I hate to be negative but two things ruin the experience for me.

As an avid Gameboy Mega Man fan, I’m very used to the way these games play and feel.

The vital thing I’m talking about is a boss flickering upon taking damage. This really messes with my understanding of when a boss is vulnerable or not. Even in the NES games, which this aspires to be like, there is a damage animation that stays on the bosses and makes them visible as in I-Frame mode.

If that animation (which is present here when Mega Man is hit,) is added to bosses, or the flashing when your weapon makes contact with them like in the original Gameboy games is restored.

Another issue is that the bosses do not have their shading on the sprites. I don’t know if this was a stylistic change for NES accuracy, or some kind of oversight, but the bosses lack a lot of the detail that made their sprites look incredible in the original game.

I feel like if these two issues are addressed the game will be the definitive version for most, but as it is now, it looks and feels somehow incomplete with those issues and I will continue to replay and recommend the original.