Comments on: Mega Man 9 is a true NES sequel

By: Axl the reploid

Axl the reploid — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:38:53 +0000

I’d really wonder what happened to Bass in this game.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:04:41 +0000

Ha, that’s amazing. I guess they really wanted a retro feel with this one, and I think it’s great.

By: Pulstar

Pulstar — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:11:08 +0000

Now if only Sega makes a 16bit-style Sonic 4!

By: Funktion

Funktion — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:40:59 +0000

For me this is like a dream come true, IMO Mega Man was at its best in the 8-bit form, I never really enjoyed the X, Z and ZX series as much as the original series, and even in the original series I didn’t care much for the latter games, when they updated the graphics and “enhanced” the gameplay something was lost.

So a return to the original roots is pretty much what I always wanted, but never believed it would happen.

By: Rafael

Rafael — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:37:38 +0000

looooool o_o great idea CAPCOM, stick to the basics xD

By: Aoshi00

Aoshi00 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:42:30 +0000

Can’t say I ever saw this coming, kind of like deja vu (Snake seeing his featureless MGS1 face in Shadow Moses

Agreed, I would love to see some impressive Ninja Gaiden-like 8-bit cutscenes as well.

It’s funny I just digged out Maverick Hunter X and replayed it these last two days, I guess 2.5D really isn’t the best after all. I was hoping for 9 to have crazy sprites like MM8… It does seem like a trend all things go back to origin, what w/ Virtual Console and PSN archives and all. It’s not bad to play games in old styles I suppose, more evident some gameplay stand the test of time.

By: seiya19

seiya19 — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 02:05:07 +0000

Well, first of all, I have to say: YES !!!!!! THANK YOU CAPCOM !!!!! LetÂ´s see if itÂ´s exclusive or not, but from what IÂ´ve heard, the OFLC has made several mistakes before by listing exclusive games as multi-platform ones…

Now, aside from that, IÂ´m extremely confused… 8-bit graphics ??? I donÂ´t know… I love the old 8-bit Megaman style, but I think the style from Megaman and Bass/Megaman 7 was also faithful to the old games and it was great for me. I agree that there wasnÂ´t much reason to make it this way.

Having said that, IÂ´ll definitely take this art style over a 2.5D one, and IÂ´m glad the original Megaman remains a 2D game. For a 3D game, they can always make a new Legends… IÂ´m also wondering about the music and “cinematics” now…if itÂ´s like the old ones, I will love it.

This reminds me of the approach that Square-Enix took with Final Fantasy IV: The After…although thatÂ´s different of course, because of being a mobile game. Maybe this becomes a sort of trend…

And by the way…why didnÂ´t Capcom made this with Street Fighter IV ???

By: thaKingRocka

thaKingRocka — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:31:12 +0000

hot damn! put me down for two.

By: EdgeKun

EdgeKun — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:35:40 +0000

I’m just going to hope the old style NES graphics are just for the Wiiware version. Yes, I’m enough of a graphics whore to where this bothers me. MM7/8/Forte all looked so good, there’s absolutely no reason to go back to this style. (Except to appease a few of the old school fans out there, while alienating so many more)

By: Ninjeff

Ninjeff — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:56:54 +0000

This is awesome! Day One Purchase, Guaranteed!

I’d also like to add that I always knew it would come to WiiWare (check the previous news post on MM9)