Mega Man 2 vs. 2 (Washed Up) Speedrunners

The First Step is a weekly show brought to you by GDQ Hotfix and regular hosts JHobz and Keizaron. Speedrunning can be intimidating to get started with, but it doesn't have to be! Learn just how easy it can be by utilizing semi-blind races -- races of games you've played before, but never tried to speedrun -- and (hopefully) find a few laughs along the way. Tune in live on Thursdays at 7pm Eastern at twitch.tv/gamesdonequick to race alongside the hosts! This edition of The First Step aired on November 30th, 2023
Today's game: Mega Man 2
Keizaron:
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Twitch: / keizaron
Jhobz:
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Twitch: / jhobz296
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[@bobdude42]

This is the first video game I fell in love with as a kid. I have every level engraved in my brain and it was hilarious to see you guys struggling with some of them simply because of the order you went with.
Thanks for the memories and the fun video!
Edit: You guys never using the wood shield or the metal blade downward and diagonally to kill the enemies on the purple Wily level was infuriating! XD

[@randycouture32]

“I jumped into him like it was Mario” 😂😂😂

[@GeminiTasiri]

54:23 Keiz realizing the real Flash Stopper was inside him all along

[@Aviplotbunny]

Nothing like a First Step episode to play in the background while focusing on work

[@drukharimatter2962]

First thing that went into my head after watching the first bosses you both selected;
“Ahhh this is just for fun!!”
It’s nice to see, tbh. So often every game playthrough I see these days is always speed runs, and as fun as they are…it’s nice to see two guys just playing it for shits and giggles. Thanks!
And picking quickman first…you poor soul. It’s honestly one of my fav megaman stages of all time. I felt like a king when I finally beat it when I was 5!!

[@TerminallyNerdy]

5:46 This is the exact thing I wanted to see from one of the two. THE EXACT THING!

[@User619Mods]

These improv race are vary entertaining :)

[@frankinzoidwright5666]

Speed running! 😂

[@gamerwalkthroughs11]

1:50:55

[@betasprite4239]

Very entertaining to watch. A lot of the emotions here are nostalgic, from the checkpoints being way too far apart to the ridiculous puzzles that you basically only have one shot per game over.

[@daviddalrymple2284]

Loved seeing Keiz get past those Quick beams without Flash.

[@JuankPiedra29]

And thus, a new meme was born for the TFS community, right there at the 1 hour 50 minute mark. Speed Running!

[@TenguTalks]

You can technically clear any stage in this game without special items/weapons, but to do that you need to memorize a lot of patterns. Quickman and Heatman without pattern recognition are legit impossible. It took me years to run those without needing time stop or rocket sled.

[@fabianwolf6849]

Ngl it's been a while since I've seen the two of them have so much fun. 😂❤

[@capnmojo]

There's a reason they call that stage "Purple Hell"

[@cragl3yman343]

It's always funny when Keiz is like WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! when it comes to him finding out things for hte first time. ALso for reference for y'all. The Boss weaknesses are:
Metal Man - Metal Blades/QuicK Boomerang
Air Man - Leaf Shield
Bubble Man - Metal Blade
Wood Man - Atomic Fire/Metal Blade
Crash Man - Air Shooter
Quick Man - Flash/Time Stopper/Crash Bomber
Heat Man - Bubble Lead
Flash Man - Metal Blade/Crash Bomber
Mecha Dragon - Quick Boomerang
PicoPico-Kun - Bubble Lead (But recommend using Metal Blades due to the omnidirectional throwing)
Guts Tank - Quick Boomerange/Atomic Fire
BooBeam Trap - Crash Bomber (ONLY AFFECTED BY CRASH BOMBER LITERALLY)
Wily Machine 2 - Form 1: Atomic Fire Form 2: Crash Bomber
Alien - Bubble Lead (ONLY AFFECTED BY BUBBLE LEAD LITERALLY)

[@ottotheawesome5008]

One of my favorite games ever. I read the back of the box and bought it from Kmart back when there was no game trailer. Showing my age. Lol

[@LilZombieFooFoo]

The brutality of this title shade...wowee

[@Lava_Lenox]

Mi Megaman favorito

[@jacobshaw8247]

First. This game kicked my ass as a kid, but beating nes games is near impossible anyways so oh well. Unless you cheat, which i did often.