Through some Internet Matlockery, it would appear
Mega Man 9 will be coming to WiiWare, as it has an article in the upcoming Nintendo Power issue. Credit to
Rockman Perfect Memories for my source.
No word on whether it's exclusive or not, so we'll just have to see how things pan out. However, the Robot Masters have been named, and among them is a first for the series: A
female Robot Master, Splash Woman.
The game looks as old-school as possible, using 8-bit sprites for its presentation; and no doubt the audio will be old-school MIDIs as well. In hindsight, we probably should have seen this coming what with the
retro mode in
Mega Man ZX Advent.
The game is being made by Inti Creates, the makers of the superb
Mega Man Zero titles (in my opinion, the finest in the franchise) and the not-as-good but still solid
ZX games, so if you're worrying Capcom was going to farm this out to another publisher since it's a downloadable game you need not worry. Inti is a damned good studio and should once again show their prowess at making Mega Man games.
Look for the latest Nintendo Power issue for more details.
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Also, the Zero games were all pretty good, and the ZX series is alright too. Good to see Capcom isn't just half-assing this just because it'll be a downloadable game.