I'm reeaaally sorry Mega Man.....
Many sequels reset your protagonist back to level 1, but some resets are more painful then others. This video explores a handful of sequel resets that I had the hardest time forgiving growing up, and explores why they were so good that they hurt.
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Videos we mention in this essay:
Games that Start you from nothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGLjp66kiDw&t=22s
Made My Girlfriend Play Mass Effect 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_uLOsnktYE&t=3s
Made My Girlfriend Play Kingdom Hearts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voUBs4wdE0A&t=180s
Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories Side By Side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9OzRtY3DF4&t=1s
Made My Girlfriend Play Kingdom Hearts 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEyopLgnuMY&t=508s
Games featured in video:
Mass Effect 1, Mass Effect 2, Castlevania Symphony of the Night, Ratchet and Clank, Ratchet and Clank 2: Going Commando, Metroid Dread, Metroid Fusion, Super Metroid, Megaman Legends 2, God of War, God of War 2, God of War 3, Pikmin, Pikmin 2, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts 2, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2, Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age
Music List:
Stickerbrush Symphony (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)
Dracula’s Castle (Symphony of the Night)
Metropolis (Ratchet and Clank)
Main Theme (God of War 2)
Title Theme (Pikmin)
Title Theme (Pikmin 2)
Hollow Bastion (Kingdom Hearts)
The Opened Way (Shadow of the Colossus)
Main Menu (Baldur’s Gate 3)
Warrior’s Truth (God of War Ascension)
Mounting Efforts to Escape (Oxygen Not Included)
Sinister Sundown (Kingdom Hearts 2)
The 13th Struggle (Kingdom Hearts 2)
Waltz of the Damned (Kingdom Hearts 2)
The Final Battle (God of War 3)
The Elemental Stars (Golden Sun)
The Roost (Animal Crossing)
You Go Girl (Disgaea: Hour of Darkness)
Fuka’s Theme (Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten)