I'm a fan of the Mega Man series. Well, at least the 2D adventure/platforming series. I never got into the RPG-like games in the franchise. Mega Man 2 is on my "top NES games" list, so I'm glad to hear Mega Man 9 will be kind of following that NES style. I really look forward to it! MM9 will be my first Wii Ware game I download.

I'll be getting it whenever it releases.  Like I said in the running-screen thread, I'm trying to finally beat all of the games on the Anniversary Collection disc(MM 1~8), as well as finally try to beat all of the MMX:Collection games(I never owned the PSX games).

I know MM2 is a favorite, but I think the Wily Stages kind of kill it.  Worse, I dunno if it's a problem with MM:AC or if MM2 was always like this, but I can't re-enter old stages to collect E-Tanks to help me on those Wily stages, so any E-Tanks I pick up have to come from those stages(which I so far always end up using them shortly after picking them up at those points, gah).  So it kinda bugs me a little.

At the moment I still think MM6(which is sometimes hated by others for being 'easy') is my favorite, and probably because it IS a tad bit easier, if only for being slightly less CHEAP.  (Not quite as bad as Ninja Gaiden, but in the same idea.)


Anyway, I'm glad to see that they've taken advantage of the DLC ability and made a game like this.  You could never package MM9 for even the DS at this point, and I'd sure never bother with cellphone-games just to get it.  But with this sort of service, you're bound to get some die-hard fans and possibly even new customers to try it.  Plus it means they're more or less forced to make it a good game when the visuals are so 'simple'.  I'm a little annoyed that the charge-shot and slide are gone, but that's fine by me as long as the usual Megaman formula is still there.

I friend use to have Mega Man 1-6..  We use to play them all the time, and I hated them all.   Seriously, though, I only liked Mega Man X3.  All of the other Mega Mans never caught my interest because they were IMPOSSIBLE to beat....   

I'm glad they're making an original Mega Man, though.  The series has way too many spin-offs for it's own good, so it's nice to see them returning to their roots.