We are getting ever closer to the release of the greatly anticipated Mega Man 9 on WiiWare. Capcom have officially dated it’s release as the 24th of September in Japan now as confirmed by Famitsu. For the reasonable asking price of 1000 Wii points we are all in for a treat with this retro sequel.
Rumours have been flying around about the American release date on WiiWare, it looks likely that it will be released two days earlier on the 22nd of September, but do not hold us to that! If Mega Man 2 on the Virtual Console comes out this coming Monday on the 15th then this will be a good indication if this rumour is true or not.
Our best guess is that Europe will get Mega Man 9 on the 26th September on the scheduled WiiWare update day. If we get any concrete information of course, you will be the first to know!
Source: Famitsu
1. Mr.chippy
12 Sep 2008, 14:38 GMT
what about Canada when is it coming out here?
2. KnucklesSonic8
12 Sep 2008, 14:38 GMT
First comment.. on Wii.
Or not. XD
I'm sure many of you are excited about this. I hope it brings something a little more to the table...
NA Release: Who knows. Things seem to suggest the last Monday of this month.
3. Tony
12 Sep 2008, 14:56 GMT
The hype is building! I have no doubt this will be a cool game.
4. Terranigma
12 Sep 2008, 15:30 GMT
I Expect this will be a good game but i think it's being ridiculously overhyped by Capcom
5. Cartoty
12 Sep 2008, 15:34 GMT
My friends played Mega Man 9 in China in an arcade. He says its fun, but really challenging!!!
6. Marvel_Maniac
12 Sep 2008, 16:22 GMT
As it SHOULD be! I don't want to pay $10 for a game that I can finish in an hour!
Mr.chippy, I'm pretty sure Canada is in North America, so, we may be getting it on the 22nd. Though, I really can't see us getting this game BEFORE the Japanese. Has that ever happened before?
7. Ricardo91
12 Sep 2008, 16:29 GMT
NA release date, please.
I hope this game lives up to all the hype.
8. Twilight Crow
12 Sep 2008, 16:39 GMT
@Mr. Cheez
Me too, but if it doesn't will it be a failure?, I don't know but I want it to succeed, I want more retro new games.
9. MegaRockman 1990
12 Sep 2008, 17:02 GMT
Right now I want to time travel 2 weeks into the future just to play this game
10. BlackFira
12 Sep 2008, 18:47 GMT
lucky europe gets it before us congrats
11. Wiiloveit
12 Sep 2008, 18:47 GMT
If Ninty/Capcom are nice, we'll get Strongbadia and this in the same week, though I can see this being the fortnight after
Due to money problems (blame DISASTER: Day of Crisis for actually existing), I'll only get this if the reviews are outstanding and it's not as hard as the old ones.
12. Objection_Blaster
12 Sep 2008, 19:24 GMT
@Wiiloveitonline
Heck yeah! I am so excited that DISASTER resurfaced!
@Article
For what its worth, Wikipedia is saying that the N.A. release is 9/22. Is that even possible?
13. Stratos
12 Sep 2008, 20:19 GMT
...I need a new job...too many good WW games coming out.
14. Fleeman
12 Sep 2008, 20:23 GMT
this game is suppose to be super hard, i expecting it to be just like mega man 2 just harder and with different bosses and i think the release date will be affect by the xbox 360 and playstation 3 because they are getting it as well the game will most likely be released for all the platforms on the same day but because the psn and xbla don't really have anything going on i don't think it will push off the realease date
15. zss_shadow
12 Sep 2008, 22:01 GMT
@Mr.Chippy
VC and WiiWare releases between Canada and US are always identical so don't worry about it.
16. breaderer
12 Sep 2008, 23:21 GMT
probably wont hit NA till november
17. zomgbear
13 Sep 2008, 01:07 GMT
I have both us/jap so I'm going with whatever comes first lol.
18. buffalobob
13 Sep 2008, 01:31 GMT
I want to play that game baddly!
19. Loooca
13 Sep 2008, 07:22 GMT
Why would anyone want it to be easy? It won't be Mega Man anymore if you didn't bang your head to the wall because of its difficulty. And I find it better that way.
@Fleeman: Ack, I never thought of that. It's only normal for those two to cause delays for Nintendo, or something. At least Nintendo should get it a few days earlier.
20. chunky_droid
13 Sep 2008, 15:53 GMT
@Loooca
Well Nintendo got to announce it first and noone knew it was for XBLA and PSN at least a week later so fingers crossed it's on Wiiware first!
21. RadioShadow
13 Sep 2008, 17:51 GMT
I thought the Japanese get their VC/Wiiware updates on a Tuesday? That date applies it's going to be released on Wednesday?
Let's hope the US/EU get it the same week.
22. agent_lime 13 Sep 2008, 17:51 GMT
I'm probably the only one who doesnt want this. I'm not a big megaman fan, and considering I can get megaman on the VC for 5 dollars, why should I pay 10 for this.
Just my opinion.
23. tantrumario
13 Sep 2008, 18:58 GMT
So is it coming for XBOX live, PS3 Network, and Wiiware on the same day?
24. Mickeymac
13 Sep 2008, 22:10 GMT
@tantrumario
No, since each service updates on different days, but they will at least come out on the same week.
25. mailanbr
14 Sep 2008, 02:08 GMT
America getting it before Japan. O.o
FINALLY
26. Heef
14 Sep 2008, 03:24 GMT
If Megaman 2 comes out on the 15th here, I will be completely stoked. That is possibly my favorite game, certainly my favorite platformer, and most certainly my favorite in the whole series. I can't count how many times I've played through it, be it on NES or just slightly modified as Megaman II on Gameboy.
Oh, and Megaman 9. To quote Strongbad: "Yes. Very yes."
27. mailanbr
14 Sep 2008, 03:56 GMT
Wouldnt it be "Yes. Vewy yes?" LOL, but anyways, this game looks pretty good. I gotta get out my NES and get used to the button controls (thinking that it will be somewhat similar) of Megaman 2. Then this game will be just perfect.
28. Heef
14 Sep 2008, 08:32 GMT
Ah, but "Vewy yes" would be more Strongsad.
Also, @agent_lime, the first Megaman is just not the same as the rest. You can definitely see the roots there, but the game needed refinement - that one was just stupidly difficult. The original series definitely piqued with either Megaman 2 or 3 (I say 2) and went down from there until Megaman X. I personally have fairly high hopes for 9.
But sure, if you're not a fan, that 10 USD could be better spent.
29. mailanbr
14 Sep 2008, 22:31 GMT
Wait, the original Megaman was hard? Is that just opinionated, or is that with most people? To me, Megaman 1 was extremely easy. The Megaman X games were the hard ones, especially the first couple of them.
30. Junichi
15 Sep 2008, 17:08 GMT
@malianbr:
Yep, Mega Man 2 is a piece of piss (that means easy) as well .
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