Get ready guys and gals as we are merely days away from the release of Capcom’s rather daring “retro” release of Mega Man 9 for the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Nintendo’s WiiWare service. I say daring as, really, in this day and age of normal mapping, bloom lighting and self-shading, it seems like a major gamble to make a game that is comprised entirely of 8-bit sprites. But this direction just seems a perfect fit for the Blue Bomber, don’t you think?

Whatever your thoughts on the actual game, it’s impossible to deny Capcom’s own excitement regarding the project. Remember that fantastic, purposefully awful “box art” they made? Yeah, well now they really are putting it on boxes and selling the game inside an old NES cart (on a CD of course, not an actual NES game) in limited qualities. Toss in the recently announced Proto Man DLC for the Wii, it’s pretty clear Capcom considers this game something special.  Expect a review from NYT soon after the release.

Mega Man 9 Intro (via GameTrailers)

Mega Man 9 Retail Package?!?! (via CapcomUnity blog)

Proto Man confirmed MM9 DLC (via GoNintendo)

By Stewart Smith