Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar

The Good
Taking the good bits from the previous game, this title has good use of colour, scenery, game mechanics and variety of battlechips. Just like before, you can play other Netnavis, but better than that, you can cross fuse as them without sacrificing an element chip. Being able to transform into a cyber beast is also an added bonus. No liberation missions here, but there is a similar minigame involving net ghosts.

The Bad
This game still manages to include all the goofs and bad parts from the previous games including the smaller sprites and PC speaker music. To top it off, you need to battle abysmally bad boss netnavis, that look like they came from outside the Mega Man franchise. And once again The Japanese version hogs the extras that would have brought some improvement including internet area minimaps and additional locations.

And the plot now takes a turn for the worst in the series as Wily is back to his old box of tricks again. Who thought it would be a good idea to include Iris and Colonel in the 21st century? Forget about Wily's robotics project now that there's robots everywhere, he's more upset about a war, which was never referenced in any of the other games. And it's an anticlimax that he becomes good for good. To add ruin to the theme, you are now exploring a backwards, square part of Electopia where corporal punishment and outdated school rules apply. What a messed up country.

The Bottom Line
It is evident that this game took a tremendously sharp decline in quality after the promising release of Battle Network 5. Of all the games in the series that had the worst storyline, Capcom just had to stuff it in the last one. But that's what happens when you try to mish mash Mega Man X4 with this series (Need I mention Pokemon clone again?). If you want to get the series over and done with, rush through this title or get back to the Zero series.