Changes in Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection

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This page lists the changes made in Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection compared to the original GBA games.

• In the Japanese language setting, many typos were fixed (not all listed here). In the English language setting, little to no typos were fixed (all are listed here).
• The Legacy Collection games are built upon the latest version of the Japanese games, usually v1.1. With the exception of EXE2, which uses a new unidentified version.
• A number of glitches were fixed but a number also remained. Some glitches seems to have remained intentionally, even those that were fixed in the English GBA version.

Multi-game Changes

• BattleChip Gate, Progress Chip Gate, and Beast Link Gate related features are not possible.
• Crossover Battle is not possible, but the Boktai Traders are still in the games. To obtain Crossover Points, players must participate in Online Ranked battles.
• Certain interface sprites are replace with high resolution recreations. These include certain scenario minigames and puzzles.
• All text involving button inputs have been modified to use the system's buttons. This also creates strange text gaps in the text due to the removal of the word "button".
• The red cross symbol on multiple art have been modified, likely due to rules set by the Geneva Conventions.
  • The Spooky virus’ red cross has been recolored green in the battle sprite, chip art, and Patch Card image.
  • ACDC Elementary’s infirmary Red Cross has been recolored green.
  • In BN3, the panels with a red cross in Hospital Comp have been recolored green.
• If a chip is part of a Chip Trading chain, it cannot be put in the Chip Trader or put up for Network trading. In some of the games, completing a trade chain is mandatory for Library completion so this helps players from halting their progress due to a Chip Trader mishap.
  • Due to this, it is no longer possible to trade more of that chip code from another game to gain more copies. Since many of those codes are exclusive to the chain, they essentially become Chip Trader only.
• The Dark Soul AI has been modified to to curb constant usage of strong individual chips.
  • Until 3 Standard chips are recorded: Cannon, AirShot, and MiniBomb will be added into the usage slots and will be phased out once more chips are used. Also, Mega chips will not be used.
  • Mega chips will only record one that has highest usage.
  • Giga or P.A. won’t be used at all.
• (EN) Some field screen signs use the original Japanese images instead of the localized English images.

Mega Man Battle Network 1

• (EN) All element chip symbols use the original Japanese EXE1 design instead of the updated one used in BN1, EXE2, and later.

Text Changes

• (JP) Wily's target, Nation R (R国), has been renamed into Nation M (M国). This country name was never mentioned in the English translation.

Mega Man Battle Network 2

• The Retro Chip Traders have been completely removed.
  • All mentions of the Retro Chip Trader on BBSes have been replaced with new text as well.
• You can now view the chip descriptions for GodStone and ZeusHamr in the shops where you buy them. In the GBA version, it would only show ?????????? if you checked the chip description in the shop.
• Hub Style can no longer be traded to another player.
• For the Network Secret Chips, now only the winner requires having 3 or more title screen stars for the chip to drop. In the GBA version, it required both players to have at least 3 stars.
• Attempting to trade the Snctuary chip to another player will now have a prompt: "The Snctuary Battle Chip cannot be found again in-game once traded. Do you still want to trade it?"
• (EN) The original Japanese GBA jack in animation is used instead of the English GBA version.

Gameplay Changes

• Prism chip’s splashing damage now causes flashing in Network Duel. In the GBA version, Prism works the same as story mode where it doesn’t cause flashing.

Notes

• The Download Chips can be loaded for the Hard Mode save, even if they are already loaded in normal mode.
• Hard Mode completion image now uses non-pixel art artwork.

Mega Man Battle Network 3

• In Network Duels, choosing weight classes is no longer an option. Tournament is also no longer an option.
• (EN) The original Japanese jack in animation, Navi Customizer animation, and all stars completion image are restored.

Notes

• 7 Stars completion image now uses non-pixel art artwork.

Mega Man Battle Network 4

• The all title screen mark congratulations screen now uses the textbox font for the text instead of the thick font. Also, the font will differ depending on the language setting.
• (EN) The Title Screen Marks use the Japanese GBA icons instead of the English GBA icons (e.g. STAND COMP (JP) vs STD COMPL (EN)).

Text Changes

• Regal's country, Nation Z (Z国), has been renamed into Nation X (X国).
• (JP) When using a 3-Chip Trader while MegaMan is not in the PET: if you run out of chips after making a trade and try to trade again, in the Japanese GBA version, the game would tell you you need 10 chips. In Legacy Collection, it correctly states that you need 3 chips.
• (EN) Z Saver has been renamed Z Saber. Repliroid remains untouched.

Notes

• In the Boktai side-quest, Otenko still does not have a "Taiyoh!" voice line in the English setting. The voice line plays in the Japanese and Chinese settings.
• The Download Chips allows you to download again whenever you start a New Game+ Continue. This allows 2 or more copies of the Duo and PrixPowr chips, in the GBA version, those chips could only be downloaded once per save.

Mega Man Battle Network 5

• The Chip Order at Higsby’s has been modified to how it works in BN3 and BN4. Instead of just stocking 1 copy for the entire game, it will now restock accordingly to how many copies of that chip is put into the Chip Trader.
• (EN) Cyberworld areas are all using their original Japanese designs and numbering.

Text Changes

• (JP) The name of the Vacuum Fan 3 virus has been corrected, it is now properly named as Vacuum Fan 3 in the game. In the Japanese GBA version, its name appeared as Wind Box 3.
• (EN) The "Ghost" Patch Card in-game has been renamed into "Spooky". Candela however, remains the same and is not renamed CanDevil.

5DS Text Differences

The few text fixes from Mega Man Battle Network 5 Double Team DS did not carry over and in some cases, even fixes typos differently:

• (EN) Z Saver has been renamed Z Saber. Repliroid remains untouched, not bringing over the "Reploid" change from BN5DS.
• (EN) BN5DS's names for the "LeaderR" and "ChaosL" chip are not used, instead the MMBNLC uses "LeadRaid" and "ChaosLrd". The description however, is the same as BN5DS.
• (EN) The typo when obtaining the SpinRed KeyItem has been fixed. The third line "to spin red program parts." was too long and overflowed into the textbox arrow’s tile. This is different from the fix found in BN5DS.
  • "In NaviCust you can | now use L/R Button | to spin red program parts." into "In NaviCust you can | now use L/R to spin | red program parts.".
• (EN) The typos when MegaMan gets paralyzed and recovers in Liberation Missions from BN5 GBA remain the same. None of the text fixes from BN5DS were made.

Mega Man Battle Network 6

• In Network Duels, Random Battle is no longer an option.
• In the GBA version, the incident music would continue to play after beating the main story. In Legacy Collection, it now plays the normal area music again after you reload your save. Also, the Expo music is restored to before it was revealed to be a WWW base.
• A bad words check is now applied to Folder names. This was presumably added because Folders can now be shared online with strangers.
• The Chip Order at AsterLand has been modified to how it works in BN3 and BN4. Instead of just stocking 1 copy for the entire game, it will now restock accordingly to how many copies of that chip is put into the Chip Trader.
• In the cutscene where Lan and Mick meet the penguin at school, after MegaMan says "L-Lan!!?", you had to press the A Button twice to advance the scene (after the first press, the sound would fade out but the scene would not continue). In Legacy Collection, you only need to press the A Button once, and the scene will continue automatically along with the sound fading out.
• (EN) Cyberworld areas are all using their original Japanese designs and numbering.
• (EN) Dust Cross' Custom Screen ability uses the GBA Japanese icon "Dust Shoot" instead of the GBA English icon "Trash Chute".

Gameplay Changes

• ElecPuls2 will now hold MegaMan in position for the same duration as the other ElecPulse series chips. In the GBA version, ElecPuls2’s duration was shorter and allowed MegaMan to act faster than the other ElecPulse chips.

Text Changes

• (JP) In the Japanese GBA version, PulseBulb's description in the Virus Battler stated that its attack inflicts Confuse. In Legacy Collection, it correctly states that it inflicts Paralyze.
• (JP) In the Japanese GBA version, the P.A. Memos for Wide Burner stated that you need 3 Wide Burner chips. In Legacy Collection, it correctly states that you need 3 Hell's Burner chips.
• (JP) A typo was fixed in the request acceptance mail for the "Time Capsule" request.
• (EN) The Puffy virus family is renamed to Diodon. This was presumably done since there was already a different virus family named Puffy in the earlier MMBN games. Both viruses are featured on a Patch Card in MMBN6, so having them both named Puffy would have been confusing.
• (EN) All instances of SpoutMan and related “Spout” names are now AquaMan and “Aqua”. AquaShower however is still DripShower.

Notes

• (EN) Although the Legacy Collection now uses the Japanese GBA version as a base, it still uses a majority of the English GBA version script. Some of the script was not adjusted correctly, resulting in some event triggers not working.
  • Virus Battler will give the English GBA rewards instead of the intended (Japanese GBA) rewards. To remedy this issue, before playing Virus Battler, the game must be temporarily switched to the Japanese or Chinese language setting.
  • ProtoManSP: When playing on English language, the original requirements from the English GBA version will be applied. However, the job list follows the Japanese numbering. To level up ProtoMan to SP, the first 23 jobs from the English Request BBS list must be completed.

Trivia

• The English text for BN5 Patch Cards and BN6’s Django chip description, Count chip description, and battle cutscene are taken directly from the data of the original English GBA version. This is the first time these text can be seen legitimately.
• For BN4-6’s event chips, the original GBA version does not contain data for the name or description of the chips. Since the data were on the e-Reader cards that are then written into the game, this is the first time many of these chips have official in-game English names and description.