Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge (Game Boy, 1991): A Mini Review

It's like Mega Man, but smaller.

Smaller 'cause it's on a Game Boy, but also smaller because it doesn't have as many levels as a typical Mega Man Game.

Starts almost as an adaptation of the original Mega Man, except only 4 robot masters are available to fight: Cut Man, Ice Man, Elec Man, and Fire Man. Get through their stage, defeat them, get their powers, and then it's on to Dr. Wily's fortress. Yep, just 4 normal stages! You do fight four robot masters from Mega Man 2--Heat Man, Quick Man, Flash Man and Bubble Man--but they're all in one of those teleporter rooms located at the end of one of the Wily stages.

Mixing robot masters from two games is kinda fun, and there are original levels, enemies, and other elements that don't show up in the home console versions, so kudos to the handheld version for having the ambition to add to the series, rather than just adapting it.

The smaller screen size means you have a tighter field of view than the NES versions, which may make this game even harder than the original Mega Man on NES.

I don't regret playing it, but I think my favorite part was at the end credits, where you get to see goofy portraits of all the robot masters go by. They look happy and silly for some reason! I haven't seen these portraits anywhere else, and I kinda love them.

I played it on the 3DS and tried to avoid using save states, but my willpower crumbled on the last two levels.

Worth checking out if you're a fan of Mega Man and Mega Man 2.