Alpha was a fitting localization choice to be honest. Especially Alpha Omega considering it implies that Alpha would be both the prototype to the Internet as well as its end. Kind of a scary thought what something like Alpha could do in real life. These games came out when the Internet and its users were relatively young, and yet it's more than predicted a lot of nuances about modern society and its reliance on digital technology, wireless communication, and the Internet in general. Makes you wonder how damaging it would be if something just "sucked it all up" one day.
Mega Man Battle Network was ahead of its time. Warning us of the perils of the Internet of Things (and why hooking up a BBQ grille to the internet is ripe for accidents), the prevalence of PETs/smartphones in the populace, and e-sports (if only NetBattling was more of a prevalent sport today, lol). ...my next worry is if something like DarkChips start popping up. Or, you know, sentience in digital tech in general.
How bout’ no. While I’d love arcades and stuff back, loosing the internet would collapse governments, ruin hospitals systems killing millions, destroy satellites that allow GPS and weather monitoring, break communications between country’s, and destroy economies...effectively dooming our race as we know it.
BN4: "literally who" from space BN5: an actual "literally who" BN6: for once, the final boss doesn't come out of nowhere but ultimately is just a random big creature
I've always wondered if it was a 8 bit instead of a 16 bit chip because holy crap, it definitely sounds too good compared to the other musics i've listened from an 8 bit game
@@mp_o_roxoIt's a mix of both. The GBA came with exactly the same soundchip that was on the original 8bit Gameboy (for retrocompatibility) but also had the ability to play compressed audio samples processed and mixed directly on its CPU. This meant less power to run the games if you had many samples playing at once, so many developers (including the people behind the BN games) used primarily the GB soundchip together with a few samples. The first Boktai notably does this too.
Alpha is the embodiment of the net itself. By effect, Alpha is "god" of the net. In BN3, the strongest versions of navis are their "Omega" versions. That makes Alphas strongest form "Alpha Omega" God is "the alpha and the omega" Well played, Capcom. Well played.
funny thing about this is that in the manga - Alpha was obliterated by Bass who was cursing blue and green about Alpha having ruined his life - which that part DID carry over into the games
Imaging fighting the living, malignant embodiment of UDP or HTTP. Alpha was the best final boss of the Battle Network Series by being such a believable, inexorable representation of humanity. Every other final boss felt like some frankenstein monster bent on invading the net, but Alpha was the net itself. Unavoidable. Inevitable.
+Alex McNeill Also, for translations issues, all the SP Navis in the japanese version were Omega Navis in the USA version.... but, I like the change, Alpha Omega sounds really cool as the name of the very final boss.
This fucking... The thing I loved about battle network is that you knew this guy was the BIG boss. Every final boss battle theme is just euphoric compared to the rest of the games music. You put the gba down, wiped your sweaty hands on your pants, picked it back up looked this guy in the eye and thought to yourself "I AM GONNA FUCK YOU UP BRUH". No? That was just me? Ok.
Well I ain't sure about the sweat but I can relate to the rest at least! 😂 Seriously tho', I've watched players making Alpha a joke in mere seconds but regardless, I still managed to pull it through. That final boss is sick!!!
Is it still possible to watch all of the anime? Like how many seasons are there of it and what is the anime even called… never knew there was a MegaMan anime 🥲
@@XenoXerosiX_SpX The Anime series is called "Rock Man EXE" in Japanese and the English version is called "Mega Man NT Warrior". There are 5 seasons in total, but the English version has only 2 seasons.
Master style is a P.A. meant to be multi-purpose, used for both full-screen destruction and single-target bombardment backed by its time-stopping effect for accuracy and ease of use, and while it definitely IS strong, other P.A.s are better for single-target bombardment. For example, Bodyguard. Same damage, but MANY more hits. No time-stop, but immense damage for single-target, NOT including damage boosters.
Imagine if they had made alpha with a constant regeneration ability like the smaller alphas had, perhaps just a bit slower. That would have been a real challenge.
Alpha was a really fitting final boss, difficulty wise. A good introduction to the post-game secrets and how hard things could actually be. Alpha is really hard if you do not know what you are doing. I always remember running out of chips against it before I knew how to fight it efficiently. It becomes one of the easiest fights once you know what to do, but most of the navis before that are also easier than it is to fight blind.
I love this idea, looking back I don't know why they didn't have the final form omega version do this the mini virus could regenerate so why tf not alpha? Maybe they knew the than 12 year Olds would just smash are game boys in anger from getting deleted over and over hahaha
+Kenneth Rogers Actually, Yellow Devil software was created by the Dr. Light and later changed in a evil robot by Dr. Wily, so is really a good idea if Alpha is the Yellow Devil BN counterpart.
It was kinda unfortunate for Bass. He was a kind and loyal NetNavi doing his job. But other NetNavis and people feared his power and when Alpha went out of control, it was the guys time to lock up Bass and have him restrained a majority of his power. He was let go by Dr. Cossack, his creator that he calls dad, to be set free but was about to get swarmed by other NetNavis while Bass had those cuffs on and Cossack was arrested before he can jack Bass.EXE out of the server. And when Bass heard one of the Navis say that Cossack made those cuffs, it broke Bass' heart. So he reprogrammed the restraining cuffs, got the Get Ability, killed one of the NetNavis, and that's it. Bass is a troubled soul who lost his way and never knew the full truth.
@@StarForce99 the bass that was swallowed by alpha is a clone. The same one that was in the story line before alpha. The one after alpha and serenade is the real bass
My favorite style so far was woodguts, since you can do tornado, rapid buster shots and lime green is my favorite color XD perfect timing for a random style!
i personally like bug style... its fun... generally my strategy is running up and down frantically unless i k ow the boss and bug style has an effect that makes that strategy much more feesible...
EpicPokeMasters X To their defense, BBA was there b/c in an interview Inafune stated MM in a fighting game wasn't new or special nowadays. BBA was unexpected and a joke but it was intended that way. Too bad many did not see him that way cuz I kinda like him. Not so much as to give him his own series which would get canned ASAP. Also he was that bad back when he was revealed as a playable in Universe b4 it was canned. Fucking idiots, not you guys but Capcom.
... I've recently came up with a fan made character from Alpha: as some know, it formed itself to this appearance after absorbed Bass EXE and the digitalized mind of Lord Wily yes? And even after its defeat, it was still persistent enough to try to absorb Megaman EXE yes? Until Megaman overloading himself and somehow survived, sacrificing the Hub batch. Well mash it all together and have now a half amoeba virus, half human, and half Navi, with the ability to speak, "Devour" programs and abilities, generate Auras and weaponries and Change Style. Neither good nor evil, it just lurks around the net world, devouring those who cross him or seeking informations. I'm gonna call it Upsilon.
Oh megaman didnt survive... he died. He was only able to "come back" because Grandpa light backed Megamans data up when they entered the old sci lab room and met him. Gramps sent that data to his son, which is Lans dad. But in truth, the megaman we play as from Bn4-6 is a back up file of the original mega.
This so far has been my most enjoyable final boss in the Battle Network games. Only ones I have not fought is Gosple and the Cyber Beast that is like Gosple.
multimang0steen yep, and they pretty much do the same thing, Alpha had the capacity to control the internet, and Omega is the capacity to control all machines
@@filipinowhiteboy once you realize that he doesn't have invincibility frames from taking damage, a Z-Canon1 PA is enough to kill him from half hp pretty easily.
@@filipinowhiteboy Aside from Duo, Alpha was the final boss that took me the longest to beat the first time. (Now, I can generally do it in one try though).
i remember having the awesome muramasa and eating enough damage to jumpstart it to 999....... then it was all about timing. time it properly and boom. instant victory.... screwing up cost me a ton though
Sorry dude but I'll NEVER stop hoping that there will be a SF4, I just love the series that much NOBODY WILL STOP MY SUPPORT FOR STAR FORCE, NOBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well... the problem isnt with the series, I personally like SF as well, even though not as much as MMBN, but the point is Capcom probably wont make another Megaman game anymore~
+calprey No. I'm just trying to snap people out of pointless hoping like a 4th installment of MM Star Force. The series had an official end, it wasn't very popular, and IMO the ending was satisfying. I doubt Capcom will continue with the way things are for them so there's no point to hope for SF4 or some cross over or spin off of that and Mega Man. I'd like to be proven wrong but i'm sorry but Crapcom nowadays has a lot to prove and they're half assing it IMO.
Yep, however with an Elec style stun Bass, oddly he gave me a harder time then Alpha...Then again I was using wood style and that charge attack isn't that great on Bass as he is hard to hit with it and tends to go to the back row.
There is an "Alpha Omega" version. Normally theres 5 stars you can get by doing various things. But if you put a code in at the start screen, the 5 stars condense for 2 more. Get all 7 stars and you can fight Alpha Omega. The code is: Hold "left" and press R, R, L, R, L, R, L, L. The stars are... Yellow: Beat Alpha. Green: Defeat Bass GS Light Blue: Complete time-attack navis Blue: All 100 standard chips Purple: All 85 mega chips Orange: All 32 P.A.s Red: Beat all 15 Omega navis
I remember the first time I fount Proto Omega...I almost died, then magically got the Z X-Step program advance and took out like 2000 health in a matter of seconds because he didn't get invul time..lol.
I really liked this boss battle. Now, Duo on the other hand? He can kiss my ass. (Considered hacking the game because no folder I made could accommodate for my lack of skill in trying to kill him. Gave the controller over to my older brother, and he managed to somehow defeat him on the GBA player haaa aftertentries)
Well with Soul-Net and his friendshit with Dr.Tadashi Hikari, Wily also erased Regal's memory of the past 10 years, because he didn't want his son to follow the same path. Wily reformed himself in the next game, after Colonel & Iris sacrificed themselves. Wily made those two for Baryl, his adopted son, and felt as though they were his own children. Shit I would reform myself too if my children sacrificed themselves to right my wrong :|
Lol nice! i have my Gameboy SP and the blue version too but sadly i m stuck with 4 stars as i need someone to lend me Mistman V1, 2, 3 & 4 from the white version via link cable so that i can adquire the 5th star and move on, but thats something really difficult to find these days...
+Jair Lee Yeah, I still have my Blue version with the seven stars, I wanna play a new game but the MistMan chips ...sigh..... the guides say that his chips are dropped by the BugFrag trader, but never happen in the game.
Wow thats really cool man, i got all stars in the emulator (also if you want to play a new game why not in an emulator?), i had to use the "all megachips cheat", BUT only after getting all the other 81 megachips, you know to make it a little more legit, and nah the bugfrag trader wont drop any version of mistman in the blue version or bowlman in the white version, its a shame and sort of unfair because even when these games were new it was really hard to find: *Someone else with the game *With the opposite version *That has gotten that far to face Mistman/Bowlman *That has leveled up custom style to max and then got the V4 versions *Link cable (it was hard to find where i live) *That he was willing to trade them Buf i know.... one day i ll get all 7 stars...
The only one of the first 3 bosses I had actual issues with because my options were 'grind multihit chips' or 'grind wood style' There's a third option (I utilized ElecTeam) and that option is abusing the Fanfare chip. I had three altogether, had one in my folder prior and I was swapping some bubblers and a bubble v I had for an earlier program advance for it to get a better chance of pulling it. Fanfare in that one panel Alpha can't touch on it's side of the field (bottom row front column) means you get to abuse the effects for ages
Guts style(preferably woodguts) with a few random meteors, yoyo 2, plasma 3, and master style. You're golden. Random meteors was definitely a life saver against this prick. Now it's just second nature to beat his ass
It's really a shame how easy Alpha is for how much the story cocked him up to be. I would love to fight an Alpha that has invincibility frames, he'd challenge Gregar RV, Gospel(H) and Duo Omega for hardest end bosses.
Honestly, this boss was just plain awful to me, though I'm glad you didn't suffer like I did. Of course I'm not the type of guy who can go and grind enemies until his chip folder becomes a dictionary definition of "rape," but then no boss should be easy for someone with that kind of folder. I would've been absolutely fine with this boss if he only regenerated his shield in his Beta or Omega forms. That shield made Gregar and the Life Virus seem like child's play compared to Alpha.
lmfao what are you talking about you don't need to chipgrind to make this boss easy all you need is a Z-Canon1 advance which is not even that good of an advance... he's easy pre 50% hp, and a very simple and easy and often accidentally acquired PA makes his sub 50% easy too. I fought him the other day without it and I beat him in my first try, still really one of the easiest bosses
I really don't blame anyone for thinking Alpha is a joke, and I don't blame anyone for thinking Alpha is insane. Alpha is just one of those bosses that's sorta like a puzzle: You need to figure out how to fight him or else you won't stand a chance. When I first got to Alpha, I kept getting my ass handed to him time and time again because my chipfolder was not suited to the sort of boss Alpha was: a boss where Multi-Hit Attacks are generally more useful than Attacks that are simply powerful due to his lack of invincibility frames and having a regenerating "shield". As such, now that I KNOW how to fight Alpha, he's honestly quite easy. Some of his attacks require a good sense of rhythm to avoid, but for Z- Program Advances can take down massive chunks of his health (Fucking Z-Step can take off HALF of his health o_o) and Chips like AntiDmg, Totem, Sensor, Tornado, etc are also very handy in breaking away the shield. But let's be honest, using most conventional strategies like FlameSpreader, MastrStyle, or just spamming powerful chips on Alpha is not something that's very viable, unless you have GutsStyle.
Thanks, I didn't really analyze it that well, but now that I think about it, I had a bunch of shields and heals and stuff, as well as a few high-power one-hit chips. I was ready to fight defensively, and Alpha as a boss just did that so much better because of his shields.
His real mind and body stayed in the real world. The Pulse In procedure he and Lan used only sends your brainwaves into the net as electronic signals. The reason Lan wasn’t able to escape via disconnecting was likely because he was combined with mega man at the time while Wily wasn’t.
Damn i love this fuckin series, as a kid playing all 6 year after year of em getting released.. shit .. sweet sweet nostalgia right here.. too bad starforce wasn't nearly as great as this .. ah well we still have these :) everything about this game seems perfect and it gives you those feels , since the story has great lessons to teach.
I remember having to use the Master Style PA in order to beat this fucking beast, and resetting if I didn't have all four chips by the time I brung Alpha down to 1000 or less. XD
So are you saying the friendship was bad? I can agree with you on that seeing how Wily decided to destroy the net that "Gramps" mad after they cut is funding
lol. I dunno. Personally, I found it pretty hard to dodge, even compared to the rapid random panel attacks that Bass, Duo and Nebula Gray get in BN4/5. Maybe I wasn't trying enough. I don't know.
Speaking of multi-hitting, GutsStyle BusterMax does the trick! :D That is, if you're ok with standing still and taking the hits, but I just use muramasa at the end.
***** Pretty good. I will admit though, if your folder is based on single hitting chips you will probably have a problem as you need to break the core and shit and if your buster is weak then...
Good point you have there. I can still dislike the fact that is what they did. But over all I love the story so it's more of me saying something I simply dislike more then complaining about it
How Certain Gamers Would React To Alpha: Casual: Oh God! This Guy Never Stops Recovering His Weak Point! Pro: My Strategy: Plasma 3, PlantManV4, Plasma 3, PlantManV3, FolderBack, Rinse & Repeat. Competitive: Beating This Guy Doesn't Help In Friend Battles! I Am Not Satisfied With The Star You Get. I WANT MY MULTIPLAYER! Recorder: Ok Guys! This. Is. IT! We Are Gonna Beat Alpha! Like And Sub If You Enjoy! Resume: Oh, That Boss Eh? If I Don't Beat Him, Erase This Game From The Resume Of FB Beaten. Noob: wutz alfa? I onli no mutrs.
Me too. That flamethrower got me through most problems. It’s more powerful than the aqua or elec weapons and has better range than the twister from the wood style
My guess as to why Proto/Alpha was never in the Rockman.EXE/Megaman NT Warrior anime was because he was too similar to the D-Reaper from Digimon Tamers.
Honestly it all boils down to opinion , but i think i'm right when i say more people prefer mmbn than starforce, atleast the way i see it. I just felt more hype towards mmbn than towards starforce , ahh.. maybe it's just because it was my childhood game that's why ^_^ but you know it's really like i said the basis of your opinion that defines your judgement but irespect yours too.
To my knowledge, this is the only game where you literally fight the entire internet.
+William Goff still, its the internet.
Technically, he sorta took over and devoured the modern internet, too, iirc.
Can you imagine how it would actually look if it devoured the... wrong parts of the internet?
you mean the Deep Web, right? thats basically the undernet.
+kenneth latorre he means r34
Alpha was a fitting localization choice to be honest. Especially Alpha Omega considering it implies that Alpha would be both the prototype to the Internet as well as its end. Kind of a scary thought what something like Alpha could do in real life. These games came out when the Internet and its users were relatively young, and yet it's more than predicted a lot of nuances about modern society and its reliance on digital technology, wireless communication, and the Internet in general. Makes you wonder how damaging it would be if something just "sucked it all up" one day.
Cringe
@@NlackBigger Pull that stick out of your vaj.
That also means that it's second form is literally Alpha Alpha.
Mega Man Battle Network was ahead of its time.
Warning us of the perils of the Internet of Things (and why hooking up a BBQ grille to the internet is ripe for accidents), the prevalence of PETs/smartphones in the populace, and e-sports (if only NetBattling was more of a prevalent sport today, lol).
...my next worry is if something like DarkChips start popping up. Or, you know, sentience in digital tech in general.
@@MrCat-zz5eo Depending on if Battle Network Legacy Collection has wi-fi battles, MMBN might have a resurgence in E-sports.
Fighting against literally the world that you exist in. Alpha is like some kind of eldritch horror.
Some have speculated it may have been inspired by Digimon Tamers' D-Reaper. And we all know that Konaka's muse in designing THAT was Lovecraft's work!
Joshua Ratchford Technology can be terrifying
its more the protype of the world you live in
2000s: Oh, so this thing does not want to let the internet prosper? Let's kill it, Megaman
2019: Kill it, Alpha. Please.
i wish somethong similar to this thing existed so that our hellish internet would be destroyed and people would become better bevause of this
How bout’ no. While I’d love arcades and stuff back, loosing the internet would collapse governments, ruin hospitals systems killing millions, destroy satellites that allow GPS and weather monitoring, break communications between country’s, and destroy economies...effectively dooming our race as we know it.
@@terminalvelocityrunner2202 Well, can't argue with that one, haha!
Josue Sanchez
Oh the stuff we take for granted...Heh heh.
Oh please, the internet's not that bad!
In BN1 we fought a virus
In BN2 we fought a bug
in BN3 we fought THE VERY FABRIC OF THE CYBER UNIVERSE
Quite a jump isnt it?
BN4: "literally who" from space
BN5: an actual "literally who"
BN6: for once, the final boss doesn't come out of nowhere but ultimately is just a random big creature
@@Zmeeed01in BN4 at least its something classic fans are familiar with: Duo.
You know the game is peak fiction when the composer made 8 bit sound chip menacing.
I've always wondered if it was a 8 bit instead of a 16 bit chip because holy crap, it definitely sounds too good compared to the other musics i've listened from an 8 bit game
@@mp_o_roxoIt's a mix of both. The GBA came with exactly the same soundchip that was on the original 8bit Gameboy (for retrocompatibility) but also had the ability to play compressed audio samples processed and mixed directly on its CPU. This meant less power to run the games if you had many samples playing at once, so many developers (including the people behind the BN games) used primarily the GB soundchip together with a few samples. The first Boktai notably does this too.
Alpha is the embodiment of the net itself.
By effect, Alpha is "god" of the net.
In BN3, the strongest versions of navis are their "Omega" versions.
That makes Alphas strongest form "Alpha Omega"
God is "the alpha and the omega"
Well played, Capcom. Well played.
Looks like a storm is approaching.
@@inconemay1441 hehe nice
smart move from the translation team
Alpha Omega is definitely a far more intimidating name than the Japanese and their meager "ProtoSP"
@@inconemay1441 now I'm hoping there's a mod of Alpha with Vergil's face
funny thing about this is that in the manga - Alpha was obliterated by Bass who was cursing blue and green about Alpha having ruined his life - which that part DID carry over into the games
I like how they added sounds from the undernet, and used parts from the boss battle theme.
Imaging fighting the living, malignant embodiment of UDP or HTTP. Alpha was the best final boss of the Battle Network Series by being such a believable, inexorable representation of humanity. Every other final boss felt like some frankenstein monster bent on invading the net, but Alpha was the net itself. Unavoidable. Inevitable.
I'd argue that NebulaGrey was just as threatening
@@alexgarnica8498 Me too, he was a software that could take over the entire internet, Cybeasts are cool and wtf is Duo
@@ehoraida5900 Duo is an alien program
@@ehoraida5900Duo’s just the battle network version of the “SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT” alien from Rick & Morty
as someone with some passing tech interest and no experience with the battle network series, this is a really jarring read
Elias, Proto was Alpha's Japan name. The name changed in the U.S. because many might get confused with ProtoMan.EXE. Hope this clarifies.
Alex McNeill Both words fit I notice, Proto, as in Prototype, and Alpha, as in the phase of development and first letter of the Greek Alphabet
Let name it "Devil.EXE"
Alpha also looks a lot like something that could have come from Megaman Legends
At least to me
+Alex McNeill Also, for translations issues, all the SP Navis in the japanese version were Omega Navis in the USA version.... but, I like the change, Alpha Omega sounds really cool as the name of the very final boss.
Yeah, it does, The Beginning And The End
They literally battled the network
Unintentional pun?
Damn you're on to something
This fucking... The thing I loved about battle network is that you knew this guy was the BIG boss. Every final boss battle theme is just euphoric compared to the rest of the games music. You put the gba down, wiped your sweaty hands on your pants, picked it back up looked this guy in the eye and thought to yourself "I AM GONNA FUCK YOU UP BRUH".
No? That was just me? Ok.
Well I ain't sure about the sweat but I can relate to the rest at least! 😂 Seriously tho', I've watched players making Alpha a joke in mere seconds but regardless, I still managed to pull it through. That final boss is sick!!!
That was me too hell i still didnt defeat the 5th boss from battle network 5!
The fifth final boss
The only final boss that never appeared in the Anime.
Tbf considering how different the anime is proto wouldn't fit
Is the anime any good?
@@malcolmferguson4869 pretty good it’s just it’s own separate continuity
Is it still possible to watch all of the anime? Like how many seasons are there of it and what is the anime even called… never knew there was a MegaMan anime 🥲
@@XenoXerosiX_SpX The Anime series is called "Rock Man EXE" in Japanese and the English version is called "Mega Man NT Warrior". There are 5 seasons in total, but the English version has only 2 seasons.
Master style is a P.A. meant to be multi-purpose, used for both full-screen destruction and single-target bombardment backed by its time-stopping effect for accuracy and ease of use, and while it definitely IS strong, other P.A.s are better for single-target bombardment. For example, Bodyguard. Same damage, but MANY more hits. No time-stop, but immense damage for single-target, NOT including damage boosters.
Imagine if they had made alpha with a constant regeneration ability like the smaller alphas had, perhaps just a bit slower. That would have been a real challenge.
Alpha was a really fitting final boss, difficulty wise. A good introduction to the post-game secrets and how hard things could actually be. Alpha is really hard if you do not know what you are doing. I always remember running out of chips against it before I knew how to fight it efficiently. It becomes one of the easiest fights once you know what to do, but most of the navis before that are also easier than it is to fight blind.
Some1Named FriedChickenLemon , The first time ive faced the smaller Alpha's i freaked out since they kept sucking Megaman's health away
@@sigurdtheblue I figured out random meteor and shake do a ton of dmg to it
I love this idea, looking back I don't know why they didn't have the final form omega version do this the mini virus could regenerate so why tf not alpha? Maybe they knew the than 12 year Olds would just smash are game boys in anger from getting deleted over and over hahaha
Alpha, because of it's nature, it quite similar to the Devil series from the Classic series (Not to mention X5)
Especially the Green Devil because you have to attack it to reveal its core.
Kenneth Rogers FUCK SHADOW DEVIL OVER THE HEAD WITH A PINK GIRAFFE!
Yeah, those are pretty similar...
You can tell just by looking at Alpha's design when he comes out of the ground before the fight.
+Kenneth Rogers I'm pretty sure Alpha is inspired by the D-Reaper from Digimon Tamers
+Kenneth Rogers Actually, Yellow Devil software was created by the Dr. Light and later changed in a evil robot by Dr. Wily, so is really a good idea if Alpha is the Yellow Devil BN counterpart.
I just did my 16th or so, play through of this game and the beginning of this theme still makes me tense. I love it!!
This thing is to blame for Bass becoming what he did.
It was kinda unfortunate for Bass. He was a kind and loyal NetNavi doing his job. But other NetNavis and people feared his power and when Alpha went out of control, it was the guys time to lock up Bass and have him restrained a majority of his power. He was let go by Dr. Cossack, his creator that he calls dad, to be set free but was about to get swarmed by other NetNavis while Bass had those cuffs on and Cossack was arrested before he can jack Bass.EXE out of the server. And when Bass heard one of the Navis say that Cossack made those cuffs, it broke Bass' heart. So he reprogrammed the restraining cuffs, got the Get Ability, killed one of the NetNavis, and that's it.
Bass is a troubled soul who lost his way and never knew the full truth.
@@StarForce99 you know you are talking about a meer clone right?
@@gundesol6742 It's not
@@StarForce99 the bass that was swallowed by alpha is a clone. The same one that was in the story line before alpha. The one after alpha and serenade is the real bass
@@StarForce99 at the end of mmbn 2 you see that there are clones everywhere.
Not to mention the fact Alpha was a failed prototype for a new time of net, and it was almost successful in ending the net it's self
My favorite style so far was woodguts, since you can do tornado, rapid buster shots and lime green is my favorite color XD perfect timing for a random style!
i personally like bug style... its fun... generally my strategy is running up and down frantically unless i k ow the boss and bug style has an effect that makes that strategy much more feesible...
Bokune9999 Cool! :D
Woodguts is my favorite too. The tornado is lethal if you know what you're doing.
I was Wood Shield when I beat Alpha, since I was more on the defensive side
Final boss is literally the internet lol.
Alpha, aka "I swear I am not the D-Reaper from Digimon Tamers, it's just a coincidence!"
OMGHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH!!!!!!!
Takes me back to the frantic battle I had with this rather challenging boss.
I remember going in with my favorite style not knowing they wood was the easiest shit ever 😅
I can't wait to hear this again in legacy collection
I always thought that Alpha's shoulder blades looked like its eyes and the thing on top looks like a bowtie and it's hard to unsee it.
He looks a lot less intimidating when I look at it that way
The Star Force Trilogy was still great on its own, hope there's there going to be a Star Force 4
Sorry but quit hoping.
That is like asking for Megaman Battle Network 7 so... no
***** Yeah, Right. I find it hard to belive that capcom would do something SMART at this point. *cough cough* boxart *cough cough*
EpicPokeMasters X To their defense, BBA was there b/c in an interview Inafune stated MM in a fighting game wasn't new or special nowadays. BBA was unexpected and a joke but it was intended that way. Too bad many did not see him that way cuz I kinda like him. Not so much as to give him his own series which would get canned ASAP. Also he was that bad back when he was revealed as a playable in Universe b4 it was canned. Fucking idiots, not you guys but Capcom.
Lone Wolf Check out Megaman Chronos X
Fanmade MMBN 7 in the works that looks amazing
AI Vs the fucking internet. Pfft and ppl be sleeping on mega man.exe
Proto making sure no one dislike this. Otherwise they'll face it's wrath.
Life Sword and Zeta Cannons Made Alpha my bitch.
there is a stronger version called Alpha Omega
arthur snyder And the signs Alpha and Omega literally mean god
So if you beat Alpha Omega, you've defeated the God of the Internet :^
I have beaten the regular Alpha but it is really annoying but i got to use the zeta cannon p.a which is alpha's biggest weakness
***** When paired they represent it.
I can't remember the source of where i learned this but i think it goes like that, so i may be wrong
***** From what i see Alpha Omega is pretty easy for a god XD
... I've recently came up with a fan made character from Alpha: as some know, it formed itself to this appearance after absorbed Bass EXE and the digitalized mind of Lord Wily yes? And even after its defeat, it was still persistent enough to try to absorb Megaman EXE yes? Until Megaman overloading himself and somehow survived, sacrificing the Hub batch.
Well mash it all together and have now a half amoeba virus, half human, and half Navi, with the ability to speak, "Devour" programs and abilities, generate Auras and weaponries and Change Style. Neither good nor evil, it just lurks around the net world, devouring those who cross him or seeking informations.
I'm gonna call it Upsilon.
Oh megaman didnt survive... he died. He was only able to "come back" because Grandpa light backed Megamans data up when they entered the old sci lab room and met him. Gramps sent that data to his son, which is Lans dad.
But in truth, the megaman we play as from Bn4-6 is a back up file of the original mega.
Cringe af
@@NlackBigger not as much as your username.
back in the days when video game symbolism was subtle.
As subtle as a kick to the nuts
wood style would work great on this boss...
Agreed
This so far has been my most enjoyable final boss in the Battle Network games. Only ones I have not fought is Gosple and the Cyber Beast that is like Gosple.
8 years late but the Cybeast is named Gregar
Alpha in Battle Network
Omega in Zero Series
multimang0steen yep, and they pretty much do the same thing, Alpha had the capacity to control the internet, and Omega is the capacity to control all machines
Sigma in X series
Void Tex no clue what sigma does
Gamma in Megaman 3
multimang0steen Yellow Devil in classic series
I cannot stop listening to it
If only this boss had invincibility framed after being hit... he would be outrageously hard
He was already pretty hard, dude. I ran out of chips the first time I fought Alpha
@@filipinowhiteboy once you realize that he doesn't have invincibility frames from taking damage, a Z-Canon1 PA is enough to kill him from half hp pretty easily.
@@filipinowhiteboy Aside from Duo, Alpha was the final boss that took me the longest to beat the first time. (Now, I can generally do it in one try though).
i love megaman battle network
Literally the D Reaper and the Devil robots mixed together.
I like to listen to while in combat in games.
Bass before this to the final Boss. Gosh, he was difficult. A pain but theme is so Dang Killer.
I just now noticed that the part at that very top is probably Alpha's head.
i remember having the awesome muramasa and eating enough damage to jumpstart it to 999....... then it was all about timing. time it properly and boom. instant victory.... screwing up cost me a ton though
yeah dude bodyguard dealt 2000 damage, just the hp Alpha has. Instant win
When Megaman Meets Lovecraft.
Alpha is a mutant Magnezone (yes, I know Alpha came first). I can't unsee it.
Sorry dude but I'll NEVER stop hoping that there will be a SF4, I just love the series that much NOBODY WILL STOP MY SUPPORT FOR STAR FORCE, NOBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well... the problem isnt with the series, I personally like SF as well, even though not as much as MMBN, but the point is Capcom probably wont make another Megaman game anymore~
Im with you bro, even though what Anh said is true i will continue to hope too.
Well keep living/hoping in your fantasy world because it'll NEVER happen.
dnmstarsi Does people having hope bother you? I can't help but notice the other comments, nothing personal just curious.
+calprey
No. I'm just trying to snap people out of pointless hoping like a 4th installment of MM Star Force. The series had an official end, it wasn't very popular, and IMO the ending was satisfying. I doubt Capcom will continue with the way things are for them so there's no point to hope for SF4 or some cross over or spin off of that and Mega Man. I'd like to be proven wrong but i'm sorry but Crapcom nowadays has a lot to prove and they're half assing it IMO.
0:44 end of the world feel
Yep, however with an Elec style stun Bass, oddly he gave me a harder time then Alpha...Then again I was using wood style and that charge attack isn't that great on Bass as he is hard to hit with it and tends to go to the back row.
2006 me: how do I dodge this!?!? Its too fast! Proto uses its lightning attack
2020 me: why was this infinitely harder as a kid?
*Time to fight the whole ass internet!*
all about using tornado all over his ball
Sometimes the opponent getting their chips back doesn't even matter.
**When you install a Dark-Web web browser**
There is an "Alpha Omega" version. Normally theres 5 stars you can get by doing various things. But if you put a code in at the start screen, the 5 stars condense for 2 more. Get all 7 stars and you can fight Alpha Omega. The code is: Hold "left" and press R, R, L, R, L, R, L, L. The stars are...
Yellow: Beat Alpha.
Green: Defeat Bass GS
Light Blue: Complete time-attack navis
Blue: All 100 standard chips
Purple: All 85 mega chips
Orange: All 32 P.A.s
Red: Beat all 15 Omega navis
Odd that the 3rd Megaman Battle Network game and the 3rd Star Force game have my favorite final boss themes in the series...
+Brock Fillipitch Star Force 3's final boss theme is my favourite out of the Star Force games as well! ;D My favourite part of it is 0:45 - 0:51.
WoodCustom Style, bitches!
I remember the first time I fount Proto Omega...I almost died, then magically got the Z X-Step program advance and took out like 2000 health in a matter of seconds because he didn't get invul time..lol.
I really liked this boss battle.
Now, Duo on the other hand? He can kiss my ass. (Considered hacking the game because no folder I made could accommodate for my lack of skill in trying to kill him. Gave the controller over to my older brother, and he managed to somehow defeat him on the GBA player haaa aftertentries)
+Shakes Shigsm (貴腐人) You were expecting a great final boss, but it was me, Duo!
PanderMG i though you're Lazer Man (lol i type Lazer instead Laser)
If OP mentioned the GBA player. He is probably referring to a GameCube Controller @VHSFace
Lets name it Spicci hand boi
The beggining sounds like pluto's theme from mega man v on the GB
Well with Soul-Net and his friendshit with Dr.Tadashi Hikari, Wily also erased Regal's memory of the past 10 years, because he didn't want his son to follow the same path. Wily reformed himself in the next game, after Colonel & Iris sacrificed themselves. Wily made those two for Baryl, his adopted son, and felt as though they were his own children. Shit I would reform myself too if my children sacrificed themselves to right my wrong :|
I still have the original game with all the stars
Lol nice! i have my Gameboy SP and the blue version too but sadly i m stuck with 4 stars as i need someone to lend me Mistman V1, 2, 3 & 4 from the white version via link cable so that i can adquire the 5th star and move on, but thats something really difficult to find these days...
+Jair Lee Yeah, I still have my Blue version with the seven stars, I wanna play a new game but the MistMan chips ...sigh..... the guides say that his chips are dropped by the BugFrag trader, but never happen in the game.
Wow thats really cool man, i got all stars in the emulator (also if you want to play a new game why not in an emulator?), i had to use the "all megachips cheat", BUT only after getting all the other 81 megachips, you know to make it a little more legit, and nah the bugfrag trader wont drop any version of mistman in the blue version or bowlman in the white version, its a shame and sort of unfair because even when these games were new it was really hard to find:
*Someone else with the game
*With the opposite version
*That has gotten that far to face Mistman/Bowlman
*That has leveled up custom style to max and then got the V4 versions
*Link cable (it was hard to find where i live)
*That he was willing to trade them
Buf i know.... one day i ll get all 7 stars...
Nope, Mist and BowlMan's chips have to be traded to the other version :(
I have my battery gba and battle network 3 blue, 5 team colonel and 6 gregar too
The only one of the first 3 bosses I had actual issues with because my options were 'grind multihit chips' or 'grind wood style'
There's a third option (I utilized ElecTeam) and that option is abusing the Fanfare chip. I had three altogether, had one in my folder prior and I was swapping some bubblers and a bubble v I had for an earlier program advance for it to get a better chance of pulling it. Fanfare in that one panel Alpha can't touch on it's side of the field (bottom row front column) means you get to abuse the effects for ages
Guts style(preferably woodguts) with a few random meteors, yoyo 2, plasma 3, and master style. You're golden. Random meteors was definitely a life saver against this prick. Now it's just second nature to beat his ass
It's really a shame how easy Alpha is for how much the story cocked him up to be.
I would love to fight an Alpha that has invincibility frames, he'd challenge Gregar RV, Gospel(H) and Duo Omega for hardest end bosses.
Honestly, this boss was just plain awful to me, though I'm glad you didn't suffer like I did. Of course I'm not the type of guy who can go and grind enemies until his chip folder becomes a dictionary definition of "rape," but then no boss should be easy for someone with that kind of folder. I would've been absolutely fine with this boss if he only regenerated his shield in his Beta or Omega forms. That shield made Gregar and the Life Virus seem like child's play compared to Alpha.
lmfao what are you talking about you don't need to chipgrind to make this boss easy all you need is a Z-Canon1 advance which is not even that good of an advance... he's easy pre 50% hp, and a very simple and easy and often accidentally acquired PA makes his sub 50% easy too.
I fought him the other day without it and I beat him in my first try, still really one of the easiest bosses
I really don't blame anyone for thinking Alpha is a joke, and I don't blame anyone for thinking Alpha is insane. Alpha is just one of those bosses that's sorta like a puzzle: You need to figure out how to fight him or else you won't stand a chance. When I first got to Alpha, I kept getting my ass handed to him time and time again because my chipfolder was not suited to the sort of boss Alpha was: a boss where Multi-Hit Attacks are generally more useful than Attacks that are simply powerful due to his lack of invincibility frames and having a regenerating "shield".
As such, now that I KNOW how to fight Alpha, he's honestly quite easy. Some of his attacks require a good sense of rhythm to avoid, but for Z- Program Advances can take down massive chunks of his health (Fucking Z-Step can take off HALF of his health o_o) and Chips like AntiDmg, Totem, Sensor, Tornado, etc are also very handy in breaking away the shield. But let's be honest, using most conventional strategies like FlameSpreader, MastrStyle, or just spamming powerful chips on Alpha is not something that's very viable, unless you have GutsStyle.
Thanks, I didn't really analyze it that well, but now that I think about it, I had a bunch of shields and heals and stuff, as well as a few high-power one-hit chips. I was ready to fight defensively, and Alpha as a boss just did that so much better because of his shields.
MetagrossOverlordX About using powerful chips *sniffle* VarSword,why it isn't working on Alpha
Any Wood style= victory.
This may a predication future of 2050....
Yep, for end game I go for wood or Elec style as Elec works well fighting Bass.
This is how you finish a game.
To be absorbed would be a terrible fate indeed, then again Wily's data was absorbed by Alpha what he seemed to be alright in BN 6....Hmm....
His real mind and body stayed in the real world. The Pulse In procedure he and Lan used only sends your brainwaves into the net as electronic signals. The reason Lan wasn’t able to escape via disconnecting was likely because he was combined with mega man at the time while Wily wasn’t.
Gonna be playing this for Dark Falz Dalion.
Damn i love this fuckin series, as a kid playing all 6 year after year of em getting released.. shit .. sweet sweet nostalgia right here.. too bad starforce wasn't nearly as great as this .. ah well we still have these :) everything about this game seems perfect and it gives you those feels , since the story has great lessons to teach.
This is a rework of the main boss theme!
The only final boss to never appear in the anime.
I remember having to use the Master Style PA in order to beat this fucking beast, and resetting if I didn't have all four chips by the time I brung Alpha down to 1000 or less. XD
So are you saying the friendship was bad? I can agree with you on that seeing how Wily decided to destroy the net that "Gramps" mad after they cut is funding
Good ol Aqua Custom
op PAs and op buster charge
lol.
I dunno. Personally, I found it pretty hard to dodge, even compared to the rapid random panel attacks that Bass, Duo and Nebula Gray get in BN4/5.
Maybe I wasn't trying enough. I don't know.
Oh yeah,early Star Dream.i hate him.
he looks like fusion of robot + alien thing + interdimensional being >:|
This guys a joke if you use Ground style with air shoes and invis.
Speaking of multi-hitting, GutsStyle BusterMax does the trick! :D
That is, if you're ok with standing still and taking the hits, but I just use muramasa at the end.
I haven't played mmbn3 but Isn't this guy responsible for bass's hatred for human kind
best final boss
U still Alive??
@@marcusblackwell6268 uh yeah
@@Suramatse Still alive?
@@sleepness1255 ye
Yea, BN has a higher nostalgia factor because I beat this game when i was like 6 or 7
This is honestly one of the easiest final bosses
*****
No invincibility so you can pretty much combo him to oblivion with a good folder.
*****
Pretty good.
I will admit though, if your folder is based on single hitting chips you will probably have a problem as you need to break the core and shit and if your buster is weak then...
VictiniExpert2400 That was my problem my first attempts against Alpha, granted, wood guts style did help out a bit xD
I ACTUALLY think that the easiest boss was Gospel.
cough cough *life virus* cough cough
so...that means I killed the internet?
Not the internet to be exact. But you destroyed the "Prototype" version of the internet itself.
U still Alive??
Wood style and Master Style eat this guy up for breakfast.
I don't know why, but i think The Duane would be really fitting for this music.
Well, its prototype.
Good point you have there. I can still dislike the fact that is what they did. But over all I love the story so it's more of me saying something I simply dislike more then complaining about it
How Certain Gamers Would React To Alpha:
Casual: Oh God! This Guy Never Stops Recovering His Weak Point!
Pro: My Strategy: Plasma 3, PlantManV4, Plasma 3, PlantManV3, FolderBack, Rinse & Repeat.
Competitive: Beating This Guy Doesn't Help In Friend Battles! I Am Not Satisfied With The Star You Get. I WANT MY MULTIPLAYER!
Recorder: Ok Guys! This. Is. IT! We Are Gonna Beat Alpha! Like And Sub If You Enjoy!
Resume: Oh, That Boss Eh? If I Don't Beat Him, Erase This Game From The Resume Of FB Beaten.
Noob: wutz alfa? I onli no mutrs.
God I was cringe.
Yeah, I know. I just thought it would be funny if the made a pun by switching ProtoMan and Alpha's names.
Don't know why, but i always prefer heatguts style over others.
Me too. That flamethrower got me through most problems. It’s more powerful than the aqua or elec weapons and has better range than the twister from the wood style
No that isn't what I meant, I spelled "friendship" "friendSHIT" lol.
The third easiest BN final boss. What makes this thing pitiful is that it doesn't get any invincibility frames when hit with heavy attacks.
the only enemy I haven't seen in the anime...can someone confirm that it isn't in the anime plz?
UnknownArtist 720
Alpha/Proto does not appear in the anime
My guess as to why Proto/Alpha was never in the Rockman.EXE/Megaman NT Warrior anime was because he was too similar to the D-Reaper from Digimon Tamers.
Alpha was difficult.....until Master Style PA..
Wood Style.
Charge Shot.
Instant Win.
Honestly it all boils down to opinion , but i think i'm right when i say more people prefer mmbn than starforce, atleast the way i see it. I just felt more hype towards mmbn than towards starforce , ahh.. maybe it's just because it was my childhood game that's why ^_^ but you know it's really like i said the basis of your opinion that defines your judgement but irespect yours too.