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Well, I know what you are saying to yourself, those pictures look an awful lot like the previous Megaman Zero games, and of course we all know it takes Capcom about an ice age to radically alter the look of one of its franchises. Oh and it seems that they are bringing back the old Megaman "steal the enemy's weapons and use those weapons against them" dynamic back in a limited fashion visa vie a new weapon called the "magic hand."

 

[AniHawk]

I should see what all the fuss is about sometime and play a game in the Mega Man series.

 

[belgurdo]

Mmmmmeeeeeehhhhh

 

[Amir0x]

Man, this isn't a DS game yet?

Weak.

 

[TheTurtleTitan]

Geez, how do they crank out these different Mega Man games so fast?

 

[jett]

I should see what all the fuss is about sometime and play a game in the Mega Man series.

...say what?



Anyway, Capcom needs to STOP with the X and Zero sequels and revive their motherfreakin' Legends franchise.

 

[MoxManiac]

In Capcom's defense, the MMZ series is quite good, albeit too hard for some.

 

[Wario64]

I should see what all the fuss is about sometime and play a game in the Mega Man series.

Play Mega Man 2 or Mega Man X...although I find it hard to believe that you never played a single game

 

[AniHawk]

Castlevania and Mega Man I think are the only classic series I've never played.

 

[kiryogi]

...say what?



Anyway, Capcom needs to STOP with the X and Zero sequels and revive their motherfreakin' Legends franchise.

Death to Dash!

 

[seismologist]

looks pretty cool. It should be on DS though.

 

[Shouta]

Legends rocks.

 

[JJConrad]

I love the Mega Man series (2,1,3 are the best, 4-6 ain't too bad, I didn't care for 7 and 8) and the first 2 games in the X series are my favorites. I hated X3 & X4 and have hated the character Zero ever since. I haven't been able to bring myself to try any of the Mega Man Zero games.

 

[jett]

Death to Dash!

Death to the tasteless losers that keep buying MMX games, pushing Capcom into making more of those shitty ass games.

Mega Man Legends/Dash rocks, yo.

 

[Crispy]

MMX8 is pretty decent, but nowhere near what it could/should have been. I especially miss the life tanks and other stuff you could find in the stages. In X8 there is a good amount of stuff to find, but most of it is pretty useless.

It's also really a shame that the new armor parts you can find just aren't as cool anymore. I remember in the first X he'd look like porcelain or something with his armor complete, now he looks like a badly designed neonsign.

 

[MetatronM]

Castlevania and Mega Man I think are the only classic series I've never played.

Play Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, or Mega Man X. As far as I'm concerned, those are the classics.

 

[kiryogi]

Death to the tasteless losers that keep buying MMX games, pushing Capcom into making more of those shitty ass games.

Mega Man Legends/Dash rocks, yo.

Zero rocks, yo.

 

[AniHawk]

Play Mega Man 2, Mega Man 3, or Mega Man X. As far as I'm concerned, those are the classics.

Gamestop near me had MM2 for $10 a while back ($4 actually because they're trying to get rid of the NES stock. Had stuff like Maniac Mansion and Star Tropics too). Should still see if they're there..

 

[Hero]

Mega Man Zero series rocks. I wish they would stop the shit that they turned the X series into.

 

[pops619]

Eh, I had enough of the Zero series after the second. They're solid games, but they have the same problems as the X series. The difficulty curve is out of whack. They start out very tough, but once you start getting power-ups they get ridiculously easy. I wish they'd try and make a classic Mega Man again. Then again, considering it would probably end up being 3D, maybe it's best left where it is.

 

[belgurdo]

Eh, I had enough of the Zero series after the second. They're solid games, but they have the same problems as the X series. The difficulty curve is out of whack. They start out very tough, but once you start getting power-ups they get ridiculously easy.

I personally didn't enjoy the early stages where you had to make leaps of faith because of the stage height (and occassionally the auto-scrolling) or stages where half the level contained spikes

 

[Lyte Edge]

Geez, how do they crank out these different Mega Man games so fast?

Continuous reuse of sprites and stage design blocks?

 

[jett]

Dude, Anihawk, just buy the Mega Man Anniversary Collection.

 

[cvxfreak]

Dude, Anihawk, just buy the Mega Man Anniversary Collection.

IAWTP

 

[radios shipping overview]

Eh, some of us still like to play games on their original systems, even in the face of glitchy official emulation.

 

[MoxManiac]

The emulation in MMAC is not glitchy at all; perhaps a case could be made for the CPS2 games, but the NES/SNES games are flawless, in fact superior to the originals.

 

[Pachinko]

Yeah, I'm always amazed that they can keep churning out these cooky cutter fill in the blanks 8 month development cycle megaman games and yet the best megaman series ever made only got a single sequel, 2 years after its original came out... unless you count that so bad it hurt Misadventures of Tronne Bonne....

 

[jett]

With the possible excepction of the CPS2 arcade games, the Mega Man games in Anniversary Collection are NOT emulated.

 

[MoxManiac]

Oh that's right, they were based off the ps1 versions, weren't they.

Jett, I'm pretty sure MM7 is emulated, though.

 

[Hero]

Legends sucked, sorry.

Give us a 2D Mega Man 9, Capcom. It's fucking ridiculous that the X series has caught up to the original numbered ones.

 

[pops619]

Most of the games on the Anniversary Collection aren't even emulated. The NES games are all the PSX ports which are superior to the NES originals because they got rid of the slowdown/flickering/sound problems, plus there's the remixed music. MM8 is the PSX version as well. The only games that are actually emulated are MM7 and the two arcade games, but they play exactly the same as far as I could tell.

Maybe I just don't get the whole collector mindset, but I couldn't justify spending whatever it would cost to buy the entire series when you can just get the collection for $30. The menus are pretty shitty and the extras are nothing special, but the games are pretty much all perfect.

At this point, I'm not sure I'd even want a Mega Man 9 unless I knew Capcom was going to make it worthwhile. Although I'd love another classic Mega Man done right, the series did end on a good note with 7 and 8. If the latest Mega Man X games are any indication of what Mega Man 9 would be like, they might as well not even bother.

 

[Pachinko]

They did make megaman 9 , but seeing how ridiculous a 9 would look they changed to to megaman and bass.

So Nyah.

 

[M3wThr33]

They did make megaman 9 , but seeing how ridiculous a 9 would look they changed to to megaman and bass.

So Nyah.

:eng101: Code inside MM&B refers to it as 8.5, not 9! It reused some of the bosses from MM8, that's hardly a sequel.