History YMMV / MegaManBattleNetwork

** Dr. Regal and the Darkloids of Nebula. Regal and Shademan.EXE have cool enough looks to start with, but they are notably [[AdaptationalBadass far more hardcore in the anime adaptation]] compared to the games. Same goes for Cosmoman in the manga.

* EvilIsCool: '''Bass.EXE''', through and through. That cloak he wears is just the icing on the cake.

* GoodBadBugs:
** The first game has the Cutscene Pause glitch, which would allow you to skip cutscenes by exploiting the brief window in which you can bring up the pause menu; this can actually be used to skip the final boss of the game.
** In ''Battle Network 1'', because of shoddy event flag coding, putting out a certain number of flames in the first section of the WWW HQ, then jacking out and returning to AC/DC Town will cause the game to skip straight to the ending, completely bypassing a sizable chunk of the endgame (including [[ThatOneBoss MagicMan.EXE]] and the [[FinalBoss Life Virus]]).
** "Gospel Duping" is the name of a ''Battle Network 2'' exploit that allows players to collect more copies of chips than the game intended. Beating Gospel will reset the game to your last save point, with your chip folder and completion markers intact, but it won't account for any changes to Mystery Data or the like, allowing you to collect from them again.
** The [=ProtoMan=] tournament fight at ''Blue Moon'' has absolutely ''terrible'' AI, which insists on doing nothing but occasionally using Fighter Sword, and only from the center-right column. Stealing that column with a basic Area Grab makes him entirely helpless. While he isn't as harmless in future fights in the same game, an Areagrab still heavily neuters him to the point where Normal or Heelnavis are more threatening. He's not that much better [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJfPcIM2X8s at his strongest]], either, being stopped by a mere two obstacles.
** In ''Battle Network 4'', if Dark [=MegaMan=] loses all his HP on the same frame a poison panel depletes it, his HP is completely removed and all further damage does nothing to him, passive or direct. Damage is still registered if it's an attack, but it simply doesn't do anything.

* ItsTheSameSoItSucks: Go ahead. Say you're glad they're keeping the old graphics and Internet in the ''1'' remake around fans. Although this is because the original Internet was very ugly looking and difficult to navigate, which may be mitigated by the map function revealed in the preview.

* TheScrappy: Dr. Regal in the games is very disliked for being a cartoonishly one-dimensional CardCarryingVillain with nonsensical plans, obnoxious rants about how HumansAreBastards and flimsy motivations that amount to nothing more than him doing things just ForTheEvulz. This is much more prominent regarding his debut in the fourth game, where he acts very StupidEvil and borders on GenericDoomsdayVillain -- his notably [[FauxAffablyEvil more characterized]], [[ColdBloodedTorture more threatening]], and [[TookALevelInBadass smarter]] portrayal in ''Battle Network 5'' is easier to tolerate. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap The anime and manga incarnations of Regal]] are also considerably less ridiculously cookie-cutter evil Mad Scientist and [[EvilIsCool much more efficient in villainous plans and deeds as well.]]

* TheScrappy: Dr. Regal is very disliked for being a cartoonishly one-dimensional CardCarryingVillain with nonsensical plans, obnoxious rants about how HumansAreBastards and flimsy motivations that amount to nothing more than him doing things just ForTheEvulz. This is much more prominent regarding his debut in the fourth game, where he acts very StupidEvil and borders on GenericDoomsdayVillain -- his notably [[FauxAffablyEvil more characterized]], [[ColdBloodedTorture more threatening]], and [[TookALevelInBadass smarter]] portrayal in ''Battle Network 5'' is easier to tolerate. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap The anime and manga incarnations of Regal are also considerably less ridiculously cookie-cutter evil Mad Scientist and more efficient in villainous plans and deeds as well.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: When the Legacy Collection was first announced, it was revealed that there would be no online functionality, meaning no [=PvP=] battles or chip trading. This greatly upset fans who loved the series specifically for those aspects, and/or who were hoping that a competitive [=NetBattling=] scene might actually help bolster interest in the franchise among new players. Come a couple of months later at the 2022 Tokyo Games Show, and lo and behold, it was announced that online functionality was being worked on.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

** OneHundredPercentCompletion of the Chip Library can be a bit of a pain depending on the chip(s) you're missing. Usually, you can get a greater part of them by playing the game normally, and a few require some specific grinding for...and then there's the ones that flat-out require manipulating the RNG of the game through the chip folder and enemy actions to even have a ''remote'' chance of getting. Don't feel like having to grind for specific chips and performing every action flawlessly? Well, hope you like them being a LuckBasedMission from the chip trader then! Some of the most infamous ones from the first game include Howitzer and Dropdown.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Battle Network'' was rather divisive back in the day. While not ''quite'' to the ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' extreme, the series usually had a few camps, those who liked ''Battle Network'', and those who wished Capcom would have put more resources in developing the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series instead. (Not helping was [=MegaMan=]'s [[AudienceAlienatingEra falling reputation at the time]]). Now, the series is looked upon with fondness and nostalgia - its ValuesResonance, [[NarmCharm Campiness]], the [[SoBadItsGood riff bait that is 4]], as well as its still-to-this-day unique FightLikeACardPlayer system[[note]]A game called ''VideoGame/OneStepFromEden'' was released March 2020 with a similar system, but it's very clearly inspired by the series to the point ''Battle Network's'' speedrunning community included its demo in their marathons prior to release[[/note]] have made people look on the game with more forgiveness.

** There are plenty of fanfics that portray Mayl as desperately wanting any form of love from Lan to the point of tricking him into giving her affection or leaving him for another man. They also love to portray Mayl as being overtly possessive of Lan to the point of her getting upset at him even interacting with other females. This is turned UpToEleven in yaoi-centered fics, as she is depicted as homophobic as a result of Lan being attracted to guys.

* MisBlamed:
** A [[http://lparchive.org/Mega-Man-Battle-Network/Update%2006/ Let's Play]] of ''1'' criticized some players for not knowing what is a Program Advance (P.A.) because they didn't talk to [=NPCs=] who mention it all the time. The problem is that it's not that they didn't know about ''what'' it is, [[GuideDangIt they actually didn't know which Battle Chip combinations form what kind of P.A. in the first place]].[[note]]There are some exceptions, but those only apply to really basic P.A.s.[[/note]] Making things even more confusing is that some P.A.s might get carried over to the next game but require different chips such as [=PoisonPharaoh=], [=2XHero=] [[note]]Pronounced "Double Hero".[[/note]] and [=MasterStyle=]. It's like the ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'' recipes, except that you cannot do things like bribing [=NPCs=] with gifts if you want them.
** For the longest time, American fans have been mad about not being able to play the additional ''Boktai'' content of ''Battle Network 6'', and have blamed the matter on ''Boktai'''s limited popularity in the west. Not so -- the actual reason is that the game's memory was so jammed full of ''content'' that material had to be removed to make room for the English script. The ''Boktai'' content, being cool but largely unimportant, therefore got the axe.

* VindicatedByHistory: ''Battle Network'' was rather divisive back in the day. While not ''quite'' to the ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' extreme, the series usually had a few camps, those who liked ''Battle Network'', and those who wished Capcom would have put more resources in developing the ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series instead. (Not helping was Megaman's [[DorkAge falling reputation at the time]]). Now, the series is looked upon with fondness and nostalgia - its ValuesResonance, [[NarmCharm Campiness]], the [[SoBadItsGood riff bait that is 4]], as well as its still-to-this-day unique FightLikeACardPlayer system[[note]]A game called ''VideoGame/OneStepFromEden'' was released March 2020 with a similar system, but it's very clearly inspired by the series to the point ''Battle Network's'' speedrunning community included its demo in their marathons prior to release[[/note]] have made people look on the game with more forgiveness.

* TheScrappy: Dr. Regal is very disliked for being a cartoonishly one-dimensional CardCarryingVillain with nonsensical plans, obnoxious rants about how HumansAreBastards and flimsy motivations that amount to nothing more than him doing things just ForTheEvulz. This is much more prominent regarding his debut in the fourth game, where he acts very StupidEvil and borders on GenericDoomsdayVillain -- his notably [[FauxAffablyEvil more characterized]] and [[TookALevelInBadass smarter]] portrayal in ''Battle Network 5'' is easier to tolerate. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap The anime and manga incarnations of Regal are also considerably less ridiculously cookie-cutter evil Mad Scientist and more efficient in villainous plans and deeds as well.]]

* ScrappyWeapon: Lobbing chips -- where [=MegaMan=] throws something in the air to hit three panels ahead of him -- tend to be among the worst chips in each game. The travel time before being active combined with the highly specific attack range means it's impractial to hit anything that isn't stationary or moving predictably. Lobbing chips are only really useful in [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman Navis fights that seem specifically designed for them]], where the opponent is sticking to the back row and hiding behind obstacles that block most other attacks.

** ''Operate Shooting Star'' features a time-traveling villain and a cross over with the sequel series, ''Star Force''...for one Filler scenario that basically amounts to playing tag. Otherwise it's just a port of the first ''Battle Network'' with a handful of new features.

* TierInducedScrappy:
** Competitively speaking, Aqua Soul in the fourth game is considered utterly useless. When it came back as Spout Cross in the sixth one, it was thankfully RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap, thanks to a much stronger selection of Water chips.
** Dark chips in the fourth and fifth game, as well as dark-aligned chips. Dark chips generally lack the power required to make their permanent HP reduction useful in battle, and ''5'' had the far better useful Chaos Unisons to use the chips anyway. Dark-aligned [=MegaMan=] also had a second LastChanceHitPoint that also had Dark Mega take the wheel for about ten seconds that is completely random in its usefulness, which is a neat gimmick but nowhere near as consistent as the content it locks out. This ends up affecting the dark-aligned chips, as while they're better than their light-aligned chips (Static blows Tornado out of the water, Muramasa has proven itself in the earlier games, etc.), they aren't really that worth it for the price. Amusingly, they ''aren't'' this in the Japanese meta, where you're just as likely to see a dark player as a light player. The reasons for this are the previously listed dark-aligned chips, the emergency Darksoul, and either for emergency utility (four) or being able to use offensive dark chips that would suffer from PoorPredictableRock if used with Chaos Unison like Drill and Sword instead of utility chips like Thunder or requiring setup like Search (five).

** Forced tutorials at the beginning of every game. Even if you know everything about the series, each game will put you through 3 tutorials usually on things you already knew like only using chips that are the same or those that share a code.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The first game isn't really anything special, having very questionable balancing that isn't especially fun, some mechanics that needed some more tuning to actually be more enjoyable, forgettable writing, and an infamously bizarre overworld decision that makes every place look identical. While it's looked back on as important for helping the devs figure out what they wanted to do with the second and third game, the only game it's overwhelmingly considered better than by fans is the fourth.

* BreatherBoss:
** [=NumberMan=] in the first game, the fact that he [[StationaryBoss never moves]] ensures that almost all of your attacks will hit him.
** [=AirMan=]. He is the only boss in the second game who did not have an annoying gimmick. Kind of ironic since [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 his Robot Master counterpart]] is ThatOneBoss.
** [=FreezeMan=] from the same game. The fact that he's an Aqua Navi standing on ice panels causes him to take quadruple damage from any electric attacks, so two [=ToadMan=] or [=ThunderMan=] chips should be enough to take him down. What's more, since electric attacks causes enemies to be paralyzed rather than flinch, you can immediately hit him again.

** This also happens with some of the scenarios. The fact that Mayl and Ms. Mari are so excited for an internet-controlled ''dishwasher'' of all things after all the hijackings of household appliances can be somewhat silly.
** Ms. Madd herself from the first game seems like she was built up for this. However, her expression coupled with her actions and taunting of Lan make her surprisingly threatening. Her Navi, on the other hand, is just plain ridiculous. LetsPlay/HCBailly called attention to how awkward it looked when he was bouncing up and down while Roll was [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything on her back]].

** ''Double Team DS'' makes the otherwise badass Colonel much more comical, thanks to his voice actor giving him a jarring Russian accent and delivering [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jsOAnG341U his lines]] in a spectacularly [[LargeHam hammy]] way. As a result, players tend to find his death quote ("I'm sorry, Baryl") hilarious, even though it's supposed to be a PlayerPunch.

** ''Double Team DS'' makes the otherwise badass Colonel much more comical, thanks to his voice actor giving him a jarring Russian accent and delivering [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jsOAnG341U his lines]] in a spectacularly [[LargeHam hammy]] way.

* FanNickname: The term "alphabet soup" is used to describe folders that are put together with little sense of strategy -- usually a collection of powerful chips from many different codes. These folder configurations are often seen as the mark of a beginner player.

** Kettle Viruses in the 6th game. They lack proper HP and have a temperature count that increases when they are hurt, and once it reaches 100 degrees they explode. Notably, their temperature will quickly drop if you aren't attacking them, and later variants gain less temperature when attacked, making them a pain to kill.

** In the fifth game, Dr. Regal's master plan for corrupting the Soul Net with Nebula Gray in order to turn all of humanity evil sounds nightmarish in theory. But what the game actually shows to us...is just a bunch of people acting like rude and petty jerks, making it more reminiscent of the villain's plan from ''WesternAnimation/TheCareBearsMovie.''