Yay for the blue bomber!
Some people were still a bit unsure about Mega Man 9's existence, despite having seen the Nintendo Power having screenshots. If you were one of those people who still had doubt, you can drop it all now - The latest issue of Japanese magazine Famitsu features a section about Mega Man 9 as well.
The game's Japanese title appears to be Rockman 9: Revival of the Wild Ambition (Every Mega Man game has a subtitle in Japan). There also seems to be a black and gray Mega Man, who seems to play a large role in the game, if the picture of him is anything to go by.
That's really all the new info about the game. It should also be noted that Capcom confirmed a few days ago that the game would be WiiWare exclusive, it will not be heading to PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade (At least for now!).
Have a look at the scan and let us know what you think:
Source: NeoGAF
1. BlackFira
02 Jul 2008, 11:09 GMT
ill just zoom in the scan which is what i can do with my wiimote lol. kool levels im seeing but nothing less this is a definite download for me
2. Cowlauncher
02 Jul 2008, 12:05 GMT
Gotta love Famitsu! The Nintendo Power article was very informative and I am really looking forward to this!
3. Bass X0
02 Jul 2008, 12:08 GMT
Is this why America and Japan haven't yet got the 8-bit Megaman games?
4. XCWarrior
02 Jul 2008, 12:47 GMT
I really need to go back and finish Mega Man: AC and AC X now, lol
5. Tony
02 Jul 2008, 13:19 GMT
I wonder what the price will be for this game? I am guessing 800 points and I think it will be out before X-mas
6. dark moogle
02 Jul 2008, 13:29 GMT
@Tony - Capcom have said they are treating this like a NES game with 8-bit graphics and sound, so the best we can do is hope they are also sticking to the NES game price point on the Wii.
7. AlexSays
02 Jul 2008, 14:06 GMT
@ dark moogle- Keep hoping, because it's never gonna happen.
8. Big=Sexy
02 Jul 2008, 14:33 GMT
Hey, if we're going to pray for a 500 point price, we might as well hope for other things too - like co-op.
Wouldn't that be neat if that's what the black Megaman was? Too bad Capcom would never do it.
I have to admit, the more they show the more excited I get. But I'm still afraid they'll take out stuff (like charge shots and sliding - why haven't we seen any screenshots of that?) for a more retro experience. What's with that nice looking dragon? Looks almost too good to be a traditional style sprite.
9. thewiirocks
02 Jul 2008, 15:10 GMT
I don't know if it means anything, but those are the exact same screenshots as Nintendo Power carried.
10. Objection_Blaster
02 Jul 2008, 16:07 GMT
@Big You're complaining it looks too good? Don't underestimate how good some bosses looked like back in the day.
11. strade32
02 Jul 2008, 16:20 GMT
thewiirrocks-that is becase it is a scan of nintendo power's pictures.
12. Jupiter Adept
02 Jul 2008, 16:46 GMT
I hope it's really cheap, I haven't ever played a Megaman game yet, and I don't want to waste too much monies.
13. Ricardo91
02 Jul 2008, 17:41 GMT
@Bass X0
Maybe, but I think that's because we and Japan got Mega Man Anniversary and X Collections, and Europe didn't. Or did they?
14. Mike
02 Jul 2008, 17:42 GMT
I don't care how expensive it is, I'm buying it no matter what.
15. Tides of Chaos
02 Jul 2008, 18:44 GMT
I thought in the NP article, it was already confirmed that there were Megaman clones who would attack you.....or did I imagine that? (i'm serious....did I imagine that? I can't find it anymore.....now I'm scared...)
16. thewiirocks
02 Jul 2008, 18:46 GMT
@strade32 - That's not a scan of Nintendo Power's article. That's a scan of Famitsu. The scans of NP can be seen in a previous Megaman 9 article.
Or are you implying that Famitsu ripped off Nintendo Power? (Which is perfectly possible.)
17. ChocoDK
03 Jul 2008, 07:27 GMT
Thanks for posting these scans up as the level design looks pretty cool.
18. ballkirby1
03 Jul 2008, 12:55 GMT
There appears to be 2 megamans on the bottom of page two. I wonder if that means multiplayer.
19. Mickeymac
03 Jul 2008, 22:24 GMT
Gahhh!!! There was info in the Nintendo Power?! My subscribtion for Nintendo Power ran out months ago without my notice(no warning for some reason) and I missed it. Can anyone tell me what it said? I didn't find out about this game(or at least I didn't find out it was real, anyways until today, so I know absolutely NOTHING about this game.
20. Big=Sexy
06 Jul 2008, 20:42 GMT
@Objection Blaster:
Now that the screenshots are up, I can see that the boss was not as nice looking as I initially thought.
Granted, there are 2 companies in my mind that always have super sexy sprites - SNK and Capcom. But in the Famitsu scan, the Dragon boss pictured looked like it had too many colors running at once, making it look kinda dithered or smoothed or something. I know this is Wiiware and all, but if they're looking to make it as authentically retro as possible, there's a color palette limit they'll have to stick to.
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