Mega Man 9 (WiiWare)

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Mega Man 9 Downloadable Content List

Posted Mon, 22 Sep 2008 by Darren Calvert

The Mega Man 9 shop is not yet open for business!

The Mega Man 9 shop is not yet open for business!

The eagle eyed amongst our readers will have noticed that in the Mega Man 9 operation guide it lists the upcoming downloadable content which you can get your grubby mitts on for a few spare Wii points next month. Sign me up for a slice of Proto Man action! :-p

Endless Attack
Test your skills on a stage without end. Try to break the record for getting the farthest. Results will be displayed in the Rankings. Not compatible with Challenges.
Sale Date: 6th October 2008
Wii Points: 300
Required Blocks: 3

Hero Mode
Play the game with a more difficult level of enemy distribution. Not compatible with Rankings or Challenges.
Sale Date: 20th October 2008
Wii Points: 100
Required Blocks: 2

Superhero Mode
Play the game with a super difficult level of enemy distribution. Not compatible with Rankings or Challenges.
Sale Date: 20th October 2008
Wii Points: 100
Required Blocks: 2

Proto Man Mode
Play the game as Proto Man. You can use the shield while jumping. Some of Proto Man’s abilities may differ from Mega Man’s. There is no story for Proto Man. Not compatible with Rankings and Challenges.
Sale Date: 6th October 2008
Wii Points: 200
Required Blocks: 2

Special Stage
Give you another Time Attack Stage to try, including a new Boss at the end! Results will be displayed in Rankings. Not compatible with Challenges.
Sale Date: 20th October 2008
Wii Points: 100
Required Blocks: 2

Tags: WiiWare, Capcom, Mega Man, DLC.

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User Comments

Gitaroo_Dude

1. Gitaroo_Dude United States 22 Sep 2008, 20:02 BST

They're adding even harder difficulties than the default one?

Buncha sadists, I tell you.

Ferret75

2. Ferret75 United States 22 Sep 2008, 20:03 BST

AWESOME!!

Mickeymac

3. Mickeymac United States 22 Sep 2008, 20:04 BST

Wow, that's a lot of good stuff! I'll only be getting Proto Man, but that Special Stage and Endless Attack look very apealing.

Dazza

4. Dazza United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 20:05 BST

@Gitaroo_Dude - There's nothing more sadistic than the Xbox 360 achievements for Mega Man 9. I am glad I got the WiiWare version, those would just torment me and keep me awake at night! :-p

Juampi

5. Juampi Argentina 22 Sep 2008, 20:11 BST

Cool... glad they're cheap.

Wiiloveit

6. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 20:15 BST

Who's honestly going to beat Superhero mode? It sounds scary enough, and I HAVEN'T GOT THE FREAKING GAME YET.
All this MM9 talk is making me angry about release dates. I'll see you Friday, when I can join in better :D

Mickeymac

7. Mickeymac United States 22 Sep 2008, 20:16 BST

@Dazza

Yeahhhhh...I don't I could get a single one of those, but that wouldn't stop me from trying.

Terranigma

8. Terranigma United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 20:22 BST

Okay, so the game and the content total up to 1800 points. I'm not too interested in half of that content but at least we know there will be DLC for us. I imagine there will be more in the future

Ferret75

9. Ferret75 United States 22 Sep 2008, 20:23 BST

I'm especially looking forward to the extra difficulties.

It's like MM2, but with a third as well. XD

Mayhem

10. Mayhem United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 20:32 BST

@Dazza - those achievements and many more are present in the Wii version too... you just obviously don't get anything by achieving them aside from smug satisfaction! :p

Dazza

11. Dazza United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 20:44 BST

I got the WiiWare 'conqueror' challenge credit without even trying. Yay me! :-p

Chipmunk777

12. Chipmunk777 United States 22 Sep 2008, 20:47 BST

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh......... Even harder difficulties?? The new time attack level does sound awesome though!

zoipi

13. zoipi Spain 22 Sep 2008, 20:52 BST

OFG! All the DLC interests me, and i dont think is very expensive. Hope someday i have eneough money for purchase all.

DaVeMaN99

14. DaVeMaN99 Canada 22 Sep 2008, 20:52 BST

Endless and protoman for me :D.
I got my wii points right now and at home, i dont know why i didnt DL yet.
But i still dont know if i should get megaman 9 and super mario rpg,and i can then also get protoman mode, or get megaman 9, 2, and endless and protoman modes.
Help!!

cangelo

15. cangelo United States 22 Sep 2008, 20:53 BST

AWESOME!!!! This is the greatest WiiWare game and dowloadable content!!!

Cartoty

16. Cartoty Canada 22 Sep 2008, 20:56 BST

Sweet! I think I'll pass on the downloadable content though...

calculon

17. calculon United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 20:57 BST

Endless and Proto for me first, then Special Stage because it arrives the day after my birthday, yay!

That Guy from Faxanadu

18. That Guy from Faxanadu Sweden 22 Sep 2008, 21:08 BST

Endless Attack + Special Stage= More levels, more game! Yay, sign me up!

Dark Jinjo

19. Dark Jinjo United States 22 Sep 2008, 21:08 BST

Endless mode sounds awesome. This game is kicking my trash though, here's hoping I can beat it before the DLC arrives. Can we all encourage our friends to buy this game and send a message to Capcom, and hopefully Nintendo, that this kind of re-make is fantastic and appreciated. If this thing sells really well then maybe Nintendo will get around to making a classic Mario or Zelda; and then I could die happy.

Dazza

20. Dazza United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 21:09 BST

Who wants to type up the challenges list for MM9 and get full credit on WWW for doing so? There are 50 of them so it will be a "challenge" to do it! :D

I'll get you started:

01 Waltz - Clear the game in 120 minutes or less

If you can email us the remaining 49 we'll be happy to publish them! :-p

thewiirocks

21. thewiirocks United States 22 Sep 2008, 21:17 BST

@Dazza - Email sent.

I don't have a description for all of them, but it is the complete list. :)

Objection_Blaster

22. Objection_Blaster United States 22 Sep 2008, 21:20 BST

@thewiirocks- Once again, good work, soldier! EDIT: Mmm...maybe not...
While I havent purchased any DLC yet, I'm glad to see it implemented and wouldnt mind seeing more for other games too. Its a nice optional way to put those extra points to use!

Kevin

23. Kevin United States 22 Sep 2008, 21:21 BST

I was wondering why the downloadable content screen was empty.

shadows262

24. shadows262 United States 22 Sep 2008, 21:26 BST

i got MM9 and absolutley LOVE IT!!

Dazza

25. Dazza United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 21:26 BST

@thewiirocks - Rejected, it's easy to type the challenge names without details. We were after the list of 50 challenges in full :-p

The first to email us with the complete list will get Mega Man 1 or 2 gifted to them on the Virtual Console (provided their Wii region is set to the USA). Who is man enough to take on this challenge?

thewiirocks

26. thewiirocks United States 22 Sep 2008, 21:36 BST

In that case, you'll have to wait a bit. Or someone will beat me to it. One of those two! :P

You should have at least some of them in that list, though. Good if you end up doing a patchwork quilt. :)

-Regii

27. -Regii Germany 22 Sep 2008, 21:45 BST

Just one thing I wanted to make clear Dazza, I think that you are not able to change your continental Region anymore in the WIi settings, last time I tried all I got was European states.

Dazza

28. Dazza United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 21:48 BST

Mines set to the USA as it is an US Wii :-p

Terranigma

29. Terranigma United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 21:48 BST

@-Regii
When were we ever able to change our Continental region, except for Australia?

SupermarketZombies

30. SupermarketZombies United States 22 Sep 2008, 21:51 BST

Oooo not bad prices at all. I'll definitely be getting the difficulty level and protoman.

Tides of Chaos

31. Tides of Chaos United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:01 BST

Hmmm...I'm ok with DLC when the game has been out for a while and has gotten stale but DLC so soon? That means it's probably done already and should have come with the game instead of being sold separately. Man, I love you Capcom, but the crazy things you do.....

AlexSays

32. AlexSays United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:04 BST

@ Dazza- Has anyone emailed the challenges yet?

Dazza

33. Dazza United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 22:08 BST

Not yet, are you going to take on the challenge my eager friend? :-p

Starwolf_UK

34. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 22:08 BST

When were we ever able to change our Continental region, except for Australia?
AnyRegion Changer homebrew...you can change the shop country to well, anything ...though downloaded channels not form native regions will only work with a menu patch...

AlexSays

35. AlexSays United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:11 BST

I'm on it. :)

Terranigma

36. Terranigma United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 22:13 BST

I'm not taking chances with anything Homebrew on the Wii, thanks for the info though.

Dazza

37. Dazza United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 22:20 BST

Stop the press. WorryBomb has won the great WWW typing competition! :-p

Objection_Blaster

38. Objection_Blaster United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:25 BST

@Dazza
Not to insult the winner here, but who the hell is WorryBomb? If you're a new member, welcome and CONGRATS! If not, still CONGRATS!

lockelocke

39. lockelocke United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:26 BST

Endless attack sounds cool, and the price is right

Terranigma

40. Terranigma United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 22:28 BST

@Objection_Blaster
That's exactly what i was going to say, about who this winner is.

Congrats to the winner, well done. Is there a prize for this winner?

AlexSays

41. AlexSays United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:28 BST

Are you serious?
I just sent it. :|

Wow, does that suck..

worrybomb

42. worrybomb United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:32 BST

Thanks. It was like a "beat the clock" moment.

Apologies to x.SuperMario.x, hope it's cool.

Objection_Blaster

43. Objection_Blaster United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:33 BST

@supermario
1st is worst, 2nd is best? Hey, good effort though. Only 3 people even tried as far as the threads show, so count yourself in that elite number!
@worrybomb Good job.
@Terranigma The prize is credit when the list is up as an article, methinks.

Terranigma

44. Terranigma United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 22:34 BST

The Elite 3? Where'd the 4th one go? :D

AlexSays

45. AlexSays United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:34 BST

@ worrybomb- It's cool.
I just wish I had my email up, so I would've known to stop typing. lol
But I never win anything. I think I'll go cry now...

Dazza

46. Dazza United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 22:35 BST

@x.SuperMario.x - Don't worry you can have a runner up prize of an NES game also :-p

The complete list will be up soon for all to see its magestic glory!

DaVeMaN99

47. DaVeMaN99 Canada 22 Sep 2008, 22:39 BST

Wait i was almost done too... that means i get a game too right? :P
Im just joshing i typed nothing. Game is awesome though, looking forward to the review.

Objection_Blaster

48. Objection_Blaster United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:40 BST

@Terranigma
I counted Laa, Supermario and Worrybomb. Did I forget someone?
And apparently the prize is they gift you either MM1 or MM2!! Wish I could have tried even though I don't have MM9 as a source...

Mickeymac

49. Mickeymac United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:42 BST

@Terranigma & Objection_Blaster

Um, WorryBomb's been a member here for a while now.

@WorryBomb

Congrats, I hope you like Mega Man(2)!

Terranigma

50. Terranigma United Kingdom 22 Sep 2008, 22:42 BST

@Objection_Blaster
No, you didn't forget anyone. I was thinking of the Elite 4 in Pokemon. Nice prizes of MM1 and MM2, still need MM2 though

@Mickeymac
Ok, i see. I just didn't recognize him/her

thewiirocks

51. thewiirocks United States 22 Sep 2008, 22:54 BST

Way to go WorryBomb! :)

Ricardo91

52. Ricardo91 United States 22 Sep 2008, 23:13 BST

Kewl. I think I'll DL everything except superhero mode. I'm a little scared of that one. :|

@Worrybomb. Nice work, comrade!

@x.supermario.x. Don't feel too bad. I never win anything either :P.

tantrumario

53. tantrumario United States 22 Sep 2008, 23:17 BST

im only interested in protoman and special stage. The others would just kill me.

Objection_Blaster

54. Objection_Blaster United States 22 Sep 2008, 23:29 BST

@Worrybomb
Sorry for not recognizing you (I still don't to be honest). Do you not post much? Anyway, congrats!

AlexSays

55. AlexSays United States 22 Sep 2008, 23:56 BST

@ Mr. Cheez- It's okay.
The kind people at WWW have decided to reward me for my efforts. :)

Or they just felt really sorry for me. :P

Naturestee

56. Naturestee United States 22 Sep 2008, 23:58 BST

Now this is how you do DLC! I'm really interested in Protoman with different abilities and stuff. And even harder settings are evil. Evilly awesome.

Objection_Blaster

57. Objection_Blaster United States 23 Sep 2008, 00:00 BST

@supermario
It might just be the latter. So you gonna ask for MM1 or MM2? Or a different NES/500 pt. game?

Clayfrd

58. Clayfrd United States 23 Sep 2008, 01:01 BST

I shall be purchasing all of these! I just beat Galaxy Man and got the Eco whatever challenge... I'll take all the Mega Man 9 I can get!

AlexSays

59. AlexSays United States 23 Sep 2008, 01:34 BST

@ Objection_Blaster-
I have Mega Man 2, so I'm wanting the original. No hurry though, because it'll take me quite some time to beat Mega Man 9. :P

Objection_Blaster

60. Objection_Blaster United States 23 Sep 2008, 01:44 BST

@Supermario/anyone
Gimme a difficulty scale from 1-10 with 0 being the hardest game you've ever played for MM1 MM2 MM9. Thanks

AlexSays

61. AlexSays United States 23 Sep 2008, 01:50 BST

My scale is going from easy (1) to hard (10).
Mega Man 2- 7/10
Mega Man 9- 8.5/10
It's a toughie. :P

Objection_Blaster

62. Objection_Blaster United States 23 Sep 2008, 02:11 BST

@supermario-Thanks. Out of curiousity, is there a game that gets a 10? As in the hardest you ever played?

Twilight Crow

63. Twilight Crow Mexico 23 Sep 2008, 02:13 BST

@x.SuperMario.x
Yes, you've always been right about the MM2 difficulty, it ain't that hard, MM9, on the other hand, is, as others have mentioned, BRUTAL.

About the DLC, I'm won't buy the other difficulties, but I'm getting Protoman and the endless stage for sure.

AlexSays

64. AlexSays United States 23 Sep 2008, 02:20 BST

@ Objection_Blaster- For me, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 gets a 10.
I don't know why, but I can't beat that game to save my life.
Anyone who knows me, knows I hate that game. :P
Other than that, I don't have too many problems with most games. Soldier Blade is a toughie, but I really haven't dedicated enough time to the game to accurately judge it.

@ Twilight Crow- Thanks. :)
MM9 is giving me problems too. Everyone keeps saying Galaxy Man is easy, but I can't beat that level either! :P
And yeah, the only DLC I'll be getting right away is Protoman and the endless stage.

Mario64DStyle

65. Mario64DStyle United States 23 Sep 2008, 02:25 BST

Wait.. Are you guys going to review each of these downloadable options?

mailanbr

66. mailanbr United States 23 Sep 2008, 02:55 BST

Wow, so this is what it is for? And are we sure that this is to be next month? I can wait that long, just that I would like to know a certain date when that would come out.

Hm, and I also realized this will give me something to do with those useless 400 points _'

Mickeymac

67. Mickeymac United States 23 Sep 2008, 03:01 BST

@x.SuperMario.x

Oh yeah, Sonic 3! G-D that one is hard! I can't make it past Zone 3, even with Tails!

Also, Galaxy Man's stage is easy compared to the rest of the game, but that doesn't mean it's easy, it's still a considerable challenge, as you are well aware. I managed to beat him, but only because he's the type of boss I tend to do good against( hit one-twice then run away).

Edit: Okay, the rest of the game is much, much harder than Gravity Man's Stage!

tantrumario

68. tantrumario United States 23 Sep 2008, 03:12 BST

Ihad to use an E tank to beat tornadoe man. Well i cant get that coffee achievment, but atleast i can get the kill all bosses with mega buster one.

Objection_Blaster

69. Objection_Blaster United States 23 Sep 2008, 04:12 BST

@MIckeymac- Is it Galaxy Man or Gravity Man? Or both?
@tantrumario-most of the achievements are meant to be done on seperate runthroughs...go0d luck!

Dbc

70. Dbc Netherlands 23 Sep 2008, 05:03 BST

Sweet Lord.!! Megaheaven.

Mickeymac

71. Mickeymac United States 23 Sep 2008, 05:11 BST

@Objection_Blaster

Sorry, I meant Galaxy Man...I think.

Dazza

72. Dazza United Kingdom 23 Sep 2008, 06:46 BST

@Mario64DStyle - Probably not, but we'll certainly mention them! :-p

dark moogle

73. dark moogle Australia 23 Sep 2008, 08:34 BST

....so wait, they are making people pay more just to play harder difficulty levels!?

No Capcom, just no. Am I the only one here who is not being blinded by the fact that this is Megaman 9? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills here

PuppetMasterKuruku

74. PuppetMasterKuruku United States 23 Sep 2008, 10:20 BST

The DLC looks cool. As much as I don't like paying another $8, it's worth it and I can't wait. :)

AlexSays

75. AlexSays United States 23 Sep 2008, 12:11 BST

@ dark moogle- The game is hard enough without the extra difficulty.
So why include that in the game, when few people will ever use it?
Instead, they made it DLC, make a few more bucks, and spend that on Mega Man 10. :p
Besides, gaming is expensive. If I worried about every little dollar I spent, I wouldn't have enjoyed half the games I have today.

Jockolantern

76. Jockolantern United States 23 Sep 2008, 13:29 BST

Bring on the enhanced difficulty modes. Once I've got the game down as is (as has always been the case with other Mega Man games: Fail, fail fail, fail fail... ooooo! got it, domination), I'll welcome the added challenge of two further difficulty modes. Not to mention those two extra stages! Both of them sound fantastic! Bring on the goodness!

Bass X0

77. Bass X0 United Kingdom 23 Sep 2008, 13:57 BST

People complain about downloadable content but I prefer to look at it a different way. 1800 points is the full price of the full game. now obviously this would put some people off buying it and besides, a lot of people just aren't interested in the challenges. So Capcom offer a basic "econonomy" package which just includes the bare game and if parts of the full game appeal to you then you're welcome to have those too for a small price.

dark moogle

78. dark moogle Australia 23 Sep 2008, 13:58 BST

x.SuperMario.x - The point is the devs are charging additional money for something that is supposed to be included as an ingame extra. Just because I suck at old school games and played through Megaman 2 on normal mode instead of hard doesn't mean that other people don't want a challenge.

Call me an extremist but it wont be long now before the good people who called out EA for trying to charge real world $$$ for guns in Battlefield Bad Company are drowned out by the Nintendrones who are cheering because they can pay $5 to play as Luigi in Super Mario Universe.

AlexSays

79. AlexSays United States 23 Sep 2008, 14:39 BST

@ Bass X0- Exactly.
Not to mention, we payed $50-$60 for a Mega Man game almost 20 years ago.
The fact that people are complaining over $15-$20 is completely laughable.

But I guess people will complain about anything. :P

ReaperJ21

80. ReaperJ21 United States 23 Sep 2008, 15:05 BST

100% sure to get proto man mode :D i might get the other time attack stage if i have some extra since i already have 200 wii points left, and does any1 now how much it costs on wii?

WiX

81. WiX Finland 23 Sep 2008, 18:42 BST

Proto Man is must and the new special stage sounds really interesting too! And superhero mode? Holy crap, if the game is already so difficult... Good that Wiimotes have straps :D

Taco_Human

82. Taco_Human United States 24 Sep 2008, 21:09 BST

800 points worth of DC? Maybe.

StarDust

83. StarDust United States 25 Sep 2008, 07:49 BST

What? No Easy mode? What a rippoff...

Satan's Therapist

84. Satan's Therapist United Kingdom 25 Sep 2008, 19:03 BST

Reasonable price for most of the DLC for once.

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