Next Monday, Mega Man 9 will be graced with the last of its currently announced DLC. For those who thought the game was too easy, two new difficulty levels will be made available for 100 Wii points each. Perhaps more enticing is the Special Stage that will go on sale for the same price. This all new stage will not only be "special", but according to a new interview with the games producer Hironobu Takeshita, the stage will have it's own boss as well.
Many were hoping this boss would be Mega Man's long time rival Bass, or maybe his best-friend/worst-enemy Zero, but instead, it's the fake cop robot who falsely arrested Dr Wright/Light at the beginning of the game. At least, that's why I'm guessing he's called Fake Man. Trust me, I'd love this news to be fake. But if not, if Fake Man really is the star of "Special Stage", not only will a whole lot of Mega Man fans will be passing on this DLC, but we'll also have one more reason to link the term "special" with the term "retarded".
Not that there's anything wrong with being that. Retarded, I mean.
[via Gamespot]
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8:36 PM on 10.17.2008
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At least we got Mega Man 9 and Proto Man!
Are you one of those guys who thinks "Megaman X" is "Megaman Ten"?
Anyhow, that special stage == EPIC FAIL no matter how amazing the level is just because of the boss. Or maybe they're just leading us on...
OH PLEASE LET THAT FAKE MAN BOSS BE JUST A JOKE!!! I get it, his name is "Fake" Man. That means he's not the real boss, and just a pre-launch ploy. Heh heh, rIgHt!1!1!1!???
EPIC!!
(as dictated by the files in Rockman Perfect Memories the book, not the website), Mega Man is not Mega Man X, and therefore it is unknown if Zero and the original Mega Man ever had the chance to interact...
but...
since there is yet to be a game that officially links the Mega Man and Mega Man X series, and seeing as Zero appears in prototype form in Bass/Forte's ending in Mega Man: the Power Fighers 2, then it is remotely possible that Zero and Mega Man could meet at some point, and that the connection between Mega Man and Mega Man X is deeper than we know."
But that would have sounded nerdy, right? I hate to sound nerdy when I'm typing up some videogame news.
And I love how critical certain people are of "Fake Man" when half the bosses out of MM9 are carbon copies of other robot masters.
He's not an actual boss of Mega Man 9...he's a fun side character for the die hards to beat. that's ok with me since I haven't gotten past the first stage of the demo aka Concrete Man. I suck at Mega Man games....yet I love them so.
But, whatever.
Also, there's a special weapons bar, but Megaman still looks like his normal self...
Curiouser and curiouser...
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Yep, you're right. Heh heh, I've been playing too much of the Zero series after 9 came out. My mistake.