Mega Man 9!

[alf717]

If there is one series that I absolutlely love more than Resident Evil it is Mega Man. This is the greatest gaming news I have heard in such a long time. My first Mega Man title was Mega Man 3. The old school 8-bit feel is welcomed with open arms for me. Mega Man 9 is confirmed to be a Wiiware title that will retain the old school 8-bit feel of the original NES classics.

http://blue-bomber.jvmwriter.org/community/index.php?showtopic=1505

Inti Creates, a group of former Capcom staffers that worked on the first three Mega Man X games, the team behind the Mega Man ZERO and Mega Man ZX series, is slated to work on this game.

[The Dude]

Im a huge fan of Megaman, but this stinks of epic Fail.

[Carnivol]

Seems like eternal victory to me.

What's wrong with it?

The Zero series is by far the best thing to've happened to the franchise in recent years. (With possibly the exception of Powered Up)

ZX was pretty sweet too, but maybe a bit too easy in the long run?
ZXA was "different", but hey, it contained this awesome bonus!

IntiCreates is gonna make hot WiiWare sex out of this one, for sure
(Just hope the music and new bosses are good, and that the game doesn't suffer from the 4 and up issue of the entire franchise where the charge beam is your weapon of choice in almost all situations)

Now, where are my NDS ports of Legends 1-2 + Tron Bonne + evt. a Legends 3? (I'm fine with the cellphone game they announced... as long as I can get it!)

[Umon Daisuke]

It's hitting all 3 consoles. It wasn't listed for Wiiware until Nintendo Power scans surfaced, so this may indicate a true multiplatform trend in their future network titles:

http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/06/27/megaman-9-to-be-the-first-game-to-hit-wiiware-xbla-and-psn

More sequels to come? You'd think at some point someone would've thought it'd be great to create some higher risk, lower budget titles for downloads, but sequels are it. Or HD remakes; let's not forget about those.

EDIT: False alarm, it's Wiiware only. Check the link again.

[alf717]

It seems Capcom has stated that it is indeed WiiWare only but hey E3 may make fools of us all.

Anyway here is an update from GoNintendo.com with a brief video of Mega Man 9 with what looks to be a tentative release date of September 2008.

http://gonintendo.com/?p=48628

edit: Official US trailer!

http://wii.ign.com/articles/888/888041p1.html

Looks like the Live and PSN are getting it as well. Wonder if they will upscale the game for 1080P?

[Project Omega]

Got this straight from a Capcom Email :

Hi guys,

With Mega Man 9's release just around the corner, Capcom is celebrating the old school original blue bomber's ninth iteration with a massive screen blast! We've uploaded 35 screens and 10 pieces of art for you rabid Mega Man fans.

We've also just confirmed our release dates.

Wii Ware – September 22, 2008
PSN – September 25, 2008
XBLA – October 1, 2008

[alf717]

Got this straight from a Capcom Email :

I saw this over at the Capcom Unity blogs earlier today. I cleaned out older games and apps from my Wii so I'm ready for some Mega Man 9 action this Monday.

Looks like IGN reviewed it but I'm staying far away from any possible spoilers.

[Stu]

Duke Nukem, Mega Man 9 AND Wipeout HD in the same week?

WORKS FOR ME!

[alf717]

It's out!

Finally got through two robot master stages. This game packs a challenge and is a lot of fun. What do you guys think of it?

[Project Omega]

I gotta wait till October 1.

Stu, are you aware if Wipeout will make it to the 360?

[Stu]

WipEout's got absolutely zero chance of making it to the 360, it's one of Sony's flagship titles sorry dude!

[alf717]

Get your T-shirts ready!

http://www.capcom-unity.com/s-kill/blog/2008/09/24/highfives_for_all__mm9_shirts_are_here

[Borman]

On the Wily stages myself..

[Project Omega]

Gotta wait till next week for this :-\

[Stu]

Just started the download on the US PSN with Burnout Paradise and Wipeout HD.