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Have you heard of the newly-released Megaman 9? Capcom has made an awesome decision, I feel.

See, people have for years now been requesting a new Megaman game... and a game in the ORIGINAL series; not Megaman X, not Megaman Battle Network, not Megaman Legends. Now, Capcom has looked at these requests and tried to understand them. All of these newer series have been basically the same, but with various improvements, you know? So why are people demanding a new instalment in the original and inferior series?

They eventually decided that what people were looking and asking for was basically "Give us more of our childhood experience again!" And so Capcom decided to do exactly that: They made the brand-new Megaman 9 in 8 Bit style, using the engine for Megaman 2, with the same style of graphics and music and everything.

I applaud their insight and just sheer balls in making this decision. Japan, I take back, like, 30% of every bad thing I've ever said about you.

I've made no secret of my love of the original Megaman games. As I've said before, Megaman 2 was the first Nintendo game I ever owned, and I played it obsessively for months after I got it. The idea of this sort of return to form is extremely enticing to me. I've been planning on getting a Playstation 3 for some time now, and when I do (and how hillarious is it that I should need a BETTER, NEWER system than the Playstation 2 I still have in order to play this?), this is going on my first-purchase list.



Comments

[info]morgian_le_faye wrote:
15th Sep, 2008 15:55 (UTC)
Hee hee! My family didn't own a game system until N64, so I never had the joy of these games. I must say, the music sounded really familiar. I couldn't figure out where I had heard it before until I remembered the third show my freshman year for Marching Band. We did a video game show and Megaman was one of the songs. It sounded really cool with a 200 piece band!
[info]dave_littler wrote:
15th Sep, 2008 17:03 (UTC)
I would have PAID to listen to that.
[info]morgian_le_faye wrote:
16th Sep, 2008 02:43 (UTC)
If I were computer literate and knew how to rip DVDs, I'd totally send you a copy of the show.
[info]eowynz wrote:
17th Sep, 2008 02:16 (UTC)
....I want a copy too....

Poopy. I think there are DVD burner programs you can download, but I'm not sure...
[info]morgian_le_faye wrote:
17th Sep, 2008 04:36 (UTC)
I'm sure there are. However, they are for non-Luddites! Oh well. I searched on YouTube for you all, but no one has posted it.
[info]dave_littler wrote:
17th Sep, 2008 13:16 (UTC)
Well, I know I appreciate the gesture, anyways.

Here's a thought, though: I know a lot of cities have places where you can get VHS tapes transcribed onto DVD.

I'm thinking about tracking one down myself so I can get my VHS tape of this event http://www.bjorn-comic.com/cos/milk_day_2002.htm onto my computer so I can share it with the world in its original form.
[info]morgian_le_faye wrote:
22nd Sep, 2008 00:58 (UTC)
A VHS tape transcribed onto DVD... that sounds even more complicated than just ripping a BRMM DVD! Have fun with that.