Mega Man V (1994 video game)
| Mega Man V | |
|---|---|
North American cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Minakuchi Engineering |
| Publisher(s) | Capcom |
| Producer(s) | Tokuro Fujiwara |
| Artist(s) | Keiji Inafune |
| Series | Mega Man |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Action, platform |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Mega Man V is an action-platform video game developed by Minakuchi Engineering and published by Capcom for the Game Boy. It is the fifth game in the handheld series of the Mega Man franchise. The game follows the adventures of the protagonist Mega Man as he must defend the Earth from a group of powerful robots from outer space called the Stardroids. Mega Man V is unique among the Game Boy Mega Man games as it features original bosses rather than recycling those from the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Mega Man games.
Mega Man V is an action platformer in which the player selects stages in a non-linear fashion and acquires the weapon of each boss defeated to use as their own. Although it plays nearly identical to other games in the series, Mega Man V features a new default weapon (the powerful "Mega Arm") and introduces Tango, a new assistant character. Mega Man V received a positive critical reception, with critics considering it to be one of the best games in the series.