In the most unexpected and totally awesome-filled news of the day, GamesRadar has put up its hands-on with the WiiWare-bound Mega Man 9, and guess what -- it's going to be an 8-bit game!
Highlights from the article include: Splash Woman (the first ever female boss character), Dr. Light's shop making an appearance, and the fact that some of Mega Man 9's music is taken straight out of Mega Man 2.
If you haven't fainted from all of the excitement, make sure to check out GamesRadar's interview with Keiji Inafune, where he doesn't deny that an XBLA and PSN version of Mega Man 9 are being made.
I'd heard rumors that Mega Man 9 would be going back to its roots to make up for all of the less-than-stellar Mega Man games that have been released over the years, but I had no idea that it would end up looking like an NES game.
Are you guys as excited as I am?
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3:03 PM on 07.03.2008
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However, if it comes to XBLA, then HELL FREAKIN YES!
Give me the new megamans nao.
This is gonna be like candy.
@Respectable Gentleman
Stop juggling me!!!
How cool would that be.
exactly what i was thinking, but apparently everyone else is happy so whatever
Tron Bonne does NOT approve.
Re-damn-diculous. I am happy.
Its traditional. The Mega Man sprite didn't change for 6 games.
Also, while it doesn't take a huge team of hyper-trained artists to make an 8-bit game, there's certainly work put into it. The assets I see in the screen shots, save for our man Mega, are new sprites.
**The assets I see in the screen shots, save for our man Mega, are new sprites.**
I would urge people that feel this is a lazy and negatively cheap move to read the preview article.
I'm all for retro, but what's the point?
PAX = I hope Capcom has this @ the show!
That dragon right there? Dragon boss's head repainted (thousand hours in MSPaint) and slapped on a cluster of fireball enemies. All from previous games. Stuck a feather in it's hat and called it "retroroni".
Plus, if they were lazy enough to okay (Butt)Plug Man, I can't imagine they're trying awfully hard. Mega Man 7 and 8 were cool because they actually put the time and effort into everything.
Go back and play Mega Man 6, and tell me if that's a good game, because this is going to be the thing; stupid bosses, meh level design, etc. Not that I mind; I'll still play it because I'm a giant consumer whore. I'm just not giving them money for it.
Please Lord let that purposefully be the most awesome sexual reference everrrr!
If so, this is shaping up to be the sexiest *MOPBOG yet!!!
(Megaman-Based Oldschool Platformer w/ Buttplug-Play and Outrageous Glitches)
But I still wanna play it.
http://www.destructoid.com/mega-man-9-coming-to-wiiware-spacecat-yawns-and-goes-back-to-sleep-92408.phtml