cart, from what I heard. That is an immediate improvement from the previous mega man collections on the switch. Seriously they were less then 10 gb all together. Why did you have to download the second part of the collections for the X and classic legacy collections?
I believe the producers are able to choose specific cartridge size, so getting smaller ones was cheaper I guess.
@@TayoEXE even so, 2 of the legacy collections are less then 5gb. Giving plenty of space for 1 cart. So why they made half of the collections on a code is baffling
As someone that never played a zero or a zx game before, this was a most anticipated collection for me because being a mega man fan had my expectations pretty high
It will meet your expectations🙂
Welcome back to the mega Man zero zx series ❤️❤️😎😎
Dude, U Can't Just Give Up Like That, Ur Like... One Of The Few *GOOD* Reviewers Here Left
Did you play the rpgs of the franchise like BN/SF
@@Andy-sj4ip What Do BN/SF Stand For?
Bardock SkyWalker starforce an battle network
@@Andy-sj4ip Oh, Those, Yeah, I Did, I Liked It Alot
I really liked the legacy collection. The last MMX game I got to play was X3 on the SNES and a little bit of X4 on a friend's PS1, so these collections have let me get my hands on the entire series and finally have a chance to play all of them.
Yes, even X7... (I honestly didn't even known they got to an X8 before this.)
The filter that adds that “static” makes it look like you are playing on the gba and looking at a gba screen. Best used if you play this on hand held for the switch.
Or the CRT tv used with the GameCube GBA adapter.
now we need the battle network legacy collection.
all 6 battle network games with link options and doubleteam ds.
You can rebind controls in Z Chaser. Before you enter a stage, go to settings and you can rebind the controls as you please.
Honestly even if someone has played the zero games back in the day the checkpoint system is a godsend. Checkpoints help you stay focused on what's actually killing you instead of making you start the entire level over again. It feels really great to be able to fight and experiment without the fear of being sent all the way back and losing precious time, which maybe when you were a kid and didn't have anything to do was fine but as time goes on it's kind of frustrating... been enjoying my time so far but THAT is literally the reason why I picked this collection up.
You should do a TMNT 2K3 retrospective on the show and the games based on that series.
William White yes that would be cool
@@shadowhawk3933 I do find the 1st game based on the show underrated.
William White I think it’s okay as tmnt games go my favorite will always be out of shadows
@@shadowhawk3933 never played it
@@shadowhawk3933 I have a nostalgic bias toward the 1st game, I fully acknowledge that is a flawed game but I can still enjoy it with Donatello and Michaelangelo.
Zero+ZX collection review already? Damn you are fast
As a Rockman& RockmanX junkie, I've always wanted to play these games but never had the hardware! Now with my little PS4 I can finally enjoy the titles I never got too! Thank you for your review! I would have never known about it!
I'm in that boat too. lovin this series!
A Legends Collection would be neat although there is only 2 of those games. Unless it also included Misadventures of Tron Bonne despite it being a rather obscure spinoff title. Some kind of Battle Network collection seems to be trending upwards for next year potentially however.
Man, it's good to see you uploading again. I'll make sure to grab a copy of this collection as soon as possible :D
I can't wait to get this collection for myself.
So now that video game reviews are back, what reviews should we be expecting the most?
It's great to see you back with Mega Man finally! Although the curiosity as to what you'll say about the ZX and ZX advent review is killing me
Would love to see an Azure Striker Gunvolt review!
Yes please! Dragon Marked for Death too!
I litterally just booted the game up for the 1st time and saw this 😂💪🏾
Glad to see you're back! I hope we'll get non-platforming MegaMan titles reviews from you in the future :)
Amazing video I was excited when you said you would be reviewing it. Keep up the good work
I just hope the next collection will be of the MegaMan Battle Network series. I loved that series as a kid
Honestly if we do get a mega Man Legends collection I would be happy with that that would be awesome
So so happy your channel is continuing. Love your Mega Man, Metal Gear, and DCAU videos.
Welcome back sir. Glad to see your doing well after ZXA. Since that was my last vid i watched from you. I really should watch more of your other videos too. Hope you continue to make great things 👍
Dude I need that legends collection. Oh my god I want that so bad.
After the Battle Network/Starforce collection. Can't wait to have both!
@@rhettbutler5397 I've barely dabbled into those, I couldnt get into them but i think that's cause i was so young. I'd love to give em a shot again.
@@CRAgamer I can kinda understand why but trust me, they are very great games. Despite being different, I would actually rate them the best of the franchise
Rhett Butler I really can’t get into the battle mechanics for the BN series. If it does come out, I’m going to pass. Give me that Legends collection with a Legends 3 capcom.
I WANT IT SOOOOOOOO MUUUUUUUUUUUCH!
The Zero games are what got me into mega man as a whole, I’m really happy Capcom I’d giving them some love.
Awesome video man! I've been so hype about this collection, more than any of the other collections. I'd also absolutely LOVE a legends legacy collections and maybe a battle network collection. But ZX3 is my ultimate dream. Let us pray.
yo man i just es wanted to tell you that i love your content. i’ve been recently getting really into mega man and your vids came at the most perfect time. keep up the good work my guy
Why do you have a barney avatar?
Something I do for the ZX games is pick the option that centers the top screen and has the lower screen over it, you can hit the L2 button to make it invisible so you can focus on the main screen and only call on the lower screen when you need to.
Thanks for the review J. I was very happy when you reviewed every MMZ game and I'm so happy you continue to bring attention to the zero series.
Great video as always, J. Love your insight on the Zero and ZX series. Especially liked how you covered the new options in depth and you REALLY hit the nail on the head when it comes to smoothing filters.
Is the music in the ZLC the original GBA music? I hoped they would use the improved versions of the tracks from the DS collection.
Nicolò Enrico Rimoldi It’s the DS versions.
I've never been too fond of the Zero collection, but I still have hopes that they'll release a Battle Network collection. Imagine if they localized Japan exclusive games! A man can only dream...
Well, given that collection is probably gonna have three versions, and given not every entry had three versions, they gotta do something to justify.
Man do i have good news for you
I never played those games, so I'm not nearly as excited about their return as I am excited about your return to reviewing video games. I'm glad you're back!
You can change your controls in Z Chaser by pressing plus in the menu before the speedrun starts. It just opens the pause screen for the game
Add a online/offline VS. mode to the MegaMan ZX collection and I will be happy!
Lol I finished marathoning your Zero/ZX review series like an hour before I got this notification. A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one
now that we have been blessed with another great collection, just need the battle network collection now.
was anything taken out of the english release for this one (like the songs were removed from X collection due to copyright issues)?
i bought X collection from Japanese PSN because of this..but it does end up costing more. i'd rather get it from the US store if its the same game.
Itachi Uchiha nope, all content here and present
Dope to see you make a video on this. I think they put the static filter in for anyone who played them on the gamecube-GBA player thingy.
Mega man reviews sure has helped J’s reviews channel a lot
I was literally watching your videos for the zero series and now you're reviewing this! PS I actually Pre-Ordered the game on the eshop, PPS I always thought you were the guy from the SomeCallMeJohnny youtube channel cuz you sound just like him lol :P
I'm just here to say that i'm still enjoying X6. Yes i keep hearing the Opening Stage Theme when i'm on the bus. And Gate's laboratory is still my favorite stage :D
They did improve the map system in the ZX series? I remember being frustrated from getting lost often due to its weird mapping and had to go online to see where to go.
JagBone's Wild Adventures Map system still sucks unfortunately
Hellraiser Gordon Aw that sucks!
@@MayasMotivation Hopefully a ZX3 gives us a better maps in the same vain as the Castlevania GBA/DS games maps. They could even do it like Order of Ecclisia and have a bunch of smaller maps that connect with one another.
Save assist actually very helpful because it helps you with the ranking for 2, 3 and 4 because even if you died, Lives will not be lost and it will not affected your score or achievement. Making effectively obtaining EX Skill is much easier.
Is it all on one cart, or is 50% of it a download code like the other collections?
Well everyone needs a break to avoid hating what you once loved. Good to see you back, J
You actually can set it for z chase. You have to set it BEFORE you start the game. You can also set your gear and elemental chips in the same menu.
I am screaming !! Love to see someone that shares the same live ad me for Megaman as a whole back at it against !! Wish you the best J.
More J's Reviews?! More Megaman?! DOOOOOOD! I'M HYPED!!
Your reviews actually made me a megaman fan as i started playing megaman zero 3 because of that review you made and it made me play all megamn zero games and the x games so continue on making this vids in youtube
As someone who can't get the PAL versions of the ZX games for a decent price, this collection was an absolute necessity. It's one of the best compilations I've seen in recent memory. Also, I love that they even gave Battle Network some love, as crossover assets like the art for BN4 and BN5's Z-Saber chip exists within the gallery.
Never seen you physically, that look is what i think when i think of a gamer youtuber.
Good video man.
Ok so can i just say that the background on the title screen and the menus when picking the game you want to play is fucking amazing
Glad to hear you're doing well J. Keep on reviewing. You're good at it.
i really enjoy your reviews and your lets go action with the z music was perfect
What's a good button layout for the Zero and ZX games anyways?
...So when you say Casual Scenario gives you everything, does that include the Forms in Zero 2 (which I NEED something like Casual Scenario to beat thanks to Phoenix Magnion)?
It doesn't give you all the forms or EX skills but does give you the Omega form in MZ2.
@@Tubad4u Damn it. Oh well, I can earn them easily with Casual Scenario.
@@smashmaster521 Phoenix Magnion was still really difficult for me in Omega form. I haven't played these games in quite a few years.
Save assist doesn't take away score, so if you can just reach a checkpoint without messing up you can just reload whenever you make a mistake, getting S ranks is WAY easier that way, so far it looks like there's a checkpoint before every boss.
If i have never played any of the zero games
Which order should i play though this collection
I liked ZLC because I could not play the ZX games, so I got the Zero and ZX games on my Switch. Plus, Save Assist is excellent because now I don't need to worry about lives.
J reviewing Mega Man again? NANI???
I love your videos. Keep them coming don’t stop it’s your channel. Do whatever you want. Also you know what I would love to see? A remaster for Mega Man X Command Mission. That would be dope
Me preordering the game: omg i cant wait i used to love these games
Me getting through zero 1: ok forgot about the grind... Oh well i think it gets better
Me, in zero 2, after three resets because lmao ranking and gg ex skills: god fucking dammit...
My main problem so far in Z1 and Z2 is the fucking enemy placement. It’s atrocious, like X6 tier. Because the screen crunch won’t let me see anything in coming, I just end up bumping into everything.
@@spaciala25 right? before the anti-insta-ded elf it was a big freaking problem, and you do not get that elf until later and even then you need even better performance if you want the ex skills
@@spaciala25 Yeah man I'm not afraid to say it... Zero 2 fucking sucks ass, easily worse than X6 in my book. It's like the developers specifically designed enemy, spike, and pit placement to be as frustrating and unenjoyable as possible. This is especially true of that god awful aircraft stage with the beetle boss.
Los Pikklez Duuuuude, after re-playing the zero series, I thought i just sucked at the game and gave zero 2 another shot.....Nope, fuck zero 2, the soundtrack is magnificent and the story nearly made me tear up (R.I.P X) but, the level design and the fucking bosses drive me up a wall. Perhaps I just suck, but then again, I managed to keep a consistent A/S rank in the other 3 zero games AND beat ZX on hardmode including Revamped Omega. Holy shit zero 2 in terms of stage and boss design is fucking bullshit.
@@spaciala25 I mean I'm definitely willing to admit that I'm just not that good at this game, but I also wasn't good at Sekiro, any of the Dark Souls games, Monster Hunter World, etc when I first played them either. The difference between those and Zero 2 is that those games are actually enjoyable to get better at (for me at least). With Zero 2 I constantly found myself going "Alright how is THIS part of the stage going to fuck me"
I'm getting this game tomorrow. I have wanting to play this series for a long long time since I was a kid. Now I'm finally getting that chance!
Take a shot everytime J uses an acronym in his reviews
Mad respect to them including the uncompressed audio and video for dialogue and cutscenes. I was looking for an excuse to spend the money and that'll do.
Also much love to ace attorney cant wait to check it out!
i never personally played megaman zero or zx games, always been a classic and x fan so im glad this came to current consoles for new fans or returning fans. z chaser sounds fun but i havent tried it yet but i hope this collection sales enough to keep mega man as a whole well and alive.
Great review, I'm glad they included smooth scaling
The intro is giving early TH-cam and I love it
What happened to the ZX reviews? I dont seem to find them anywhere.
I got this game on Xbox yesterday and I’m loving it!
For the longest time I thought you were using a Nintendo button layout so when you went “I want jump on X” I was so confused
Amazing review man 👍🏻
This is a solid review! I wanna thank you for making this review.
Wow I'm excited about this collection. I need to do a proper playthrough of all of them!
While a Legends Collection would be nice, I'm seeing it more likely that we're gonna be getting a Mega Man Battle Network Collection, next. Two reasons why:
1. The Z/ZX Collection Gallery has artwork for the Z-Saver (mistranslated Z-Saber) Battle Chip, which is a rather odd thing to include even if Zero is on the art. Very likely a MMLC2 type thing where artwork in a gallery is included as an extra to show things to come.
2. There's actually a BN Mobile game in the works (getting developed in studio in Capcom, no less), so we're likely to get a coincidal release to maximize hype.
The virtual console release for the Battle Network games also included a bunch of small fixes to the original games, meaning someone at the company seems to give a damn about them.
Also the Battle Network Games sold really well. Battle Network 4 was the last game in the franchise to sell over 1 million units prior to the classic legacy collection
"So next in the chronological order is the Legends series!"
Um, yeah, about that...
I loved the intro to this video J XD I'm a simple person so maybe it's different for others but that got a good laugh out of me. Also I'm so glad you're staying J! Your versatility in videos didn't make me think less of you or your channel. I didn't watch the DC videos at first but when I got to them I did like & appreciate them. So thank you for the content you make for us!