The first gameplay footage of Mega Man 9

You know, the more I hear and see of this new Mega Man game, the more I realize that I fucking hate the little git. It just drums up bad memories of when I used to rent Mega Man games as a wee lad. I'd excitedly rent the games, only to be met with intense frustration and disappointment.

In fact, I'm going to go ahead and blame Mega Man for everything that's currently wrong with my life.

Despite how hard it'll probably be I'm down for this game. They're fun and finally beating a boss feels really good lol.

I don't get it.

No thanks Megaman 9.

Call me when Megaman looks like this. It's the future and the past, you can't run forever.

Is awesome; will get.

Also Kapkomi's idea would've been so cool.

It should have the Megaman Powered Up graphics.

Mega Man 9 moved to the top of my list of games I want to play.

Did they ever confirm its release on playstation network or xbox live arcade?

Never been a fan of Megaman, not sure if I've ever even bothered to play one. But I'll happily buy this one just for the music, it sounds awesome.

I've already voiced my opinion, so it doesn't need to be restated.

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.

I can imagine someone making it their mission to hack this and make a playable rom.

i want a next gen magaman

@EternalDeath Slayer

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'm excited that Capcom is actually doing what the fans enjoy. An old school revision on an already super-famous name. Americans might actually cop out on this one a tiny bit, but I see the japanese market scooping this little gem up like no tomorrow. I personally am going to be awaiting this game until the final minutes. I think it really comes down to the nostalgia feeling, and whether you were really introduced to the blue bomber when he first made his big appearances in the first three games.

"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"

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.

Please please please please, PLEASE release this for PSN/XBLA!!!!

It would be a crying shame if it didn't happen...

Totally disapointing, I wont be paying for an 8bit rom hack.

Mega Man's pixels are beautiful. You whiners are lucky Retroforce is on vacation- they wouldn't stand for this sacrilege!

I will definitely be buying this. Megaman got lame after 3, so go back to what made it awesome in the first place.

*head asplode*
" 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::

But I've already played Mega Man 1-8, Capcom. Like other people have said, it seems like they are simply banking on the nostalgia factor.

And have all these people forgotten about Bionic Commando Rearmed? There's your HD retro update for XBLA and PSN. Should be out this month. This Wii owner is insanely jealous. Now go be happy.

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.

Seeing as mega man 2 is my favorite retro game of all time, that video got me pretty pumped.
Looks like they got the music down just right.

Seems like all these "haters" believe that graphics are the only reason for a sequel. The only people really complaining about the face that a "New" game are the ones complaining about the fact its going to be 8-bit. I'm pretty sure the game won't be more than $15, so why complain about the style? Nobody is forcing the new school fans to try this one out. In fact I would wonder why anybody who didn't like 8-bit graphics in the first place would even bother commenting?
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.

Oh my. This is most impressive. I love how it's 100% authentic, music and all! I can't WAIT to play this.