Mega Man 9 images

I'm confused, why is Mega Man 9 8-bit? Mega Man 8 was released on the Playstation, so why is this a step backwards graphically? It's not like it's a reprisal of the classic difficulty because let's face it, Mega Man titles have always been tougher than most. I just don't get it.

But most of the difficulty in the NES games was due to the limitations of the hardware and the lack of refined control. Unlike later titles where it was far more about your reflexes than everything suddenly disappearing for a half second while you're making a huge jump and then you finding out there's a bullet right in front of you.

I'll still buy it, but I still think they dropped the ball when this could have been some of the most amazing 2d art ever devised (I've always though the Mega Man and X games have had great background and character design).

23, and yes.

However I have always thought that the X series was better, by leaps and bounds. Although i never did get around to finishing all the early titles (finished the first and second games, finished 6 and 7 via emulating, as well as X1, 2, and 3, oh and Rockman and Forte as well, oh and I had played the other NES games, just didn't finish them). Looking back the earlier NES titles felt harder than they actually were due to slowdown, stuttering, disappearing bullets, etc moreso than the actual level difficulty (also the bosses were a cakewalk, save for whichever you take down with the blaster, as I found the required weapons did an exorbitant amount of damage in the earlier games and the patterns were far more forgiving).

It's not like I'm asking for 3D, I still love the 2d art design, which the gameplay of the original titles could easily be translated to a HD 2d landscape. Hell, I'd be more than happy to fork out 400 points for ports of the original games on Live, but it just feels like for a NEW title in the series, I agree with Cerebral in that it's a copout.

So yeah, if thewy want classic gameplay, port the old games, for new games, make it a new game. Like I said though, it's still a buyer because it's a welcome change from that Battle Network stuff (which was fun for the first couple of games but got quite tiresome) and whatever else bizarre spinoffs they've concocted over the years.