Ladd convinced me to try the first one and I decided to just try them both. The first one is just... crap. This one, however, is much better than I was expecting!
It was really difficult at first, but as with most Rockman and Rockman-alikes, the more weapons and gizmos you get, the easier the game becomes. Being able to use the other Robot Masters in other stages as you unlock them is both very helpful and honestly kind of cheap in a way. There's also an extremely exploitable tactic in the Snakeman battle that involves using Airman to scoot a platform then using Woodman to spam Leaf Shield like crazy. You don't take any damage throughout the battle doing this, since Snakeman's Search Snakes are destroyed by Leaf Shield. :B
The game also broke after I beat seven bosses. It was slowing down while playing sounds or loading stages more and more the longer I played. Finally, as I went to save, the game gave me about 100 "cannot find object" errors. Fortunately, I was able to save.
Other than that? Having fun! This is a pretty good quality game. There's a bunch of minor nitpicks I could point out, but eh. I wasn't expecting another SuperDanny to begin with. (Comes pretty close, in some respect, though...)