Proto Man playable in Mega Man 9 ... for a price

by Jem Alexander { Sep 22nd 2008 at 12:00PM }

Want to perform a slide tackle or charge shot in Mega Man 9 this Thursday? Sorry, you're out of luck. Mega Man seems to have lost those abilities in his transition back to the NES era (even though he had those abilities from Mega Man 3 onwards, which was a NES title). There may still be a chance, though. GamesRadar is reporting that Proto Man will be a downloadable character and will have both of these abilities. You'd better get your nickels and dimes ready, though, because he's not going to be free.

He should be arriving on the US PSN store during the week of October 6th and will cost you $1.99. Think of him as an "easy mode." From what we've played of Mega Man 9, by October 6th, you'll be screaming for an easy mode.

Tags: capcom, mega-man, mega-man-9, megaman, proto-man, PSN

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Epyon @ Sep 22nd 2008 12:16PM

What? The game has been stated for the PSN this week, what is up?

Gaucho @ Sep 22nd 2008 12:35PM

Wow, Capcom should be slapped in the face. they removed a move Megaman had in Megaman 3 so that they could charge for it. kinda lame. IMO the game itself should be $5, so this makes me MegaMad (HA! see what I did there?)

adolson @ Sep 22nd 2008 12:43PM

slap in the face = do not buy

I forgive them, though, because BC:R is such a great value... MM9 seems more like "hey, we found this old unreleased ROM.. should we just chuck it?" "aww hell naw, we can sell it!"

Averna @ Sep 22nd 2008 8:05PM

yeah Id like to see more rehashes like BC. Sure I love the originals, but not on the HDTV... makes my eyes hurt.

Bring on the NES revival!

Levi @ Sep 23rd 2008 12:07AM

I know I'm going against the majority here, but... they were trying to model the game after MM2, as they thought it was the most popular incarnation. That doesn't mean I agree with them charging 2 bucks for it, but I don't necessarily disagree with their decision to keep charge shot and sliding out of the main game.

The game is going to struggle to make money according to the Capcom guy on Playstation Blog.. He says the game took a lot longer to 'get the feel of the originals down' or something like that, increasing development costs... I'll support the DLC out of sheer love of this new direction for Capcom, and I want to see them continue.

Hopefully this DLC route won't grow exponentially though.

Popfrogs @ Sep 22nd 2008 1:02PM

Yeah this is almost as bad as EA trying to charge money for weapons on BF:BC. Actually it's worse since MM3 onwards, you could do a charge shot.

Maybe this should be Megaman 2.5.

adolson @ Sep 24th 2008 1:46PM

Maybe it IS Mega Man 2.5.. They wouldn't ever admit to that if it were, though.

jarhead906 @ Sep 22nd 2008 1:11PM

See, this is what makes me mad. They have the game completed and ready to go, but then add DLC for a price with little or no time at all. This is ridiculous. You're charging me more for something you could have put in the game for no extra charge? Thats like taking out the ability to even use your weapon in the game and charge you to buy as DLC. What a joke.

I can understand developing additional items maybe a few months down the line, like more maps for CoD 4. Even then, the devs could just make all the maps for the game, take out 8 and systematically sell those however they see fit to get even more cash out of the consumer.