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Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Kezay on June 27, 2008, 02:56:14 am
If I hadn't been working so much this week I would have gotten around to posting the news I would have wanted, but before long I saw my notepad file filling up a bit more when I got home from work and was too tired to amend it at the time.  Besides, it's better this way since I get to combine what would have potentially been four thread into one big one so it cuts out the potential clutter factor. :P  Anyway, just a rundown on some recent announcements/ presentations for  a few upcoming Wii titles and a DS game. 

Arc Rising Fantasia (cool looking RPG)

http://gonintendo.com/?p=47612

Info only recently broke about this game so not a lot of info available outside of a few bulletpoints through Famitsu.  The game looks pretty damn nice though and I was surprised to see a reader comment that the character designs are being handled by the same person behind Eureka 7's characters.  Off the bat you notice a resemblance to Anemone, Eureka and Moondoggie in the scans showing the characters.  Anyway, bulletpoints below as per usual:

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- Image Epoch x Marvelous
- Traditional fantasy RPG
- Luminous Arc staffers on board
- Official Site will be open on 27th June
- Graphics style is similar to tri-Ace games
- 16:9
- 3 character party
- One shared AP gauge between the team, which empties as actions are performed
- multiple attacks are possible, as are massive attacks that will drain a lot of AP
- if party members use the same skills, those skills will be increased
- beasts = Roguresu. These creatures help teach you throughout the game

Producer (MMV): Hideyuki Mizutani
Development Producer (Image Epoch): Ryoei Mikage
Director (Image Epoch): Hiroyuki Kanemaru
Scenario: Takumi Miyajima
Composition/Music Director: Yasunori Mitsuda
Main Character Original Design: Kenichi Yoshida
Roguresu Design: Shin Nagasawa

Castlevania Judgement (WTF, a fighting game?)

http://gonintendo.com/?p=47669

EDIT:  More screens here:
http://www.jeux-france.com/news28056_castlevania-wii-premieres-images.html

The story was apparently brought to light in an exclusive by Nintendo Power.  I actually recall the Judgement title bring brought up in the Order of Ecclesia thread (the new DS Castlevania game) as well as Iga dropping constant hints that Castlevania in some form may end up on the Wii.  This may very well be that game.  The same person that broke the story to GoNintendo also put up a few points of info for the game:

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Characters confirmed thus far - Dracula, Simon, Alucard, Shanoa, and Maria Renard.
Classic subweapons - holy water, magic spells, dagger, boomerang
Subweapon use still depends on hearts
Remixed classic Castlevania tunes
Set traps, destroyable environments, enemy monsters interfere with battle
Nunchuck controls character movement, Wiimote used for motion attacks

Interesting project to say the least, but obviously not exactly what people were hoping for and I'm not sure about how integrating common Castlevania systems within a fighting game will work out. (such as still relying on hearts to use secondary weapons) 

Megaman 9 (Confirmed for WiiWare, totally old school)

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http://gonintendo.com/?p=47632

For the past couple of weeks the prospects of Mega Man 9 coming to consoles have been discussed on a variety of outlets with ideas on what it would be like and what systems it would be heading to.  Nintendo Power doesn't list the title as exclusive so WiiWare may not be the only platform receiving and even then a Capcom rep was quick to mention that NP doesn't have the full story, so there is even more to it all than the exclusive NP managed to obtain.  Still, it's nice to see a return to classic form and I'm surprised that most gaming communities who have picked up on this aren't split on the game being created to more resemble the older NES titles, most seem to be in favor of it which I didn't expect.  Anyway, just like with Castlevania, obtained bulletpoints are below:

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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

Riz Zowad (Wizard of Oz, JRPG style)

http://gonintendo.com/?p=47695

Funky name, eh?  But the title in parenthesis is correct a this is essentially a JRPG take on the classic story.  I know Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ shooter (obviously based on Little Red Riding Hood, among other things) garnered split reactions overall, some taking the project a bit personal, so it's probably easy to assume the same here.  Although that game was a blatant perversion of the classic (and the devs spare no bones about it, it's a project they're having fun with) this one seems to take it a bit more seriously, or at the very least is trying to make a meaningful fantasy game out of it.  At the very least, the game definitely looks nice for a DS title and here I was thinking an RPG couldn't look nice on the portable without prerendered graphics a la Archaic Sealed Heat (though that was only for battle sequences).  However, both this and Soma Bringer are kind of bucking that idea.

I'm not sure of all the details on this game as the only info out there is through Famitsu scans that I'm not sure have been translated or not.  But I do remember that the people behind Wild Arms are developing this one.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Ghost_Aspergers on June 27, 2008, 04:12:15 am
I think it's awesome that they included Sword Brothers in Alucard's attacks.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Eltee on June 27, 2008, 07:12:20 am
Dude, ew. I am kinda excited for the Castlevania fighter but GOD


The character design is so horrid if you compare it to the actual design for all these characters


ugh
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: HL on June 27, 2008, 07:31:01 am
So Alucard, what's the scanner say about his power level...


Total anime feel with those characters.

-_-
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Izekeal on June 27, 2008, 07:52:37 am
Quote from: Mr. L on June 27, 2008, 07:12:20 am
Dude, ew. I am kinda excited for the Castlevania fighter but GOD


The character design is so horrid if you compare it to the actual design for all these characters


ugh

Pretty much this.  Also, I'm somewhat interseted in the Wizard of Oz jrpg.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Ralph on June 27, 2008, 12:07:27 pm
For a second there I thought I was looking at Alucard appearing in a Kingdom Hearts game.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: UPRC on June 27, 2008, 12:22:14 pm
That Castlevania fighter already looks awful.. Here's hoping they actually do something good with it.

Megaman 9 on the other hand.. It is being made in the style of the NES Megamans? That's awesome... I'm hoping to see it on the PSN.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Cho on June 27, 2008, 12:58:26 pm
Quote from: UPRC on June 27, 2008, 12:22:14 pm
That Castlevania fighter already looks awful.. Here's hoping they actually do something good with it.

Megaman 9 on the other hand.. It is being made in the style of the NES Megamans? That's awesome... I'm hoping to see it on the PSN.

The rumormill is speculating that the WiiWare version will look like an NES game, but the PSN/Xbox versions will be more "modern" looking.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Marcus on June 27, 2008, 02:12:18 pm
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- Traditional fantasy RPG
- Luminous Arc staffers on board

bad game alert!!

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Splash Woman

j...jesus christ!  i thought OIL MAN (the first black robot, yo) was bad enough but i guess i was wrong.

i'm actually excited for megaman 9 but i'm hoping it doesn't have that cheap "it's a bargain game but we don't care" feeling.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: UPRC on June 27, 2008, 02:19:06 pm
Haha, wow. I just noticed that it was Splash Woman now. I read it as Splash Man when I skimmed through.

This should be interesting....
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Dale Gobbler on June 27, 2008, 02:26:32 pm
Women are a rare type of species in Megaman, but it's very rare to have a woman maverick (Wookie Jedi). I can only guess Splash Womens attacks.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Ghost_Aspergers on June 27, 2008, 03:54:00 pm
What? Mavericks are in X... and even then they are almost always animals (what the fuck is a Mijinion?).
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Leric on June 27, 2008, 05:08:08 pm
I'm looking forward to Arc Rising Fantasia, don't really know why since there's not much info on it yet, it just looks like a good JRPG to me I guess. The graphics are really impressive for a Wii game too (espeically a 3rd party Wii game).

As for this Castlevania Fighter... well I'm not to happy with this news and I don't see how this game's gonna work on a story level. Also most of the characters look like crap especially Maria (they'd better explain in the story when she joined a French brothel) and Alucard (I know he usually looks different in every game but if it weren't for his name up there I'd have no idea that was him).

But still Megaman 9 is awesome news and I'm glad Capcom is getting Inticreates to make it since they did a great job in my opinion on the MMZ and ZX games (going by MMX7 and 8 Capcom seems to have lost the ability to make a good MM game). Don't know how I feel about it having 8-bit graphics, I've always wonder how a new console 2D Megaman game would look now so that's kinda a let down I guess but at the same time I love retro graphics and this also gives them more room to focus on gameplay (not to mention doing things in 8-bit that an actual NES couldn't).

Riz Zowad looks kinda interesting as well. The graphics are impressive for a DS game. Seems I won't have a problem getting my JRPG fix this year.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Sludgelord on June 27, 2008, 05:56:49 pm
there's never going to be another good game
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Marcus on June 27, 2008, 06:01:29 pm
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- difficultly on-par with NES games

one can only guess what this means!

(read: insta-death spikes, cheap bosses, the inability to duck, enemies respawning the second you move off screen, ridiculous platform elements GOD DAMN BUBBLE MAN UUUUUURG)
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Supra Mairo on June 27, 2008, 06:10:14 pm
I thought the NES megamans were really easy apart from few specific spots like Yellow Devil in mm1 and the numerous spikehells in wily stages in each game. Like I never even bothered to use anything besides the regular buster if there wasn't an absolute need to use the other weapons like when theres only one weapon that does any damage at all to a boss.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Marcus on June 27, 2008, 06:15:30 pm
Was the yellow devil the annoying boss that spun around in a tornado and reformed himself on the other side of the screen?

Anyways, there are specifics about Mega Man which I think are lazy and stupid specifically the respawning enemies (it kind of fixes itself after X6 but every previous MM game respawns enemies the second you move off screen yet they can SHOOT YOU through platforms) but Guts Man's stage with the fucking dumping platforms that if you don't jump off precisely will cause you to fall to your death instantly pissed me off to no end.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Eltee on June 27, 2008, 08:40:08 pm
Apparently they had lots of requests to do it retro-style

they said it was to "please the public" or whatever
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Marcus on June 27, 2008, 10:09:12 pm
Quote from: Mr. L on June 27, 2008, 08:40:08 pm
Apparently they had lots of requests to do it retro-style

they said it was to "please the public" or whatever

in that case splash woman will probably be a cute little moe girl that looks like roll (except with black hair) and she'll be wearing a bathing suit or something.

please remember this post because i will quote it in the future when the game comes out.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: tuxedo marx on June 27, 2008, 10:22:32 pm
Quote from: Unguided on June 27, 2008, 03:54:09 am
I hope MM9 actually bridges the gap between MM&B and X
I dunno man, 100 years of gameplay doesn't really appeal to me. ;)
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Eltee on June 28, 2008, 02:17:06 am
Quote from: Marcus on June 27, 2008, 10:09:12 pm
in that case splash woman will probably be a cute little moe girl that looks like roll (except with black hair) and she'll be wearing a bathing suit or something.

please remember this post because i will quote it in the future when the game comes out.

don,t you think that would be kinda hard to notice on a what

7 pixel large 10 pixel tall sprite
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Skie Fortress on June 28, 2008, 04:05:59 pm
What? This is not the Megaman 9 I've been waiting years for. Oh well, Megaman is Megaman regardless of the 8-bit visuals. I'm sure it'll be interesting.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Cho on June 28, 2008, 06:08:01 pm
Quote from: Skie Fortress on June 28, 2008, 04:05:59 pm
What? This is not the Megaman 9 I've been waiting years for. Oh well, Megaman is Megaman regardless of the 8-bit visuals. I'm sure it'll be interesting.

I'm old and elitist, Megaman is Megaman only with 8-bit visuals.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Kezay on June 29, 2008, 02:50:06 am
Castlevania does have a sort of Kingdom Hearts/ Dissidia style about it; I'm pretty skeptical about how it may turn out but I'm at least hopeful it could be decent.  Kind of wish Namco and Konami did a bit of role reversal here though as SC: Legends probably should have been a fighter and CV: Judgement should have been adventure oriented.  SC:L kind of sucked the big one, so I'm hoping that CV:J doesn't suffer the same fate.

I'm far more interested in Megaman 9 and Arc Rising Fantasia.  MM9 for obvious reasons, ARF (heh) because it's nice to see another decent looking RPG coming to Wii alongside ToS: Dawn of the New World, FF:CC The Crystal Bearers and Rune Factor Frontier and as an PoP: Eureka 7 fan I like the character art. :P  Riz Zowad looks awesome, but I'll wait on videos to see how far the game goes.  It definitely looks pretty for a DS game, but as wide as those open spaces look, I wouldn't be surprised if you're kept on a fairly short/linear path with very few chances to go off the beaten path.  Then again, it is based on a story where a gang of do-gooders followed a brick layer path. :P
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Fujin on June 29, 2008, 11:28:32 am
Oh god, that Castlevania fighter looks awful. It doesn't even look like Castlevania.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Neophyte on June 29, 2008, 12:05:27 pm
What the fuck did they do to Alucard?
I mean what were they thinking? Just look at my avatar for the comparison.

I'm looking forward to Megaman 9 though. I wasn't expecting the 8-bit, but I'll like it just for the Nostalgia.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Vellfire on June 29, 2008, 12:06:31 pm
your avatar is just what he looks like without his makeup, obviously


shame on you for having an avatar of him half dressed
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Liquid Ocelot on June 29, 2008, 08:44:24 pm
CV:J looks similar to guilty gear/soul calibur in a way o.o
Cant wait for MM9!
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Eltee on June 29, 2008, 09:06:04 pm
Your avatar isn't exactly right, but yeah. The animey style sucks alot compared to their usual style. :(


EDIT: :)
That's what it should be.

Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Knifen on June 29, 2008, 11:40:04 pm
Seriously, it takes balls to do what Capcom is doing with MM9 considering how most casual gamers will respond to this. Part of my respect for them came back because of this. 8-bit is were Megaman should be. I did like MM7 though, but I think 8 was an abomination. I hope we get to see Bass, and like Unguided said, that it bridges the gap between the regular MM series and the X series.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Liquid Ocelot on June 30, 2008, 03:38:23 am
Quote from: Mr. L on June 29, 2008, 09:06:04 pm
Your avatar isn't exactly right, but yeah. The animey style sucks alot compared to their usual style. :(


EDIT: :)
That's what it should be.


I enjoy alot of games other than metal gear XD
Order of Ecclesia looks cooler(The recent video with gameplay made me poo my pants....well not really)
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: HL on July 08, 2008, 06:58:06 am
http://kotaku.com/5022413/lets-watch-the-first-mega-man-9-footage

mm9 footage
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Grunthor on July 08, 2008, 04:51:02 pm
I'm really psyched about the new Mega Man game.  It's been far too long since they had a good entry in the series.  The 8-bit graphics are pretty awesome as well since I'm more a fan of the NES MM games than the newer ones.

Also that Castlevania game looks really horrid.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: watermelon's on July 08, 2008, 05:00:54 pm
mm9 sounds pretty bad as does the castlevania game. After the terrible voice acting in mm8 im not sure if I want to touch another game in the series. Guess I'll just wait for them both.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Eltee on July 09, 2008, 12:42:47 am
Quote from: moogs on July 08, 2008, 05:00:54 pm
mm9 sounds pretty bad as does the castlevania game. After the terrible voice acting in mm8 im not sure if I want to touch another game in the series. Guess I'll just wait for them both.


why are you even thinking of the voice acting man


it's nes megaman


there are barely even cutscenes in nes megaman games please
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: watermelon's on July 09, 2008, 02:45:08 pm
Quote from: Mr. L on July 09, 2008, 12:42:47 am

why are you even thinking of the voice acting man


it's nes megaman


there are barely even cutscenes in nes megaman games please

I wasnt comparing the bad voice acting as a reason mm9 would be bad. And obviously theres no voice acting in the new one??

Ill elaborate and just say I really didnt like 8 as I did the others for reasons beyond the voice acting as well. I liked some of the old NES ones but they mostly were repetitve imo (except VI, which was my favorite).

Megaman really hasnt ever been something Ive heavily gotten into. I enjoy the X series alot more (although after IV it got terrible).
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: UPRC on July 09, 2008, 05:21:43 pm
Quote from: HL on July 08, 2008, 06:58:06 am
http://kotaku.com/5022413/lets-watch-the-first-mega-man-9-footage

mm9 footage

Hey, wow, that looks great so far! Definitely has an old-school look. I just hope that these new guys can nail the level design of the old games.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Supra Mairo on July 09, 2008, 07:28:51 pm
They've nailed (more or less) the music and some small details at least (those rotating lifts that likely have a gameplay gimmick to them where you need to time yout jump so that you are on the right side).

Just hoping they'll have shoulder buttons, or whatever Wii controllers have, assigned to swap weapons easily on the go.

Quote from: marcus forever ago
Was the yellow devil the annoying boss that spun around in a tornado and reformed himself on the other side of the screen?

Yes, but he was also a pretty INNOVATIVE boss for a game that came out around 1989 or something.


Also someone said that its a bald move to make mm9 into a low-tech game but I'd guess the production costs to make this game are really low and the time they need to make this won't be as long as some full 3D game with all the latest eyecandy and audio +Theres a big audience that just loves this game already.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Marcus on July 10, 2008, 01:54:10 am
Quote
Also someone said that its a bald move to make mm9 into a low-tech game but I'd guess the production costs to make this game are really low and the time they need to make this won't be as long as some full 3D game with all the latest eyecandy and audio +Theres a big audience that just loves this game already.

There was some pretty big topics over at 4chan about how MM9 is basically a romhack that Capcom is charging 10$ for.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Cheesy Doritos on July 10, 2008, 02:18:00 am
Yeah, the retro graphics are nice and all, but it does seem like a little bit of a cop-out.

I still like it though!
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: General Robert E. Lee on July 11, 2008, 06:11:43 pm
Quote from: Marcus on June 27, 2008, 10:09:12 pm
in that case splash woman will probably be a cute little moe girl that looks like roll (except with black hair) and she'll be wearing a bathing suit or something.

please remember this post because i will quote it in the future when the game comes out.

Splash Woman is a mermaid wielding a trident, as seen in this new trailer:


Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Supra Mairo on July 11, 2008, 08:00:56 pm
lookin' good
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Marcus on July 11, 2008, 10:43:16 pm
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Splash Woman is a mermaid wielding a trident, as seen in this new trailer:

How is that supposed to help people???

After watching the trailer I have to say that I am raging at the fact that they brought back those stupid disappearing blocks.  I remember how long it took me to get past those things so many years ago.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Liman on July 11, 2008, 11:05:41 pm
Oh, so Megaman 9 is coming to Xbox too? Sweet. I thought it was Wii exclusive.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Grunthor on July 12, 2008, 12:53:29 am
Quote from: Liman on July 11, 2008, 11:05:41 pm
Oh, so Megaman 9 is coming to Xbox too? Sweet. I thought it was Wii exclusive.

It is a Wii exclusive.  Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5020955/)
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Marcus on July 12, 2008, 12:57:26 am
Quote from: Grunthor on July 12, 2008, 12:53:29 am
It is a Wii exclusive.  Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5020955/)

Knowing Capcom's track record I can't see this being true for more than a year especially if it sells poorly.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: General Robert E. Lee on July 12, 2008, 02:38:00 am
Did you watch the video, Grunthor?  It says right at the end that it's being released on XBLA and PSN.  You should know better than to trust two week old Kotaku articles.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Liman on July 12, 2008, 11:43:33 am
Quote from: Grunthor on July 12, 2008, 12:53:29 am
It is a Wii exclusive.  Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5020955/)

Tehehe, like the poster above mentioned, the trailer reveals that the game isn't Wii exclusive at all and will end up on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
I'm guessing the price on XBL will be around 500-800 points. Can't possibly charge 1200 for a game like this no matter how new it is. Anyway, these news make me happy and I'm definitely getting this.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Ghost_Aspergers on July 12, 2008, 02:08:01 pm
More like 400 points.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Eltee on July 12, 2008, 06:41:18 pm
It's not Wii exclusive. I mean, the Megaman 9 trailer has Xbox 360 - Live Arcade and PS3 - PSN logos along with Wii - WiiWare logos
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: General Robert E. Lee on July 12, 2008, 08:27:01 pm
Mega Man 9 was priced in Japan at 1000 Wii Points ($10 US), I'd expect the other versions to have similar costs. 
Also, there's going to be additional downloadable content available (for a fee, of course).
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Grunthor on July 13, 2008, 01:46:43 am
Quote from: Liman on July 12, 2008, 11:43:33 am
Tehehe, like the poster above mentioned, the trailer reveals that the game isn't Wii exclusive at all and will end up on both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.

I couldn't view the trailer when I posted that (fucking dial up).  So yeah, my bad.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Parker on July 13, 2008, 01:59:30 am
Quote from: KBJGXLM on July 12, 2008, 02:08:01 pm
More like 400 points.
More like a thousand.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Eltee on July 13, 2008, 02:04:12 am
I should've read the other posts.

I just realized I repeated what was already said. :(
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Cho on July 13, 2008, 06:47:16 am
(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/ichigofrost/MM95.png)

I guess MM9 is a throwback to the old days. So much of a throwback that it's recreating exact screens.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Supra Mairo on July 13, 2008, 07:07:41 am
at least the backgrounds are more versatile in mm9
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Ghost_Aspergers on July 13, 2008, 09:13:48 am
Quote from: Cho on July 13, 2008, 06:47:16 am
I guess MM9 is a throwback to the old days. So much of a throwback that it's recreating exact screens.

Despite the initial impression people might get from this, for a game like this.... it actually takes more effort to copy something than to be completely original imo.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: NightBlade on July 13, 2008, 04:41:19 pm
Whatever happened to Castlevania's wonderful old art style? Ever since That DS game they've been using some generic anime fanfare.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Cho on July 13, 2008, 07:24:50 pm
Quote from: KBJGXLM on July 13, 2008, 09:13:48 am
Despite the initial impression people might get from this, for a game like this.... it actually takes more effort to copy something than to be completely original imo.

I'd agree for just about any other developer, but Capcom's got this shit down to a science by now.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Timothy Musclerash on July 13, 2008, 11:56:22 pm
aren't most CV characters the same archetype anyways? also alucard looks like sephiroth.

I can basically guarantee that that wii rpg will be a piece of shit if the luminous arc guys are working on it.

I'm not that into Megaman so I don't care much about that but it looks like a pretty huge copout.

and riz zowad just looks strange, which I guess is a good thing because it at least looks somewhat interesting. I can't help but get the feeling it will suck though.

Quote from: dogchode69 on June 27, 2008, 05:56:49 pm
there's never going to be another good game
pretty much, yeah
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: General Robert E. Lee on July 23, 2008, 03:09:44 pm
Offical Mega Man 9 boxart:
(http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/33567/mega_man_9_box_art_-_main_image.jpg)
They're going to sell shirts of this.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: UPRC on July 23, 2008, 03:52:47 pm
Hahaha, no way. I cannot believe that. I just CANNOT.

Where did you find that?
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Happy HELLoween on July 23, 2008, 05:00:06 pm
yeah, I saw that last night, it is pretty cool. I like how he is holding a gun along with his blaster cannon
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/07/17/e308-glorious-mega-man-9-boxart/
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: UPRC on July 23, 2008, 05:15:15 pm
Haha, wow.. It is real.

Alright. Capcom has been so amazing lately. First SF4 was announced last year (and shapes up beautifully) and now Megaman 9. The fact that it's classic looking is just icing on the cake. The fact that they came up with that boxart to parody the shitty old ones from the NES days is just clever and hilarious. They're practically making fun of themselves with that.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: maladroithim on July 23, 2008, 08:12:27 pm
Quote from: Cho on July 13, 2008, 06:47:16 am
Screens

I guess MM9 is a throwback to the old days. So much of a throwback that it's recreating exact screens.

This is really, really, awful.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Eltee on July 23, 2008, 08:56:57 pm
Quote from: maladroithim on July 23, 2008, 08:12:27 pm
This is really, really, awful.

Not that much. That's probably the only or so occurence: from my memory, alot of megaman games redo one or two screens from other games. It's as if it was a gimmick for them.

It's not very omnipresent.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: General Robert E. Lee on August 06, 2008, 01:36:25 am
New Mega Man 9 feature revealed: sprite flickering.  You can turn it on to have sprites flicker when there's too much going on the screen, just like the old days! (source) (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/08/05/mega-man-9-getting-intentional-bugs-flicker/)
I don't know how much more hardcore they can make this.
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Boulvae on August 06, 2008, 05:23:09 am
8-bit four colors, using Gameboy sounds only, and removing Splash Woman and replacing it with Red Herring Man or something. Serioursly if they wanted to they could just take all their previous sprites and recycle them, they have the money infact that Mega Man might be exactly the same one from a different game.

And lets not forget THE SLIDE!!!
Title: Castlevania fighter, new Wii RPG, Megaman 9 and Riz Zowad (wut?)
Post by: Liman on August 07, 2008, 04:45:20 pm
The poster artwork is really amazing. It reminds me so much of the old boxarts that made me wonder why he looked so old despite being a kid in the game. It's a really neat direction that Capcom is taking with this game... backwards.

Sweet.