Megaman 9

[Charismatic]

Love that they're really pushing the retro-thing. They even got the limited number of sound-channels on there.
(can hear those stupid invisible-blocks cutting off part of the music)

I hoped you were kidding... I really did.

[arus2001]

Maybe it's just me, but even the pattern of the blocks appearing seemed familiar. They just threw a platform with some sparky balls in between.

[Metah]

I highly recommend you buy Megaman Anniversery Collection since it has Megaman 1-8 (8 was for PS and never came here) to play until 9 comes out. Its for Gamecube so it should be pretty cheap. At the time it was 20 dollars when it came out I think so you could probably find it for half somewhere.

Wait, what do you mean Megaman 8 never came here?

[Norellicus]

I had to ROFL at the new boss door (I won't say what it is, you'll see it in the video near the end XD).

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Looks like every other Megaman boss door...

[Meian]

Wait, what do you mean Megaman 8 never came here?

I meant for Nintendo

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Looks like every other Megaman boss door...

I don't recall the boss door from previous games saying DR. L

[Metah]

They're Dr. Light's robots ;\

[Roranora]

I really only got into Mega Man X, X2, and X3 for the SNES, but I think I'll pick this up.

[Norellicus]

Oh, the icon over the door. I was looking at the actual doorway lol.

[Katlan]

That was classic... I was like "wtf" at first when I saw the "L." Then I watched the intro scene after and understood it. I'm not surprised they are re-using a lot of stuff, I expected that. I just wonder how an 8bit game is gonna hold up on an HD TV lol...

[Metah]

You need not worry... they've said it themselves. The graphics will be pushed to MAXIMUM DEFINITION AND POWER!!!!!

[Khamsin]

You need not worry... they've said it themselves. The graphics will be pushed to MAXIMUM DEFINITION AND POWER!!!!!

...for the '90s.

[Katlan]

Even the box art is a reminder of the old school days.... they really shoulda gone the extra mile & had a real person pose in the MM jump suit for it. (and is it just me, or does Wily looked pretty messed up in that pic?)

http://bp1.blogger.com/_vBCSLbKJ7nI/...amanboxza7.jpg

edit: it looks more like MMX!

[Dalecia]

Too bad they don't do this with metroid =/

[MisterBob]

If this is successful, I won't be surprised if we see a lot of retro games come through the pipe.

[Khamsin]

They could save money on production costs by just using their old ROMs and hacking them to create new levels. They could cut staffing on the project down, too, because then they'd only need 1 director, 1 assistant director, 1 project manager, 1 design lead, 1 coder, and 1 intern.

[Meian]

New pics: http://wii.ign.com/articles/897/897894p1.html

3 bosses including Concrete Man, Tornado Man, and Magma Man.

I really hope this will be as hard as they claim.

[Katlan]

Yeah! It better be tedious hard to where I want to give up and scream at my HD TV w/is playing an 8bit game! I'm not joking either.... some of the gameplay video's tign posted make it look hard.. I saw them use the oldschool "get hit and abuse the couple seconds on invincibility" trick multiple times just cause there was no way out of some situations.

and...
GutsMan + HardMan = ConcreteMan
GyroMan + AirMan = TornadoMan
NeedlesMan + FireMan = MagmaMan

[Metah]

Wow, Magmaman looks JUST like Needleman. Except, you know, with magma instead of needles

[miokomioko]

I'm just hoping they don't go so retro to the point that there's no secrets, no hidden levels, no extras, no alternative challenges, or no replay value.

[Khamsin]

GutsMan + HardMan = ConcreteMan

No,

Bubble Man + Megaman = Concrete Man... with Guts Man's help.