Here it is folks, the first gameplay footage of Mega Man 9 for WiiWare. There's really not much to it and the entire video is covered with lots and lots of text. This video, in my professional blogger opinion, has to be the biggest tease ever made for a game.
The graphics are exactly what you would expect since they're going for that 8-bit retro feel and the music sounds absolutely amazing. Wow, I can't believe I'm about to say this, but this is the first time in years that I'm actually excited to play a new Mega Man game. How about you?
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3:31 AM on 07.07.2008
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In fact, I'm going to go ahead and blame Mega Man for everything that's currently wrong with my life.
No thanks Megaman 9.
It's 8-bit because the game will clock in at about 200kb, thus won't take a hit on Wii's 512mb internal flash memory.
Brilliant!
Now can I please have Megaman 10 on XBLA / PSN?
Also Kapkomi's idea would've been so cool.
Did they ever confirm its release on playstation network or xbox live arcade?
I dunno, maybe it's because my first Mega Man game was X. I played and enjoyed the NES incarnations, but the SNES was where it was at for my nostalgia factor.
Without it, all I see is a romhack.
SHUT THE FUCK UP.
It's on all 3 download services, xbla, psn, wiiware. Dickhead.
You're such a fanboy bitch. And nobody cares
Give the guy a break and quit acting like a child throwing a temper tantrum.
Also,
I don't think I'm retro enough to play this game. I'm terrible at the original Mega Man games.
I understand why some old school gamers may enjoy it, but as someone who didn't start gaming in full until the Sega Genesis/SNES days, this just looks too... old.
Sorry, Capcom, but I would have preferred for you to actually succeed at updating the Mega Man game series for the current generation of consoles (if that meant simply HD graphics with 2D gameplay, whatever) which they haven't quite managed yet. Doing this just gives me the feeling they threw one dude in a room and said, "Here's $50. Do what you can. We need a new Mega Man game."
Still very excited for this title!! I honestly would have expected the rotation animation to have a few more frames
Also, I think EDS's frustration is stemming from Michi's relentless . . . vocality . . . in the c-blogs and main page comments regarding his . . . often nonsensical . . . dislike of this game and its direction. To each his own, but I get where you're coming from Slayer.
I think you make a statement that identifies the can't-win-em-all situation that Capcom is in. If they tried updating the character, they'd lose the people that wince at the prospect of a new BN or even a ZX game. If they keep the old graphics, some people will not like the retroness of it.
If they do spend a bunch of cash and a dev team making a new 3D/HD Mega Man, if people are so jaded with the idea of "taking Mega Man" in a new direction, that's a ton of cash that Capcom loses. If they spend a little cash on the title and give people an old style game at low overhead to them, while feeling out the market for a new game, they are considered as if they're just trying to cash-in, make a quick buck, or even dupe the old Mega Man fans.
By all means, have your dissappointed opinions/passionate feelings. But I think the move to go lo-fi with this one is both a great homage to the older games (which some of us praise ad nausem :) ), a low budget way (via Digital Distribution and the smaller dev team needed) to test the market, and a really great way to put out a new, basic Mega Man game for fans of the series.
Plus, there are allegedly a few more features beyond the main game, so there's plenty yet that one could get excited about that we don't know of for sure.
Also EDS:
It's actually only coming to WiiWare. The announcement of the other versions was a goof from Ars technica I think.
OG Blue Bomber > X any day of the week.
Also, proto man could totally take zero. No contest.
he has a whistle.
I do like the retro thing idea, it`s a nice touch from CAPCOM.
But seriously, i would have prefered a title with the Mega MAn 8 sprites. Wasn´t a great game, but it looked pretty at least.
" I wont be paying for an 8bit rom hack." Its an 8-bit game, in the style of old Mega Man games, made by the developers.
Was Mega Man 2 a rom hack of Mega Man 1?
gawd you whiny . . .
::goes into his old school curmudgeon corner to be indignant on his own time::
Seriously, what the fuck? Did you guys wake up on the wrong side of the bed today? Why all the hate?
Oh, I forgot, it's cool to hate everything on the internet.
And this "romhack" meme needs to die quickly. You're just showing how little respect you have for game design and art direction. There's more to making a game than cramming polygons and lighting effects onto the screen. Surely you do not need to be told this.
Looks like they got the music down just right.
We really haven't even anything other than 15 seconds of actual gameplay. To anybody willing to decide their decision purely on the graphics, you really shouldn't be calling yourselves gamers in the first place. I for one am looking forward to a company actually catering to the "Old School" gamers for a change, not just a pretty piece of software.
Great move Capcom.