Mega Man Battle Network 2

Mega Man Battle Network 2, known as Battle Network Rockman EXE 2 (​バトルネットワーク ロックマンエグゼ2) in Japan, is the second game in the MegaMan Battle Network series. The story takes place after the events of MegaMan Network Transmission.

Story
The following summer after WWW's defeat, a new terrorist group called Gospel emerged. Their tactics differed considerably compared to WWW, as they appeared to have no set goal. Gospel's plan had seemingly consisted of only causing random destruction with their NetNavis. Lan and MegaMan battled every member and prevented the worst possible situations. However, Gospel's hidden plan was to re-create the ultimate NetNavi, Bass.EXE (Forte.EXE in Japan). Using bug fragments, they planned to make a large army of Bass Navis to take over the world. Unknown to Gospel, their method of creating Bass was imperfect, and his abilities were vastly below predictions. In an attempt to increase Bass's power, the leader of Gospel overloaded energy into Bass, and changed him into a giant multi-bug organism, who was named Gospel, same as the organization. Although the bug beast was stronger than before, Lan and MegaMan managed to eliminate it.

Style Change
This game introduce Style Change, which replaces the armor feature which was used in the first game. There are 5 types of styles and each type gives MegaMan a certain ability. The styles also come with an element (Fire, Aqua, Elec, Wood).

Net Square
MegaMan Battle Network 2 also introduced Net Squares. A Net Square is a place where Navis can hang out without fearing of being attacked by viruses. Net Squares have shops which sell battle chips and Sub-chips. Net Squares would be used in MegaMan Battle Network 3, but have been removed in MegaMan Battle Network 4.

Bosses

 * AirMan.EXE
 * QuickMan.EXE
 * CutMan.EXE
 * ShadowMan.EXE
 * ProtoMan.EXE
 * KnightMan.EXE
 * MagnetMan.EXE
 * FreezeMan.EXE
 * Bass.EXE (clone)
 * Gospel

Optional bosses:
 * GutsMan.EXE
 * ToadMan.EXE
 * GateMan.EXE
 * ThunderMan.EXE
 * SnakeMan.EXE
 * HeatMan.EXE
 * PharaohMan.EXE
 * NapalmMan.EXE
 * PlanetMan.EXE
 * Bass.EXE

Typos and grammatical errors
When MegaMan encounters the normal Navi in YumLand, he will state that he "Received a balloon from Electopia...." Electopia should really be YumLand.

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Trivia

 * At one point in the game, an old lady will complain that her oven is on fire, and wonder what Lan meant by "that's an old story". The said event happened in the first game.
 * In the Mothercomp, a GameCube symbol can be seen.
 * Unlike other games in the Mega Man Battle Network series that were released outside of Japan, Mega Man Battle Network 2strangely contains content that was allowed under its ESRB rating which may be unsuitable for American children under 13 years of age. The most notable instance is the profanity, which includes curse words like damn, crap, and possibly hell. Yai Ayanokoji shamelessly remarked "You miss out on a chance to see Miss Yai naked." after Lan rescues her from AirMan. Those occurrences stirred up controversy upon many parents in the United States.
 * To make things more confusing, the game was rated "E", and the ESRB did not give a Mild Language, Mild Violence, or Mild Cartoon Violence qualifier. Another reason may be the fact that the English in the game was poorly translated. The same may be true for Mega Man X (Collection versions only), 7, X3, and X4.