E3 08: Official Mega Man 9 box art may be the greatest thing I have ever seen

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1:52 PM on 07.17.2008, Chad Concelmo

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E3 08: Official Mega Man 9 box art may be the greatest thing I have ever seen photo

#AMAZING #E3 #Mega Man

This might be the best box art to come out in the last twenty years. Seriously, where do I start? The awesome airbrush job? The ridiculous designs of Mega Man and Dr. Wily? The classic grid background? Hell, it actually uses the phrases "Ultrasound Graphics Synthesis" and "8-bit Fidelity Engine." This is the best box art EVER!

Capcom is getting everything right with the retro throwback that is Mega Man 9. If you read my hands-on impressions yesterday you know I love the game. This box art just takes everything over the edge.

What do you think? So good or so, SO good? What is your favorite part of this nostalgic creation? If this game is a download, why is there even box art to begin with?

[Via Jeremy Parish's blog on 1UP]

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AgentMOO

I have a raging clue for this game

Spitfire

HAHA i just posted that pic in a forum post. It is epic.

ThunderHeartXI

Oh god, that cover is either the worst thing I have ever seen or the best thing. I can't decide...\

Either way, the retro cover is amazing!

Gamechamp

I love you, Capcom.

killias2

That's gotta be fake.

jackburnt

If that's real, then so is my hardon.

TheToiletDuck

Now i want this game. You didn't tell me there were buzzsaw robots and dragon demon things.

king3vbo

Funkiller

I just came my face off so hard...

Def JM

Wow thats just great. I find the sawblade robot running in the background pretty funny.

eternalplayer2345

What the hell Capcom, Where do you get off doing this. I am being suspect that someone from 1991 time traveled to present day Capcom. This ridiculous amount of win in Mega Man 9 is unbelievable.

ImpossiblePlant

Screw "so good", that thing is Zawsome! I was a little undecided on the retro Mega Man 9 just because I'm not a huge fan, but I so want that on a shirt. I support this.

kohelhunter

SO BADASS!

galagabug

too funny! who says devs don't listen to thier fans?

GuitarAtomik

I have absolutely no interest in this game.... but I want a poster of that box art SOOOOOOO bad!

Senisan82

thats some good box art right there, I like how he's holding a pistol in his hand :)

sweetchuck

So bad it's good!

A New Challenger

Missing "High Resolution Graphics," but otherwise completely awesome. He's got a buster arm AND he's holding a gun as well!.

myheadsonfire

HAHAHA! Awesome. it comes very close to being as awesomely bad as the boxart for the first Megaman.

bbrigg1

bad. ass. The grid is a nice touch.

Rucksack

One out of one Rucksacks approve!

mikeyed

Stupidest design ever. They've got it all wrong! I love it.

ghets

That is ASS KICKIN GOOD.

But i thought the game was going to be download only, therefore no box art. Did i miss something?

mykie

How the hell am i supposed to get this, if the game is only available electronically?

injustice!

naia-the-gamer

I'm slowly feeling better about this game

killias2

I think I get it. Apparently, this was on a t-shirt Capcom made for people who completed both demo levels at E3. So it's official boxart.. for a game with no box.

JamnOnTheOne

Looks as awful as the box art for Mega Man 1. I assume this is intentional however.

pendelton21

Sweet God, whoever came up with this whole retro idea is a fucking genius and should be given a house on the Moon.

fetusmilk

wow i remember how bad the megaman 1 cover is. he looks like hes craping his pants in the heat of battle.

[imghttp://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/megaman1.JPG[/img]

bluexy

Tubatic

I want that on SOMETHING! A Poster, a T-Shirt, even a wallpaper!

I <3 Capcom

fetusmilk

this one looks like a megaman movie poster, but its just as weird.

Neonie

I will now be officially referring to you as Chad 9.

Tubatic

Pleasehaveacontestandgiveawaythesetshirts
Pleasehaveacontestandgiveawaythesetshirts
Pleasehaveacontestandgiveawaythesetshirts

DaedHead8

The pistol in his right hand is easily the best part of the whole thing. Awesome, just awesome. ::tear:: ::sniff::

The-Excel

Dear god.

brainderailment

The only thing that would make it better would be if they put a disk of the game inside a case that looks like a nes cart and rubber band the game manual to the card box.

Unicorn

the 9 looks tacked on.

i would kill to have a poster of that or a t-shirt. someone make one!!! PLOX

Unicorn

now, to make me happy, i want a new Mach Rider game. i was disappointed he wasn't in Smash bros Brawl.

anyone else like mach rider? no? i'm the only one and i still play it on the VC...

Teta

They missed the State-of-the-Art phrase.

AgentMOO

lol, all of you guys asking for a shirt - this is actually a photograph of a shirt.

JonDarkwood

high resolution graphics lolololol

socialzero

YES!!! Retro-tastic! Capcom is doing everything right with this. Now if only Konami would take a hint and do a retro Castlevania game in the "Symphony of the Night" style.

Which also reminds me, what's happening with that metroid game that guy was making? It looked kickass as well.

Hoygeit

Hahaha, that's so awesome!

Stella Wong

wow, this is TOO good! :D

Blind assassin

That really is bizarre. I'm too young to fully appreciate it but I've been a gamer long enough to understand just how fucking awesome Capcom is for going this far. They could've just whipped the game up and muttered "uhh, yeah...umm..here you go man. No let me get back to my RE5 project." but instead they've pretty much just strapped a neon sign to a giant foam cowboy hat while screaming "RETRO MEGAMAN 9!!" into a dog shaped megaphone for everyone to see.

I do feel the need to ask the question of "will this just be a graphic on the game download screen or will it somehow be distributed after purchase?" It leads me to beleive that it might possibly get thrown in as a DVD extra for the next multiplatform Megaman game but I really have nothing to back that up.

Faceless

That is exactly what the cover art of Mega Man 9 should be.

pumpy

It was the shirt the lead designer was wearing at E3...hence I want one too.

pseudo hero

Is that a Fruit "Friend" chasing Mega Man in the background!?

mix

Dr.Wiley is pretty messed up but neat looking box art though.

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