Mega Man 9 blasts XBLA tomorrow

by Xav de Matos { Sep 30th 2008 at 7:00PM }

Remember old school fans and rejoice. Making his triumphant debut on the Xbox 360 tomorrow is Megs himself in Mega Man 9 for the Xbox Live Arcade. Priced at 800MS points ($10), Mega Man 9 was specifically designed to reignite nostalgic thoughts of classic Mega Man adventures on the NES with a retro look, old school graphical glitches and punishing difficulty.

It isn't all wondrous in the world of Mega Man 9 however, as the already released Wii version of the game inadvertently announced all of Capcom's DLC plans for the game. Among the downloadable content are a playable Proto Man with charge and slide abilities and new modes. For perspective, when all leaked DLC is included in the price of Mega Man 9 the retro-style downloadable title increases to an $18 purchase. Do you plan on going retro this week?

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

itsburnsie @ Sep 30th 2008 7:06PM

I'll probably get this, but for Wii VC (late to the party there, I know).

All of my Microsoft points are currently being used for Rock Band/RB2 DLC. My wallet... she hurts.

Badaro @ Sep 30th 2008 7:17PM

I'll probably buy it for the Wii because of the Classic Controller.

Playing a Megaman game using the horrible D-Pad of the 360 doesn't sound very fun.

Tony @ Sep 30th 2008 7:09PM

Definitely getting it. Not interested in any of the DLC except maybe that infinite mode. That did sound cool.

Majormayhem03 @ Sep 30th 2008 7:16PM

Mega Man... I loved this game, but I don't play Xbox Live Marketplace DL's too often. MS Points are pretty expensive if you don't use your credit card and have to go to Gamestop.

PollockRoc @ Sep 30th 2008 11:31PM

MS points cost the same whether you use your credit card or buy point cards. $0.0125 per point. Unless you get the cards when Target or someone has a sale going on.

Aero @ Sep 30th 2008 8:10PM

Now I have a horrible decision of getting it on Wii for the D-Pad or getting it on 360 as I already have enough points to get it.
D:

Neuromancer @ Sep 30th 2008 8:48PM

I played this on the PS3, I got two words for you: balls hard. It's too bad too, Mega Man 2 was one of my favorite NES games.

vidGuy @ Sep 30th 2008 9:10PM

I bought it on the Wii because of the D-pad, and damn this game is difficult, but in a good way.

Fire Fawkes @ Sep 30th 2008 9:13PM

I loved the Mega-Man franchise as a kid, but I don't know If I'll be grabbing this one. I've returned to the series over the past month and I've found that the further up the sequence went (five, six, seven, eight) the less fun I was having. I might just let this one pass and let nostalgia be nostalgia.

Tony @ Sep 30th 2008 9:34PM

I'm not too concerned about the dpad, personally. I finished the Mega Man collection on my 360 recently with no real issue. It would have mattered if aiming diagonally was important, but otherwise I think it'll be fine. I hope.

Ranus Studios @ Sep 30th 2008 9:45PM

I plan on getting it for the PS3 or Wii; they have d-pads that aren't just decoration.

NumbN8 @ Oct 1st 2008 8:47AM

I'll probably grab it this weekend. I would have grabbed it for PSN last week if I wasn't so busy with Lego batman. After playing the game I'll decide upon the DLC.

captn_starbring @ Oct 1st 2008 11:46AM

If you want to slide, a game play mechanic since 3, you need to pay extra? How bout you just make the game 20 and give us all the stuff, doing it this way makes capcom look bad. Protoman was something extra so I understood that, but not being able to charge my mega buster(If I understand the article right) seriously, whats next? Theres a surcharge each time rush turns into a jet? This is the kind of crap I was afraid DLC would start and here we are. Next thing you know it will be "our princess is in another castle...and we can rout you there for the low low fee of.....".