Mega Man 9 DLC is live on WiiWare, other networks incoming

I'm not seeing it on the Wii.

I'm definitely not getting all of these. I just want the one that adds a new stage and a new boss.

@Endstiem: Yeah yeah, we know, on-disc DLC is bollocks. The funny part is that clearly we know what the game companies are doing, and yet they don't bother to even pretend that isn't the case. Like getting people to download a 10MB file that really does nothing at all.

Anyways about this, I'm not sure. I might pick it up since the game itself was awesome and only like £7 so it isn't as if the whole package together is a rip off. It's nice that you can pick and choose bits. I'll try Endless Mode and at least the first of the difficulties, but aside from that I don't really feel the need. It was a great games as it is and it doesn't need anything extra.

I have exactly 200 points so I don't have anything else to spend them on.

Question: How much is this "DLC" going to be on xbox live?

I'll happily pay just because it's been one of my best spent $10.

I don't have any points right now, yay!! (because I know I would fall for it and buy DLC)

I agree with Endstiem what happened to unlockable after you finish a game? I love this game but the DLC can get lost.

what wardrox said

If they could cram all of it in, and still charge 10 bucks, it sucks. maybe it would drive the price to 15. at fifteen, we had a brouhaha when braid came out, and a lot of people missed a great game for it.

At 10, you can impulse buy it. If you enjoy the game, and finish it (as not many will) paying 2 bucks to have an all new experience trough the stages with protoman is next to nothing. If you didn't finish the game yet, and think that you need the DLC, you are doing it wrong.

Tron Knotts = Part of the problem confirmed.

While the endless stage music is great (heard it on the OST), I've only got 100 points left on my Wii and it just doesn't feel worth the trouble of entering my damned credit card info via Wiimote again. So...not anti-DLC, but pro-lazy.

I wanted to hold out for Gradius Rebirth to be released in the US but screw it, Im spending eight of my extra ten wii points for the MM extra content.
Though it does feel like cheap add-ons that shoulda been unlockable. However with all the content is really a twenty dollar game, so not too bad.

Though Protoman shoulda had more to him than just classic style gameplay and no story bits so we can "Finally" see his side of the story. Though Bass and Treble are completely absent so story wise we are getting semi gipped anyway. Though thats for the sack of the classic feel.

Also when thinking about it, alot of the content could easily be in these files.
New sprite or code could easily be ten kilobytes or so.
The Protoman file is 2 blocks, so thats about 16Kb (since blocks are actually bits measurment. 8 bits is a byte, 8 kilo bits is a kilo byte and so on)
Though even with 16Kb it does seem that they used parts you already downloaded. However theres aparently some code in there so possibly left out animations or code. So you are getting something at the least.
Also protoman is two bucks. For three it was a rip, but two is good enough.
Though Why did they need to remove the shop too? Though maybe the absence is for a classic feel?
I think it wouldnt have hurt to add more and charge an extra buck or two.

The Endless level file is about two or so blocks as well.
Though its obvoius that the data is already downloaded too.
Though I see some recolors here and there.
But its safe to assume that ones just a file to unlock it and maybe include some finalization code, but who'd know.

Ya, its a bit of a rip when it shoulda ben unlockable :/
Though I've got enough to do with MM9 as it is and they woulda harged twenty bucks for it all in one anyway.

Just wish they wouldn't wait it out since its pretty much just unlocking codes.

Hmm, not to mention it seemed to have locked my MM9 save so I can't back it up anymore. The Pay and play protoman file on the other hand copies just fine.

Hmm, I find this odd.

Anyway, an extra few bucks or so isnt too bad I think.
I just want the full package myself though.
But Im a megaman fan anyway.

$2 really hurts a lot of people here