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Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge, known as Rockman.EXE Battle Chip GP (Grand Prix) (ロックマンエグゼ バトルチップGP(グランプリ) Rokkuman Eguze Batoru Chippu Guran Puri) in Japan, is a spin-off in the Mega Man Battle Network game series. The game was developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console.

A watered down version of the game was also released simultaneously on the Wonderswan Color in Japan only as Rockman.EXE N1 Battle.

In a survey held on February 6, 2024, the game's name was localized under its Wonderswan name as MegaMan Battle Network N1 Battle.

Story[]

A new international NetBattling tournament has opened for the world, called the Battle Chip GP. Yai Ayanokoji is sponsoring the event while the others enter it. Even Eugene Chaud enters the tournament, but only for official business. It turns out that there is some type of new organization behind the scenes of the tournament who will delete the winning NetNavi and take its data for themselves. Will Lan Hikari and friends be able to stop whoever is behind these threats?

Gameplay[]

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Ring versus a NormalNavi.

This game utilizes a different battle system from other Battle Network titles. Instead of battling one or more enemies in real-time with the sole objective being to deplete each enemy's hit points, players duel a single opponent by setting up a "Program deck" of 12 chips and the game selects three chips at random from it and their Navi uses them consecutively, followed by their special attack.[2] For example, if playing with MegaMan he will use the Charge Buster, and if playing with GutsMan he will use the Guts Hammer.

The Program Deck has three columns of chips, with the first column having two chips, the second having three chips, and the last having four chips.[3] Battles progress completely autonomously for upwards of five minutes while the player watches for results. Another interesting aspect is the ability to destroy an opponent's Battle Chips. Certain types of attacks not only do damage to an opponent, but to their ProgramDeck as well (each chip has a set amount of HP).[4]

There is only one row of panels and whether a NetNavi can dodge an attack depends on luck. Fights are won not only by utilizing power, but by deleting an opponent's entire deck, making them unable to fight. If ten turns pass and neither competitor has lost all of their HP, the game determines the winner based on how many chips are left in their decks.[2]

The game's battle system is very close to the Game Boy Advance Yu-Gi-Oh! games, but with a much smaller deck of "cards" and no actual player-controlled gameplay. Also, Mega Chips allow the player to play as the Navi depicted on the chip rather than summon them for an attack. That NetNavi is used for the rest of the battle. This allows for more variety and strategy building.

There is also an "Open Battle" feature in the game that allows players to select a certain area with a set amount of consecutive battles to fight. For every fifth battle, players receive a new Navi Chip to use as well as a variable amount of Zenny.

Characters[]

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Character select screen.

The game features six different playable character pairs, including: Lan Hikari and MegaMan, Dex Oyama and GutsMan, Mayl Sakurai and Roll, and Eugene Chaud and ProtoMan. There are also two characters exclusive to this game: Kai Todoroki and TurboMan and Mary Towa and Ring. The NetNavi Bass is also unlockable for play.

Bosses[]

The game contains nearly every NetNavi boss from Mega Man Battle Network to Mega Man Battle Network 3, including other playable NetNavis if the player isn't playing as them.

The exceptions to this are most Solo NetNavis (excluding Bass and FreezeMan, the latter of whom is being operated by Sean Obihiro), and DesertMan and Punk, although they have an operator.


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PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS ABOUT MATERIAL THAT HAS NOT BEEN LOCALIZED OR DUBBED OUTSIDE OF JAPAN OR OTHER ASIAN COUNTRIES, AND USES THE ORIGINAL TERMS AND NAMES.
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Rockman.EXE N1 Battle[]

In Japan, a watered down version of the game was also released simultaneously for the WonderSwan Color as Rockman.EXE N1 Battle (ロックマンエグゼ N1(エヌワン)バトル Rokkuman Eguze Enu Wan Batoru), having several differences from the Game Boy Advance version. It was originally set to be released in June 2003, before being moved to August 8 of the same year. [5].

In Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection's gallery, art from Rockman.EXE N1 Battle localized the game's name as Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge N1.

Differences from the WonderSwan version include:

  • No character selection screen, only Netto's story is available.
  • Version of Program Deck Manual is changed from 1.72b to 1.27b.
  • Has a total of 108 Battle Chips instead of 243, and there are many differences in their parameters.
  • Has a total of 20 NetNavis instead of 49, and there are no Navis from Rockman EXE3, TurboMan and Ring.
  • The Program Deck lacks the L and R Slot In spaces.
  • The chips go in order of their priority speed regardless of selection order, instead of selected chips being selected in order first and then priority speed.
  • The position of the front row is reversed, now the front row on the right of the Program Deck and the back row is on the left. So chips that damage the front chip will go for the rightmost Chip.
  • Instead of DataChp1 from talking to Higsby, you get M-Cannon.
  • Panels cannot be changed during battle.
  • The SP (Speed) stat, which determines a chip’s priority speed use, is now visible on the Battle Chip instead of being a hidden property. However, the Dodge stat for Navi Chips are now hidden.

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Gallery[]

Battle Chip Challenge[]

N1 Battle[]

Trivia[]

  • In Kai’s story when Kai meets Lan, there is a grammar error when Yai refers to the WWW and Gospel incidents as the “WWW Gospel incident”, as if they were the same thing.
  • Despite using the Plug-In PET in-game for the main menu, as this game takes place after Battle Network 3, whenever the Jack in animation is used it uses the PET sprite from Battle Network 1/2.

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References[]

  1. ロックマンエグゼ バトルチップGP | Wii U | 任天堂 (nintendo.co.jp)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Torres, Ricardo (March 2, 2004). "Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge Review for Game Boy Advance". GameSpot. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  3. IGN Staff (March 2, 2004). "Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge - Game Boy Advance Review". IGN. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  4. Vassar, Darryl (March 7, 2004). "Mega Man Battle Chip Challenge". GameSpy. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  5. Monthly CoroCoro Comic May 2003 issue


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