History VideoGame / MegaManTheWilyWars

* OffModel: Oddly, Proto Man of all characters does ''not'' get a new spriteset for ''3'', which simply recolors his NES sprites. Considering Mega Man's new sprite is now noticeably larger than in the original, this makes the contrast very jarring and hard to overlook.

''Mega Man: The Wily Wars'' (''Rockman Mega World'' in Japanese) is a [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive]] exclusive title released in Europe and Japan.

* AWinnerIsYou: After beating the game, the ending merely consists of Mega Man chasing Wily beneath a roll call of the game's 25 Robot Masters, before he escapes and Mega Man jumps in the air.

* ShoutOut: The Genesis Unit is clearly inspired by the characters from ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''; Buster Rod G is based on Sun Wukong, Mega Water S is based on Sha Wujing, and Hyper Storm H is based on Zhu Bajie.
** The way the Wily Machine is constructed sprite-wise and how it moves is clearly inspired by the Death Egg Robot from VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2, which makes sense considering the console the game was released on.

While ''The Wily Wars'' was also available for the Sega Genesis in the U.S. and Canada, it only appeared as a brief Sega Channel[[note]]An online service for the Sega Genesis that let you temporarily load games from the internet to the system's RAM, in case you're wondering.[[/note]] exclusive with no physical version for the region. Capcom would also fail to include it in any of the various ''Mega Man'' [[CompilationReRelease compilations]] or re-release it directly via something like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. The temporary availability window combined with the lack of re-releases made ''The Wily Wars'' somewhat notoriously obscure to the North American audience, who had no good way to play it legally for decades. This would eventually be partially rectified in 2019 via the game's inclusion in the Sega Genesis Mini console, and a physical cartridge would receive an official limited reprint in early 2022. The game would finally become widely accessible when it ended up on UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Online's library of Sega Genesis games in June 2022, marking the first time it has seen a digital re-release.

While ''The Wily Wars'' was also available for the Sega Genesis in the U.S. and Canada, it only appeared as a brief Sega Channel[[note]]An online service for the Sega Genesis that let you temporarily load games from the internet to the system's RAM, in case you're wondering.[[/note]] exclusive with no physical version for the region. Capcom would also fail to include it in any of the various ''Mega Man'' [[CompilationReRelease compilations]] or re-release it directly via something like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. The temporary availability window combined with the lack of re-releases made ''The Wily Wars'' somewhat notoriously obscure to the North American audience, who had no good way to play it legally for decades. This would eventually be partially rectified in 2019 via the game's inclusion in the Sega Genesis Mini console, and a physical cartridge would receive an official limited reprint in early 2022. The game would finally become widely accessible when it ended up on Nintendo Switch Online's library of Sega Genesis games in June 2022, marking the first time it has seen a digital re-release.

While ''The Wily Wars'' was also available for the Sega Genesis in the U.S. and Canada, it only appeared as a brief Sega Channel[[note]]An online service for the Sega Genesis that let you temporarily load games from the internet to the system's RAM, in case you're wondering.[[/note]] exclusive with no physical release for the region. Capcom would also fail to include it in any of the various ''Mega Man'' [[CompilationReRelease compilations]] or re-release it directly via something like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. The temporary availability window combined with the lack of re-releases made ''The Wily Wars'' somewhat notoriously obscure to the North American audience, who had no good way to play it legally for decades. The game would eventually return in 2019 via its inclusion in the Sega Genesis Mini console, and a physical cartridge would receive an official limited reprint in early 2022. This game was also added to Nintendo Switch Online’s library of Sega Genesis games in June 2022, marking the first time it has seen a digital re-release.

While ''The Wily Wars'' was also available for the Sega Genesis in the U.S. and Canada, it only appeared as a brief Sega Channel[[note]]An online service for the Sega Genesis that let you temporarily load games from the internet to the system's RAM, in case you're wondering.[[/note]] exclusive with no physical release for the region. Capcom would also fail to include it in any of the various ''Mega Man'' [[CompilationReRelease compilations]] or re-release it directly via something like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. The temporary availability window combined with the lack of re-releases made ''The Wily Wars'' somewhat notoriously obscure to the North American audience, who had no good way to play it legally for decades. The game would eventually return in 2019 via its inclusion in the Sega Genesis Mini console, and a physical cartridge would receive an official limited reprint in early 2022.

While ''The Wily Wars'' was also available for the Sega Genesis in the U.S. and Canada, it only appeared as a brief Sega Channel[[note]]An online service for the Sega Genesis that let you temporarily load games from the internet to the system's RAM, in case you're wondering.[[/note]] exclusive with no physical release. Capcom would also fail to include it in any of the various ''Mega Man'' [[CompilationReRelease compilations]] or re-release it directly via something like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. The temporary availability window combined with the lack of re-releases made ''The Wily Wars'' somewhat notoriously obscure to the North American audience, who had no good way to play it legally for decades. The game would eventually return in 2019 via its inclusion in the Sega Genesis Mini console, and a physical cartridge would receive an official limited reprint in early 2022.

While ''The Wily Wars'' was also available for the Sega Genesis in the U.S. and Canada, it only appeared as a brief Sega Channel[[note]]An online service for the Sega Genesis that let you temporarily load games from the internet to the system's RAM, in case you're wondering.[[/note]] exclusive with no physical release. Capcom would also fail to include it in any of the various ''Mega Man'' [[CompilationReRelease compilations]] or re-release it directly via something like the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole. The temporary availability window combined with the lack of re-releases made ''The Wily Wars'' somewhat notoriously obscure to the North American audience, who had no good way to play it legally for decades. The game would eventually return in 2019 via its inclusion in the Sega Genesis Mini console, and a physical cartridge would receive an official limited reprint in 2021.

While ''The Wily Wars'' was also available in U.S. and Canada, it only appeared as a brief Sega Channel[[note]]An online service for the Sega Genesis that let you temporarily load games from the internet to the system's RAM, in case you're wondering.[[/note]] exclusive with no physical release. The game would also fail to appear in any of the various ''Mega Man'' [[CompilationReRelease compilations]] or be re-release directly (e.g. the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole). The temporary availability window combined with the lack of re-releases made ''The Wily Wars'' somewhat notoriously obscure to the North American audience, who had no good way to play it legally for decades. The game would eventually return in 2019 via its inclusion in the Sega Genesis Mini console, and a physical cart would receive an official limited reprint in 2021.

While ''The Wily Wars'' was also available in U.S. and Canada, it only appeared as a brief Sega Channel[[note]]An online service for the Sega Genesis that let you temporarily load games from the internet to the system's RAM, in case you're wondering.[[/note]] exclusive with no physical release. The game would also fail to appear any of the various [[CompilationReRelease compilations]] that the ''Mega Man'' series has received over the years. The short availability window combined with the lack of re-releases made ''The Wily Wars'' somewhat notoriously obscure to the North American audience, who had no good way to play it legally. The game would eventually return in 2019 via its inclusion in the Sega Genesis Mini console, and a physical cart would receive an official limited reprint in 2021.