Rate and Discuss: Grenade Arm

[Buster Cannon]

Welcome to the 21^st topic in the "Rate and Discuss" series! This topic is about a weapon that really doesn't do much, the Grenade Arm!

Crafted from only a Grenade Kit, the Grenade Arm's upgrade costs add up to 31100z, which is surprisingly higher than the Powered Buster's costs. This is another one of those early game weapons that you inevitably end up tossing aside (some sooner than others).

The Grenade Arm allows Megaman to toss a single Grenade straight ahead of him. The range can be augmented by using Free Look to rear back a little. The grenades themselves explode after a couple of seconds, and they also explode on enemy contact. The grenades also bounce off of walls, as well as the ground.

The weapon itself is pretty weak, sharing the same attack power with the Splash Mine. Heck, the Machine Buster hits harder, and that rapid fires! It honestly would take quite a few of these kill anything, and then you have to consider the fact that you only have 48 (or less) of these puppies on-hand. The wall-bouncing effect doesn't really help much, either. In the time it takes for you to toss this around the corner, you could have manually swung around the corner yourself and blasted them in the face with your buster (and you'll most likely do more damage too). This effect was better executed by the Reflector Arm of MML2, as wall-bouncing shots generally play out better than wall-bouncing bombs.

Honestly, the Grenade Arm isn't too great. It's the weakest weapon in the game outside of the Normal Arm, and the slowness of the throwing animation prevents it from being quick as well. The wall-bouncing gimmick is pretty useless as well. The Grenade Arm gets a 2/10, as it really is one of those weapons that are just plain pointless.

Post your opinions/ratings/thoughts here!

P.S. If you want me to rate a specific weapon next, let me know!

Previous installments:

Shield Arm
Crusher
Grand Grenade
Blade Arm
Hunter Seeker
Vacuum Arm
Powered Buster
Machine Buster
Reflector Arm
Hyper Shell
Drill Arm
Ground Crawler
Shining Laser
Splash Mine
Lifter
Homing Missile
Normal Arm
Spread Buster (MML2)
Buster Cannon
Machine Gun Arm

[Dashe]

The only bit of fun I ever really had with the grenade arm was standing in that hallway with the Firushudots and throwing them into the water, simply because they went through the walls and you could watch them explode inside the water-wall.

[mybusterbroke]

I completely agree. This is the most plain, most useless, most booring of all of the weapons. I honesty think the Devs only put it in there because hey, there has to be a grenade in a bombs and weapon game right?

Aside from the horribly boring parts chucking this off the top of that ruin wall (which is where you get the yellow refractor) was kind of fun.

[bdk336]

Definitely the worst weapon in the game. At least with the mines you can run up to slow or stationary targets and hold down the button to rapid fire. Now a grand grenade with maxed range, that is another story; I found this to be a surprisingly effective weapon in the Bonne air battle, if only you could get it before the Lake Jynn battle.

[Mr. Ninja]

I never liked this weapon and I didn't use it much so I don't have much to say other than I hated it. Anyway, I'd give it a 1 1/2 of 10 at most.

The only bit of fun I ever really had with the grenade arm was standing in that hallway with the Firushudots and throwing them into the water, simply because they went through the walls and you could watch them explode inside the water-wall.

Hah, I never knew you could do that! If I saw that, I'd probably laugh pretty hard.

[Fokkerwolf]

Apr 7, 2009 21:37:42 GMT -5 bdk336 said:

Definitely the worst weapon in the game. At least with the mines you can run up to slow or stationary targets and hold down the button to rapid fire. Now a grand grenade with maxed range, that is another story; I found this to be a surprisingly effective weapon in the Bonne air battle, if only you could get it before the Lake Jynn battle.

Wait a sec, I thought that you get it on the cardon forest.
At least that is what a walkthrough said.

EDIT: Now I know that you get it before the Lake Jynn battle. I tested it myself against a Sharukurusu and I owned it. Sadly its friend snuck up and mauled me.
I did not use it enough to rate it though i will rate it tomorrow.

EDIT: I used it more and now I can rate it. The Sharukshu as I said, goes down in two hit ans does the Jakko nest. Still Jakko and Foo-Roo are impossible with it. 6/10 from me.