Mega Man 9: Official Thread

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Originally Posted by Melf

You guys who prefer the style of MM2 are nuts.

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Agreed.

Oh, and lol.
http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resou...amantattoo.jpg

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Originally Posted by bVork

That doesn't really make sense, as both Mega Man X and Mega Man X2 look far nicer and came out before Mega Man 7.

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I'll admit that I didn't realize 7 came after X, but the point does stand. MM7's sprites were done by Inafune himself, who did sprites for the NES game as well, and it was only the second 16-bit game he had worked on (the first being Breath of Fire). He didn't work on X or X2.

Final Fantasy IV and Dragon Quest 5 are other good examples of 8-bit tile artists that had not yet developed solid techniques for higher palettes.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

8-bit Mega Man does not look like Mega Man. He looks like an oil barrel with slinkies welded on and a ping pong ball head. He looks like shit and always has.

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So, Mega Man started out as an 8-bit sprite character, yet the 8-bit sprite doesn't look like Mega Man.

Yeah... okay.

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Originally Posted by magnifiedplaid

Just give me Mega Man, with his Mega Buster and the ability to jump...and I'm set with that. Forget all the extra shit that I really don't care about.

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This.

i always thought the sprites were suposed to look as close to the character artwork as possible. the original mm sprite was as close as they could get on an nes. it doesn't mean it's the epitome of the characters image.

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Originally Posted by rama

i always thought the sprites were suposed to look as close to the character artwork as possible. the original mm sprite was as close as they could get on an nes. it doesn't mean it's the epitome of the characters image.

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It's the epitome of the character's image because he looked like shit in 16-bit.

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Originally Posted by shidoshi

So, Mega Man started out as an 8-bit sprite character, yet the 8-bit sprite doesn't look like Mega Man.

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It doesn't look like how he appears in the supplimentary artwork, and (in MM3 and up) in the cut scenes. Nor any of the later games.

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Originally Posted by shidoshi

It's the epitome of the character's image because he looked like shit in 16-bit.

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so you're saying they have yet to reach that level? i think mm8's sprite's as good as it's gonna get.

So this is basically a NES game being sold only on WiiWare? And they want $10 for it?

LOL. Pass.

Oh, and that same issue of Nintendo Power rumors that there's a Castlevania fighting game in the works.

LOL x2.

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Originally Posted by rama

so you're saying they have yet to reach that level? i think mm8's sprite's as good as it's gonna get.

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I didn't say that at all. I'm saying the 8-bit sprite was goofy and awkward, and even given the same technical limitations you could do better.

The MMX and MM8 sprites are great. MM7 is weak because there's a poor understanding of how to convey depth and texture with shading, probably because Inafune was inexperienced with working with a larger palette (or maybe he just sucks).

sorry, frog...i meant that for shidoshi.

i'd like to see them go in a new direction with the sprites overall. maybe something with flat colors and awesome lighting effects. heh, something like flashback.

ahahaha, i forgot about his mvc sprite. THAT was the best one.