Mega Man 9 PFFFFFFFFFF

Well gunch my funch, Mega Man 9 is announced (leaked?) as a downloadable for Nintendo's WiiWare. It is made in the same style as the classic Mega Men (1-6) for NES and as you can see here-

it is a return to the series' roots in every sense of the word.

Granted, this news comes from a Mega Man fan site via scans from the next issue of Nintendo Power, and could indeed be a Mega Punk, but it has been picked up by the major sites as being a full announcement. So that's the green light for a Blogette!

WHAT ME THINK: I am shocked. I can see why they wanted to do this: if they're going back to the original series, make the visuals as stripped and pure as the original's gameplay. But isn't the basic formula where things began to go south for the Mega Man series in the first place? Mega Man 4, 5 and 6 recycled this formula to nauseating levels.

For Mega Man 9, the first original series game in 10 years, they should have pulled out all the stops. Keep it in 2D, yeah, but give it THE BEST 2D sprite visuals, like those in some latter day PS2 and PSP RPG's, that are vibrant and full of color and motion with living, deep backgrounds. Take the opportunity to make crazy levels and bosses, maybe even bridge the series to Mega Man X (story isn't that important, but there can't possibly be a Mega Man 10).

I can (g)eek out some respect, but ultimately I am disappointed. Downlaodable games can suck it.