A lot of people don't know that this game was a "labor of love". Capcom wasn't interested in a Mega Man sequel due to poor sales from the first game, but they let the team move forward with it on their spare time. The team poured their hearts into this game with complete confidence that Mega Man would shine. This is why Mega Man II is a masterpiece.
I'm impressed by how long this song runs before hitting a loop. Most Robot Master themes are only 50 seconds long, but Wily Fortress 1 is about 80 seconds. They really went all-out with this track.
Back in the day, aside from truly gifted sound programmers, it took every sound engineer working on these games an egregious amount of work to implement music, which is the reason for the iconic short loops of these times. So this sort of track showcases extreme effort.
@@ilikecurry2345 Not to take away the effort of the Mega Man 11 sound team but you can't compare a modern OST being released on Eighth Gen consoles to music produced with all the limitations of a NES cart... It is different worlds.
It's actually kinda funny because I think the story is that he did make more lighthearted tunes at first, but they were all scrapped because it was supposed to be more like rock-inspired music. The exception is Crash Man's theme which is why that one sounds a bit more different stylistically than the rest of the soundtrack.
This is the one that made me realise how much i like videogame music. I was like 10 years old but i will never forget sitting there just listening to this in awe.
Below the asteroids... , music should be music, not disgusting words on top of shitty music they call songs, but pure sound. perhaps thats why I've liked game musics too, its not drowned out by nonsense words. especially annoying searching for trance and so on and theres always a random word thrown in, thats not what music is about. nintendo 8bit made me appreciate sound instead of words, what a magical childhood it was.
Mega Man 2 was the first game I got for my NES. I wanted Castlevania but it was out of stock so I got Mega Man 2 as a completely blind buy. I think I chose well since at the time this was one of the best games available for the system.
My story is similar, I got Megaman X for my birthday from my grandmother who was instructed to "get him any Super Nintendo game" and boy did she hit the jackpot! That soundtrack was also incredible and I would eventually go back to find these gems too. Thanks Granny!
GBelair if you're listening PLEASE DO NOT shut down your channel or delete any vids! Your channel is a veritable treasure trove of classics n each of the individual OSTs are perfect time length.
This has to be the best nes theme ever. I remember when I first played this stage and really the entire game I fell in love with every trach but especially this one. It's a masterpiece. I'm so thank I was born in the 80s. I got to experience the start of the video game world. Megaman is my favorite video game of all time !
0:21 - 0:31 Sounds So good to the point were I can't even concentrate on what ever i'm currently doing, I could be playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles and then I hear that part and drop my hands and listen for the ten seconds of that segment
Man, my chilhood, when you get to this level, you grab your controller and this song preparers you for that final battle against the creepy old man. Megaman 2 was a wonderful experience, love this game so very much.
So much nostalgia in one song. It brings back memories. This was one of my favorite games on the NES, and I just got the legacy collection for Switch for my birthday, so I'm ecstatic to be able to play it again!
No, they don’t like it because the other songs get neglected while this one gets all the attention. Also, music is subjective, this song is not objectively great, people can have their own opinions.
Contrarians can say what they will about this game but they’ll never take anything away from it. Its influence to game design and music can’t be overstated. If this game weren’t good Mega Man would be a forgotten pair of NES games that were alright at best. This was the turning point. In 3 months they made this game happen. The only Mega Man game to compete with its success is the original Mega Man X. This game has its shortcomings but they did something right. We wouldn’t have a franchise with over 100 games if they didn’t.
Agreed. MM2 and X1 are in class by themselves. MM3 is close but these two are just so amazing. The ideas in these games for their specific eras is insane.
This game was my childhood, I was too young to know how the password system worked so I would just play it from the start everytime. I began to learn the bosses weakness's and learned a whole new layer. I remember the dogs in the caves from Woodman's stage taught me timing. subtle presses of jump in bubblemans stage. Navigating invisible blocks in heatmans stage then realizing I could just ride a missile past it all. Then being brought to wilys castle for all your hard work. Man the hype in that moment was more than anything. I was hooked. My poor elementary school brain couldn't figure out the crash man boss in wilys castle. It was a revisit later in life that would see that boss downed.
From around :34 seconds on from there is just beautiful. I havent gotten this hyped to an og video game song of any kind other than this and the song for level 2 of Metal Slug 3
Y'know, as a kid, this was the first game that I truly felt enthralled in. The combination of this sick music combined with my past efforts to get through all the robot masters in one sitting.
Heroic classic tune that is motivating and one of the best side scrollers for Nintendo.. I was about 5 or 6 when it came out so grew up with this and never forgot the melodic mega man music in this game
Ngl I really wanted to cry while listening to this song bc of how much nostalgia I have for it. I'm not even old enough to have grown up around the time that the original Mega Man games released but I did grow up with the songs from these games. This one in particular feels like a retrospective, as if you're looking back on all of your achievements you have made thus far and preparing for the challenges you'll face at the end of your journey. It isn't somber or sinister to emphasize that you're going to soon fight the main antagonist, it's like it's meant to make you feel confident in yourself rather than fear Dr. Willy. The part I feel like this is emphasised the most is at 0:42
You know what, I'm just going to say it. This theme is, in my humble opinion, not only the best Mega Man theme ever composed, but one of the best pieces of music composed for an NES game ever, up there with the Mario and Zelda theme.
I dont know if I can agree fully in this. I understand that there just insufferable hipsters who will just hate the more well known stuff like Wily Stage 1. But as good as this theme is, I personally think that there is better stuff in the series to listen to. Especially some sleeper hits. My favorite Fortress theme has to be a tie between Mega Man Wily Stages 1-4 in 7, and Mega Man Wily Stage 11.
It is only because hating on Mega Man 2 is seen as the cool thing to do nowadays, and people take it one step further, and call a game-changing composition "overrated" as a result of their never-ending hate boner for the game that had the greatest impact on people growing up.
This song is overrated. I don't actually think that, but a lot of people are complaining about people calling it overrated when no one actually has. So I will be that person for them to not look silly.
Incredible composition, and it rightly sits cosy in its place as one of the greatest pieces of music in gaming. I miss the days before people jumped on the bandwagon, and only hated on it because it was seen as the cool thing to do because it was overplayed by TH-cam channels.
I'm 13 years old but Mega Man 2 it's my favourite game. I have a NES, but not Mega Man 2 (I have it in the Legacy Collection) And this is my favourite videogame music of all times, I love it
This song makes me bawl like a blubbering baby. I’m a 36 year old man and this takes me back to being 6 years old watching my grandpa and brother play this game to completion over a weekend filled with pizza and root bear floats and popcorn……thank you!
“Take a dump one the toilet!” “Take a dump one the toilet!” “IT SMELLS BAD!” “Take a dump one the toilet!” “IT. SMELLS. SO. BAD.” “Take a dump one the toilet!” “IT. SMELLS. JUST. LIKE.” “Rotten fish and cheese!” “Rotten fish and cheese!” “PEWEY!”
1:03 All the days you gave to me are priceless _(Together as one, together as one)_ It’s time for us to open new doors step out There's nothing to fear
I put this into a tracker and set the base time to 2, sounds so cool at half speed. The thing about the tracker though is that it will keep the pitch and lengthen the notes to fill the gaps when you slow it down because it individually reads the notes.
Imagine if this exact song had been done by a rock or pop artist in the 80s. NES composers were writing absolute bangers and selflessly sacrificing them to the 8 bit chip.
take a dump on the toilet take a dump on the toilet its smells bad take a dump on the toilet it smells so bad take a dump on the toilet is smells like rotten fish and cheese, rotten fish and cheese PU-EH! (nintendo caprisun)
A lot of people don't know that this game was a "labor of love". Capcom wasn't interested in a Mega Man sequel due to poor sales from the first game, but they let the team move forward with it on their spare time. The team poured their hearts into this game with complete confidence that Mega Man would shine. This is why Mega Man II is a masterpiece.
source ?
So the game was essentially a passion project?
Thanks for information mate 🙂
That's it's my best megaman part than 11
@@johnnyboy9532 he gave you a start.ask Alexa
I'm impressed by how long this song runs before hitting a loop. Most Robot Master themes are only 50 seconds long, but Wily Fortress 1 is about 80 seconds. They really went all-out with this track.
Back in the day, aside from truly gifted sound programmers, it took every sound engineer working on these games an egregious amount of work to implement music, which is the reason for the iconic short loops of these times. So this sort of track showcases extreme effort.
I took my time on that area back then just to hear that theme over and over. hahaha
And a majority of Mega Man 11's Robot Master stage themes are over a minute 20 now.
@@ilikecurry2345 Not to take away the effort of the Mega Man 11 sound team but you can't compare a modern OST being released on Eighth Gen consoles to music produced with all the limitations of a NES cart... It is different worlds.
@@BrodieBr0 or letting yourself get killed over n over again
Capcom: "It's just a silly platformer with robots, don't go crazy with the music"
Takashi Tateishi:
True lol
"Haha Okkusenman go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR"
I read it as "Takeshi Takeshi" :/
It's actually kinda funny because I think the story is that he did make more lighthearted tunes at first, but they were all scrapped because it was supposed to be more like rock-inspired music. The exception is Crash Man's theme which is why that one sounds a bit more different stylistically than the rest of the soundtrack.
@@TpcoolYeah, he made a “cute” theme, and a “serious” theme for each level. In the end the only “cute” theme that made the cut was Crash Man 😂
Call it overrated and overplayed all you want, but you can't deny how hard this hits.
Overplayed but not overrated.
Anyone who considers this overrated hates the concept of fun
Overrated and overplayed.
@@bubufubu what's the diference?
@@someonehere9778 Are you joking or do you seriously not know the difference between the words "overrated" and "overplayed"?
This is one of the best NES soundtrack music!
Yes
That's not a sentence.
@@schiz1130 LOL
not rly
@@cutman3931 your theme is overrated sorry lol
1:03-1:12 my goodness that part's so damn pleasing to listen to.
Don't you just feel heroic listening to it?
0:32 - 0:42 is heroic sounding too.
@@CaptainCoolzCT- I love 32-42 man
I KNOW
That section reminds me of DBZ when they're having the Ginyu force. Maybe there's a song in the show that calls back to this theme.
I’d like to imagine the composer’s recording equipment bursting into flames trying to make this masterpiece.
😂😂😂😂😂🤣❤👍
lol I see what you mean though obviously they didn't use recording equipment; it was all code.
Man, this is the definition of legendary videogame music.
Agreed
hell yeah
"You want to hear this song uninterrupted? Then don't die, Rock!!"
"Rockman, why are you just standing there? Wily's plan must be stopped!"
Rockman: **banging his head to this theme**
This song is amazing. Gives me a heroic feeling.
A determination feeling that lets you to do the right thing. 👍👍👍
the nostalgia is 110 million
that's my favorite version of this song
OKKUSENMAN! OKKUSENMAN!
That number is oddly specific.
@@thefrubblewarrior4678 I gotchu: th-cam.com/video/Lsj0mY13t9s/w-d-xo.html
This is the one that made me realise how much i like videogame music. I was like 10 years old but i will never forget sitting there just listening to this in awe.
Below the asteroids... , music should be music, not disgusting words on top of shitty music they call songs, but pure sound. perhaps thats why I've liked game musics too, its not drowned out by nonsense words. especially annoying searching for trance and so on and theres always a random word thrown in, thats not what music is about. nintendo 8bit made me appreciate sound instead of words, what a magical childhood it was.
@@TheMufloni I grew up with a lot of these classics, and I couldn't handle lyrics in a song until quite recently haha
Who's still jammin to this in 2024.
Me
Damn this music still gives me goosebumps like it’s 1987 and I’m hearing it for the first time. So damn good.
This game came out in 1988 bro
@Sean Sohr yes I know but this is mega man 2 he commented on
@seansohr4119death sentence
@@ajaxmaxbitchthe year I was born
One of the best soundtracks in the history of gaming.
1:04 - 1:14 hits so Sweet.
Kimi ga kureta Yuuki wa OKKUSENMAN OKKUSENMAN!!!!!!
My favorite song from my favorite NES game. This song randomly plays in my head all these years later.
Mega Man 2 was the first game I got for my NES. I wanted Castlevania but it was out of stock so I got Mega Man 2 as a completely blind buy. I think I chose well since at the time this was one of the best games available for the system.
My story is similar, I got Megaman X for my birthday from my grandmother who was instructed to "get him any Super Nintendo game" and boy did she hit the jackpot! That soundtrack was also incredible and I would eventually go back to find these gems too. Thanks Granny!
GBelair if you're listening PLEASE DO NOT shut down your channel or delete any vids! Your channel is a veritable treasure trove of classics n each of the individual OSTs are perfect time length.
Ikr i hate the channels that post these on 30 minute loops, like this song is a banger but I don't want to listen to it 15 times on repeat
This has to be the best nes theme ever. I remember when I first played this stage and really the entire game I fell in love with every trach but especially this one. It's a masterpiece. I'm so thank I was born in the 80s. I got to experience the start of the video game world. Megaman is my favorite video game of all time !
The fact that this came from a game in '88 is insane. Masterclass on what you can do with an NES sound chip
i was born in 2006 and i still liked it
This has been my ringtone for 12 years now. The only change was upgrading it to stereo for my newer phones that have stereo speakers.
0:21 - 0:31 Sounds So good to the point were I can't even concentrate on what ever i'm currently doing, I could be playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles and then I hear that part and drop my hands and listen for the ten seconds of that segment
It sounds so damn sweet! It's NES metal!!!
Man, my chilhood, when you get to this level, you grab your controller and this song preparers you for that final battle against the creepy old man. Megaman 2 was a wonderful experience, love this game so very much.
So much nostalgia in one song. It brings back memories. This was one of my favorite games on the NES, and I just got the legacy collection for Switch for my birthday, so I'm ecstatic to be able to play it again!
Somehow the MegaMan 2 Wily theme is more iconic than the first games'....
Because it really emphasizes the finality and the scale of the castle ahead...Also, it's SUPER catchy : )
@Clucking Chicken factsss
Man, this reminds me of a time when my Nintendo, my baseball cards and kung fu movie collection were my only friends. Lonely times indeed.
Everyone loves this song and if they don't its because they have the mentality of "popular thing = bad." This song is iconic for a damned good reason.
No, they don’t like it because the other songs get neglected while this one gets all the attention. Also, music is subjective, this song is not objectively great, people can have their own opinions.
@@Stuffies2022 thats cool and all but dudlu dudlu du, dudlu dudlu du, du-du-du
@@TsukiStuffs DULDU DULE DU DU DU DU DUUUUUUUUU DULU DULU DU
I don't even like the Megaman series, but it's OSTs and this song in special are so amazing it makes me want to cry.
Amazing how a game and music shaped an amazing generation of people.
one of the best NES tunes ever! Love!
I am proud to say that I STILL have a fully functioning NES with ALL the MEGA MAN GAMES....
When I first played the Dr. Wily level 1, I stopped just to listen to the track because I was in shock that 8-bit music could be so Legendary.
Contrarians can say what they will about this game but they’ll never take anything away from it. Its influence to game design and music can’t be overstated. If this game weren’t good Mega Man would be a forgotten pair of NES games that were alright at best. This was the turning point. In 3 months they made this game happen. The only Mega Man game to compete with its success is the original Mega Man X. This game has its shortcomings but they did something right. We wouldn’t have a franchise with over 100 games if they didn’t.
Agreed. MM2 and X1 are in class by themselves. MM3 is close but these two are just so amazing. The ideas in these games for their specific eras is insane.
Best NES song ever. FRIGGING FIGHT ME, BRO. YOU CAN'T CHANGE MY OPINION.
*inhales*........... Nevermind
Thank you, GBelair, for providing this amazing track 🤘
This game was my childhood, I was too young to know how the password system worked so I would just play it from the start everytime. I began to learn the bosses weakness's and learned a whole new layer. I remember the dogs in the caves from Woodman's stage taught me timing. subtle presses of jump in bubblemans stage. Navigating invisible blocks in heatmans stage then realizing I could just ride a missile past it all. Then being brought to wilys castle for all your hard work. Man the hype in that moment was more than anything. I was hooked. My poor elementary school brain couldn't figure out the crash man boss in wilys castle. It was a revisit later in life that would see that boss downed.
From around :34 seconds on from there is just beautiful. I havent gotten this hyped to an og video game song of any kind other than this and the song for level 2 of Metal Slug 3
I was going through the entire ost just to find this one lol
Same
Me too
It's my favorite
same
Y'know, as a kid, this was the first game that I truly felt enthralled in.
The combination of this sick music combined with my past efforts to get through all the robot masters in one sitting.
Heroic classic tune that is motivating and one of the best side scrollers for Nintendo.. I was about 5 or 6 when it came out so grew up with this and never forgot the melodic mega man music in this game
Mega Man Fans: Nice song!!!
Me, The 10 Year Old Mega Man Fan: **Proceeds to put this as a ringtone**
Props to ya young lad,
I'm 19 and still replaying it to this day xdd
DUDLU-DUDLU-DUH, DUDLU-DUDLU-DUH, DA DUH DAH! DUDLU-DUDLU-DUH, DA! DA! DA! DA!
DUDLU-DUDLU-DUH, DA! DA! DA! DA! DUH!
Good avgn reference
Or as smooth mcgroove says
" put the bob on the bottle
@@CreamDollYT lol I saw the subtitles for that too
“Gotta run, gotta run, now,”
“Gotta run, gotta run, now,”
“And spryly!”
“Gotta climb, gotta climb now,”
“Way up highly!”
“Gonna get, gonna get you, Dr. Wily,”
“I am Mega Man, here’s my Mega Plan:”
*“YOU DIE!”*
As a lyric writer for songs without lyrics, I give this the B.C stamp of approval.
This is my favorite Mega Man track of all-time
Como una nes podia reproducir esta maravilla? :D
Es una labor titánica
Fue tallado por los mismos dioses!!
Si cada vez que escucho esto pienso "Esto hubiera quedado perfecto en el castillo del primer juego!"
yo al menos un tema asi lo aceptaba en una psx ,para su epoca facil estaba a la altura de un soundtrack de snes
Con solo 4 instrumentos monofonicos XDXDXDDDD
Who's listening to this in 2019?
me
Me
Nice, nice
YO
IM NOT THE ONLY ONE FROM THE FUTURE!!!
Ngl I really wanted to cry while listening to this song bc of how much nostalgia I have for it. I'm not even old enough to have grown up around the time that the original Mega Man games released but I did grow up with the songs from these games. This one in particular feels like a retrospective, as if you're looking back on all of your achievements you have made thus far and preparing for the challenges you'll face at the end of your journey. It isn't somber or sinister to emphasize that you're going to soon fight the main antagonist, it's like it's meant to make you feel confident in yourself rather than fear Dr. Willy. The part I feel like this is emphasised the most is at 0:42
Todo un clasico
Una joya del pasado :'v
O year
si alta joyeta
sisi taco sombrero
@@sebastianadventurex Ñ
Best song ever!
you should hear power fighters remix of it
This game is LEGENDARY!
out of all the tracks of a mega man game, this was my all time favorite in the world.
I knew about this song before the internet ruined the world.
If that's so your old lol btw same here lol
indeed
We lived this song before it became a thing.
One of the better quality videos of this got deleted
Thank god this one actually sounds good
One of the greatest piece of music ever created in the history of mankind. Earworm number one of all God damn times!
You know what, I'm just going to say it. This theme is, in my humble opinion, not only the best Mega Man theme ever composed, but one of the best pieces of music composed for an NES game ever, up there with the Mario and Zelda theme.
Fantastic music
Great game great sound track, especially this one. This song use to be in my head when I was a kid.
one of the nes music that could make me crank up my volume to 100%
One of the best 8 bit bangers there ever was.
If the name NintendoCaprisun rings a bell, you are entitled to a veterans discount.
People who hate this because it's "overrated" have to stop. Just because a song is popular and is praised by many doesn't mean it's bad/overrated.
Because everybody wants to be an edgy hipster
@@tavastian3288 yas
I dont know if I can agree fully in this. I understand that there just insufferable hipsters who will just hate the more well known stuff like Wily Stage 1. But as good as this theme is, I personally think that there is better stuff in the series to listen to. Especially some sleeper hits. My favorite Fortress theme has to be a tie between Mega Man Wily Stages 1-4 in 7, and Mega Man Wily Stage 11.
tell that to undertale haters who hate it because of how popular it is.
It is only because hating on Mega Man 2 is seen as the cool thing to do nowadays, and people take it one step further, and call a game-changing composition "overrated" as a result of their never-ending hate boner for the game that had the greatest impact on people growing up.
This song is overrated. I don't actually think that, but a lot of people are complaining about people calling it overrated when no one actually has. So I will be that person for them to not look silly.
#WeLoveMegaMan
Incredible composition, and it rightly sits cosy in its place as one of the greatest pieces of music in gaming. I miss the days before people jumped on the bandwagon, and only hated on it because it was seen as the cool thing to do because it was overplayed by TH-cam channels.
If you see people hate it on twitter, that’s just what they do. You know the image where they say “this sucks actually”? This is that.
"standing up, screaming at the TV" the sound track
If there was a hall of fame for gaming tracks, this one would be there
This song is beyond iconic
music to my ears
My #1 favorite Mega Man song.
I'm 13 years old but Mega Man 2 it's my favourite game.
I have a NES, but not Mega Man 2 (I have it in the Legacy Collection)
And this is my favourite videogame music of all times, I love it
I remember playing a weird tower climb game on one of those flash sites. It used this song
Hearing this while playing the level literally gave me UI while avoiding the enemies
same bro, but it gave me HUD instead of UI.
OKKUSENMAN! OKKUSENMAN!
FINALLY! I was scrolling to see if one person brought it up.
I literally cried in front my computer, son asked me why but I don't know how to explain
"It reminds me of when I was a kid."
Some of the best NES music in the world.
Most iconic, yes, best, far from it
Is this song overrated? Maybe. Is it still one of the most badass tracks of the NES era? Without question.
This song makes me bawl like a blubbering baby. I’m a 36 year old man and this takes me back to being 6 years old watching my grandpa and brother play this game to completion over a weekend filled with pizza and root bear floats and popcorn……thank you!
Sigue siendo el mejor soundtrack de Megaman 2
LOVE this track its awesome
"How metal should this be?"
Capcom: Absolutely
When this song hits you know shit is about to get real. No more effing around in those initial stages
One of the best mega man themes in the entire series it’s is godly so nostalgic it’s gods song
Ultra-man, Ultra-man Seven!
Top 5 nes soundtrack songs PERIOD!
that bass
0:21 This is where the action begins.
Say what you wan't but... I haven't heard any new age Playstation or Xbox games of "music" that can touch this retro nostalgia yet. MM2 🔥
For not growing up with this game and my dad showing it to me then, THIS GOES HARD
“Take a dump one the toilet!”
“Take a dump one the toilet!”
“IT SMELLS BAD!”
“Take a dump one the toilet!”
“IT. SMELLS. SO. BAD.”
“Take a dump one the toilet!”
“IT. SMELLS. JUST. LIKE.”
“Rotten fish and cheese!”
“Rotten fish and cheese!”
“PEWEY!”
Say hello to everyone who is listening in 2024👋🏻
More than rockman..man this rocks!!
Okkusenman! Okkusenman!
1:03 All the days you gave to me are priceless
_(Together as one, together as one)_
It’s time for us to open new doors step out
There's nothing to fear
2020 when we finally get the Corona Virus cure and now we battling them.
Will it also have three phases?
@@captainravioli1364 Yup
1. Surviving the rest of the pandemic
2. Tesing the vaccines
3. Vaccinating everyone
Fake virus
@@siwnares_ that's the whole point it was staged to push vaccination dummy
@@hugh2hoob668 Holy shit, a karen.
It was pushed to vaccination, beacause we actually need the vaccines. It's the same thing as Flu back then.
I put this into a tracker and set the base time to 2, sounds so cool at half speed. The thing about the tracker though is that it will keep the pitch and lengthen the notes to fill the gaps when you slow it down because it individually reads the notes.
Imagine if this exact song had been done by a rock or pop artist in the 80s. NES composers were writing absolute bangers and selflessly sacrificing them to the 8 bit chip.
We all know 0:32 is the best part
This song is a master piece
1 milion!!!
This song isn't Smash Bros Melee it's an actual masterpeice therefore it's not overrated.
I could listen to this todos Los dias!!
Best Mega Man track period
take a dump on the toilet take a dump on the toilet its smells bad take a dump on the toilet it smells so bad take a dump on the toilet is smells like rotten fish and cheese, rotten fish and cheese PU-EH! (nintendo caprisun)