When I saw the the "rotating round thing" in screenshots, I really thought that it would be psuedo 3D effects in an otherwise 2D Wii game. After seeing in the video that there's only a few frames of animation to it, I think the possibility of true NES as the dev platform is still a possibility. Thing is, there's been rumors of online connectivity for leaderboards and such, which seems to kill the idea. At any rate, I'd rather buy the game and order a repro cart.
Online leaderboards and PSN/XBLA releases confirmed at IGN.
So there ARE leaderboards... Still, I can see it running on real NES hardware through emulation. Simply set variables to null, then insert times, a boolean for game completion, etc to be polled each processor cycle by the emulator. On real hardware, this would just be extra values in memory, but on the included emulator, it allows "online" functionality.
Then again, I'm just a wishful thinker...
At any rate, I'm happier than I can convey in words. It's going to be hard as hell to wait until Fall now...
I don't see a sign of flicker anywhere in the graphics. Been a while since I've played the NES Mega Mans, but thought there was a fair bit in each of them.
I doubt its programmed as a NES game that they're just going to emulate, would make no sense. You'd have to work on creating a NES emulator for three different consoles, somehow integrating it with the internet, and having a full team programming for a system the company hasn't worked on for 15 years.
Safe to say the only thing they're taking from the NES titles is their inspiration and styling, in my opinion.
New logo for the US release, similar to the Japanese logo. Finally.
Robot Masters with speculated name matchups, in order presented in the video:
-Splash Woman!-
-Galaxy Man-
-Concrete Man-
-Tornado Man-
-Plug Man!-
-Jewel Man-
-Magma Man-
Hornet Man, from what I see, has yet to be revealed.
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As far as the Wii goes, the NES emulator is already done, and it really couldn't be that hard to port such an emulator to the other consoles. And "internet integration" would just be a simple matter of uploading saveram data, or the equivalent. Hardly a big deal.Originally Posted by Leo_Ames
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Damn, Capcom. I'll just give you my bank account, already.
First you announce 2 Bionic Commandos. Then a new, 3-D, 1943; Then Street Fighter 4; Then RE5; Now I get to play the first new numbered Mega Man, in years, on my 360..
2008 - The year of Capcom.
I gotta agree, Capcom's on a roll!
The the people of 20XX actually believe Dr. Light is behind the robot's destruction, then they officially fail at life. How many times had old man Wily tried to conquer the world now?
i love you cheetos
The emulator is Nintendo's for the VC. Doubt they'd be handing it over for Capcom to port to the competition. You ignored my whole point anyways, they're not going to make this more complex and expensive programming for hardware no one in the company has touched for 15 years and work on emulating it on three systems, when they can use their heads and do it the logical, cheaper, and more efficient way in which their team has experience and skills.
But I'm not sure it would be more efficient that way. If you want to make a game feel as close to an NES game as possible, it would probably be more efficient to make the game for the NES itself rather than making it under something else and adding an extra step in trying to get it "just right."
I can see a collectors edition of mega man 9 in a nice box for 100 dollars or more
I would buy one it would kick ass playing mega man 9 on my nes. And for coding its a 8bit game, not that heard to recode.
PS he still cant shoot up that not cool
Woah...easy there, Rockefeller.
Looks good so far. This may be the first Wii D/L game I get. Funny how Capcom aparently pulled the PSN and X-Box Live support last minute before E3. Not sure how it matters as every D/L system has games exclusive to their own system. Cant have access to all the games unless you have all the systems. Mega Man 9's a big announcment but it being exclusive isnt anything new. Dont see many Devil May Cry fans crying because 4 isnt on the Wii or how Resident Evil 5 isnt planed for it either.
Mega Man 9 isn't exclusive. Capcom released a new trailer yesterday, it's coming to WiiWare, PSN and XBLA.
I'll bet Capcom will return to the 4 E-Tank system in MM9. Maybe we'll get one S-Tank too. And please, no more disappearing final Wily battles. Capcom did that crap form MM4 onwards. It was the most annoying in MM7.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm REALLY hoping that they reference the recent fandom.
I can't beat Air Man (Air Man Ga Taosennai)
well if they're gonna do that....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FzSR_TFMirs
Gee, I didn't know they blew into carts in Japan as well. I wonder if that's where it started?
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