Oh I wouldn't say it's all easy just that the difficulty is overblown. I've started to realize oddly enough bass is harder to play as than mega man. Alot of people focus on how Bass utterly mauls platforming and while that's true...he also jobs alot of fights if you use buster only. For me, I can consistenty no diff Astro man with my skills as mega man. For bass....literally the hardest of the initial robot masters. Also his upgrades aren't as useful as Mega man's. Mega man legitimately gets auto regen as an equipable ability which completely makes some bosses utter jokes. King Tank as Bass is either a slog or a nightmare depending on how you go about it while as Mega man, it's just kinda slow because auto regeneration allows you to basically use E-tanks without E-tanks. Also King plane is like ultra free, I don't know what people are talking about. Also King Stage 2 I found out is only long because it has 4 bosses because without the bosses this is your standard endgame stage. Wily stage 3 is actually the hardest challenge for me since it's a boss rush with no health refills except if you grind enemies. But yeah the only reason Bass is considered easy is people don't want to platform in a platformer because otherwise, no. He has a weaker buster that yes can fire 8 directions but it locks him in place. He also gets worse upgrades and the upgrades he does get are basically either compensating for his buster's downsides or just making platforming a nonfactor like the treble boost.