Well after waiting since day one i finally have my hands onm Protoman!!!
The results... MUCH more fustrating than Megaman.
Sure he can charge slots and slide and shield block.
But his shooter feels much slower than Megaman He seems to not jump as high, and sliding is pretty useless. Not to mention he loses health faster and gets knocked back further..
And to this i say...
THANK YOU CAPCOM!
Way to take a frustrating game and make it even harder!
Levels that i can easily pass through now with megaman have suddenly been made much much harder, without even changing the levels!. Everything is exactly where it was before just that somehow, someway what you already knew is soon forgotten and you strategy must be completly reworked. EXCELLENT way to make the game fresh again. And another thing playing thru all the levels again (i did plenty of times as megaman) but going throught again with protoman made everything feel fresh, inclusing the 8-bit tunes which i seem to have fallen in love with all over again.
As of this posting I have only beaten Galaxy Man, but those other Robot Masters better prepare themselves.
IM COMING AFTER YOU ALL!

I'm still on the wily stages of my first playthrough (I know, I'm a lazy tit) as mega man. So far it seems the only thing that really kills me is instant death traps. Maybe proto man would be more like what I'm used to, which is focusing more on boss attack patterns instead of running in like leeroy jenkins.
Aaron05:19 PM CST