Secrets are hard to keep, as our own industry insider connection Spacecat can agree, and this one has finally burst from the seams with a real announcement in Nintendo Power: Mega Man 9 will be coming to WiiWare. Even more interesting, the game looks like a retro Mega Man title. Wasn't RetroforceGO! just talking about how the series could be revived with a return to its roots?
You may have to squint to read the fine print, but the scans from the article have been posted on community member nilcam's c-blog, which you can check out here. By scrutinizing these on my monitor, I was able to tell that the title will have a more in-depth story than previous titles, and everything down to the music and sound effects is 8-bit-style. To sum up -- every retro fan in the world is going to cry crystalline tears of ecstatic joy.
Now that it's in print, details will probably begin to spill out faster than the speed of light, but until then, we have a lot to be happy about. Looks like Koji Igarashi isn't the only man in the business paying attention to the rallied cries of retro gamers. Viva La Mega Man!
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2:15 PM on 06.26.2008
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He is looking mightily out of shape, Dr. Wiley must not be cranking out them bots.
Of course everybody who loves MegaMan 2 will be happy, but most of them couldn't care about any MegaMan past 4, so why care about 9 then?
I am really sad about this, because I had high hopes for pretty HD graphics.
1) Why no 360 release? Spacecat promised us...and frankly, if it's new games, I'd rather have them on my 360.
2) Hey, it's great that the Wii is getting this game. It'd be a great idea if they released the rest of the early games on VC so I didn't have to buy that poor quality Mega Man collection on Gamecube. Wait, 1 and 2 are out everywhere but America? Well, fuck you, Capcom.
3. Why NES graphics? Why not SNES/Playstation graphics?
4. You say the story is more in-depth, but I also hear that this will just be "another Mega Man game" and not bridge the original series and the X series, which is a missed opportunity to fill in a convoluted timeline. (Then again, who really cares.)
Otherwise...yay retro revivals, I guess?
PEW PEW PEW.
but i'm still not complaining, and i'm hoping it turns out great. (and if it does, i hope sega and sonic team are watching...)
Oh well. I prefer the X series anyway so whatever :/
Nope. That's the new one.
It would be awesome if they just kept the 8-bit art style, but included stuff that the NES wasn't capable of- huge sprites, maybe some smoother animation and neat effects- nothing too contemporary. Though I wouldn't complain if they blew our minds with some Fez-like axis shifts.
That said, the screen-shots like they were lifted directly from old Megaman games. I'm not talking about the recycled sprites either. I'm seeing stuff that looks EXACTLY like areas in the old games. That's kinda off-putting.
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Can't wait for it myself. I've always been a HUGE fan of the original NES Megaman games. Very tough, but very personally rewarding when you finally won through them. They are just a pure platforming joy to play. :-)
8-bit =/= bad graphics =/= bad game
Notice in one scan that they have Mega Man rotating in "3d" space around rotating platform. There's still a few tricks they can pull in 8-bit.
Do. Want.
I'm all for retro. I like retro. I play old games all the time. But I play them for the NOSTALGIA. Because it's a game I thought looked good as a CHILD. Not because I think IT LOOKS GOOD.
I'm disappointed. With today's technology, Mega Man 9 could have been so much more creative, with eye popping two-dimensional graphics and effects. They could have played with color depth, or maybe even the use of artistic filters to give the game a uniquely crafted look.
Instead, they practically reuse old NES sprites and animations.
Mega Man was the beginning of my obsession with video games. It's my most favorite series of all time.
But this is a disappointment.
A couple clever bosses/weapons, some good level design, memorable music... this game could be the start of a new retro revolution if it hits all the right points.
But the more I think about it, the more it makes good sense, and ends up being a nice homage to the classics.
1 through 6, save for a few new animations here and there, had the same sprites all throughout's kind of something I though was very cool back then. Each adventure was your same Mega Man, but in a new scenario. I honestly thought that was one of the really slick things about the series. 1-6 were more like expansions than completely new game iterations, and it definitely worked. It was even kind of comfortable to say to yourself "OK, its Mega Man again. What do I get to do now?"
No, really, this is freakin' rad. Love the 8-bit graphics. Hope the music is just as good as the classics. Now when do we get Mega Man 2 on VC?
For those of you who want a new Mega Man game with SNES or PS1 quality graphics, you have the ZX and Star Force games to play. But for those of us who thought that 8-Bit Mega Man is the best looking Mega Man (like myself), this is a fucking god send.
Plus, did you see this rumored boss list?
SPLASH WOMAN????
HOLY FUCK!!!
I'm really not angry at all, just kind of dissapointed (I would be a little angry if this was the X series). I think the novelty of the idea is kind of cool but I feel like it's just that. A novelty.
Separately from Mega Man 9, I totally want that too. Odin Sphere had the right idea. Beautiful. 2D. Sidescrolling. I hear that the same company is doing something for Wii that is allegedly along the same lines of that, but in a more actiony setting.
Yeah, that ninja game. That thing looks really awesome.
If they can come close to Megaman 2 and 3 in terms of bosses and quality, then that's all I need.
don't know if its up your alley but the new warioland also is a 2d platformer. Who knows if it will suck or not but it's graphcis look good.
@ Faceless - just buy the anniversary collection for GC, I'm sure you can find it cheap.
Yay Megaman!!!