Mega Man 9 on WiiWare. You are all in for a shock.

[Black Tiger]

Here's some footage of the game in action with NES music. I'm not familar enough with all the 8-bit games to say whether or not the music is new, but it does look fairly certain now that the game is going to be fully NES-like without any kind of noticible upgrades.

[Joe Redifer]

They should also release a real NES version for $20 or something.  I'd rather spend $20 on a real NES game than $10 on a Wiiware game.  I demand that everyone agree with me on this.

[Black Tiger]

I'd pay $50 for a real NES cart if the game is new/original. Even if it has some recycled content like Megaman. But I'd also expect some professional packaging. If NES or Famicom carts make a comeback, I'd hope they'd adopt a new standard of clamshells similar to SMS/Genesis games.

[Turbo D]

They should also release a real NES version for $20 or something.  I'd rather spend $20 on a real NES game than $10 on a Wiiware game.  I demand that everyone agree with me on this.

I'd pay $50 for a real NES cart if the game is new/original. Even if it has some recycled content like Megaman. But I'd also expect some professional packaging. If NES or Famicom carts make a comeback, I'd hope they'd adopt a new standard of clamshells similar to SMS/Genesis games.

Turbo D agrees with you both  I would definitely buy it. Now I'm going to be fantasizing about the thought!

[Necromancer]

Here's some footage of the game in action with NES music. I'm not familar enough with all the 8-bit games to say whether or not the music is new, but it does look fairly certain now that the game is going to be fully NES-like without any kind of noticible upgrades.

Boo-urns.

They should also release a real NES version for $20 or something.  I'd rather spend $20 on a real NES game than $10 on a Wiiware game.  I demand that everyone agree with me on this.

Good plan, though they'd probably have to go a bit higher than $20 to be worth their while.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I don't recognize the songs, they sound new, though, I'm not as familiar with Mega Man's 4-6, only beat them once.

[CosMind]

Here's some footage of the game in action with NES music. I'm not familar enough with all the 8-bit games to say whether or not the music is new, but it does look fairly certain now that the game is going to be fully NES-like without any kind of noticible upgrades.

what'chu talkin' 'bout, willis?  i instantly notice two upgrades even in that super tiny video snippet:
1) no sprite flicker
2) that x-axis 3d rotation as the bomber rode that moving red and blue pill platform-y thing.

and, i'm sure there will be way more to come

[Black Tiger]

what'chu talkin' 'bout, willis?  i instantly notice two upgrades even in that super tiny video snippet:
1) no sprite flicker
2) that x-axis 3d rotation as the bomber rode that moving red and blue pill platform-y thing.

and, i'm sure there will be way more to come

1) NES games don't flicker constantly, especially not in screens with 0 - 2 enemies.

2) Thats like 4 - 8 frames of animation (just like Megaman's end of stage warp). If they programmed it to have the Wii render it instead, it would be much more work and probably wouldn't line up as well.

[Keranu]

Yeah I was suprised to see that they used premade frames for that rotation. Judging from the screenshots of it I saw before the video, I thought for sure that was going to be done with the hardware.

[Joe Redifer]

I am not seeing ANY rotation ANYWHERE in the clip.  Perhaps you guys are confusing the little animation he does when he is on the Dr Mario pill?  That's definitely not rotation, more like "swinging" and there is no hardware with built-in "swinging".

[Keranu]

But there is built-in scailing and flipping .

[Black Tiger]

Capcom has changed their mind again and MM9 is back on 360/PS3.

Here's the first official trailer-

http://wii.ign.com/dor/objects/14260822/mega-man-9/videos/mm9multidebu.html

Although there are some nice touches here and there, its still nothing an NES couldn't do... except that quick dragon clip looks like flicker has likely been eliminated.

It also looks like Capcom has brought back the technology used in the Arcade version of Ghouls 'N Ghosts to enable Megaman's feet to walk behind the grass.

The swinging technology would still require the extra frame of Megaman's back as he comes around the other side.

I like the retro theme of the trailer with the pixelated gradients that accompany the silhouettes. It looks like Capcom actually cares about "hardcore" game players.

[Joe Redifer]

I'm just happy it takes place in the year 20XX.  All the best games happen during that year.

[Keranu]

I'm just happy it takes place in the year 20XX.  All the best games happen during that year.

I believe Godzilla on NES took place in 20XX (and I love that game). Strangely enough, 19XX featured technology unavailable in the 1900's! Same goes for 1944 and probably to a lesser extent the other 1940's games.

[guyjin]

don't be silly. 19XX is clearly the year before 20XX.