Mega Man 9 Set for WiiWare

[Shrygue]

via IGN


Our ears perked up last week when we saw Capcom had filed the title Mega Man 9 with Australia's Classification Review Board (down under's version of the Entertainment Software Ratings Board). It's been over ten years since we were blessed with a proper new Mega Man game. Now it looks like the next entry in the series is set for Nintendo's WiiWare service.

Fansite The Mega Man Network has gotten its hands on a couple (blurry) scans from the next issue of Nintendo Power. The screenshots look like the classic 8-bit Mega Man we all know and love. Capcom is apparently going old school with this one. Mega Man Network lists the following robot bad guys:

• Magma Man
• Galaxy Man
• Jewel Man
• Concrete Man
• Hornet Man
• Plug Man
• Tornado Man
• Splash WOMAN (although this isn't confirmed, yet)

Mega Man 9 is being developed by Inti Creates, a team made up of former Capcom devs that brought us the first three Mega Man X games, Mega Man Zero, and the Mega Man ZX series.

[firedragon_jing]

Oh my GOOOOOOOD O.O...--.--...O.O!!!!!!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEES, oh I am so buying this. I have not played a proper Megaman since Megaman 6, oh I so hope this doesn't disappoint.

[Eviltaco64]

I thought Rockman and Forte was Megaman 9?

[Shuichi]

They already said it's not gonna tie in with the X Series for this game so i'm not really interested in it seems like a waste of time when I can always play another Megaman game from the huge list.

Eviltaco64: Why does everyone think that? It was a spinoff game it was never labeled 9 it's more of a 8.5

[firedragon_jing]

People think Megaman and Bass was Megaman 9 because it linked 8 to X, and there was nothing else inbetween, till now I guess.

[kingslime80]

Rockman and Forte/Megaman and Bass is a seperate game, more of an alternate happening between 8 & 9. I personally don't see how it relates to Rockman/Megaman X after playing both SNES and GBA versions. Please enlighten me.

[Yami Mario]

Scans please?