Recently, there has been what is called a “retro revival” in video gaming: old properties that are being reproduced in nearly the same fashion as when they first came out, from Bionic Commando Rearmed to Space Invaders Extreme. Most of these include generally similar gameplay, but beefed up, modern graphics.
Mega Man 9, on the other hand, isn’t going that route. The first Mega Man game was released in 1987 for the NES by Capcom and, since then, the character has appeared in over 100 video games. Many fans of the originals have stated that the franchise has been diluted over the years, with many of the past few iterations being less than impressive.
Anyway, Capcom decided to make Mega Man 9, and all indications are that the game will be awesome. The game will be released for all three console platforms and are made in the original 8-bit graphics with the original sound. The Mega Man series is one I never played, personally, but now that they’ve released the original Mega Man and, arguable the best in the series, Mega Man 2 to Nintendo’s Virtual Console, I’ve been playing and loving them. The attractive part about the games is that they aren’t linear – you can go after any of the levels in any order you want, using whichever power ups from each level to help you with the next one. So, if you can’t beat the first one, you can go on to the seventh boss instead.
Anyway, Mega Man 9 releases in Japan next week and, hopefully, North America shortly thereafter. Until then, I’ve still got to fight through the rest of Mega Man 2…
How did you never play mega man as a child?
I was poor and Mom and Dad would only buy games like “The Magic of Scheherazade” from Itchy’s Flea Market š
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_of_Scheherazade
Naw, I really never heard of Mega Man until much later…and didn’t have any friends with it. Actually, Andy Schmelzle was one of the few buddies I had with an NES, and he had sports games and Mario 3…the latter of which never worked, so I was glad when I could get that on VC, too…