This article is about the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Family Computer game. For the Game Boy game, see Mega Man IV (Game Boy).
1991 video game
Mega Man 4
North American version cover art
Developer(s)
Capcom
Publisher(s)
JP/NA: Capcom
EU: Nintendo
Director(s)
Yoshinori Takenaka
Producer(s)
Tokuro Fujiwara
Designer(s)
Yoshinori Takenaka
S. Kobashi
Keiji Inafune
Programmer(s)
Tadashi Kuwana
Artist(s)
Keiji Inafune
Hayato Kaji
Kazunori Tazaki
Composer(s)
Minae Fujii
Series
Mega Man
Platform(s)
Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Mobile phone, Android, iOS
Release
December 6, 1991
Famicom / NES
JP: December 6, 1991[2]
NA: January 1992[1]
EU: January 21, 1993[3]
PlayStation
JP: October 28, 1999[4]
Mobile phone
JP: September 1, 2005[5]
Android, iOS
WW: January 5, 2017[6]
Genre(s)
Action, platform
Mode(s)
Single-player
Mega Man 4[a] (stylized as MEGA MAN IV) is an action-platform game developed by Capcom for the Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the fourth game in the original Mega Man series and was originally released in Japan in 1991. The game was localized in North America the following January, and in Europe in 1993.
The game's story takes place after the third defeat and supposed death of Dr. Wily, and features the Earth coming under threat from a mysterious scientist named Dr. Cossack and his eight "Robot Masters". Fearing the worst, Dr. Light sends Mega Man to save the world once again. Mega Man 4 carries on the same action and platforming gameplay as the first three games, in which the player completes a series of stages in any order and adds the weapon of each stage's boss to Mega Man's arsenal. One notable added feature is the "New Mega Buster" (often shortened to "Mega Buster"), an upgraded arm cannon that lets the player charge a regular shot into a much more powerful blast. The development team was mindful that this innovation would change the overall feel of the game.
Similarly to its predecessors Mega Man 4 was remade for PlayStation in Japan. In later years it appeared on mobile phones and as part of game compilations, including Mega Man Anniversary Collection. The emulated versions were also released through PlayStation Network and Virtual Console. A sequel, Mega Man 5, was released in 1992.
^Nintendo staff. "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2010. Retrieved September 24, 2011.
^Mega Man: Official Complete Works. Udon Entertainment. January 6, 2010. pp. 22–7. ISBN 978-1-897376-79-9.
^Nintendo Magazine System staff (July 1993). "Review: Mega Man 4". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 10. EMAP. pp. 82–4. ISSN 0965-4240.
^Mega Man: Official Complete Works. Udon Entertainment. January 6, 2010. pp. 100–7. ISBN 978-1-897376-79-9.
^Osamu, Takizawa (September 1, 2005). "カプコン、iモード「ロックマン4」や「バイオハザード ストーリーズ」新シナリオなどを配信" [Capcom releases, i-mode "Rockman 4 and Biohazard: The Stories scenarios] (in Japanese). Game Watch. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
^Dotson, Carter. "'Mega Man' 1-6 Releasing for iOS and Android on January 5th". Touch Arcade. Archived from the original on December 31, 2016. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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