Comments on: Mega Man 9 Might Not Be Digital Bliss

By: johnny

johnny — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:19:49 +0000

4QjK95 Thanks for good post

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:33:21 +0000

We have to take a step back and think about how the Japanese might have approached this. An American design team might have thought “how can we make Mega Man feel retro again, but use modern technology to create a sort of psuedo-retro atmosphere that looks visually impressive?”.

Bad example (because it’s a Japanese-made game) but think Paper Mario.

I have a hunch that the Japanese approach was to not just take the game’s style and gameplay back to 1990, but take the actual process of creating the game back too.

In my opinion the result will be a noble effort, and certainly a product with far more love and feeling behind it than most games being made today.

On the other hand, I’m willing to bet the gameplay will be fun and nostalgic but isn’t going to blow anyone away, and its time in the spotlight will be short lived.

By: Chris Scantleberry

Chris Scantleberry — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:17:30 +0000

The next Mega Man should be something like what Sega is planning to do with Sonic Unleashed. Bring on the awesome Klonoa/Sonic & The Secret Rings awesomeness. Pls.

By: Valerie Hilgenfeldt

Valerie Hilgenfeldt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:01:50 +0000

“Iâ€™m going out on a limb and betting this is going to blow a lot of people away, in ways they didnâ€™t expect. Personally, I think the graphic presentation looks like a lot of fun, and if Capcom wants to use it as a visual metaphor for MegaMan returning to its roots Iâ€™m not complaining. Bring it! ”

Sounds like a very positive way of thinking about it. I like that. Here’s to hoping.

By: James Cunningham

James Cunningham — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:27:01 +0000

I’m going out on a limb and betting this is going to blow a lot of people away, in ways they didn’t expect. Personally, I think the graphic presentation looks like a lot of fun, and if Capcom wants to use it as a visual metaphor for MegaMan returning to its roots I’m not complaining. Bring it!

By: Chris Scantleberry

Chris Scantleberry — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:29:55 +0000

Val has spoken!!!! Game over.

By: Valerie Hilgenfeldt

Valerie Hilgenfeldt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:40:19 +0000

I don’t disagree with making a game that has retro appeal, as graphics certainly aren’t everything. (Also, “Mega Man 64″ was just a port of “Mega Man Legends” which applied a lot of fog and generally muddied up the graphics.) However, the current look of MM9 is unappealing even by the standards of the original NES series. Not only that, but many of the retro-styled games that are selling well (or at least reasonably) are more akin to aping 16-bit quality artwork, if not something a little bit finer.

This feels like too little much, much too late to me. I’m a huge MM fan, but I am not excited. They’ll really have to pull off something wondrous to interest me.

By: andrew

andrew — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:58:19 +0000

I disagree with you. I recall that Mega Man 64 was advanced but failed in sales as well as Mega Man x7, so sometimes better graphics don’t always make a better game; The reason that megaman 9 is 8-bit is to appease the retro gaming community that getting some headway. It’s about the nolstalgia