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Mega Man 9 giveaway contest and introducing the Mega Man Boss Maker!

4:22 PM on 10.02.2008, Niero 398 comments

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Remember that thing I showed you guys at PAX?  It's done! We're excited to finally unveil a hobby project a few weeks in the making -- a Mega Man Maker! Its been a real team effort: Nick came up with the idea, Jonathan Holmes did the heavy lifting by friggin' drawing *all* of the sprites, Colette made the random backgrounds, everyone chipped in with character ideas and names, Dale North remixed three tracks including the new MM9 store song, and if anything breaks you can kick me: I was a flash web design monkey in a previous life. Go team!

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IT?

  • Kill time and brain cells. You're not that busy at work anyway, right?
  • Create a pretty convincing looking Mega Man boss in a few clicks
  • Mix/match heads, bodies, feet, and accessories - over 250 bodyparts!
  • Use the drawing brushes to doodle in your own haircuts accessories
    (In before the "I drew Mega Man a penis d00d", plz keep it PG-13)
  • Give your man a name, play his dramatic intro
  • Be lazy - use the random button and we'll do the work for you

MEGA MAN MAKER CONTEST!

If you haven't already picked up the game or would like to put it on another console you own, we're here to help! We're giving away 3 copies of Mega Man 9 on the platform of your choice: XBLA, PSN, or Wiiware. To win, simply create an awesome Mega Man Boss, take a screenshot of it and post it in the comments below. 

Dtoid staff will choose our three favorites at the end of next week and pass along your gifts codes.  Dtoiders worldwide are eligible to win, so get mega-making!

 


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Phantom Spaceman's Avatar
Phantom Spaceman at 10/02/2008 16:22
Freakin' sweet.
Pedro Blandino's Avatar
Pedro Blandino at 10/02/2008 16:22
AWESOME, waited for this since pax.
Elitechief27's Avatar
Elitechief27 at 10/02/2008 16:22
Viewtiful Joe in 8 bit? Niero you magnificent bastard!
Niero's Avatar
Niero at 10/02/2008 16:23
Haha, I know, sorry about that. It was just tricky to finish it between the cracks of working on the site. I went to bed at 4am last night fiddling with it. We'll probably continue to mess with it in the future -- it would be cool to make a character and play a stage with him.

Who wants to help me build a Mega Man level builder?
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 10/02/2008 16:26


That was fun
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 10/02/2008 16:26
I can't seem to get the colors in the draw tool to work. Am I missing something?
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 10/02/2008 16:28
Wait, I just noticed that it starts off showing "D345MAN." Did you program stuff in for when different people start the Maker up?
SephirothX's Avatar
SephirothX at 10/02/2008 16:29
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CAVE at 10/02/2008 16:29
aww... No penises? I was just about to make smegma man.
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 10/02/2008 16:29
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Kapkomi at 10/02/2008 16:31
YES, now I can make my new Avatar!
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 10/02/2008 16:32
Also, once you get to the end of the numbers, you get to 70 which is nothing while scrolling right, but then you skip it while scrolling left.
Char Aznable's Avatar
Char Aznable at 10/02/2008 16:33
It's a damn good thing that I didn't see this earlier in the day, because I wouldn't have accomplished SHIT at work.

So awesome. Thanks for all the hard work, Niero and crew. It's very much appreciated.
Wiid Whacker's Avatar
Wiid Whacker at 10/02/2008 16:37
FAIL

thebza's Avatar
thebza at 10/02/2008 16:38
Pedro Blandino's Avatar
Pedro Blandino at 10/02/2008 16:38


My megaman villan >_>
BLINDMAN!

side note. I cant change the color of the draw tool D:. also can we get a Square pencil tool?
Alex's Avatar
Alex at 10/02/2008 16:40

Rabbit with rabbitears = win
Alex's Avatar
Alex at 10/02/2008 16:41

fixed.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar
Jonathan Holmes at 10/02/2008 16:42
HOLY SHIT! I can't believe it's finally here.
SteamyV's Avatar
SteamyV at 10/02/2008 16:42
Random names are all brilliant.

Phillycheesesteak Man is my favorite so far.
omar's Avatar
omar at 10/02/2008 16:45
rhk's Avatar
rhk at 10/02/2008 16:45
heh


MotoRobo's Avatar
MotoRobo at 10/02/2008 16:46
Fun. Nice site redesign by the way.
KakaoJunkey's Avatar
KakaoJunkey at 10/02/2008 16:47
Here's mine:

Pedro Blandino's Avatar
Pedro Blandino at 10/02/2008 16:48
btw, nice touch with it adding our screen name.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 10/02/2008 16:49
This is really awesome. I'm going to try to come up with something great.
Zonic505's Avatar
Zonic505 at 10/02/2008 16:51
[img] http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/64738-noscale-zonicman.jpg[/img]
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 10/02/2008 16:52
So badass!!
A New Challenger's Avatar
A New Challenger at 10/02/2008 16:55
Trowble's Avatar
Trowble at 10/02/2008 16:55


This is so fucking win!
Trevor McGee's Avatar
Trevor McGee at 10/02/2008 16:57
SteamyV's Avatar
SteamyV at 10/02/2008 16:59
I'm going to go ahead and get this one out of the way.

Tamz's Avatar
Tamz at 10/02/2008 16:59
Couldn't help myself.

Scary Womanizing Pig Mask's Avatar
Scary Womanizing Pig Mask at 10/02/2008 17:00
Is it all right if ours isn't a ____ man, but more an ____ animal?



I had to spell Womanizing wrong to get pig to fit ;0 Enjoy!
Enzogwmetal's Avatar
Enzogwmetal at 10/02/2008 17:02
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Dexter345 at 10/02/2008 17:02
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Zombutler at 10/02/2008 17:02
[img]http://i37.tinypic.com/awp0fc.jpg
Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 10/02/2008 17:03
lolwut

Zombutler's Avatar
Zombutler at 10/02/2008 17:03
what the fuck happened to my image
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Bionix_01 at 10/02/2008 17:06
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Zeno at 10/02/2008 17:07
[img] http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/64748-noscale-destructoidmanman.jpg[/img]
Dead Movie Star's Avatar
Dead Movie Star at 10/02/2008 17:07
Greatest thing ever.
the GAMEGOBLIN's Avatar
the GAMEGOBLIN at 10/02/2008 17:09
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whormongr at 10/02/2008 17:10
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BFeld13 at 10/02/2008 17:17




GET IT?
Phish's Avatar
Phish at 10/02/2008 17:18
CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 10/02/2008 17:23
OMG. I Love Destructoid. I would be willing to let it raep me and put babies in me.

Even though i already dl'd Mm9, i love that program. I fuckin' saved.
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