Confirmed: Mega Man 9 IS coming to XBLA

by Terrence Stasse { Jul 10th 2008 at 7:45PM }

HA! HA HA! We knew it. Capcom cannot resist its money. We knew they couldn't resist the urge to suck dry the wallets of nostalgic gamers on every console download service. The announcement was revealed via IGN, and since the Wii version will be 1000 points we think we're safe in making a prediction of an 800 MSpoint price for the game (both are $10). Also, take this for what you will, but we also hear that Mega Man 9 is going to have DLC to go along with it too.

Tags: capcom, mega-man, mega-man-9, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tony @ Jul 10th 2008 7:58PM

Thank you. I'm excited. I was really interested in this, but I just don't have a Wii. Yay :)

Ryan @ Jul 10th 2008 8:09PM

Ten bucks? That's a friggin' bargain. I would have easily paid twice that. And probably thrice.

psyborg @ Jul 10th 2008 8:21PM

One of my most anticipated games of the year, so beautiful.

wwm0nkey @ Jul 10th 2008 8:29PM

im buying this! Huge Megaman fan and can not wait

webster1990 @ Jul 10th 2008 8:28PM

Don't hate me, but i really don't know why this game exists

BigDaddyBooth @ Jul 10th 2008 8:58PM

I hate you...straight up.

Beardy Eddy @ Jul 10th 2008 9:14PM

The "1990" after your nickname says it all... ¬¬

webster1990 @ Jul 11th 2008 5:11AM

sorry, i am all for retro, i used to play my megadrive (genesis, i'm English) all the time, but i don't quite understand why they have made a brand new game with old school sound (not really bothered about the graphics, but the music in that trailer caused me to hit the mute button on my laptop)

webster1990 @ Jul 11th 2008 5:14AM

Forgot to mention, the only reason i don't still play my megadrive is that it broke.

Viva La Champ @ Jul 10th 2008 8:51PM

I realllllllly wish they didn't go the 8bit route. In the video it showed how megaman was advancing from 7-8 then he just went back down in 9. I'm not really a nastalgic megaman player besides number 8, but i'll deff give this a try, because well...megaman rocks! :D

Trekster_Gamer @ Jul 10th 2008 9:10PM

yawn,,

even at 5 I would still pass

Tel Prydain @ Jul 10th 2008 9:14PM

People want this? Seriously? It looks like ass.
I'd rather have one of the GBA Megaman games.

Anticrawl @ Jul 10th 2008 9:15PM

I love nostalgic games as much as the next guy but when I first heard of this game I was hoping for a super beautiful 2d side scroller, what we got was an 8bit recreation. Kinda upset, I wouldn't spend 10 dollars on a rehash.

Exo @ Jul 11th 2008 12:04AM

its not a rehash you dumb shit

Maxx the Slash @ Jul 10th 2008 9:16PM

Good. I was willing to get it on the Wii, but now that I can get Achievements in an Xbox Live version, I'm going for the 360 version.

psyborg @ Jul 10th 2008 9:26PM

Good point, but don't forget to include d-pads in your decision. :)

wwm0nkey @ Jul 10th 2008 9:22PM

I like the fact that it is 8bit. Megaman was the first game I playd and is why I am still a gamer today. I will always be a Megaman fan except the new stuff Capcom has put out for Megaman. This looks very awesome though and I bet most of you are passing on it because of graphics.

GAMEPLAY>Graphics

Louis @ Jul 10th 2008 9:46PM

I don't get it. How great would a fully animated beautiful 2D version have been?

Anticrawl @ Jul 10th 2008 10:19PM

It would be, and them rehashing an old game to make a quick buck is gut wrenching. They could have put some effort into making the game a bit deeper and more visually appealing. You know something to make the consumer think they actually put some effort behind the title. I'm not asking for some crazy shitty 3d adventure game, just a classic 2d side scroller with a few new gameplay elements and a pretty hand drawn background and characters.

SABCA @ Jul 10th 2008 10:32PM

It woulda been beautiful. And we might still get it. In that respect, I figure this is a good test of the waters. If this does good, multiplying the budget towards something to Nintendo DS / NeoGeo levels of details and animation might be a risk that's worth it, for them.

Megaman Zero/ZX games still demand full price on DS, I wonder if download customers would be willing to pay the same price for games like that?

But for me, heck, I'm just glad to see a quality, newly created, pixel art style game FINALLY hitting Live! Now if we could just get a new Guardian Heroes... (please, Treasure?)

Mr.ESC @ Jul 11th 2008 12:09AM

If they did something like the new Wario it would be still awesome but the thing is that this is supposed to be a game for services like Wiiware,PStore and XLive Arcade so the 8bit graphics are cool and 10$ isn't much.

Also if they did that they would rather do a full Megaman game for the NDS or PSP and charge 40$ for it instead of 10$.

"edited out unnecessary stuff"

Terrence Stasse @ Jul 11th 2008 12:11AM

Leave the personal attacks out fellas.

If they must be had, direct them my way.

Anticrawl @ Jul 11th 2008 12:45AM

Damn Terrence, I wanted to hear them. Mr.ESC’s posts are always razor sharp heh, and his personal vendetta toward me always makes for an entertaining read.

wwm0nkey @ Jul 10th 2008 10:27PM

It isnt a rehash it is made by the ORGINAL creator of Megaman and he wanted it to take this art approch and they arent really using that much sprites from the Old games so its not rehased at all it how they want it to be

ffac789 @ Jul 10th 2008 10:54PM

SCORE! This will be my first and only buy from Live Arcade. I've had my 360 for 2 years and found no game worth buying from Live Arcade.

Dan @ Jul 10th 2008 11:27PM

I love megaman and all but seriously.... I could understand getting the xbox originals but this?

I cant see myself really paying $10 to play this.... On the sidekick or a phone for around $5 yea, but $10 for a console when there are better yet older games out there..???

ffac789 @ Aug 7th 2008 12:07AM

Well, maybe you just don't love Megaman enough then. I've played Megaman my entire life, I was literally born into Megaman, so I'll play Megaman regardless of the cost.

chubytuby @ Jul 10th 2008 11:21PM

64-bit ftw!

KingOfGods @ Jul 10th 2008 11:48PM

I'm probably going to get it but I would have prefered the megaman 8 style or even better...megaman powered up

Mr.ESC @ Jul 10th 2008 11:59PM

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=oy8TR_jSo7Y&feature=related

This is delicious!

Mr.ESC @ Jul 11th 2008 12:04AM

Is 8-bit goodness without the hardware limitation of the 1980 era,what's not to love? They can make the game twice as big as Megaman 3 if they wanted to.

10$ is a good price.

Jonah Falcon @ Jul 11th 2008 1:51AM

I always wanted to play an NES port on my 360. Oh, wait, that's not a port?

victor360hd @ Jul 11th 2008 2:28AM

Awesome News

Seanross @ Jul 11th 2008 2:58AM

8/16 Bit Era games were some of the best games in gaming History, although I wish they went with 16bit inspired graphics instead of 8. Would be nice to see some more 2D stuff on every major Systems download service, looks like WiiWare will be fulfilling that

chefgon_ign @ Jul 11th 2008 8:54AM

I absolutely adore the old NES Mega Man games, but this project just seems like an absolutely lazy cash-in game to me. I can't figure out why people are excited about it.

Especially when you consider that Mega Man 7 on the SNES had beautiful graphics, brilliant music, and superior gameplay.. this is just a huge step backwards and the style seems to be determined entirely by the lack of a real development budget.

Grammar freak @ Jul 11th 2008 11:23AM

If you don't want this, then you simply "don't get it" - so please don't piss in my cheerio's!

Aquajolt @ Jul 12th 2008 2:16PM

Yea, this is total fan service and it is much appreciated. I love the old school look and feel and especially the music!

I'm glad it sounds like classic vintage Mega Man tracks that I'm sure the Minibosses will add to their catalog sooner rather than Later.

Go Mega Man!

P.S. Seriously since some of us started playing Mega Man when we were 8 and saved up for years to plunk down $50 to play MM2, ten bucks now that I have a career is nothing for this.