Finally! Megaman's Soccer ending has been found!

[ReyVGM]

Finally, after years of (a very select few) Megaman fans wondering if Megaman's Soccer really had an ending, after finding the ending music and credits text inside the ROM, after we've all given up hope of seeing the actual ending, comes Kung Fu Furby with a cheat that lets you trigger the ending.

Please note that since the game was coded poorly, there's no official way to trigger the ending. But it was indeed coded in, and use this method found by Kung Fu Furby to see it yourself:

Enter these cheats in your emulator
81829BEE
81829CE0
Turn on the game. Select Tournament, then keep pressing Start to begin the game. You will get the ending instead of the opening.

Unfortunately, the credits (which you can see by opening the ROM in a hex editor) are not found on this ending. I don't know if maybe another game mode gives you the credits or or if there's really no way to trigger it. I'll wait until Kung Fu Furby digs a bit deeper.

Here's a video of the ending:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeqp3l2QUnI

[The Great Gonzo]

Cool. And here I was thinking they only ever made the credits (which also went unused).

[slayer]

uuuuhhhh... and that`s it? wily escapes? (again, big suprise) lol how many years i wasted playing this game for this? LOL

[ReyVGM]

Well, I think the fact that it has been found is bigger than whatever the ending was going to be.

From the same person that found the code, he found another cutscene involving protoman, here's the code:
81829BCF
81829CDA


Original topic with lots of codes on how to access other stuff:
http://gshi.org/vb/threads/5541-An-ending-for-Mega-Man-s-Soccer!

[Gauntlet101010]

The Protoman cutscene would have been a nice addition.  Was he one of the Wily fortress bosses in the game? 

[OBJECTION MAN]

Huh, so it did have one after all.

Are those sprites used anywhere else in the game? It's like a Wily Wars style sprite for everyone. Needs a rip.

I'm now half expecting Megaman Soccer Complete Works with all the scenes and stuff hacked back in.

[Blackhook]

I expect a full sports festival

[ReyVGM]

Aaaaand now the credits have been found! Probably the last secret this game has.

JLukas has managed to make a code that enables you to see the staff roll. It is not found during the ending as previously thought, but in the password screen. JLukas says that apparently the Staff Roll can be found by normal means, but the method to access it is unknown. I guess one probably has to enter a special password or maybe a button code to enable it.

In the meantime, to see the Staff Roll, just input this Game Genie code ( DDC8-3DDC ) and then enter the password screen.

Viddy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1I37p1cINu4

[ReyVGM]

The full ending has finally been uncovered by JLucas and Kung Fu Furby:

[Gauntlet101010]

Look like I was wrong in my guess that Protoman's cutscene was the intro to his "battle".  They sort sort of ... stuck it in there, didn't they?  For all the info we're given MM just stands there and dies when Skull Castle blows up and Protoman's mourning him while lookimng at the sunset after making his own escape.

[The Great Gonzo]

Depressing as hell, man.

It reminds me of the ending of MM3, where that image of Proto in the sky led some to believe he died somehow.

[johnboy3434]

So... Mega Man was so damn good at soccer that it caused the arena to spontaneously self-destruct? What could have possibly triggered that explosion?

[Flame]

well playing soccer inside a laboratory likely to be filled with lots of sensitive machinery would probably do that.

[Gauntlet101010]

Maybe Wily triggered a self destruct like he did in MM4 and 5.  But it's wierd that MM just stands there as Wily runs away.  Maybe if they animated it so MM is looking the other way, but he's just crouching as Wily runs off.  Wily's an old man and MM is a robot ... how can Wily get away on foot?

I've gotta say ... even though I like the Protoman moment and some of the music, this has gotta be one of the worst endings in the series.

[Zan]

Has anyone considered that the ending was removed for a reason? It's entirely possible it's far from finished.

[Gauntlet101010]

It probably is unfinished, but that won't stop me from commenting on it. 

[Flame]

Has anyone considered that the ending was removed for a reason? It's entirely possible it's far from finished.

Unfinished ending is better than no ending.

[slayer]

Unfinished ending is better than no ending.

mmmm..... good point

[Zan]

It's just silly to directly compare something unfinished with something that is finished instead.

[OBJECTION MAN]

this has gotta be one of the worst endings in the series.

And what exactly was it that you were expecting from a nonsensical offshoot game about Megaman fighting Wily in a soccer tournament?

On top of that, it is unreleased. Probably for a reason, you know, like being unfinished and all.

[Gauntlet101010]

And what exactly was it that you were expecting from a nonsensical offshoot game about Megaman fighting Wily in a soccer tournament?

Well, a better sprited Wily, for one. Just about everything in the entire game, unused stuff and all, is sprited very well save for Wily at the very end.  I'd cut them some slack on the terrible Wily sprite if it weren't for that beautifully done Protoman scene that comes right after.  

Edit: And, seeing as Megaman Soccer itself is unfinished, it seems entirely fair to criticize it's intended, but unused, ending.  If you feel like pointing out it's virtues feel free.  

Edit #2: And please don't tell me what I get to like and dislike.  I dislike this ending.  Unused or not.  

[Blackhook]

I am still surprised noone has made a Megaman soccer fangame yet

[OBJECTION MAN]

I'm didn't state what you get to like or dislike, but that doesn't make your reasons any less arbitrary and shallow.

[Gauntlet101010]

I'm didn't state what you get to like or dislike, but that doesn't make your reasons any less arbitrary and shallow.

I don't like Proto's scene being placed randomly.  I don't like the sprite on Wily.  I don't like that MM just crouches there as the old man runs off.  I don't like how generic it is.  And I don't like Proto's scene being at the end because Proto has nothing to do with the game other than being a player in it; there's no leadup to it at all.  Not arbitrary, not shallow.

You're adding nothing beyond "well, it's unused" which seems to mean it's beyond criticism.  So yeah, you're just telling me what to like or dislike.  And screw that nonsense.  I don't have to love this ending to pieces.  I shouldn't have to argue my right to dislike it.   

[Zan]

Being unfinished means you should cut it some slack and not compare it to the other endings. As an unfinished product of course it will have issues. The finished version would no doubt have been different, and addressed your problems.