Nintendo Power's Megaman 9 Leak

Monday, June 30, 2008

News is slowly leaking out from the latest Nintendo Power, which (as last month's issue hinted) did say it would have a few surprises in it. And this might be one of them.

Nintendo Power leaks have just confirmed that Mega Man 9 is indeed heading to WiiWare, and it looks and plays like a classic NES game! Here's a tiny screenshot, but it's confirmation enough!

And the first details:

Robot Masters

Magma Man
Galaxy Man
Jewel Man
Concrete Man
Hornet Man
Plug Man
Tornado Man
Splash Woman

- Dr. Wily returns
- Story: Dr. Wily blames Dr. Light for robot master attacks
- various level hazards: lava, gravity-defying magnetic platforms, Mega Man clones
- attacks gained from Robot Masters: Galaxy Man’s Black Hole Bombs
- development handled by Inti Creates (Mega Man Zero, ZX, Battle Chip Challenge)
- controls: Wiimote NES style, just as you would expect it to be
- Rush returns
- 8-bit style was chosen to ‘please fans’
- 8-bit music
- 8-bit cut-scenes
- difficultly on-par with NES games
- return of classic enemies, as well as new ones
- Will Protoman be playable? “you’ll have to wait and see.”
- hopes in surpassing the quality of Mega Man 2

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