Watch the Mega Man 9 intro in 8-bit glory

by Richard Mitchell { Aug 14th 2008 at 1:30PM }

Above you'll see the introduction of Mega Man 9, Capcom's return to the Blue Bomber's 8-bit roots. We're still not quite sure what to make of the decision to release a Mega Man game using antiquated graphics and recycling bosses yet again, but we have to admit that the introduction does conjure up some good memories. Hopefully the actual game manages to do the same thing. It would help if it was fun too.

Also, keep your eyes out for Chun-Li, who has apparently abandoned her quest to be the strongest woman in the world for a more mundane career.

[Via Joystiq]

Tags: arcade, capcom, live-arcade, mega-man, mega-man-9, xbla, xbox-live-arcade

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

jimmy @ Aug 14th 2008 2:13PM

i have no idea why i keep reading blog posts about this crappy game

AoE @ Aug 14th 2008 3:31PM

I dunno either, but you must really be into them. I mean... you take the time to comment on them too.

Ryan @ Aug 14th 2008 2:19PM

Wahhhhhh! I don't care about this game at all! Look everyone, look how much I don't care! Pay attention to my opinion!

Douchebag.

Neuromancer @ Aug 14th 2008 2:50PM

I kind of have to give them kudos for doing this even if it's not what I would want out of a MegaMan game. If they came out with MegaMan2 with 3D graphics (but 2D gameplay) I'd be pretty excited.

ScallionN @ Aug 14th 2008 2:59PM

Just when you thought Capcom had gotten over its laziness streak with Rearmed...

AoE @ Aug 14th 2008 3:38PM

Um.. what makes you think they're being lazy here? I promise you it's no walk in the park to make a 2d pixel-art kinda game, even in this day and age. Especially considering the level of old-school "detail" (such as flickering sprites) that they're putting into the game... I promise you there is no laziness involved.

Yzzerdd @ Aug 14th 2008 4:16PM

Compared to games like Bionic Commando, Pac Man CE, and Geometry Wars MM9 looks lazy and uninspired.
This looks like just another Megaman game, but with obvious injokes for blogs to shit their pants over covering.

brytdavis @ Aug 14th 2008 3:15PM

Weak ... who gives a rat's ass about this crap?!?

AoE @ Aug 14th 2008 3:32PM

Most of the internet. At least, most of the portion that's old enough to have had a NES when it was new.

bigdaddy @ Aug 14th 2008 3:21PM

God bless the long-winded-Japanese-video-game cutscene. In 8-bit no less. LOL. I might get this just to see if the 'ol reflexes are still there. I haven't played Mega Man for like 15 years.

Now get off my lawn!

Tony @ Aug 14th 2008 3:38PM

I think it's pretty much guaranteed that this game will be 1.) good and 2.) sell extremely well. I wouldn't be surprised if it winds up in the top rankings of XBLA games in general in terms of sales.

A lot of people DO care about it.

DeadPlasmaCell @ Aug 14th 2008 4:46PM

LoL the plot is just too funny. This is going to be good times x)

Nick Nelson @ Aug 14th 2008 9:49PM

I'll buy this game for sure if they don't forget the most important feature...

Pushing A to skip to the next cut...

Because nothing is more annoying...

Than reading short...

Lines of text with horrid...

Sound effects in the background...

But, seriously, was anyone else bothered by the phone ringing in the scene with Auto & Roll? I'll also agree with Nueromancer, 2D side scrolling with 3D character art & particle effects would be pretty sweet. Something like New Super Mario Bros. for the DS come to mind.