Mega Man 10 announced.

[archie4208]

Yay?

[Arbys Roast Beef Sandwich]

Mega Man X?

[demi]

Cool, free game to download. MM9 was weak crap

[archie4208]

Mega Man 3 was the last good classic style MM game and that came out over 20 years ago.

[magus]

Cool, free game to download. MM9 was weak crap

care to elaborate? i never got a chance to play it but i love the blue guy and i've basicaly played every installement of it barring the ps2 one's so i'm curious

[TakingBackSunday]

ima have to pick up this hot mag

[Third]

eww retro

[demi]

Cool, free game to download. MM9 was weak crap

care to elaborate? i never got a chance to play it but i love the blue guy and i've basicaly played every installement of it barring the ps2 one's so i'm curious

It's easy and lacks any creativity. It's plain jane. Retro is appreciated but the overall design is flat.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

FUCK STOP MAKING THAT SHITTY 8 BIT GARBAGE. FUCK.

[iconoclast]

Awesome. MM9 is one of the best XBLA games so I'll be getting it day one.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

I'd rather slit my wrists than have to write that article.

[tiesto]

Fucking awesome!!! Retro

[Third]

I think they're counting each Nintendo Power magazine issue as a reason to love Nintendo.
I mean, it has to be.

[originalz]

Kool, I really enjoyed MM9 so I'll look forward to this one.

[Third]

eww

[archie4208]

Oh yay, more spikes.  There obviously weren't enough spikes in MM9 so they had to add some more! smh

[Oblivion]

Bleh, wish they wouldn't go for the lame 8-bit style. 

[Enl]

I wouldn't mind the 8bit visuals if they didn't didn't look worse than even first two Mega Man games. At least get some better pixel artists if you're going to make this a trend for the series.

 

[Bebpo]

Fuck yes

Loved MM9 very, very much.  Can't wait.  Forget FFXIII/EO3, this is the real big news for the week!

[MCD]

disgusting.

[bork]

I really wish they'd go the Pac-Man CE route with these types of games.  Use 8-bit pixels, but throw in trippy effects.  It was cool to see MM9 done like this, but now it's like they are just going back to the NES rehashes of yesteryear.  Make something new.

[M3wThr33]

This is fucking distinguished mentally-challenged.

Why is it that Mega Man Star Force is the only real series left with story?

They're just raping the original series to appeal to old farts who moved on years ago. Mega Man was about the CHALLENGE! SPIKES! CHEAP KILLS! YEAHHHH!

Mega Man 8 finishes, we have no god damn clue what happened other than Duo flies off. But no, let's take back the graphics 25 years, rape you for DLC if you want to slide and cock block anyone from ACTUALLY FUCKING TYING TOGETHER X and Mega Man.

Yes! Sell themes for $2.50 on the PS3! Want an extra level? PAY MONIES! Slide? Pay to play as PROTOMAN. Take out features that were in Mega Man & Bass? You BETCHA! LAUNCH-DAY DLC? Of course!

God dammit, this is infuriating. (Yes, I'm still protesting MM9, until there's a single bundle it sells for)

Hell, Star Force is getting a cross-over game with Battle Network. That's going to be awesome! But they still ignore the X series, after X8 got it right. Legends is aborted in the water, aside from the PSP ports. Zero ended, but ZX is just a confusing androgynous mess.

And let's not forget, MMX Collection actually had content REMOVED because it was put into Maverick Hunter X, which was to be a full series, and that died, along with MMPU.

But yes, let's go back to Classic Mega Man and not tie up any loose ends.

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So, they have all this cool shit, from X8, 8, Command Mission and Network Transmission and...

we're back to Sheep Man again?

[Vizzys]

m3wthr33 just accept all the megaman series have vague connections/references/nods to each other and stop caring

then pray for megaman legends 3 like everyone else

[M3wThr33]

m3wthr33 just accept all the megaman series have vague connections/references/nods to each other and stop caring

then pray for megaman legends 3 like everyone else

Oh god, I'd trade it all for MML3. But that's a lost cause to me. At the VERY FUCKING LEAST I thought MM9 would actually take place between MM8 and X, but I couldn't even get THAT wish. No, it's a brainless story somewhere between 4 and 5. And it sounds like this one is, too.

[Crushed]

when will we finally learn the epic story tying chibi robot dude to super-animu robot dude

[MCD]

i never liked 8 bit mega man.

looks and plays like shit.

give me my EXTREME X MODO.

[tiesto]

ROFLMAO, who the fuck gives a shit about storyline/continuity in the Mega Man series? It's all about pattern memorization and exploitation and level designs! I look forward to MM10 and am hoping the difficulty isn't as insane as 9.

GFX in this one look very MM5 influenced.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

ROFLMAO, who the fuck gives a shit about storyline/continuity in the Mega Man series? It's all about pattern memorization and exploitation and level designs! I look forward to MM10 and am hoping the difficulty isn't as insane as 9.

GFX in this one look very MM5 influenced.

But 9 was pretty easy...

[Bebpo]

Yeah, 9 was fun and accessible while still giving some trial & error and challenge.  Good stuff!

[M3wThr33]

ROFLMAO, who the fuck gives a shit about storyline/continuity in the Mega Man series? It's all about pattern memorization and exploitation and level designs! I look forward to MM10 and am hoping the difficulty isn't as insane as 9.

GFX in this one look very MM5 influenced.

You can have all of that and not make it look like something a Master System shit out.

[iconoclast]

My god, are there really people who care about the story in Mega Man? I thought caring about the stories in fighting games was bad enough, but this is a whole new level of 

[bork]

ROFLMAO, who the fuck gives a shit about storyline/continuity in the Mega Man series? It's all about pattern memorization and exploitation and level designs! I look forward to MM10 and am hoping the difficulty isn't as insane as 9.

GFX in this one look very MM5 influenced.

You can have all of that and not make it look like something a Master System shit out.

You were talking about all this storyline stuff, not graphics.  Nobody cares about that in Mega Man.  This new game still looks 10 times more interesting than the last ZX did.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

ROFLMAO, who the fuck gives a shit about storyline/continuity in the Mega Man series? It's all about pattern memorization and exploitation and level designs! I look forward to MM10 and am hoping the difficulty isn't as insane as 9.

GFX in this one look very MM5 influenced.

You can have all of that and not make it look like something a Master System shit out.

You were talking about all this storyline stuff, not graphics.  Nobody cares about that in Mega Man.  This new game still looks 10 times more interesting than the last ZX did.

BUT WHAT ABOUT DUO?!?!?!

[Beezy]

Goddammit, can I get a new X game? Or a new Zero game? Or a new series that plays like them, but still kicks your ass (ZX Advent was meh...)? Retro Megaman is so slow and boring now. The only thing it still got going for it is the music.

[AdmiralViscen]

lol @ Sonic on the cover.

Is this gonna be on HD consoles too?

[Robo]

I can't tell if you people (real people, not demi) are being sarcastic or not.  I thought MM9 was hard as FUCK.  I don't think I played through more than a couple levels. 

[MCD]

Goddammit, can I get a new X game? Or a new Zero game? Or a new series that plays like them, but still kicks your ass (ZX Advent was meh...)? Retro Megaman is so slow and boring now. The only thing it still got going for it is the music.

this is why i fantasize about you everyday.

[Beezy]

 

[bork]

I can't tell if you people (real people, not demi) are being sarcastic or not.  I thought MM9 was hard as FUCK.  I don't think I played through more than a couple levels. 

Same.  I think you and I were spending too much time on Street Fighter to really dive into it.   

[cool breeze]

Cool.  MM9 was fun.  I still don't get the appeal of the fake-retro stuff and thought it was lame with MM9.  Not so much just in the 8-bit style (graphics whores can't accept that the game could still be great without graphics from the 80s) but the fake wacky intentionally bad box art.

[Don Flamenco]

My god, are there really people who care about the story in Mega Man? I thought caring about the stories in fighting games was bad enough, but this is a whole new level of 

one of the last times I actually talked to randoms on XBL (years ago), some guy recited the run down of series...and what's canon, what isn't etc.  it was sad. 

Then again, people try to fit the zelda and mario games into a timeline and other people write stories about Sonic and Tails eating out each other's asses, so it's not all that surprising. 

[tiesto]

I got to the second Wily stage in 9 and saw all the spikes + super precise jumping in water you had to do and I'm like "fuck this"... the rest of the game was manageable but still very challenging (concrete man being the biggest bitch, those fucking elephants  ).

[iconoclast]

 :gerstmann http://www.giantbomb.com/jeff-plays-mega-man-9-and-fails/17-58/ :gerstmann

[Diunx]

Looks like shit.

[originalz]

MM9 was no harder than other MM games, it's just that we've played most of them before and remember what to do.  Give a complete n00b a chance to try MM9 and something like MM5 and they'll probably find the difficulty level to be pretty similar.

MM9 seems tough at first, but once you get used to the stages you can easily clear the game without dying.

[magus]

according to a rumor i read the third character is supposed to be bass 

[Don Flamenco]

deez graphx is horrible no mthafuckin' anti-alianis's or nuthing

[tiesto]

They tried making 2.5D polygonal graphics for Mega Man X7 and 8 but they looked like shit...

[archie4208]

I'd love to see a Megaman game in this vein, but Capcom would have to put effort into it so it will never happen.

[M3wThr33]

They tried making 2.5D polygonal graphics for Mega Man X7 and 8 but they looked like shit...

X8 was fine.

[originalz]

I never understood the 2.5D craze myself.  I've always found most 2.5 platformers to be very "floaty" and not nearly as tight with controls as sprite-based games.  Other than looking better (often worse), I've found them to be worse than sprite games.  Megaman is all about having tight controls and response, which you're guaranteed to have with the 8bit style.

Anyone who wants to play a 3D-style oldskool Megaman game should be forced to play X7 forever.  These things just don't work, if they change it too much then it won't be a Megaman game (similar to how that crap Vectorman PS2 game was looking).  Megaman Legends got it right by using the 3D view to take on a whole different direction for the series.

[cool breeze]

Drac X Chronicles, MMX PSP, MM Powered Up, Bionic Commande Rearmed are 2.5D games modeled after existing 2D games, and they play perfectly fine/same as original games.  Using 3D models and stuff is probably just cheaper than creating new sprites and all that.
 

[MCD]

SFIV proved that sprites are no longer needed.

[M3wThr33]

Drac X Chronicles, MMX PSP, MM Powered Up, Bionic Commande Rearmed are 2.5D games modeled after existing 2D games, and they play perfectly fine/same as original games.  Using 3D models and stuff is probably just cheaper than creating new sprites and all that.
 

Immensely easier. 2D animation requires hand drawing every frame. 3D animation requires one skinning, then you move the bones on keyframes and blend. Plus it's easier to render, as you don't need to load every possible sprite at once.

[twerd]

2D > 3D > 2.5 D

2.5 D is only cool when games really explore the realm, ala Fez

[Robo]

SFIV proved that sprites are no longer needed.

[originalz]

Drac X Chronicles, MMX PSP, MM Powered Up, Bionic Commande Rearmed are 2.5D games modeled after existing 2D games, and they play perfectly fine/same as original games.  Using 3D models and stuff is probably just cheaper than creating new sprites and all that.
 

I didn't play the Megaman PSP games, but Drac X and Bionic Commando aren't exactly what I would consider beautiful games.  If anything, the 2.5D shit took away from the game, there were some parts in BC where it was difficult to see what I was doing due to some stupid lighting effect.  The game was pretty well-made otherwise, but the loose gameplay works for the series.  Drac X was functional but the controls didn't really seem that "tight", which is a problem I always see with 2.5D games.

Really, I find most 2.5D games to be ugly, the models are usually not very attractive and the backgrounds stand out too much.  Hell, look at the upcoming Sparkster game, give me a "retro rebirth" of that any day.  Konami has done really well with their "rebirth" series, the games play very well, that's all that matters.  Compare that to the new Sparkster crap that's coming out.  With sprites, there's no floaty physics or ugly 3d models to have to look at.

The only 2.5D game I've played that I can remember having good art direction and controls is that PS2 Contra game, which unfortunately had bad gameplay decisions.  I don't understand why so many people want these 2.5 games other than for the sake of incorporating 3d for no reason.

I've always found it strange that although most big companies stay away from sprite-based games, the majority of indie games use them.  Can it really be that expensive?

[cool breeze]

Just look at the Fez example given above.  Doesn't seem like it's releasing soon and it's been shown for a while, or that furry 2D Action game for XBLA.  Indie games use them, they just take a long time for one project.

Personally I don't care much for 2.5d nor do I care for trying to replicated graphics from the 80s.  I think the best balance is what games like Space Invaders Extreme, Pacman CE, Holy Invasion Badman, etc. do by taking 8-bit and giving it style.

[originalz]

Yeah, I think that's a pretty good direction for the 2D genre to take, get the best of both worlds.  Kind of unfortunate that no one's really pushing for that sort of evolution, and instead going towards 2.5D.  Has there even been a spiced up 2D platformer released yet?  Heh, a Metroid game like that could be very nice...

[MoxManiac]

MM9 was awesome. It captured the feel of the NES games pefectly but the level design blew the older ones out of the water. Very excited for 10.

Megaman has sucked ever since he left 8 bit, except maybe X1-3. I think Capcom is making the right choice.