First thing is first: Mega Man 9 has been officially dated for North America. Rejoice! The title will be coming to WiiWare on September 22, PlayStation Network on September 25, and Xbox LIVE Arcade on October 1. The game will cost $9.99 -- in moon money, that's 1000 Wii Points and 800 MS Points.
But if you want more than the game itself, Capcom are giving you the opportunity to spend more cash. GamesRadar has exclusively revealed that you'll be able to download a playable Proto Man (Mega Man's robotic brother) on October 6 for roughly 2 dollars (do your own Wii Points and MS Points math, buddy).
Proto Man sounds pretty fancy, too. He can slide, charge his shots, and deflect some bullets with a shield. He will, however, be more vulnerable to attacks -- he'll get pushed back a little father when hit with bullets than Mega Man will. Throw in the Pro adapters for a sled, a coil, and more, and it's almost as if you're looking at a different game.
Now excuse me while I wait at my door for the mailman to arrive with that awesome Mega Man 9 press kit ...
Contest:
4:44 PM on 09.19.2008
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Also, hell of a zinger with that picture's caption. I commend you.
Mega Man 9's core hook is the retro revival. Mega Man in a new adventure. 8 bosses, old graphics. Classic Mega Man 2 offshoot. $10, that's Mega Man, 9th time.
But, you spend $2 (two freaking cokes, man), and you get a new "cation figure" to play the whole thing through with. More substantial than horse armor, and outside of the normal scope of the game.
Works for me. :D :D :D
Not really. I won't even be buying the game itself.
And Protoman might be exciting for the fanboys, but to an unbiased eye, paying two bucks to play as a different character in an XBLA game is (or should be) absolute nonsense. Think about it: The game is $10, yet the extra character is $2. That's one fifth of the game's price -- for one extra character.
I agree, the extra $2 is ridiculous but there are a lot of Mega Man fans around here that will download him regardless methinks. I'm not talking about the general public, but the Dtoid community who appears to be gaga for the blue bomber.
Holy crap Brando, NUMBER MUNCHERS!
I had totally forgotten about that game.
I used to play that game all the time on the Macintosh IIsi.
I actually like the Mega Man concept and character designs, but I find the games infuriatingly punishing. To the point where (for the most part) they're just bad, bad games. I think bringing him back is bringing back the worst aspects of retro games.
I guess that were our opinions differ. I like games that make me it's bitch. Something to do with an early childhood indecent at my uncle Stu's....
I don't care, and thus the DLC doesn't bother me. As long as helmet-less Megaman is still in the main download, I'm fine and dandy.
I like a challenge, but I find the Mega Man games just downright sadistic. Limited lives and continues, MM isn't terribly maneuverable or flexible, and you'd better damn well hope you're a pro at platforming. I'll freely admit that I'm a pussy, but that still doesn't seem entirely fair to me.
I have no problem with $2.. And, I understand DLC for PS3 and 360... But, my question is how and will this DLC work (and be confirmed as available) for the Wii??
I guess if My Life as King can have DLC, MM9 can too... But I guess I'll have to wait until Monday to know how "that's gonna work".
What's $10 vs. $12 vs. $15 vs. $30?
The whole game is in it's self (depending on how you look at it) downloadable content. From the sound of it Proto Man is going to be awesome (I've wasted more than $2 on dumber things).
But hey, what am I to tell people what to invest in?
first of all HAH its on the wii first; get over it i mean they did start on nintendo until capcom realized it likes money
2 bucks for protoman?!? i wouldve gladly played more... i mean goddamn... how many times have you wasted your extra ms points on a gears 2 theme or something completely useless for your 360 just because you have to putchase points in 10 dollar increments and had little remainders
also ill pass on helmet-less megaman thanks... he looks too much like astro boy without his armor
also i think what the wii will do is have megaman 9 and then megaman version 1.1 with the protoman upgrade much like their channels upgrade
"I've wasted more than $2 on dumber things"
My thoughts, you has them.
It's people like you who will fuck us all with overpricing. Allow me to reiterate: The full game is $10. The DLC, consisting of one single character, is $2. This is mother. Fucking. Bull. Shit.
If you're a fanboy and you want to buy it, go ahead. I don't care. But complaining about this fucked up, bullshit DLC is not whining. They are legitimate complaints, they are sensible complaints.
Pure genius, guys. Take a game that's being released -last- on Xbox, multiply that by one utterly sh*tty gamepad, and that equals "xbox 360 SECTION" material? Well, I suppose you gotta do whatever it takes to make the Xbox-only crowd feel better about those inevitable controller-throwing moments induced by horrible gamepad design and its resulting control "anomalies."
I'll definitely be picking this one up, but I won't let it near my Xbox. Controllers are too expensive for that.
It's two fucking dollars. TWO. You are making a huge problem out of fucking nothing. TWO. DOLLARS.
Quit bitching already. If I can get a game that keeps me entertained for as much as most next-gen games nowadays for TWELVE BUCKS that's a fucking steal.
TWO DOLLARS.
Besides, let's face it.
Capcom has done worse...
That's incredibly short-sighted thinking. An individual character should not cost one fifth of the full price of the entire game. It doesn't matter if that cost comes out to two cents, two dollars, or twelve dollars, that is absolutely fucked up pricing. Protoman should have come with the final game. That's all there is to it.
Like I said, lap it up all you want -- I don't care all that much, least of all about Mega Man. But you absolutely cannot, with an ounce of sanity, call that fair pricing. This is horse armor. This is Ninja Gaiden costumes. It's an abuse of the fanbase and the worst kind of DLC. Every gamer who cares about gaming should be upset when companies do this.
$2 isn't a lot, in and of itself. But here, it is.
Think. If you unlock a new character in a game, will you play through at least a fifth of the game again with said new character, especially if they have new abilities? Uh, yeah.
And again - two bucks. You are whining about two fucking dollars. This game could be sold on a disc for twenty bucks but nope, you just have to whine about something you won't even buy and is only TWO DOLLARS. How many times do I need to pound that figure through your thick skull?
I'd hardly say that I'm the one with the thick skull, here. (Also, is it really such Serious Business that you want to take off the gloves for this? Really?) You're completely missing the point I'm trying to make, even though I explicitly spelled it out. Here's a quote that really should not need to be repeated:
"An individual character should not cost one fifth of the full price of the entire game. It doesn't matter if that cost comes out to two cents, two dollars, or twelve dollars, that is absolutely fucked up pricing. [...] $2 isn't a lot, in and of itself. But here, it is."
If you can't honestly see that spending a fifth of a game's full price for a few damned sprites is unfair, then the part of your brain that processes logic and reason must be offline. And using the, "You'd play through at least a fifth of the game with Protoman" argument doesn't even remotely begin to address any point that I raised.
As I said, my skull is not the thick one, here. When you buy the game, start it up and just look at it. Say, "I paid $10 for this." Then, when you presumably purchase Protoman, fire him up and just look at him on the screen. Say, "I paid $2 for this." A sane human being should easily see the disparity.
I've taken your thoughts into consideration and I still can't see how you can whine over two dollars. You get that as change for a movie ticket. It's two dollars, yet you are incessantly whining about something that will add quite a bit of replay value and is incredibly cheap should be even cheaper. Basically, you are taking "looking into the gift horse's mouth" to the next level. He's even got his own set of extension weapons or whatever they're called!
And most of my comments have been in response to other people. I'm only as willing to talk about the negative aspects of this as people are willing to talk about the positive aspects of it. You're quite welcome to stop talking about it at any given time... you know, since it's apparently "pathetic" to try to discuss things on the internet.
Lastly, legitimate complaints are NOT whining. "Whining" is just a word people on the internet like to throw at others when they're being dismissive towards their opposing arguments. Use it carefully; it's already lost all meaning, out here.