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[lbd_nytetrayn]

Mandi Paugh has an interesting little commentary regarding the loss of features from MMZ1 to MMZ4, including the relvance of rankings, right over here.

Frankly, the acquisition of new powers and abilities seemed a bit off to me using the ranking system, largely due to the fact it was based on the stage prior... the hell, eh?

LBD "Nytetrayn"

Comments

[thenekomancer.livejournal.com]

I dunno... who says you have the get the best rank on it the first time through? Just because your progress and skill is being monitored doesn't mean you're forced to do everything right the first try. Granted, in the earlier games, getting EX Skills depended on maintaining a high grade throughout the game, and this may seem a little unfair on the surface, although I couldn't say if getting those skills is actually useful to a great degree. As far as I'm concerned, the ranking system is just there to give you silly codenames, and more recently for unlocking some minigames. But unless getting a bad rank hurts you emotionally, what's to be bothered about?

[lbd-nytetrayn.livejournal.com]

I thought it was ironic that the ones who might need the skills less were the ones most likely to get them, by that system.

LBD "Nytetrayn"

[gelgameth.livejournal.com]

After Z2 and 3, I've gotten into hte habit of retrying stages constantly (through soft reset) so I could get the EX skills.. MOST of them are junk, but the sword skills are handy. The only one that I didn't make much use of was the dashing attack.. and in Z4 they made that one great.

[kyouryuu.livejournal.com]

Never liked the ranking system in the Zero games. It is contradictive in a "strong get stronger" vein. Fortunately, it doesn't have any appreciable impact on the game's ending or flow. Cause it would really suck if you had to do everything perfectly to get the best ending. Most gamers would be fortunate just to get through Easy Mode (Z4's Easy Mode aside...).