Rockman 10, people!!

[L___E___T]

Yes you read correctly, we are getting ANOTHER awesome WiiWare retro-bution

http://www.nintendopower.com/images/NP250_DLmega.jpg

Looking forward to it?  I still haven't finished MM9!

[Rob64]

release date?

[L___E___T]

2010

[manuel]

I guess that's a YAY!
I also haven't finished 9 yet (no time to game!!), but I'll surely get it just for the sake of it.

[TanookiSuitSam]

Sheep man....






Sheep Man.

[manuel]

baa... baa...

I wonder what special attacks he has...

[nintendodork]

XD  I saw that image of Sheep Man on one of those stupid future Pokemon videos on Youtube.  They were claiming it's a Pokemon.


Which I would believe.  It looks like a new Pokemon.

I also like the Star Wars-style artwork.

[son_ov_hades]

I'm excited as hell for this! I loved Megaman 9 so I'll get this one for sure, great news.

[Jedi Master Baiter]

I haven't even started Mega Man 9 yet. I haven't even started Mega Man 8 yet!

I haven't even actually started on 7 yet!!

[MS-DOS4]

I'm still on mega man 2, here. I suck...

[satoshi_matrix]

Well, I'm certainly not surprised. Megaman 9 sold well, digital distribution cuts down on development cost and by selling it via a download service, the prices of games like this are much lower than if they were retail.

That being said.........WOOOOHOOO! I'm very pleased to hear this is happening, though it kind of hurts that Capcom never did the logical thing of tying things up in the series with Megaman 9. They had the opportunity to make 9 the last game in the classic series chronologically and make Megaman X to readable as Megaman 10 (sort of a double pun since X is the roman numeral for 10). But I guess they didn't want to end the series, and hey, suits me just fine.

L_E_T, is there another page to that? It looks like it continues.

Heres some of my random thoughts.

-The article mentions playable Protoman with all his abilities from 9. Judging how they seem to have gone out of their way to state that, I suppose that means Megaman himself will again be stuck with his Megaman 2 abilities and not be able to charge his buster or slide. If so, bummer. I was willing to accept that in Megaman 9, but this time I find it a little less forgiving.

-Obviously this seems to be written for Nintendo Power so they'll only announce the Wiiware version, but I wonder if MM10 will come to Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network? I hope so, because I want achievements and the ability to play Megaman 10 in 720p.


-Easy mode? Certainly welcome. While I won't be using it, its nice to know that 10 will be more accessible to the non hardcore Megaman player. I just hope Capcom's idea of "easy" mode isn't the same kind of ridiculous cakewalk mode they included in Megaman Zero 4's easy mode.


-Sheepman might be cooler than we think. I'm on the fence on that one.

-Will the WiiWare version support Gamecube controllers? I want to use a real NES controller via a GC adapter to play MM10! If not, then I'll have to hack into a classic controller, and I don't really want to do that.


Finally, the third playable character. My bet is that its either Bass or an entirely new character. If it were Roll, I think Capcom would've announced it because it would just be a gimmick and not something too serious. That said..I want playable Roll, as well.

[L___E___T]

I didn't see any more info sorry, but I think NP put their magazines up as PDFs now, not sure.

It'll surely be on XBLA and PSN, though to me the idea of his in HD is ridiculous.  It's sharper sure but it looks less genuine like that.  I play RM 9 on Wii and it looks exactly like when I hook my famicom up to the TV.  You can't really do NES style in HD, it just looks like a close wall in Doom!

I doubt it'll support GC controllers, but there are NES pads available that plug in like a nuncheck you know yes?

I go for Roll as a playable character.  I'd love it if it were Bass or even better Zero.  Who knows, they could be gearing up to make 10 the point where Zero comes along and hacks the whole scene up.  If you've seen teh ending to the arcade RM power battles you'll know what I mean.
Though, I'm not sure the 8 bit art direction is the best background to throw that story out there personally.  I'd like to see a Muramasa style visual approach and that would at least sit between the 8/16 bit cartoony feel and the sharper X art style.  Obviously it wouldn't have ninjas in forests but you get what I mean.

[UglyJoe]

Bring on the fan art!

http://tinycartridge.com/post/278954835/mofu-fluff-by-ugumiso-how-great-is-it-that

[L___E___T]

We had a conversation about this in the office.  What other ridiculous names could there be.  You can imagine things went down hill from there...

But, I think Sheep Man is just their way of making another cloud man after they already did mist man and what not.

We blatantly need post-man and funny man:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQwEsKQRHxE

[b1aCkDeA7h]

9 was great fun. Looking forward to 10.