The new designs look alright to me though I'm sad to report that I haven't gotten on the MMZ series. Imo, Battle Network's designs weren't that bad. The story and gameplay probably back it up for me since you were so free to explore any area and you have to make use of both Lan and Mega Man at the same time to get to new areas. However, probably my favorite Mega Man designs + game would have to be Mega Man Legends. I could play that and Legends 2 for hours...Legends for me is the best version of Mega Man still to this day.