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Mega Man series

Mega Man: The Wily Wars

In the last few years, a titanic struggle for control of the planet has raged. Each time it has pitted Mega Man, a cybernetic champion of justice against the villainous Dr. Wily and his renegade robots. And…

21 October 1994

Mega Man: The Wily Wars is a platform developed by Minakuchi Engineering, released 21 October 1994 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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What Mega Man: The Wily Wars is

Mega Man: The Wily Wars is a platform game developed by Minakuchi Engineering and released in 1994. It was published by Capcom. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The premise of the compilation involves the evil Dr. Wily building himself a time machine to travel back in time in an attempt to defeat the robotic hero Mega Man in one of their first three conflicts. In order to stop Dr. Wily, Mega Man was sent into the past in a time machine hastily crafted by Dr. Light, where he relives his earlier adventures in which Wily dispatches a set of powerful robots to take over the world which must be single-handedly stopped as before. After completing his travels through time, Mega Man must use all that he's learned and tackle the Wily Tower.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Mega Man series

Mega Man: The Wily Wars is the 20th of 226 entries we hold in the Mega Man series. The next entry was Mega Man in 1994.

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What it launched against

Mega Man: The Wily Wars launched on 21 October 1994, within three weeks of DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, The Lion King and Super Punch-Out!!.

Released around the same time: DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, The Lion King, Super Punch-Out!!.

Official trailer

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When did Mega Man: The Wily Wars come out?
Mega Man: The Wily Wars was released on 21 October 1994 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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