Part 33: We all know where this is going.
Have a beer and some chips because it's time for another glorious update!Ok, be right back
Ooh! Ooh! This character doesn't have a mug! I smell a badass!
Oooooh it doesn't even have a blank or darkened mugshot. That's a good sign.
Hates humans and is a badass, hoo boy.
Has plenty of despise for humans. Ya gotta hate it when that happens.
Also, Wily didn't give this guy the power to terrorize humans, at least not yet. Hehehehe.
Wily: 10 million times more competent than the idiot lackeys he hires/scams.
I've got a few Geddon chips Wily, I can trade them to you.
Oh god is this going to be a whole thing like with that chip you gave Mamoru? I don't think Wily will give you your chips back if you were to lend him any.
Alpha used CyberGeddon!
It wasn't very effective...
wow crap how long has it been since we've had a pokemon reference??
Oh, we're gonna fight this guy? Bring it! There is nothing that can defeat me! NOTHING! I can't ever lose.
Pride before fall, buddy.
And Wily ends the communication.
OK but are we sure that the mysterious next villain wasn't just making this noise somehow? It seems plausible.
Um, but the good guys have a giver/killer. I'm pretty sure we got this.
It's not about whether we win or lose, but rather what ridiculous shenanigans we can get up to beforehand.
Math says this makes it 4 days after PlantMan's defeat. Because you gave Mamoru IceBall M the same day Dex moved away, and PlantMan attacked 3 days later.
Dex was such a BEST BRO and now he's gone we're all the worse for it
BugFrags
AND FRIENDSHIP
Hopefully we won't have to chase down a spider on any plane rides.
Thread, back me up. We want the opposite of this, yeah?
http://lparchive.org/Mega-Man-Battle-Network-2/Update%2036/106-image264.png
Did I get my A in your class for saving you, yet?
If it didn't work when Epee saved her from Higsby in the first game, it probably didn't work this time.
Recognition! Fame! Glory!
Aw yes, this is what we feed off!!
Bring the beer, MissEchelon! And don't drink it all this time!
THAT WASN'T PART OF THE DEAL GIVER
Also probably shouldn't bring alcohol to a grade-school event.
What the fuck is it now?
Important to note.
Huh. You're complaining about him getting into too much trouble NOW!? A bit late for that, isn't it? But I guess all that doesn't matter, because she would still worry about Lan anyway
Aw, Ms Mari you're too nice.
I don't think any protagonist can reasonably make that promise.
Ms Mari if he wouldn't make it to his mother why do you think he'd make it to you?
Nice try, though.
And this cutscene is over!
Hahaha holy hell Lan is way smarter than I give him credit for sometimes. Smoothly responded to Ms Mari without promising a thing!
Time to check on my collection.
Wow. My Standard chip collection went up by nearly 60. I know what you're gonna say Echy! I don't have a problem!
If only the 3's in my playtime were 8's instead. Boo hoo.
I'm surprised your current problem hasn't been upgraded to "not enough chips in your collection"
Before we advance the plot, we have cleanup and grinding to do. I want to check every comp I've unlocked whilst having Oilbody equipped to see what viruses I'm missing. Dedication!
Even this game calls out the absurdity of not recognizing Lan.
Maybe everybody just likes fucking with Lan. Heck, that sounds like fun to me!
No baby, I am the danger.
Giver "Danger" 336
Such a good mom that she doesn't even offer going to see it. Yeesh.
There's no easy way to say this, but I'm not sure Lan's mum's can go outside of the house.
Agoraphobia is a sad thing, man.
I'll take it.
Take a long look, this is Giver's future
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! DON'T BE A FOOL!
hahaha
YES! I love these things. Spin parts let you rotate pieces of a given color in your NaviCust. This is incredibly useful, as being able to rotate your pieces means being able to come up with more ways to cram in your favorite upgrades. This naturally opens the door to a lot of possibilities down the line. Mind you, with this, we can only rotate Orange-colored pieces, but it's a start.
These things are fantastic as they are annoying to find!
What? A Battle Network NPC advocating nature over computers? Is this real?
He's clearly sick, that's why he's in hospital.
Holy shit, they're exhibiting actual learning! WHAT GAME AM I PLAYING?
HE'S SICK TOO. BLASPHEMYYYYYYyyyyyyyyyyyy
Oh, this asshole. We can fight KingMan Alpha, allowing us to snag the first level of his NaviChip. So let's do just that.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyySfw6tPm4
Eh, a dumb fight, really. Oh well, S-ranking the Beta version is where it's at. My buster does 120 because I have 1 WeapLv+ Navi Customer Part installed for those that don't know.
I like KingMan's chip. It sends out an attack that hits the 4 squares around it 3 squares ahead. It's fairly strong, to boot. Note that if KingMan lands on an enemy, hole, or object, he will just disappear.
I like KingMan's moustache.
Heading back to SciLab...
It's him!
It's his BEARD!!
"Other day"? That was seriously over a week ago. It's been 7 days since Dex moved, and Yai was stuck in the hospital for a week all on her own. Then add a day or two between BubbleMan and when the Heel Navis attacked Beach Area. That's over two weeks!
Yeah, that's an accurate description of "the other day".
The power of the triple dots hint otherwise.
Maybe he's too cool to work at SciLab. Maybe he was trying to come up with a way to say that without offending Lan, who is always excited about SciLab I bet.
Yes. You look like you can work a computer, thus, scientist. Duh.
He looks exactly suspiciously like a scientist, gotta admit.
His use of functions and classes was extraordinary. His variable names were also named in such a way that even Lan could figure out what they referred to by simply reading them. Also, he commented his code, so other programmers won't have to spend a fuckton of time understanding what was done!
He is no scientist. He is as a God.
He used to program flash games for pet sites
An NPC with a brain, oh my god.
I'm sure we will.
As the whole thread allllready knows, his name is Beardman.
Anyways, it's tme for viruses busting!
Why? Why won't you spawn for me?That's the worst pickup line I've ever, ever heard.
Equipping Oilbody in Hades Isle lets you fight Fishy2s. The Battle Network 3 strategy guide I saw did not list where to find Fishy2. The information in this Let Play's is probably more valuable than any you'll find in strategy guides. I should probably start charging for this shit.
Time to find an old friend. Remember my VERY first screenshot of this game? How I got "lucky" with finding a rare virus that was way tougher than what you can handle?
Ummm nobody told me I'd be tested on this, should i have written it down??
LET'S DO THIS BABY!
I went back to PlantMan's dungeon to get more PoisFace chips okay? HUSH!
I promise I'm not judging you
I can't speak for the thread though
Shield! This is broken as fuck in this game. A simple Left+B will nullify most kinds of attacks. Not only that, but Shield style has the hidden passive of healing you upon a successful block of a move!
I love ShieldStyle. It is good for my cheapness.
Let's check that out. Gonna compress Shield first like so.
Observe my health very carefully in the next screenshot.
Huehuehue, I healed by 10% of my max HP. That's pretty damn good. The only thing is that you have to bring up the Shield a split second before the move would hit you. So you can't spam Left+B all day and get the effect. Still, this is useful.
Now, in Battle Network 3, there is no cooldown on pressing Left+B, so you could stand on one square and spam Shield all day long and barely take any damage. Incidentally, that's one reason why FlashMan is so good in PvP -- to stop shit like that.
Holy hell, this is even better than in the last game. Love it! Hahaha the cheapness reigns supreme.
All right, time to advance the story. Enough sidetrips
Don't lie, there's never enough sidetrips.
I better see some fucking decorations.
You were in charge of bringing them. Did nobody tell you? Whoops.
Booooo.
Yaaaaay!
Worst ever. Why the fuck doesn't Mayl, Lan's Mom and some others get to come? We have a man on the inside who would totally get them in!
I'm honestly surprised Lan's dad showed up.
The guy actually folds this piece of paper and hands it to Lan. It's the little things.
I swear this was not switched around post screenshot. I literally got this on the very first try. Then I laughed for 3 minutes straight.
Ah, blink animation, why do you constantly upstage me as a co-commentator?
NOOOOOO! If Lan goes, we'll probably have to get him another chip!
I'm sure you can spare one more. For friendship!!
This scenario is seriously trying to shove the "don't worry me plz" thing. It's a bit out of place right now!
Yuuichiro knows his son way too well. "Just got commended for doing something super dangerous? You're about to go do something even dumber and more dangerous. Cut it out."
Even the generic NPC knows better.
"Brave" in this instance does in fact mean "stupid".
Damn right.
Oh god now you've gone and swollen his head.
Lan, you're just now understanding that you saved people's lives?
Let nobody say that Lan isn't slow.
I guess so.
Yaaay!
Fuck all of you. I'm too damn good to be defeated, do you hear me? NOTHING IN THIS STORY CAN BEAT ME!
Pride before a- oh you know what forget it
YEAH WE'RE HEROES!!!
End of cutscene.
Wooooooooo
Oh.
I hate it when writers pull shit like that. The "Wait, you cannot mean...!" and then the sentence just cuts out. UUGGGGHH!
Dude's got important things on his mind, cut him some slack.
Okay, so we exit the Virus Lab.
I'm too good at this game. You probably should pull out those brags for things that ain't required to advance the plot.
I don't have a chip problem, I have a "know too fucking much about this game" problem.
You have both, but who's counting.
And win? Because there aren't many NetBattlers left in the community anymore.
But we might get more rereleases on the virtual console...
Hmmm, MegaMan makes a valid point.
On the other hand, if you don't get too overconfident you might get hurt. A vexing problem, this.
Anyway, the camera pans over to show a very familiar face.
DUN DUN DUNNNNN!!
Lan's found a match!! His butt this guy's face!
It's YOU!
Hahaha, I like how he drops it as soon as he realises who it is.
Get he fuck out of here, man.
Yeah, you should really listen to the guy with the overabundance of battlechips.
What.
Ooooooh does this mean we can make a new friend?! Now that's he's definitely good?
...
Are you fucking kidding me with this shit?
You mean to tell me that you got hired by SciLab. Really? Dr. Hikari is the lead scientist here. Did anyone consult him on this? Because I'm pretty sure he would wholeheartedly object to Mr. Match working here. Mr. Match is the same guy who put his wife and child in danger back in the first game! His presence nearly burned his family alive and helped to nearly bring Net society to its fucking knees by working for the most dangerous crime organization of its time, so why the FUCK is he working here?
Rehab program? Fine, but does he HAVE to work in SciLab? You know, the place where the most advanced technological wonders are created? The place that basically manages everyone's shit? It's a government and privately funded place! Do you KNOW how much sensitive information would be in a place like that? Can't Mr. Match just work in construction!? This is fucking STUPID. Lan has every right to be mistrusting, I'm sorry.
I THINK IT SOUNDS TOTALLY ON THE LEVEL! I mean look at Mr Higsby! Ex-WWW memeber, greatest guy in ACDC. Now I'm not saying this guy could be as cool as Higsby, but dammit I think we should take a chance.
SERIOUSLY! Even Lan knows better! And how the fuck did you get out of jail so fast, Match? Was there a 90% discount on jail time?
Noo! Listen to the guy with the arson problem, this couldn't possibly go awry!
No, fuck you.
No! Do it! Do it because I say so!!
Never. Trust. This. Guy.
Aw, c'mon. C'mon.
YES!
C'monnnnnn
Fucking cuntgobbling candle dick.
It's fineeeeeeeeeeee h'es fine LET'S DO THIS! NEW FRIENDS! YAAAY!
Most definitely a GREAT trade. Shake1 S are Vanilla S-ranks on Heavys, and VarSword B is needed for two Program Advances.
VarSword B can also be used to great effect if you've got the button-pushy skills. Which Giver... sort of rrreaaallly has.
We need fucking Press to get to the WWW agents. Mother fucking people in Yoka Area still won't upgrade from their shitty ass AOL Dial-up.
I can't say anything about shitty internet. I'm Australian.
But you're in a random corner of the Internet, man.
Also he has defeated the WWW previously. I'm pretty sure random virus encounters are scarier than WWW navis- actually you know what? I'm certain there are more intimidating Mr Progs.
I would have never guessed.
I would have guessed "drunk". Wait can Navis get drunk?? NOT IF I DRINK ALL THE BEER FIRST.
Scrub formations.
Okay, I like this guy.
He is kind of more hilarious than the usual WWW scrub.
And he has Rattys! Motherfucker.
Rattys!!
I hate Rattys.
But them's totes adorbs!
Oh, ordering us around now, are you? Why don't you send in YOUR Navi? Oh wait, we kicked the shit out of it.
He just doesn't want to be hurt again! Maybe!
Get fucking real, MegaMan! Lan is actually acting smarter than you right now! Lan!
Mega just wants one new cool friend. IT'S BEEN AT LEAST SEVERAL UPDATES.
I just picture MegaMan going around asking "R U a WWW Navi?"
Well it worked the first time he beat the WWW, pretty sure.
Oh nooooo!!!!!! Not a single Level 3 virus! How will we compete!
I BELIEVE IN YOU
*yawn*
This guy is not the worst WWW lackey ever.
*HUGE yawn*
Well, he's trying?
I do what I want.
And yet here you are, teaming up with Match.
"R U a WWW Navi?"
"U R!!"
Oooo, we're getting somewhere! Gloomers can use PanlGrab to steal the middle row in your area. If you let them get two of that off, congratulations, you cannot dodge their attacks. Not to mention the other viruses provide distractions while the Gloomer sets up. Just elimate the Gloomer at any cost to resolve this problem.
Okay, okay. Jesus.
If only SciLab had this thing... I can't remember what it's called... um... IT security? Nah that can't be right. Sounds silly.
"R U a WWW Navi?"
I'm not saying all WWW navis look the same, but uhhhhh
Sure you are, buddy
This fight is stupidly easy.
CanoDumbs are never difficult.
This is only the tip of your spelling errors.
Is that not how you spell iceburg? Wait we use different written Englishes, we probably don't want to get into this fight
it's colour dammit
Obey the all powerful Americanization! Or I'll invade your country for your oil.
If you're any indication then I'm not worried.
Um, no he wasn't. My dead brother could do that shit. Fuck you MegaMan, you suck sometimes.
To provide a minority opinion, I dunno if my twin brother could do that.
I don't think he'd ever be bothered to play a MMBN game.
BattleNetwork4.jpg
MMBN4: proof that something can be both well-planned and poorly-planned at the same time.
Uhh? This is an issue? They're only 3 non-custom Navis. If you can't handle this, MegaMan, then either the writer can't decide how strong you are, or you suck. Because you've taken down things much worse than this, seriously.
Maybe he's so bored he's getting sleepy? That's a major concern. Probably the most major concern.
Was running around the Internet supposed to tire out MegaMan? Because I find it hard to believe one mook (albeit, maybe a super mook by MegaMan's comment) could weaken MegaMan enough for him to have difficulty with only 3 more guys. I hate when a story downplays a character's strength in a manner such as this.
Yeah, JRPGs do this so much, like is it that hard to just concoct a believeable scenari - wait. JRPG. Believeable scenario. NEVER. MIND.
Even if they had 9 viruses on the field, I'm sure I could win without breaking much of a sweat.
The Gameboy Advance will start having troubles long before you do.
The Hunchback of SciLab Area.
He's deaf and dumb? Well half of it matches...
Oh, he deletes them with one attack.
Pffft, you could have done that.
I guess using simple math we can deduce FlamMan is stronger than MegaMan? A > B, therefore shut the fuck up.
We never really got a chance to prove Mega's weaker than them loser HeelNavis. For all we know him and Lan were hamming it up so they could look cooler when they triple-deleted those guys with one attack.
My reaction when I get an S-rank.
This guy* must be fun at parties!
*both the navi and giver
Yeah, whatever.
I just did that earlier this update. Fuck you Lan.
Lan's super slow, he doesn't pick up on things as quickly as regular people. Lay off the kid.
Gonna take some time for us to be friends. You did nearly kill Lan's family you know.
BUT HIGSBY
Wooooo, mysterious.
HEY NOW that doesn't seem suspicious! This update is so full-to-the-brim of totally non-suspicious happenings.
Always trust anonymous e-mails.
I'm helping a Nigerian prince get his money out of the country!!!1
No, let's instead end this update on an oversight on part of the writers.
Mamoru said he wanted Lan to visit, right? Well, Mamoru was sleeping even before Lan runs around to delete the WWW Navis, so really, that's no excuse as to why he's sleeping now. Hey, not even the fantastic NPC updating in this game can be perfect.