

The player can send MegaMan.EXE up to five battle chips, after which the battle takes place in real time, with MegaMan.EXE, controlled by the player, attacking with his Mega Buster, dodging attacks, or activating battle chips from his queue. Before battle, the player can construct a folder consisted of thirty battle chips, and each turn of a battle (measured by a timer bar at the top of the screen), the player is presented with a random selection of these chips.

MegaMan.EXE has a relatively weak arm cannon, the Mega Buster, but his main weapon is Lan's library of battle chips, one-use-per-battle special attacks which grant various abilities, including simple attacks, attack enhancements, defensive effects, terrain transmogrification, or assistance from other NetNavis. On the left half of the grid is MegaMan.EXE, and on the other half are his opponents. When MegaMan.EXE encounters viruses, the screen shifts to a battle screen set on a six by three square grid. When Lan plugs his PET, a handheld computer, into a computer with an interface jack, he can upload MegaMan.EXE to the cyber network, allowing him to explore and fight viruses as random encounters.

The player explores the real world through Lan and the Net through MegaMan.EXE. The gameplay of Mega Man Battle Network 5 is largely similar to that of its predecessors. MegaMan.EXE battles viruses in Double Team DS. It was followed up by Mega Man Battle Network 6 in 2005, which acted as the finale of the series.
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The GBA versions were re-released as part of the Wii U Virtual Console in 2015, and are planned to be included in the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC (via Steam), in 2023. Mega Man Battle Network 5 received a generally tepid reception from critics, with many finding it too similar to previous entries, and criticizing the aging presentation in mid-2005, both versions were combined and re-released for the Nintendo DS as Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team DS, which has updated sound and additional content not found in the GBA versions.
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The game also includes crossover content with the Boktai series by Konami. Battle Network 5 retains the same gameplay as its predecessor, but with the addition of "Liberation Missions" where the player must liberate squares with limited time to defeat the boss. It was announced in CoroCoro Comics in August 2004, with Team ProtoMan releasing in December 2004 in Japan Team Colonel released three months later in February 2005, while both versions were released simultaneously for Western territories in June 2005. ĭevelopment on the game started during the localization of Battle Network 4, and alongside the development 4.5: Real Operation.

Combined, they make up the fifth mainline installment in the Mega Man Battle Network series, and follows Lan Hikari and his NetNavi MegaMan.EXE, as they attempt to take down Nebula, who have kidnapped Lan's father and taken over the internet, with an anti-Nebula task force. Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team ProtoMan and Mega Man Battle Network 5: Team Colonel are 2004 role-playing video games developed and published by Capcom for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld game console.
