I just saw this on another site, and was wondering if WWW knew. But I guess you guys did.
Anyway, this is great news. Especially since us Americans don't have Mega Man on the Virtual Console.

OMFG!!!!!! I can't believe it! This is so awesome. Finally something good from Megaman I can be excited about! AAAH!!!! It's a wet dream come true. Now if only NOA would get us Mega Man 1 and 2 on the VC...... bring it on!

Umm, I'm sorry, I see what they're trying to do with this NES format, but isn't a "new NES" game a step back? I think it would be more worth their time and ours if they made a game with current generation graphics, but hey, that's just me...

yyyeeeeessssssss my dream come true.

@ Virus- That's just you. Not every game has to have great, next-gen graphics.
NES style games are a lot more fun than most games made nowadays.

did they say anything about a release date in the magazine.

You might be alone with that opinion, Virus.

yeah, for real, when is this game coming out? i can't wait.

@Virus, I would rather have it being at 8-bit and I think most of us true Mega Man fans would rather have it that way.

I guess I am alone with my opinion! I guess I'm just one of those poor suckers that yearns to see every game look like Super Mario Galaxy.

Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to see this game out (especially since we haven't got Mega Man 2 yet). I would just like to see games with graphics like LostWinds. But alas, graphics aren't everything (just don't tell that to the PS3 fans... ) But heck, if this game comes out with a NES price, it's a no-brainer for me.

Virus: Yes, it is a step back. But it'll make the oldbies happy. And it's kinda neat besides.

Is Capcom developing this? In any case, this is the kind of out of the box thinking that all WiiWare developers should aspire to. Great game ideas like this exist everywhere but are never fully realized or are never delivered to the consumer because there simply isn't a place for them in the retail market. Instead of a bunch of minigame-esque shovelware, I hope to see some more original ideas like this, that simply would not exist if it weren't for digital distribution.

release date? lol i'm dying here any speculation.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not a megaman fan but i can imagine if you are that this is great news ...
I hope this works out well and sells a lot ... maybe we'll see more "old and forgotten" franchises that don't warrant retail games at this moment get their moment in the sunlight too

well it looks like their almost done. hopefully a release this summer in August or late July.

DO WANT. NOW.

Freaking. Awesome. Sure it might be a HUGE step backwards on a technological level but this is a very nice tribute to all of us 20+ year olds who have spent much of thier childhood with these games. I just hope this game encourages Nintendo and Capcom to start releasing the other NES classics on the Virtual Console outside of Europe. What better way to build up hype than to remind us old timers why we got so excited at the prospect of new Mega Man games, way back when, in the first place? Can't wait to get this one!

This actually makes me wanting to try out one of the older Mega Man games to find out just what the hype is about. Too bad we in the US don't have any of them on the VC, yet.

this would be first megaman game to own for my self. and i can tell it is going to be really fun. and doing it to a bunch of comments up there not using today's gen graphics on wiiware for this game would make it longer considering the memory it would take using gen today's graphics would make it short game due to alot addicted to great graphics. only a few would agree to this.

Heavensend!

i actually never payed a mega man game before am i missing out?

This is a crazy! Its like they are making new NES games! How cool is that!

@draygone now that you mention it i now remember a megaman collection game 1 to 8 i think for 19 bucks. i may have to check it out at the mall at zellers after i pick up my copy of final fantasy A2 for ds and final fantasy 10-2 for ps2 to play on my ps3 at eb. i own a ds, wii and a ps3, getting a psp soon.

i have never been a big mega man fan, but this is a great idea. i am tempted to buy this as it sounds like a lot of fun actually.

awesome , capcom screw with us like 2dboy
8bit graphics for us, worse than any capcom game since ... ! and better looking game for ps360 !
what a great day to crush wiiware , congrats capcom and 2dboy !

We thought the NES days were over 17 years ago. we were wrong.

@johndoe
your an idiot get out of here. you just complain about everything i hate people like you.

The only mega man game I've played is Dr.Wily's revenge. But I suppose if this one gets a good review score i'll get it

@ johndoe- are you serious...?
if so, congratulations on the most ignorant post of the day.

^lol nice

@Corbie
any speculation as to the release of this game. It looks almost finished.

Capcom just made WiiWare awesome for me.

This is just incredible. I cannot believe what I'm seeing.

I only hope that Megaman IX ties in with Megaman X somehow.

o kool

Now, see, THIS is what Virtual Console is all about. All the glory of the 8-bit pinnacle of gaming with all new gameplay! So, of course, it can't be VC, but WiiWare, since it's "new" old. Going to be amazing, can't wait.. want now..

yeyeye

Very interesting style of choice for the game. I Will download this

I'm excited to see what they do with all of the 'new' series stuff in the 'old' format. Good news. Good news.

D'oh... For most of the last decade, I imagined Megaman 9 to be the final part to the original 20XX Megaman games and would set up the events of Megaman X at the end. Well, at least they're making it finally. I hope Bass is in. He's cool.

This is just wonderful news! Here's hoping that more developers join the bandwagon and make sequels to other classic NES games! And SNES and Mega Drive games too!!

Freakin sweet. Mega Man party, I'll bring the beerz

Amazing.

About damn time!

ive never played megaman so ill probably get this. looks pretty good. ive always wanted to try one

I have never played a Mega Man game before,but this sounds like a good way to start!

Excellent! I was wandering if they'd ever make new games for the old consoles with the VC, but didn't expect it to actually happen. It'll be even cooler if it goes for 500 points.

I'd like to see new SNES games too (but would they be allowed to use that Sony sound chip?). Developers in the 16bit era were really ambitious; always pushing the boundaries of what you could achieve with sprites, and it would be interesting to see if a modern developer could push the hardware even further (SuperFX chip would be cheating, but it'd be nice to see that again too).

i could use another SNES RPG. if it is even half as good as Earthbound, it will be my trop priority.

splash woman... lol sounds porno

Cool. Capcom is definitely daring to be bold by keeping it 8-bit. The only thing they need to do is drop the stupid number.

I'll definitely get this, especially since it doesn't look like we'll ever see the original Mega Man games on the NA VC.

Sweet!!!

Wow! It looks like a whole lotta Megaman virgins are about to get they're cherry popped. Have fun with that, kiddies.

I think the most exciting part about this is that it opens the door to new games being developed for old hardware, or the release of games that were finished but scrapped before release (cough) Starfox 2 (cough)

Maybe even the fabled Socks The Cat Rocks The Hill for SNES and Genesis.

Whoops, I forgot to comment when I first saw this! (Too busy showing everyone the news lol) Man, it's basically what I've been dreaming of - stop reading my mind, Capcom! Seriously, this game will be purchased the moment it's on the Wii Shop. =)

Forgive me but I am a spoiled gamer brought up in the late 90s and so this has no appeal to me. My point is (trying to be objective) that while I respect the choice for the graphics to be old-school, I do want some new-school elements in this. What I mean is something that makes it wiiware, not Virtual Con-Imeanitsanewgamepleasebuyitwemadeit-CAPCOM. And this comes from a loyal (post-Megaman) CAPCOM fan.

@Objection_Blaster

You ought to give them a hand for standing up to the man though. Fight the power!

This is freakin awesome news! I love mega man games, this game is gonna rule!

Wow, a real Mega Man game. True to form nonetheless. Awesome.

I don't know about the 8-bit graphics but other than that...
HELL YEAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!

Very nice....
A must download for me and a title I'll definitely be gifting to some of my friends.

@ Demonic S+33V- Can we be friends?

Makes me wish I hadn't given my TV to my soon-to-be ex-wife, even if it is 10 years old.

dude, here is how it goes in divorce. give as little as you can, as much as you can.

Holy crap man, that is freaking awesome. That's super cool of Capcom, it's good to see they appreciate those of us who love old-school games, instead of those young whipper-snappers!

It's awesome that they went with the 8-bit style! I'm changing my avatar from the original Feel the Magic XY/XX orange colors to Mega Man blues because of this.

Arrgh. It should look like: http://luigison.kontek.net/bluefish.png

like peter griffin would say: that is AWESOME!!!!!

WHAT!!! NO NEXT GEN GRAPHIX AND WAGGLE CONTROL WTFFFFFFF!!! I WANT ONLINE DEATH MATCHES WITH FRIEND CODE EXCHANGES AND LOBBIES WHERE I CAN PRACTICE BLASTING MY ARM CANNON AT SANDBAGS! THIS IS DISGRACEFUL!! I WANT A REAL MEGAMAN SEQUEL, LIKE A SEQUEL TO X COMMAND MISSION OR MEGAMAN RACING!

haha kidding, Capcom is smart, one of those game companies you can't help but love.

Wow I never thought it would happen. Finally Mega man 9 is coming!
I almost would have prefered it to be 16 bit or like Mega man 8 on PS1 but since they are paying tribute to the series it would make more sense to have 8 bit graphics just like the original games.
It's amazing that they are actually making a brand new NES game. What a cool idea! It proves that everything doesn't always have to be 3-D and fancy. 8-bit will always have a special place for me and many others who grew up with NES.

Wow why the hell did you put up an entire page of the article for? I can understand reporting about the game with screenshots but takinga page out the magazine is stupid.

As for the the actual story. I never played a megaman game so I am pretty much just happy that you guys are getting what you. If they made it 2.5d it would proably only come to the 360/PS3 only or it would be realeased in episodes.

Doooooouble post?

But anyway, it will be interesting to see how well this game actually sells in this day and age. Actually, AtTheDriveIn92's comment made me think about this Unfortunately, it seems that we who enjoy 8-bit megaman games are a very sparse minority.... But, hopefully I'm wrong about that! It would be great to see Capcom create EVEN MORE new NES megaman games!

Also, it will be interesting to see how they price it. 500 points? It seems like they'd ask for more, though

@Objection Blaster :

I know what you mean. I grew up with NES Megaman, and MM2 was actually the first game I did multiple playthroughs with. (normal and hard, I was 5 or 6 when I did it) I love the Megaman series - almost unconditionally, to the point where I even enjoy the ones that are considered bad (MM racing on PS1 anyone?). While I don't care about the graphics much (it can be 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, whatever - as long as it looks like it belongs together) I do care if they decide to do away with newer game mechanics in favor of a "retro" experience. I just want a good Megaman game.

@BassX0:

I always see people trying to tie a theoretical 9 to X. Megaman X was never intended to be seen as 10, just as the new Megaman's model name. Now that there is a 9, do you think this will stop?

Haha. For all the people saying Nintendo needed to do an old style Metroid or Konami should do an 8 bit Castlevania, I thought you were nuts. It's fun to dream and all, but it'll never happen. And, yet, Capcom's doing it. This is awesome. A lot of people prefer the X games, but I'm one of the ones who thinks MegaMan has never been better than it was on the NES. If they can actually pull this off, with fun levels, good music and no crap characters, dumb stories or weak gameplay, it will RULE.
p.s. Comparing Mega Man to Mario is dumb. Mega Man is far from Capcom's premiere IP anymore, while Mario is still the star at Nintendo, so the likelihood that Capcom would invest the time and resources to do a proper current gen Mega Man title is next to zero, Also, Galaxy already had Mario 64 to build on, which is considered one of the greatest games ever, while there has never been a good 3D Mega Man. Go play Sonic the Hedgehog for the 360 and then tell me you want a 3D Mega Man.

Oh hell, yeah! Thank you Capcom!

IF this does well maybe some other compaines will do an old school type Castlevania or Metriod game.

@whalleywhat:

I played Sonic the Hedgehog for 360. (the demo anyway) It was pretty terrible. I want a 3D Megaman.

I loved the the megaman series from NES all the way to megaman 64, I however did not like the Megaman games for Gamcube. I can't wait until this new sequel to the old megaman games comes out. I also hope megaman 64 and megaman 3 come to the VC soon.

This is so awesome!

I wonder if it will feature hair-pulling difficulty like other MM games. Yeah, I am looking at you Mega Man 8.

sweet im looking foward to
this:P

This is going to be a fun game! I like mega man very much. I'm hoping to find out the release date and cost of the game.

@Demonic- hey, i need some friends...

The graphics style is very bold. This is another thing that 360 owners will laugh about. silly 360 owners, taking graphics over game play. Although I feel like 16 bit graphics would have been better, but I have a feeling were gonna see some impressive 8 bit graphics from capcom

NES graphics rock, I hope they draw mostly new sprites for this! i´m surprised that i look forward to this, I got tired of Mega Man games after MMV but long time has passed...

Oh mah gawd. No doubt, I'll be getting this game.

That retro NES look is pretty cool! Though it would've been cooler if Capcom gave it a pseudo -retro Pac-man Chapionship Edition-style look, I'll still be downloading this.

I'm getting this game no matter what the reviews say!.....ok, so maybe not but this is going to be a must-buy title, I can tell! I can't wait for my Nintendo Power to come so I can look at higher quality versions of those pics!

This is gonna be one to watch. I look forward to seeing this. Now bring on a new 2D Sonic and ill be set for life .

@jackaroo
there's been like 5 new 2-D sonic games, they're on the GBA and DS, and they're pretty good, especially sonic rush

Get the power! Nintendo power!
Higher and higher! Fighting your way through enemy fire!

Yep...Nintendo Power is definitely still the greatest gaming magazine out there! This is GREAT news!

@x.SuperMario.x
Explain to me how bland, uninspired, NES graphics make a Mega Man game more appealing than a crisper, cleaner looking game with a larger color palette to work with? You're letting your nostalgia overpower your judgment. If it were any other game, it would be heavily criticized by reviewers for not taking full advantage of the system's hardware. People like yourself, who are manipulated by their nostalgia, give Capcom an excuse to be lazy.

@The_Indigo_Effect
It's like a breath of fresh air from all the other Mega Man games coming out lately like Mega Man Super Battle Network Dusk 6: Turbo Special Editon (I know I'm exaggerating but you get the idea) You see, this is the first original Mega Man game we've had in over 10 years, and to fans of those games, this is exactly what we've been waiting for.

I doubt that they are reallly making a new NES game and porting it to Wiiware. The NES had many limitations that were extremely tedious to deal with, such as only having a tiny 2 kilobyte RAM and 2 kkilobyte V-RAM, not having too many sprites onscreen at once, primitive collision detection, bank-swapping issues for larger games, color-gamut, compressing level data, etc etc.

Basically, they have decided to limit the character animations to being sprite-based, THAT DOES NOT MEAN that they will be limited to the same color gamut as the NES. Old-school 8-bit physics for the movements DOES NOT MEAN that the processor can't handle numerical values larger than 255. They will use an old-school synthesizer for the music; THAT DOES NOT MEAN that the game music will be mono only and limited to 2 pulse, 1 triangle, 1 noise, and crude PCM.

This is NOT an NES game. It will probably be far more complex than what the NES could handle. SO QUIT SAYING IT'S GONNA BE AN NES game just because it uses an old-school NES-style of graphics and gameplay. Only homebrewers and ROM-hackers need to limit themselves to the capabilities of obsolete game systems.

First of all, you naysayers griping about old-school gamers like myself being overcome by our "nostalgia" and refusing to see the flaws of the old Mega Man games and of an "antiquated" gaming system... are idiots. Have you even PLAYED the original Mega Man games? They are inarguable masterpieces of their genre and have been inspirations to COUNTLESS game designers.

Anyone who isn't excited about the release of a brand-new, 8-bit styled, classic platforming Mega Man game has clearly lost all capacity to love life and have fun with games. Hopefully this game puts WiiWare on the map as THE arcade to beat. 360LiveArcade won't have squat on an all-new, retro Mega Man game.

Is my nostalgia a powerful factor here? Absolutely. Is that a bad thing? Absolutely NOT; especially when the original games are as fantastic as they are and the team who made the first three X games is on task here. I'm expecting great things out of them from this game but if it does indeed meet those standards (and those of the first six games)... then I'm going to be replaying this game as many countless times as the NES classics.

This is pretty awesome news! I haven't blown out a mega man game in years (since VC still doesn't contain any here in the US). I'll definitely be downloading this the day it hits the shop. Now, if Nintendo really wants to make me happy, they'll start on Super Metroid II for wii-ware...

yay 100th comment the bosses sound kool except splash woman lol

yeah, this looks interesting. jockolantern: I'm not like some people. I'm a kid, and I love this style. Retro all the way!

Now I wonder when Mega Man Zero Extreme Ultra ZXLAYQαβεUGBLRX-5 Blue comes out