For which Nintendo console was Mega Man 2 originally developed?

For which Nintendo console was Mega Man 2 originally developed? Mega Man 2 was originally developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Known as the Famicom in Japan, the NES was Capcom’s target platform for the 1988 sequel. The game continued the side-scrolling action of the original Mega Man while adding new Robot Masters, selectable stages, support items, Energy Tanks, and a password system.

Mega Man 2 was made for the NES’s 8-bit hardware, whose technical limits shaped its compact sprites, tile-based environments, and cartridge design. The development team worked on the sequel during spare time while also handling other Capcom projects, and they reused some ideas and content that had been cut from the first game.

The Japanese release arrived in 1988, followed by North American and PAL-region releases in 1989. Players sometimes confuse it with Mega Man II, a separate 1991 Game Boy title that borrows elements from the NES games. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System did not receive the original Mega Man 2 as its native release; later compilations and re-releases brought the game to newer platforms.