History VideoGame / MakeAGoodMegaManLevelContest

** Bright Man doesn't even get that, as there are [[OurFounder statues of him spread around the hub]]. [[spoiler:However, [[BalefulPolymorph you become him]] in Shinryu's Identity Crisis level (as well as the Wily Machine battle) and get a costume of him, so it works out.]]

** Returning from the first game, [[spoiler:The Moon from Neon Gravity, Birdo from Mega Man World, and Glass Man from his eponymous stage all return as [[BonusBoss bonus bosses]] in Tier 10, all 3 of whom have had a major DifficultySpike.]]

A third contest, ''Make a Good Mega Man Level 3'', was announced some time after ''2''[='=]s release, and will be made using a more robust and polished Megamix Engine which, among other features, includes almost every enemy, miniboss, and gimmick across the series (including the UsefulNotes/GameBoy games and ''VideoGame/RockmanAndForteMiraiKaraNoChosensha''), and almost thrice the number of prebuilt bosses. The devkit was released on September 15th, 2018, and the submission period ran from September 22nd to November 25th, with a penalized grace period afterwards for late submissions which ended on December 2nd. It is currently being judged and prepared.

*** Zieldak's level "Joe Man": [[spoiler:After beating the titular Robot Master, you can opt to fight Joe Man R, which is the Robot Master you just fought brought UpToEleven. Notably, he's one of the few bosses to be ''banned'' from the [[BossRush arena]].]]

** [[spoiler: The Green Star Mode that can be unlocked from the cheat menu takes this UpToEleven. Several of the stars are hidden behind objects or in areas that require going outside of intended level boundaries to get to.]]

* JokerImmunity: Taken UpToEleven, even for series standards: [[spoiler:Wily is trapped in an exploding spaceship inside his asteroid fortress ''as that fortress is deleted from reality'', yet he reappears in the Dojo with almost no mention of his supposed death.]]

* NiceHat: Sheriff Man's cowboy hat. [[spoiler:The Sheriff Man/Cyber Man chimerabot even takes the time to put it on before fighting you.]]

* ZeroEffortBoss: Peterdun's level "Combust Man" features the titular Robot Master... who just stands there and goes down in a single shot. He still deals CollisionDamage, however, which can catch you off guard if you were foolish enough to run into him thinking he was an NPC. Interestingly, he ''does'' have damage data for Mega Man's weapons...[[OneHitPointWonder he takes 28 damage]] ''[[UpToEleven or more]]'' from all of them.

!!The original ''Make a Good Mega Man Level Contest'' provides examples of:
[[folder:Contest 1]]

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!!The sequel, ''Make a Good Mega Man Level Contest 2'', provides the following examples:
[[folder:Contest 2]]

!!The side contests provide examples of:

** Set of four [=NPCs=] from Tier 3 (Metall, Tosanaizer V, Shell'n, and Baccone) have pun-based names derived from the culinary competition host and judges of ''Series/{{Chopped}}'' - Ted Allen, Chris Santos, Alex Guarnaschelli and Scott Conant respectively.

* StealthPun: The game taking place on a cruise ship named "SS Elroy" is this as well as a ShoutOut to one of the game's programmers, ''Cruise'' Elroy.

** Almost all of the cast in ''[=MaGMML1=]'' are from the games, and the game is relatively subdued about the series' in-jokes. ''[=MaGMML2=]'' would go on to feature [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters even more]] characters, many of which are from either various adaptations or [[{{Crossover}} other game series]], and significantly increases the {{Mythology Gag}}s.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The first game mostly uses characters from the original games, which is still quite a large number taking into account the 50+ Robot Masters in the series. ''[=MaGMML2=]'' ups the ante by including characters from various entries beyond the Classic series, along with adaptations, and even integrates ones from fanworks and other franchises into the games, significantly increasing the character count.

* DungeonBypass: In the original MaGMML, City War has an Energy Element to the left of the level's starting point due to issues with the level's collision. Later MaGMML games, including the remaster of the first game, add green Skip Teleporters to long, difficult, or buggy levels that take the player to a seperate room containing all of the level's collectables.

* DungeonBypass: Several levels that were deemed "unreasonable" by the judges are made skippable through special green teleporters at the beginning, which takes the player to a special room containing all of the level's collectables.

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: With the animal characters in this game largely being robots, this is justified. Not so much one of the [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom judges]] [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair appearing as this]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Galaxy Man is characterized this way. [[spoiler:..Or so you would think, as he eventually [[ObfuscatingStupidity drops the act and challenges you to a boss fight]].]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: While ''[=MaGMML1=]'' tier bosses [[VideoGame/MegaManSuperFightingRobot Dagger Man]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManUnlimited Yoku Man]] reappear in this game (and the latter brings along with him most of the ''Unlimited'' Robot Masters as well), Justice Man is noticably absent, while Jolt Man is only a background cameo.

* ObviousBeta: Unfortunately, the initial release of the game was plagued with problems, including [[GameBreakingBug not being able to enter the Wily Star at all.]] These issues are being quickly rectified through a rapid succession of patches. Then again, this did have a [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime similar development time as]] ''VideoGame/MegaManMaker''.

** [[VideoGame/MegaManV Pluto and Uranus]], both of whom are [[CatFolk animal]] [[ALoadOfBull themed]], complain that they aren't allowed in [[BurgerFool McWily's]] because of the restaurant's "No Pets" policy. [[spoiler:They also have unique dialogue with Davwin for the same reason.]]

* GuestFighter: Some of the costumes are characters from other intellectual properties who are related to Mega Man in some way. These characters are [[spoiler:Rokko from ''VideoGame/RokkoChan'' (a tribute to ''Mega Man'')]], [[spoiler:Beck from ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' (a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Mega Man'')]], [[spoiler:Doropie from ''VideoGame/MagicalDoropie'' (a contemporary AlternateCompanyEquivalent to ''Mega Man'')]], [[spoiler:Marisa Kirisame from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' (alluding to the FusionFic fan game ''VideoGame/MegaMari'')]], and [[spoiler:Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog (continuing the Archie references in CompositeCharacter and ContinuityCameo above, alluding to the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie]] [[ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics Comics]] crossover storylines ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'' and ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite'')]].

* StealthPun: The final boss in the game is [[spoiler:a two-versus-one fracas between Zero and Duo against Trio. There's a strong NumericalThemeNaming pattern, but "Solo" is missing... except, the boss just before, Unununium, fills being number one in two ways: the "un" in its name is similarly pronounced to the word for "one" in multiple Latin-based languages, and the real-world element it references has the atomic number "111"]].

** Unlike in ''[=MaGMML2=]'', every playable character has its own dialogue. [[spoiler: Proto Man and Bass have their own characters, too: the former is being written as a no-nonsense and gritty loner, while the latter is an arrogant and selfish jerkass.]]

* TruerToTheText: The game tries to write Mega Man closer to how he is in canon, rather than the [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], destruction-prone [[UnfazedEveryman unfazed everyman]] he is in past [=MaGMML=] games.

** Set of four [=NPCs=] from Tier 3 (Metall, Tosanaizer V, Shell'n, and Baccone) have pun-based names derived from major food personalities of the culinary competition series ''Chopped'' - Ted Allen, Chris Santos, Alex Guarnachelli and Scott Conant respectively.

* StealthBasedMission: Focus for one of the sidequests. [[spoiler:Mr. Bol'o of the Double-Action Boutique wants to make a favorite dish of the famous Golden Chef, Master Reddorgold. However, it needs to be cooked with flames; thus Mega Man needs to secretly get past security of the kitchen and finish the dish using Flame Mixer. If the guards spot you, they simply kick you back to the beginning of the section.]]

* CompositeCharacter: Oil Man appears as a NPC sporting his western ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'' design (blue body and yellow lips) but apologizing for kidnapping Roll, which is something he has only done in his debut arc in [[ComicBook/MegaMan the Archie comics]] (where he had a black body with a red scarf completely covering his lips).

** The [[ComicBook/MegaMan Doctor Lalinde Numbers Quake Woman and Vesper Woman]] can be seen in the main hub and Tier 9 respectively. Quake Woman tells the player she's at the festival to defend it against any potential attack from the Emerald Spears, an Archie-original anti-robot terrorist cell. [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/c/c7/PoorlyConceivedRobotMasters.png/revision/latest?cb=20150622013412 Motion Sickness Man]] from [[ComicBook/MegaMan the Archie Comic: Short Circuits series]] also appears to warn players of levels that may cause motion sickness.

* GuestFighter: Some of the costumes are characters from other intellectual properties who are related to Mega Man in some way. These characters are [[spoiler:Rokko from ''VideoGame/RokkoChan'' (a tribute to ''Mega Man'')]], [[spoiler:Beck from ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'' (a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Mega Man'')]], [[spoiler:Doropie from ''VideoGame/MagicalDoropie'' (a contemporary AlternateCompanyEquivalent to ''Mega Man'')]], [[spoiler:Marisa Kirisame from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' (alluding to the FusionFic fan game ''VideoGame/MegaMari'')]], and [[spoiler:Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog (continuing the Archie references in CompositeCharacter and ContinuityCameo above, alluding to the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Archie]] [[ComicBook/MegaMan Comics]] crossover storylines ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'' and ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite'')]].

* SchizophrenicDifficulty: Because the levels of this game were submitted by many different level designers of [[SturgeonsLaw sdiffering skill-levels]], and that the levels were organized in tiers based on their score, this was inevitable. If a player were to play the levels in order from worst to best, this will become readily apparent, as one of the first-tier levels is ''very'' difficult, and in fact is ''designed'' to be difficult.

** And if all that wasn't enough, it's possible for [[spoiler:Zero Soul at the end of the Arena]] to ''[[https://youtu.be/vdsHH4r2b8Q?t=1139 glitch himself out of the screen entirely]]'', rendering the fight UnwinnableByMistake and ruining your hard-earned run.

* CallBack: M-Jacq's review of "Space Pipes" is exactly the same as [=Duvi0=]'s review of "Mega Man World" from the first contest. There, [=Duvi0=] was responding to the in-game message that "i hope i win" with "You probably did!!" Here, M-Jacq is responding to the creator's message that [[SelfDeprecation "IHOPEILOSE"]] with [[BrutalHonesty "You probably did."]]

* TheMafia: [[spoiler:The members of Box Cartel in a nutshell.]]
* TurnsRed: [[spoiler:Blocky]] gets a second, much larger form just when you're about to beat him... but it doesn't restore his health, so a single shot with any weapon is enough to finish him off.

* RecurringRiff: A handful of the lower tier levels use Galaxy Man's theme because it's the default music. Galaxy Man's theme is also used as a StupidStatementDanceMix that appears in Tier 2 and his shop[[spoiler:, as well as a [[BossRemix remix for his own boss fight]]]].