- In the Famicom version of Mega Man 2 has many of the changes which are different from the NES version including.
- The game title screen in the Famicom version is actually called Rockman 2.
- The Famicom version has only the Difficult mode while the NES has Normal and Difficulty.
- Crash Man from the NES game is called Clash Man in the Famicom version in the menu screen.
- The NES version has the Password combined while the Famicom version is spelled Pass Word.
- After defeating a boss, in the Get Equipped message, the Famicom version is faster and is in Japanese text, while the NES version has English text but the text moves much slower than in the Famicom version.
- Also the Famicom version features Japanese text instead of English text in the NES version, this isn't a problem for English players as they can still play the game without being required to read Japanese.
- The end credits in the Famicom version has a few spelling errors with Character Design and Sound Programmer which is fixed in the NES version.
- At the end of the credits the Famicom version originally shows "Presented by Capcom" while the NES changes it to "Presented by Capcom U. S. A."
- Re-released in 1993 as part of "Mega Man: The Wily Wars" for the Sega Genesis, which was basically Mega Man 1, 2 and 3 plus an original game called "Wily Tower." All three games recieved graphical updates, giving them a 16-bit appearence instead of their original 8-bit graphics.
- Re-released in 1999 as part of "Rockman Complete Works" (a Japan-only collection of Mega Man 1-6) for the Sony PlayStation. The 8-bit graphics remained intact.
- Re-released in 2004 as part of "Mega Man Anniversary Collection" for Nintendo GameCube and Sony PlayStation 2. MMAC is Mega Man 1-8, plus two Mega Man arcade fighting games never released in the United States.
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