Editing Mega Man 4 (section)

==Reception and legacy==
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| NP = 3.95 out of 5<ref name="nprev">{{cite magazine | author=''Nintendo Power'' staff | title=Now Playing| date=January 1992 | issue=32 | pages=100-103 |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] | publisher=Nintendo of America | location=Redmond, Washington | issn=1041-9551 | url=https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20032%20%28January%201992%29/page/n107/mode/2up}}</ref>
| IGN = 8 out of 10<ref name="ignrev">{{cite web | author=Lucas, Thomas M. | date=April 23, 2010 | title=''Mega Man 4'' Review | url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1085846p1.html | website=[[IGN]] | access-date=May 1, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818011040/http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1085846p1.html | archive-date=August 18, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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| rev2Score = 88%<ref name="totalrev">{{Cite journal| author=''Total!'' staff|journal=[[Total!]] | publisher=[[Future plc]]|date = October 1993| issue=21 | title=Reviews: ''Mega Man 4'' | issn=0964-9352}}</ref>
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''Mega Man 4'' has received mostly positive critical reviews. Reviews contemporary with the game's release by the [[United States]] magazine ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' and the [[United Kingdom]] publications [[Official Nintendo Magazine|''Nintendo Magazine System'']] and ''[[Total!]]'' all found ''Mega Man 4'' to have high quality graphics, sound, and gameplay.<ref name="nintendomagazinesystem"/><ref name="nprev"/><ref name="totalrev"/> However, they also noted very little improvement over previous entries in the series. ''[[GamePro]]'' was satisfied with the lack of changes. "''Mega Man 4'' continues the tradition — crazed robot baddies, good character graphics, great background art and warped, mechanical music," the reviewer said. "When you have a good game, why make radical changes? Capcom sticks to the blueprints in ''Mega Man 4'' — guaranteeing happiness for ''Mega Man'' fans everywhere."<ref name="gameprorev"/> ''Mega Man 4'' made it into [[IGN]]'s "Top 100 NES Games" list at number 95, with staff writer [[Matt Casamassina]] praising its attempt at better narrative and an essentially similar experience to the first three ''Mega Man'' games.<ref>{{cite web | author=Casamassina, Matt | title=95. ''Mega Man 4'' - Top 100 NES Games | url=http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/95.html | website=[[IGN]] | access-date=April 20, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412180341/http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/95.html | archive-date=April 12, 2010 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Lucas M. Thomas of IGN stated that, as a stand-alone title, the game is one of the best experiences available from the NES library, although not when compared to its superior predecessors. He enjoyed the use of a second set of castle levels to significantly extend the length of the game, a tradition carried on by the next two titles in the series.<ref name="ignrev"/>

Numerous video game journalists and enthusiasts including Thomas, Craig Skistimas of [[ScrewAttack]], [[GameSpot]] editors Christian Nutt and Justin Speer, and [[1UP.com]]'s Jeremy Parish, refer to the fourth installment as a turning point for the quality of titles in the ''Mega Man'' series.<ref name="steps"/><ref name="ignrev"/><ref>{{Cite web | author=Skistimas, Craig | title=ScrewAttack Video Game Vault: ''Mega Man 4'' | date=June 11, 2007 | url=http://www.gametrailers.com/video/video-game-screwattack/20440 | work=[[GameTrailers]] | publisher=[[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] | access-date=May 2, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210051430/http://www.gametrailers.com/video/video-game-screwattack/20440 | archive-date=February 10, 2010 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="gamespot5">{{Cite web | author1=Nutt, Christian | author2=Speer, Justin | name-list-style=amp | title=The History of ''Mega Man'' - 5 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6076983/p-5.html | work=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=April 17, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113033021/http://www.gamespot.com/features/6076983/p-5.html | archive-date=November 13, 2009 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="1up">{{Cite web|author=Parish, Jeremy |date=May 10, 2007 |title=The ''Mega Man'' Series Roundup |url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3159344 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721185541/http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3159344 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |work=[[1UP.com]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |access-date=April 10, 2010 }}</ref> Nutt and Speer admitted that the series was beginning to deteriorate with this game, likely due to the growing reputation of the more powerful [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] at the time of its release.<ref name="gamespot5"/> Parrish proclaimed, "Here's where the series starts to go off the rails a bit -- the Dr. Wily fake out was silly, the music was terrible, the bosses and weapons were uninspired, and the ability to charge up the Mega Buster is often cited as a game-breaking innovation."<ref name="1up"/> Thomas identified the chargeable Mega Buster as disrupting the balance of the game and rendering many of the Master Weapons useless, one of the concepts that set the ''Mega Man'' games apart from other action-platformers.<ref name="steps"/><ref name="ignrev"/>

''Mega Man 4'' was re-released for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] as part of the ''[[Rockman Complete Works]]'' series in 1999.<ref name="completeworks"/> This version of the game features a special "navi mode" that guides players through each level and has [[arrangement|arranged]] music remixes.<ref name="gamespot29">{{Cite web | author1=Nutt, Christian | author2=Speer, Justin | name-list-style=amp | title=The History of ''Mega Man'' - 29 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/6076983/p-29.html | work=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=April 17, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214220541/http://www.gamespot.com/features/6076983/p-29.html | archive-date=December 14, 2009 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> A port of the ''Complete Works'' edition was released on the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[GameCube]] in 2004 and the [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] in 2005, as part of the North American-exclusive ''[[Mega Man Anniversary Collection]]''.<ref>{{Cite web | author=Navarro, Alex | date=June 21, 2004 | title=''Mega Man Anniversary Collection'' Review for PlayStation 2 | url=http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/megamananniversarycollection/review.html | work=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=April 21, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040701032546/http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/megamananniversarycollection/review.html | archive-date=July 1, 2004 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | author=Navarro, Alex | date=June 21, 2004 | title=''Mega Man Anniversary Collection'' Review for Xbox | url=http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/megamananniversarycollection/review.html | work=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=April 21, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050321033403/http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/action/megamananniversarycollection/review.html | archive-date=March 21, 2005 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> The NES version has also been re-released on Japanese [[i-mode]] [[mobile phone]]s in 2005, worldwide on the [[Wii]]'s downloadable [[Virtual Console]] service in 2010, and on the Japanese [[PlayStation Network]] in 2011.<ref name="mobile"/><ref name="vcjapan">{{Cite web | author=Nintendo staff | title=VC ロックマン4 新たなる野望!! | trans-title=VC ''Rockman 4: A New Ambition!!'' | url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_rm4/index.html | publisher=[[Nintendo]] | language=ja | access-date=April 25, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208151425/http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_rm4/index.html | archive-date=February 8, 2010 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="vcpal">{{Cite web | author=East, Thomas | date=April 8, 2010 | title=''Mega Man 4'' coming to Virtual Console next week | url=http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/article.php?id=16417 | work=[[Official Nintendo Magazine]] | publisher=[[Future plc]] | access-date=April 25, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826072607/http://www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk/16417/mega-man-4-coming-to-virtual-console-next-week/ | archive-date=August 26, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="vcamerica">{{cite web | author=IGN staff | date=April 19, 2010 | title=Nintendo Download: April 19, 2010 | url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/108/1084466p1.html | website=[[IGN]] | access-date=April 25, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104161443/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/04/19/nintendo-download-april-19-2010 | archive-date=November 4, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="jppsn">{{cite web | author=Spencer | date=February 10, 2011 | title=PSN Is Burning With PsOne Fighting Games | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2011/02/10/psn-is-burning-with-psone-fighting-games/ | publisher=Siliconera | access-date=August 14, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812012354/http://www.siliconera.com/2011/02/10/psn-is-burning-with-psone-fighting-games/ | archive-date=August 12, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

{{anchor|Rockman 4 Minus Infinity}}A fanmade [[ROM hack]] of ''Mega Man 4'' known as ''Rockman 4 Minus Infinity'' (''R4MI'') was released in mid-2012.<ref name=ponce>{{Cite news |date=2012-07-06 |title=The Mega Man 4 ROM hack to end all ROM hacks |url=https://www.destructoid.com/the-mega-man-4-rom-hack-to-end-all-rom-hacks/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |language=en-US|first=Tony|last=Ponce}}</ref> Created by developer PureSabe, the ROM hack has received positive reception for its extreme difficulty and creative transformation of the original game's source material.<ref name=ponce/><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-11-14 |title=Editorial: Is It Time For A Mega Man Maker? |url=https://www.theouterhaven.net/2015/11/editorial-time-mega-man-maker/ |access-date=2024-04-27 |language=en-US|first=Josh|last=Piedra}}</ref>