Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel and Team ProtoMan (Video Game) - TV Tropes

Mega Man Battle Network 5 is an Action RPG created by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance in 2005. It’s the fifth installment in the Mega Man Battle Network series, and like every game in the franchise since Battle Network 3, there are two versions: Team Colonel and Team ProtoMan.

Nebula and Dr. Regal have reemerged, kidnapping Lan’s father and confiscating his friend’s Navis during an assault on SciLab. The returning crime syndicate quickly takes over the entire Net while Lan and MegaMan are temporarily out of commission, but it seems to be a distraction to allow its leader more time to work on his real goal. The ever-busy duo of heroes cannot take on an emboldened Nebula alone, however, and must now work together with new allies to stop the Dark Chip Syndicate once again and free the Net, with their teammates differing depending on the version. Team Colonel focuses on a new character named Baryl and his NetNavi Colonel.EXE as well as many familiar teammates, while Team ProtoMan focuses on familiar faces Chaud and ProtoMan.EXE with mostly newcomers joining the team.

One of the main features of Battle Network 5 is Liberation Missions. As the “Team” in the titles may have hinted at, these missions require the player to control multiple Navis — not just MegaMan — to clear maps infested with Dark Panels in a fashion similar to turn-based Tactical RPGs. Each Navi that makes up the team has their own fighting style and an ability specific to them, which they can use to buff allies, increase the amount of panels they liberate, or other effects. Liberation Missions also require all combat encounters to be completed in just 3 rounds to add more pressure on the player, which the game enforces by opening the Custom Screen as soon as the Custom Gauge is filled.

The games also received an Updated Re-release for the Nintendo DS on July 21, 2005, aptly named Double Team DS. This version has access to both games on one cart, a few quality-of-life improvements, graphical touch-ups, a redone soundtrack, voice clips for Lan and MegaMan, and other gameplay additions like the new Party Battle System.