Editing Mega Man 5 (section)

==Reception and legacy==
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|AllGame=4/5<ref name="agrev">{{cite web | author=Miller, Skyler | year=1998 | title=Mega Man 5 - Review | url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1254&tab=review | work=[[AllGame]] | publisher=[[All Media Guide]]| access-date=September 25, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211232801/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=1254&tab=review | archive-date=December 11, 2014}}</ref>
|EGM=7.75/10<ref name="egmrev">{{cite magazine | author=Electronic Gaming Monthly staff |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] | title=Review Crew: Mega Man V | issue=41 | date=December 1992 | publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] | issn=1058-918X}}</ref>
|Fam=23/40<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Staff | date=December 11, 1992 | issue=208 | page=38 | magazine=[[Famitsu]] | publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]] | script-title=ja:クロスレビュー | trans-title=Cross Review | language=ja | url=https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title_review&title_id=996 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324133638/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title_review&title_id=996 | access-date=March 24, 2019 | archive-date=March 24, 2019}}</ref>
|GamePro=4.5/5<ref name="gameprorev"/>
|GI=7.75/10<ref name="girev">{{cite magazine | author=Game Informer staff |date=January 1993|title=Review – Mega Man 5 |magazine=[[Game Informer]] | publisher=Sunrise Publications | volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=24–25 | issn=1067-6392}}</ref>
|IGN=8.5/10<ref name="ignrev">{{cite web | author=Thomas, Lucas M. | date=June 29, 2011 | title=Mega Man 5 Review | url=http://wii.ign.com/articles/117/1179760p1.html | website=[[IGN]] | access-date=July 23, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107021956/http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/06/30/mega-man-5-review | archive-date=November 7, 2012 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref>
|NP=3.825/5<ref name="nprev">{{cite magazine | author=''Nintendo Power'' staff | title=Now Playing| date=January 1993 | issue=44 | page=104 |magazine=[[Nintendo Power]] | publisher=Nintendo of America | location=Redmond, Washington | issn=1041-9551 | url=https://archive.org/details/NintendoPower1988-2004/Nintendo%20Power%20Issue%20044%20%28January%201993%29/page/n158/mode/2up?q=now+playing}}</ref>
|VGCE=8/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bieniek|first=Chris|date=February 1993|url=https://archive.org/details/vgce_93-02/page/n53/mode/2up|title=Mega Man 5|magazine=[[VideoGames & Computer Entertainment]]|issue=49|page=52|access-date=July 7, 2021}}</ref>
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''Mega Man 5'' has enjoyed generally positive reactions from printed and online publications. Many critics were complimentary of the game's graphics, music, play control, and challenge level.<ref name="gameprorev"/><ref name="agrev"/><ref name="girev"/><ref name="ignrev"/><ref name="nprev"/><ref name="gamespothistory">{{Cite web |author1=Nutt, Christian |author2=Speer, Justin |name-list-style=amp |title=The History of ''Mega Man'' |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-history-of-mega-man/1100-6076983/ |work=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=April 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827154438/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-history-of-mega-man/1100-6076983/ |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | author=Kesten, Lou | date=April 30, 1993 | magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] | publisher=[[Time Inc.]] | title=Kids Extra: Videogames | issue=168 | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20282927,00.html | issn=1049-0434 | access-date=May 1, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091221064610/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20282927,00.html | archive-date=December 21, 2009 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Carter, Chip and Jonathan | date=February 23, 1993 | newspaper=[[Spartanburg Herald-Journal]] | title=Game sequels prove more fun than originals | page=C3 | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K1MgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CM8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4518,1458913&dq=mega-man-5&hl=en | access-date=April 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author=Elston, Brett | date=June 30, 2008 | title=The ultimate Mega Man retrospective | url=http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-ultimate-mega-man-retrospective/a-2008062794557758069/p-3 | work=[[GamesRadar]] | publisher=[[Future plc]] | access-date=April 17, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615194126/http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-ultimate-mega-man-retrospective/a-2008062794557758069/p-3 | archive-date=June 15, 2011 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> [[IGN]]'s Lucas M. Thomas holds ''Mega Man 5'' as one of his favorite entries in the series and, because of its lowered difficulty compared to its predecessors, considers it the easiest of the bunch to casually pick up and play through.<ref name="steps"/><ref name="ignrev"/> IGN lists ''Mega Man 5'' as the 84th best game on the NES.<ref>{{cite web | author=IGN staff | title=84. Mega Man 5 - Top 100 NES Games | url=http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/84.html | website=[[IGN]] | access-date=April 20, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412140945/http://www.ign.com/top-100-nes-games/84.html | archive-date=April 12, 2010 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Like other sequels in the ''Mega Man'' series, ''Mega Man 5'' has suffered criticism for its lack of innovative gameplay and storytelling. [[GamePro]] summarized the game as "[[déjà vu]] all over again for disciples of the series" and that "Capcom must get some kind of cash rebate for recycling video games".<ref name="gameprorev"/> [[1UP.com]]'s Jeremy Parish considered ''Mega Man 5'' as "a painfully phoned-in episode lacking not only innovation, but pretty much all the polish and balance that made the earlier games so enjoyable".<ref>{{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>

In 1999, ''Mega Man 5'' was re-released for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] as part of the Japan-exclusive ''[[Rockman Complete Works]]'' series.<ref name="completeworks"/> It featured a helpful "navi mode" for beginners, arranged music, encyclopedia modes, and artwork.<ref name="gamespothistory"/> A port of this version with fewer extras was released in North America for the [[PlayStation 2]] and [[GameCube]] in 2004 and [[Xbox (console)|Xbox]] in 2005 as part of ''[[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/reviews/mega-man-anniversary-collection-review/1900-6101043/ | work=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=June 16, 2015 | 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=March 14, 2005 | title=Mega Man Anniversary Collection Review for Xbox | url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/mega-man-anniversary-collection-review/1900-6120432/ | work=[[GameSpot]] | publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] | access-date=June 16, 2015 | 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> Another port of the game was released in Japan in 2007 for [[mobile phone]]s compatible with [[Yahoo! Go|Yahoo! Mobile]] and [[au (mobile phone company)|EZweb]] applications.<ref name="mobile"/> Finally, in 2011, the NES version was made available on the [[Wii]] [[Virtual Console]] service in both Japan and North America, and the [[PlayStation Network]] in Japan.<ref name="jpvc">{{cite web | author=Nintendo staff | title=VC ロックマン5 ブルースの罠!? | url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/vc_rm5/index.html | publisher=Nintendo | language=ja | access-date=June 17, 2011}}</ref><ref name="navc">{{cite web | author=Blundon, Matthew | date=June 16, 2011 | title=This Week in Nintendo Downloads | url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26849 | publisher=Nintendo World Report | access-date=June 17, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622000835/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26849 | archive-date=June 22, 2011 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="jppsn">{{cite web | author=Spencer | date=August 10, 2011 | title=Mega Man 5 Sings The Blues On PlayStation Network | url=http://www.siliconera.com/2011/08/10/mega-man-5-sings-the-blues-on-playstation-network/ | publisher=Siliconera | access-date=August 14, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812072204/http://www.siliconera.com/2011/08/10/mega-man-5-sings-the-blues-on-playstation-network/ | archive-date=August 12, 2011 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> It has also been released on the [[Wii U]]'s Virtual Console as well as the [[Nintendo 3DS]]'s Virtual Console.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2014/06/09/virtual-console-update-gba-titles-breath-of-fire-and-more|title=Virtual Console update: GBA titles, Breath of Fire and more|author=Minish Capcom|date=June 9, 2014|work=Capcom Unity|publisher=[[Capcom]]|access-date=May 23, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809131059/http://www.capcom-unity.com/brelston/blog/2014/06/09/virtual-console-update-gba-titles-breath-of-fire-and-more|archive-date=August 9, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>