Mega Man 9: Official Thread

I'd rather just have Megaman Powered Up 2...

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Originally Posted by Dolemite

Believe me, when MM9 was announced, no one was hoping it would be NES retro-style.

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Incorrect. The incredible iconic design of the original Mega Man games is still brilliant to look at. I can't wait to see the bosses.

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

Yeah, most attempts to just redraw 8-bit sprites in 16-bit suck. See Dragon's Curse for another example.

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Dragon's Curse > Wonderboy III

If you are going to lampoon it on the basis of whether the character has a my pretty princess star on his head or gay green locks, so be it. Still a better looking game. *-neo

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Originally Posted by neoalphazero

Dragon's Curse > Wonderboy III

If you are going to lampoon it on the basis of whether the character has a my pretty princess star on his head or gay green locks, so be it. Still a better looking game. *-neo

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No, even completely removing the changed character designs from the equation, it's not better looking. It jams extra colors into the pixel art with no regard for technique to create an early-90s shareware vibe. It's a ham-fisted attempt at pixel art from someone who has no idea how to properly utilize a larger palette.

See also: Ken's Labyrinth, Blake Stone, Wacky Wheels and a billion other games that went "What do we do with all these colors? Durr.. GRADIENTS!"

Frog's absolutely right here. Dragon's Curse looks like an amateur sprite-hacked rom. The new character designs suck. The only real visual advantage of Dragon's Curse is the smoother scrolling.

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/a...1&d=1214527974

Yeah!

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Originally Posted by Frogacuda

No, even completely removing the changed character designs from the equation, it's not better looking. It jams extra colors into the pixel art with no regard for technique to create an early-90s shareware vibe. It's a ham-fisted attempt at pixel art from someone who has no idea how to properly utilize a larger palette.

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You got that much from three extra colors for each main model? There's a digital art history class out there waiting for your keynote.

And on MM9 not opposed to the NES graphics but they don't look impressive at all compared to 1-4. *-neo

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Originally Posted by NeoZeedeater

Frog's absolutely right here. Dragon's Curse looks like an amateur sprite-hacked rom. The new character designs suck. The only real visual advantage of Dragon's Curse is the smoother scrolling.

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Ahhhh comeon, the smoking pig looks better. *-neo

I have to say that I'm happy to see 4-color 16x16 tiles after all of these years. But I do wish they would have said nuts to the other limitations and gone for a huge number of differently drawn tiles on the screen at once.

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Originally Posted by shidoshi

I would argue that this is the MOST interesting thing they could have done with the game.

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A quick poke at your nostalgia is really the most interesting thing they could've done with the game?