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Mega Man 9 delight: Splash Woman and Plug Man revealed!
8:04 AM on 09.18.2008, Colette Bennett 44 comments

Mega Man 9 delight: Splash Woman and Plug Man revealed! photo
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Do you see this devastingly beautiful thing I have put before you, ladies and gentleman? We are finally looking at the FIRST FEMALE BOSS in the history of classic Mega Man titles. Look at this bad bitch!

In an exclusive feature over at GamesRadar, character art for both Splash Woman and Plug Man was revealed, causing more than a flutter in this dear old retro gamer's heart. There are screens as well, which you can check out in the gallery -- check out that nice big shot of the sprites! That's freaking beautiful!

According to the article, beating Splash Woman earns you a weapon called the Laser Trident (which sounds completely rad) and beating Plug Man earns you the Plug Ball. No offense to Plug Man or anything (not that he should bother since you're going to stomp him anyway), but that Laser Trident looks light years cooler than the Plug Ball. Plus, the Plug Ball sounds like an anal toy. Not good.

We won't have much longer to wait until we can weep tears of delicious agony as these bosses and their levels cause us to die over and over. Are you ready?

[Thanks, Andrew]


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Chibi_Zero's Avatar
Chibi_Zero at 09/18/2008 08:06
Splash Woman kinds of looks like Leviathan from the Mega Man Zero games
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar
Mista Smegheneghan at 09/18/2008 08:07
awesome
Char Aznable's Avatar
Char Aznable at 09/18/2008 08:13
A bad bitch, indeed. Looks awesome.

Thanks, Colette, now I won't be able to think of anything else when I use the Plug Ball. Ugh, I can't even type that without feeling dirty.
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Kryptinite at 09/18/2008 08:14
SPLASH WOMAN......she likes to get wet.
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Fana7ic at 09/18/2008 08:38
Wasnt there going to be a Destructoid Mega man maker? Or was that just a hoax abd I completely didnt get it?
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Holyetheline at 09/18/2008 08:50
Wow that's pretty sweet... a female boss.
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SWE3tMadness at 09/18/2008 08:52
Pretty awesome. Can't wait to kill both of them and harvest their weapons for my own use. :D
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randombullseye at 09/18/2008 08:59
Anyone hear of a release date yet?
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monkeyspoon5 at 09/18/2008 09:02
Am I the only one who thinks splash woman is extremely hot?
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TheToiletDuck at 09/18/2008 09:06
@monkeyspoon5: fap fap fap fap fap
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ScottyG at 09/18/2008 09:17
Plus, the Plug Ball sounds like an anal toy. Not good.

Erm... what?

Since when have anal toys been not good? I suppose they don't really belong in a Mega Man game, but come on now Colette... you're breaking my heart here. :'(
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ScottyG at 09/18/2008 09:20
Also, I am definitely excited for this game! I'll be playing lots of Mega Man 2 and X on Sunday in preparation for this! ^_^
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TheBlackLotus at 09/18/2008 09:35
I wana slip my eel into her cave of wonders...>.>
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Char Aznable at 09/18/2008 09:47
Does Colette have a response to ScottyG and the rest of the anal bead community?
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Professor Pew at 09/18/2008 09:49
No vagoo?
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KaL YoshiKa at 09/18/2008 09:51
Beating on a woman gives Mega Man an Erect Trident...I guess that's cool?
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superflossy at 09/18/2008 10:05
First Female Mega Man Boss?

ABOUT FUCKING TIME PEOPLE
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nicojay at 09/18/2008 10:10
But she's got no legs only a tail, where do I shoot my mega buster.
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HungLaser at 09/18/2008 10:21
as funny as plug ball sounds it looks like the better weapon to me. from the sprites it looks like the electro-balls are either heat seeking or can shoot at an angle. and remember how awesome the metal blades where in mega man 2 being able to shoot at an angle.

see guys how hard was it not to make an anal joke in the comments
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pendelton21 at 09/18/2008 10:28

These were done by someone on the Bead Spriter's Forum (8-bit Artist), and I think they're gorgeous.
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Conan-san at 09/18/2008 10:30
I think Chad might not be around for Retroforce for a good while.

Maybe for the rest of ever at the rate it's going.
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Phantom Spaceman at 09/18/2008 10:51
I've got a splash for her.
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mikeyed at 09/18/2008 11:03
@ pendleton21 - I've considered getting a tattoo of something mega man (Mega Man x's Zero) for a long time.
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mikeyed at 09/18/2008 11:04
forgot to finish my thought...

but i'd take that any day.
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TrailerParkJesus at 09/18/2008 11:19
coolio
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Torzelan at 09/18/2008 11:39
Lookin' good!
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Lord_Satorious at 09/18/2008 12:26
Maybe Splash Woman is a woman the way Poison from Final Fight is a woman, and Capcom is just screwing with us again.
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Zero Atma at 09/18/2008 12:26
@ScottyG: If 9 is as difficult as they say, might I suggest Mega Man 1 or Mega Man 3 instead? Or at least put 2 on difficult mode. I just played through 2 again, and it was unnervingly easy. 1 and 3 are more of a challenge, 1 on the NES being possibly the hardest Mega Man game that exists.
I'm totally with you on 2 and X being two of the best though. X2 is my absolute favorite.
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Char Aznable at 09/18/2008 12:31
@Zero Atma

I'm ashamed to say that I've never beaten Mega Man 1. I really need to get on that. The damn cyclops guy destroys me every time, but maybe I'll have to wimp out and use the glitch with Elec Man's weapon and pressing start.
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Cube at 09/18/2008 12:47
megman is going to use plugman's plug ball to plug the splashing woman.


I see nothing dirty about this.
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bluemeep at 09/18/2008 13:17
There's already porn of her on 2ch.
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ScottyG at 09/18/2008 13:42
@Zero Atma:

Ohhh... a challenge you say? I accept! ^_^

...

Yeah, I hear you about 2 being easy. When I got my HD tv I tested it out by plugging in my NES and playing through MM2, and I got through it in ~45 minutes. Mind you a lot of people seem to think that game is really hard, and the only thing I found remotely challenging is the disappearing blocks section in Heat Man's stage, and even then only because I can't be bothered to memorize all those blocks.

Never really thought of 3 as hard either, just damn long. One is the same way since there's no password system. Haven't played either in awhile though so I'm very curious how I stack up. Of course I'll have to obtain copies of the game, but it's a small price to pay. :p
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Sharpless at 09/18/2008 15:38
There were horses, and a man on fire, and I killed a guy with a trident.
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Pedro Blandino at 09/18/2008 15:43
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guermogamer at 09/18/2008 21:18
In before pink is for girls, blue is for boys! www-What?!
MrXIndeed's Avatar
MrXIndeed at 09/18/2008 21:43
As if Franziska von Karma wasn't hot enough already, they went and made her a robot mermaid with a laser polearm. Awesome.
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Swizzler121 at 09/19/2008 12:02
@Pedro Blandino: exactly what I was thinking
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Clockwork-Zombie at 09/19/2008 18:59
We need a Mega Man game that features both Wood man and Plug man.
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Batthink at 09/20/2008 04:07
@ MrXIndeed;

I was thinking the same thing. Capcom has a lot to answer for...
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GohanGVO at 09/20/2008 16:05
In before the Splash Woman/Roll fanfic.
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