History YMMV / MegaManBattleNetwork2

* GoodBadBugs: The "Gospel duplication" glitch is this because it lets you get multiple copies of chips that would normally be obtained once per playthrough.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The third boss of the BonusDungeon is [=PlanetMan.EXE=], who is a StationaryBoss that sits in the center of his area, perfectly in the range of a wide variety of attacks which you've collected to get this far. [[spoiler:That's because the true final challenge of the WWW area is the real Bass, who catches you as you try to leave the place.]]

* BreatherBoss:
** [=CutMan=] comes between [=QuickMan=], who's a WakeUpCallBoss, and [=ShadowMan=], who can present a tricky fight. [=CutMan=] does have his gimmicks that obstruct your movement, but his attacks are very short-ranged and easily dodged.
** [=FreezeMan=] is an Aqua Navi (weak to Elec attacks) standing on ice panels (doubles damage from Elec attacks on top of the ElementalRockPaperScissors multiplier), so two [=ToadMan=] or [=ThunderMan=] chips should be enough to take him down. He's also a StationaryBoss so aiming is less of an issue. What's more, since Elec attacks cause enemies to be paralyzed rather than flinch, you can immediately hit him again.

* AntiClimaxBoss:
** Despite being one of the final Navis encountered, [=FreezeMan.EXE=] is a cakewalk due to his elemental weakness coupled with the fact the entire field is iced over. This means any electric attack will deal ''quadruple'' damage to him and he will die very quickly, and he [[StationaryBoss never moves from the spot he starts the battle in]].
** The third boss of the BonusDungeon is [=PlanetMan.EXE=], who is a StationaryBoss that sits in the center of his area, perfectly in the range of a wide variety of attacks which you've collected to get this far. [[spoiler:That's because the true final challenge of the WWW area is the real Bass, who catches you as you try to leave the place.]]

* {{Narm}}: The endgame has a few too many cases of swapping between the dramatic incident theme and the heroic theme back-to-back as everyone pulls off a BigDamnHeroes or another surprise villain reveal. Basically everything Gospel does at this point will invoke that same song over and over.

*** [=QuickMan V2=] will likely be the first "ghost" boss Navi you fight (a stronger replica of the original that can employ new tactics and gives you a summon chip upon defeat, found on hidden squares in the net), showing up on the way to [=KotoSquare=] on a dead-end path. Now he can use two boomerangs in rapid succession and, when he gets low on health, will zip over to your side to use a [=WideSword=]-esque move. Since you have to know in advance you're going to fight him, you may not have saved, which can truly screw you if you're just casually exploring the new area (plus his new tactics can leave you unprepared even if you had a good system on the first bout). Beat Quickman [=V2=] and you'll have a chance of running into ''[=V3=]'' in the same zone (which could be as soon as completing the same task that caused you to run into [=V2=]), who has even more HP and even ''more'' new strategies (among others his boomerang can now be thrown in a wave pattern, making it much harder to dodge).

** Freeze Man's chapter forces you to backtrack all across the Internet to get the right items to melt the right variants of ice.

** [=AirMan=] is the only boss who does not have an annoying gimmick, which makes him a straightforward fight. Kind of ironic since [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 his Robot Master counterpart]] is ThatOneBoss.
** [=FreezeMan=] is an Aqua Navi (weak to Elec attacks) standing on ice panels (doubles damage from Elec attacks on top of the ElementalRockPaperScissors multiplier), so two [=ToadMan=] or [=ThunderMan=] chips should be enough to take him down. What's more, since Elec attacks cause enemies to be paralyzed rather than flinch, you can immediately hit him again.

** The ExcusePlot of the WWW area is that strong navis were being recruited for the WWW. somewhat similar to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada_3301 Cicada 3301]]. Further bearing the similarities is that the Protecto viruses are essentially a PuzzleBoss.

* ValuesResonance: Gospel being made up of people who feel slighted and were lashing out for revenge bears a lot of similarities to people becoming radicalised over the internet in TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties.
** [[spoiler: Sean himself even more so. A lot of kids growing up with internet access can relate to acting out or spending long hours online because they were unhappy with real life around them and felt powerless otherwise. It makes it very easy to sympathize with him as a TragicVillain.]]

* NightmareFuel: Gospel as an organization are easily among the darkest antagonists in the series. While [=WWW=] did cause terrorist acts, at the end of the day they were mostly hackers causing a ton of trouble and collateral damage out of one man's petty spite for the Net. Gospel on the other hand does genuine bombings, including attempting to destroy a dam and kill everyone nearby with the flooding, wipes out all of the [=NetNavis=] of Yumland in what is all but outright genocide, and are straight up referred to as a "[=NetMafia=]" that will attempt to kill anyone that gets in their way. And while other games nearly kill characters in some way or another, this one has folks burned, blown up, directly wounded and everything with all the violent intentions implied, [[spoiler:even if no one actually dies.]] The fact that their leader [[spoiler: is an abused, orphaned child who turned to the internet after becoming misanthropic, and its heavily implied Wily reached out to him anonymously and inspired the foundation of Gospel]] adds even more RealismInducedHorror regarding [[spoiler: children being radicalized online]]. [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids Later games toned this down significantly to fit their intended ratings better.]]

* NightmareFuel: Gospel as an organization are easily among the darkest antagonists in the series. While [=WWW=] did cause terrorist acts, at the end of the day they were mostly hackers causing a ton of trouble and collateral damage out of one man's petty spite for the Net. Gospel on the other hand does genuine bombings, including attempting to destroy a dam and kill everyone nearby with the flooding, wipes out all of the [=NetNavis=] of Yumland in what is all but outright genocide, and are straight up referred to as a "[=NetMafia=]" that will attempt to kill anyone that gets in their way. And while other games nearly kill characters in some way or another, this one has folks burned, blown up, directly wounded and everything with all the violent intentions implied, [[spoiler:even if no one actually dies.]] [[WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids Later games toned this down significantly to fit their intended ratings better.]]

** [=SnakeMan.EXE=] is immobile for most parts but hides in his pot in the back column while not attacking if you line up with him. The column in front of him is also empty space from which he summons his snakes which can block some of your attacks, and those cannot be stolen with an [=AreaGrab=].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This game introduces several aspects of the net that were new when it appeared (and in the timeframe when it was set) but which now date it very clearly to the late 90's and early 2000s. In particular, the background to Yai's server is a Geocities page, complete with a view counter at "3". Likewise, the central forums for the entire setting are single-threaded lists of posts divided by topic - a layout that was popular at the time but which made increasingly less sense as more people joined in and which now exists more as a niche thing.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: This game introduces several aspects of the net that were new when it appeared (and in the time frame when it was set) but which now date it very clearly to the late 90's and early 2000s. In particular, the background to Yai's server is a Geocities page, complete with a view counter at "3". Likewise, the central forums for the entire setting are single-threaded lists of posts divided by topic - a layout that was popular at the time but which made increasingly less sense as more people joined in and which now exists more as a niche thing.

* AssPull: Lan surviving [[spoiler:excess and even ''incapacitating'' amounts of reality-distorting magnetic radiation, even after his radiation suit failed.]] The game effectively shrugs it off in the ending like nothing actually happened to any major degree at all. It basically became the go-to example among fans for Lan being able to [[MadeOfIron survive anything]] this series throws at him.

* ValuesResonance: Gospel being made up of people who feel slighted and were lashing out for revenge bears a lot of similarities to people becoming radicalised over the internet in TheNewTens and TheNewTwenties.

* ScrappyMechanic: It's possible to run into stronger versions of the Navis you've defeated as RandomEncounters in certain areas of the Net. Having the ability to refight them is cool and all, but potentially being forced to battle a harder version of an already hard boss (like [[ThatOneBoss QuickMan]]) completely unprompted isn't. While not the [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork1 first time]] the series has done this, the bosses' annoying gimmicks and mandatory Cyberworld traversal being a lot more frequent in this game makes this gameplay mechanic a lot more unbearable.

* HilariousInHindsight: The aesthetic of the Undernet in this game makes it look like an Xbox console.

* ValuesResonance:
** Gospel is made up of people who were/feel slighted by society at large, isolated from any kind of a support network, then were radicalised into committing terrorism, as opposed to a group of [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad quirky minibosses]]. In the day of online radicalisation, this rings way too true. In fact, the BigBad and the ''leader'' of Gospel is [[spoiler: litearlly the Player character's age]], who as of ''3'' is revealed to have [[spoiler: been manipulated by Dr. Wily]].
*** In particular, the bonus scenario is literally about Lan going to the deepest places of the internet that were set up to try and recruit members for a cyber-crime organisation. Not only is this remnant of Cicada 3301, but also how a lot of terrorist and crime syndicates recruit members.

* TheUntwist: The identity of the Gospel spy who infiltrates the Official conference in Netopia is easy to pick out as [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail the one, new unique sprite that players have not yet seen]]. [[spoiler:Princess Pride, of course.]]