Mega Man's 25th

[mariocaseman]

Does anyone know if Capcom plans on doing ANYTHING to celebrate Mega Man's 25th Anniversary this year?  I really would like a Wii or PS3 game disc with Mega Man 1-10 on it...  I don't think that is too much to ask for.  But I cannot believe there is nothing on the horizon for this occasion!

[Forte]

Sadly, Capcom hates Mega Man now. No MM Universe, no MML3, no X in MvC3, Trollman in SF X Tekken, the list goes on. I'm a huge Mega Man fan, and it disgusts me how the franchise has been left to circle the bowl. We'll be lucky to get another NES rehash on virtual console this year. My money is on a big fat nothing though.

[TyrannicalFascist]

As a person who really hasn't ever played a Mega Man game very much, I don't know of any plans - I haven't seen anything on any of the gaming news sites I follow like GoNintendo.

However, I did just win the Mega Man Anniversary Collection (which came in today) and Mega Man X Collection for Gamecube on eBay, and I've started by playing Mega Man 1 for the first time.  

[Seraph Man]

Don't hate on BBA Mega Man. That was a design choice Keiji Inafune approved of, and it would have been more amusing if not for all the crap Mega Man's been through in the past year.

As far as the 25th, all we've got thusfar is Project X Zone, which feature X and Zero, but that doesn't really count. A new compilation would be nice, but it would either just be a rehash of the GCN/PS2 compilations, or maybe a compilation of Mega Man 1-5 for the Gameboy (which they were making for the GBA, but it got shelved), which I would like, but I won't hold my breath.

And TF, enjoy those games. The buttons are screwy on the gamecube for the Aniversary Collection, but otherwise it's solid.

[TyrannicalFascist]

And TF, enjoy those games. The buttons are screwy on the gamecube for the Aniversary Collection, but otherwise it's solid.

I'm probably going to track down one of those retro controller adapters so I can use my SNES controller on the Gamecube. 

[Seraph Man]

And TF, enjoy those games. The buttons are screwy on the gamecube for the Aniversary Collection, but otherwise it's solid.

I'm probably going to track down one of those retro controller adapters so I can use my SNES controller on the Gamecube. 

Well, the reason I say it's screwy is because they swapped the A and B buttons. On the NES, B fires and A jumps, but on the Gamecube, A fires and B jumps. It makes absolutely no sense as to why they did that, and there's no way to change it back. I don't know if getting an adapter will help, but for gaming sake, I hope so.

[DKBananas]

2nd the screwed up GC button layout.  What were they thinking!!!!  I have plans to use a GC to nes adapter then rewire an original nes controller with dip switches to re path the a and b buttons.  just haven't gotten around to getting the adapter or wiring up the nes controller.  Got a nice dip switch from an old motherboard though.

[wiggy]

That's the way to do it.  Git 'er done! (ugh, can't believe I just used that phrase...)

[AppleQueso]

All that trouble when you could just get the NES games...

[ShaggyB]

Don't hate on BBA Mega Man. That was a design choice Keiji Inafune approved of, and it would have been more amusing if not for all the crap Mega Man's been through in the past year.

As far as the 25th, all we've got thusfar is Project X Zone, which feature X and Zero, but that doesn't really count. A new compilation would be nice, but it would either just be a rehash of the GCN/PS2 compilations, or maybe a compilation of Mega Man 1-5 for the Gameboy (which they were making for the GBA, but it got shelved), which I would like, but I won't hold my breath.

And TF, enjoy those games. The buttons are screwy on the gamecube for the Aniversary Collection, but otherwise it's solid.

boy are they ever... reversed if i recall correctly.... which messes you up bad if you are a hardcore mega man gamer.

[ShaggyB]

All that trouble when you could just get the NES games...

to be fair Mega Man 5 and 6 arent cheap on Ebay. (I still have my copies with boxes and manuals). Honestly, It would be cheaper to buy a nes controller and rewire it. I just play the originals when I feel the need... but for those that dont have them and do have the anniversary collection... getting the GC to nes converter and rewiren an old nes controller is probably going to come in way cheaper than buying 1-6 carts and cleaning them with contact cleaner. (alcohol doesnt always work on the older ones as they have corrosion too.)

[AO007]

All that trouble when you could just get the NES games...

Good luck finding a working NES, or the money to buy a Toploader.

Anniversary Collection is much more convenient anyway. One Disc > 7 Cartridges and a Disc. Button layout can be switched anyways.

[wiggy]

All that trouble when you could just get the NES games...

Come on, you know that's not a simple solution at this point.

to be fair Mega Man 5 and 6 arent cheap on Ebay. (I still have my copies with boxes and manuals). Honestly, It would be cheaper to buy a nes controller and rewire it. I just play the originals when I feel the need... but for those that dont have them and do have the anniversary collection... getting the GC to nes converter and rewiren an old nes controller is probably going to come in way cheaper than buying 1-6 carts and cleaning them with contact cleaner. (alcohol doesnt always work on the older ones as they have corrosion too.)

And this is a big part of why; it's no small, or cheap task.

Good luck finding a working NES, or the money to buy a Toploader.

Anniversary Collection is much more convenient anyway. One Disc > 7 Cartridges and a Disc. Button layout can be switched anyways.


Just get the PS2 version.  Funky controller problem solved. 

Dude, there's so many clones out there now.  No need to buy an actual Nintendo unit anymore

[AppleQueso]

All that trouble when you could just get the NES games...

Good luck finding a working NES, or the money to buy a Toploader.

Or any frontloading NES and a $5 replacement connector. It's not hard to find a working one or get a flaky one up and running. Mine works just fine.

Toploaders are overpriced considering their inferior video output.

[soundwave925]

just get the ps2 or xbox version

and also, no i dont think capcom is doing anything super special for the anniversary. i would be very surprised if they did.