Mega Man 9: A 15th Anniversary Retrospective Gaming Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- In 2008, Capcom gave its oldest, greatest hero a new lease on life. Let's celebrate 15 years of Mega Man's glorious return!
(Chapter markers and more below...)
0:00 Coming Up Next!!
0:14 GTV ID: To the Nines!!
0:20 Act 1: Full Circle
6:43 Act 2: Reviving the Ancient
16:37 Act 3: Ready to Rock!
21:10 Epilogue: The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
24:06 NG Scene!
Episode Information
GTV 154 "Nine Lives" Season 8 Episode 11
Original Airdate: September 22, 2023
Produced August 1-5, September 16-22, 2023
Recorded at Butsudan Studios and edited on my 14” MacBook M1 Pro! Edited and produced with Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, and Topaz AI. All paid for with Gainful Employment™
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Partial transcript
On September 22nd, 2008, Capcom brought its original superstar back from the dead. Well, maybe not the absolute first character in their stable, but the oldest one that had the most impact on the company: Mega Man! Known in Japan as Rockman.
20 years after hitting the scene, the Blue Bomber was back with all new adventure. OK. More like 21 years. After all, Rockman was first released in Japan on December 17th, 1987. We all know the history from there so there’s no need to go too deep into detail, but if somebody were happily playing Mega Man 1 on a warm Summer’s night back in 1988, and suddenly went into a coma until 2008, and saw the ninth… NINTH!! Mega Man game, which looks exactly like the first one, he or she might be asking just what the heck happened!?
I would tell that 21st Century Rip van Winkle this: Mega Man was a huge game series back in the 8 bit days. It was so popular that there were 6 games in 6 years! The games had some improvements, like the Mega Buster, and helpers like Rush, Beat and Eddie, but the core game, The struggle of Dr. Light versus Dr. Wily and most notably the graphics never changed! Partly because to keep up with the demanding pace of putting out annual installments, there wasn’t any time to make those changes, and things worked so well, maybe they didn’t need much changing after all.
Footage provided by official game trailers, or website sources. Some gameplay assistance by Pietro soft. Music taken straight from the Rockman 9 CD soundtrack from the E-Can Sound Collection. 
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Megaman 9 came out when I started to get lost with gaming. Though I was enjoying new experiences I just felt like something was missing with each experience and thought that was it for me especially with the lack of time that never goes away. I never played nine as much as I would like but it did prompt me to pull out my NES and SNES resulting in me over the years understanding my love was always for that generation and older. To this day the Blue bomber still puts a smile on my face. Thank you Mega man.
You gotta play Mega man x it’s fire
It’s fire? That’s a new one
It is crazy to think that it has been fifteen years since 2008... to me that year still feels close. Thank you friends.
Ugh I know...
@@Vulpas Yes, it seems as if it was almost yesterday when I read about the new Mega Man featured in my Nintendo magazine. Very nostalgic. Thank you friend.
Here's the scary part. It was 15 years between the first Mega Man X (a state-of-the art game) and Mega Man 9 (a nostalgic retro game). And as you say, it has been another 15 years between Mega Man 9 and now. The first period of time seems much longer than the second...
@Rationalific that’s why I did these 2 videos this year. Trying to bookend the idea and the passage of time!
@@GTV-Japan 👍
15 years already? Maaaan. I love Mega Man 9 so much. It was the first time I really got to follow the pre-release news and get excited. I really hope we see another series revival or two in the future!
Great coverage!
Another great video from one of my favourite RUclipsrs
This is definitely a mega man that is among the greats.
Ah yes, everyone's favorite Robot Master: Splashwo Man.
Hahaha!!
The spinny things in Tornado Man's stage were probably my favorite thing in the game, after I learned how they moved..
Perfect way to spend my lunch break, great video!
Thanks! Enjoy whatever you’re eating! 🔌
Thanks for this video!! I truly can't believe it's been 15 years!! That was the beginning of the retro craze thanks to Super Mario Wii(which I think would be an awesome video!!) After watching this, I'm going to back to play this gem!!
I am going to get to that too very soon. I love new super Mario
Such a fantastic video. Thank you. Brings back memories of 15yrs ago when MM9 came out ❤❤
I never originally owned Mega Man 9 back in the WiiWare days because I didn't have a Internet Connection or a WiFi Connection so I was out of luck. But now I do have internet access I can and have gotten Mega Man 9 through Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 and 2 and I had a blast playing it.
Can't wait to have some free time to catch up with Gtv!!
Get the beers ready 🍺
I was there in the 80’s and 90’s and played a lot of MM games, but I wasn’t there when this game came out. I discovered the Wii later, and then I heard of MM9, and that it was well received… but why all the praise? You presented it perfectly in this video! Cheers!
Thanks for watching 🛸
FANTASTIC video as always, GTV!!!! Extra props to you for referencing Cinderella! They rocked and Long,Cold Winter is an amazing album!!
Of course I knew them originally but in the 90s there were these mail order greatest hit albums I’d see advertised on TV. Monster Ballads!!! This song was in the commercial so I must have heard just that line 9000 times. It took on a new life after that for me
Your vids are always 9/9!
Man, I even got something in my eye at the end...
Here. 🪣
Hey right now Capcom is having its 40th Anniversary and has a Steam sale for it. You can get this game, both Legacy Collections at the deepest cut at 67% off (11.60 vs 29.99) with all the trimmings. I've been waiting to see it go this low, never had 10 barely touched 9 so this is good. Good as dodging that 200+ bullet MM7 sickeningly hits too.
this of all games was what made me connect my wii to the internet for the first time
This video gives me a great sense of nostalgia for Capcom Unity, which was the go to website for everything Capcom related and Megaman was no exception. I spent a good amount of time reading news articles and posting on the forums whenever I got home from school, it was a place where all sorts of fans of different Capcom series could come together and just talk about everything related to their favorite games. It's also was there that the ill fated Megaman Legends 3 was being built with the help of the fans which involved contests and polls that decided where the game's direction would go. It was an amazing community that had a big passion for the games Capcom produced, but of coarse it only could last for so long, as it was eventually shutdown many years later. I still keep in contact with a pen pal I met on Capcom Unity, and I will always cherish the fun times spent on the website back then.
It’s a shame websites disappear after some time and can’t be enjoyed eternally in the way a book or movie can be. Thanks for watching 🛸
15 years already? I still remember the absolute FEVER surrounding Splashwoman's announcement and the months leading up to her reveal.
I know! That was so awesome and funny. Why are robots men or women anyway? They aren’t human! I went back to play the game obviously and I noticed Splash Woman’s stage was really easy. And I wonder if they didn’t make it easier because everyone would try Splash Woman first since it was something different and new. Also funny name Splash Woman. That movie is “big in Japan” ya know? In Final Fantasy I the mermaid that grew legs was named Darryl, which always made me laugh.
We were robbed though. Honey Woman looked cute as heck.
@@Prodmullefc We should have gotten both!
It felt a bit surreal for me.
Mega Man & Bass may be my favourite Classic Mega Man game, but I absolutely cannot deny that MM9 has an incredible place in my heart as not only the first Mega Man game I ever played after discovering the franchise through LittleBigPlanet Community levels as a kid, but also the one I've managed to sink the most hours into. The tightness, the polish, the cute little subtle details they added, the weapon balancing, the amount of depth they managed to cram into its level design, mechanics and, again, weapons; the challenges/achievements they put in that literally incentivise speedrunning and actually scoping out said depth (yes, even the one that makes you beat the whole game 30 times haha). It's just such an amazing experience from start to finish and it perfectly embodies what Classic Mega Man as a series is all about. Honestly, could never have asked for a better first title! Definitely a great place to start playing these games if you don't mind the difficulty compared to 2, 5 or 8.
Thank you Mega Man 9; without you, I probably would never have been properly introduced to this incredible franchise. ❤
omg... that intro was so legendary... well said... that was too gud, I'm 38 and I was there with the blue bomber on the nes-
Here’s for every late night session in the dark! 💎
Wow I miss the late gba early ds era, remember reading about the wii, the games and everything on Club Nintendo(latin american nintendo power) and wanting a ds so badly, thanks for the video, I was looking for something to watch while I take my sunday morning coffe
It’s funny how advanced games are now classic. Like looking at a car from 1995 and calling it antique. But it’s true 🌪️
Another thing that was so innovative was the series of press kits they sent out. Packaged like a NES game with all the goodies inside, even a replica NES cart, really drove that nostalgia back.
Really? Mine must have gotten lost in the mail…….
GTV knockin' it out of the park again. Always a joy to watch your videos my friend! I love MM9 when it was first released. Seemed so quaint, a retro themed /new/ Mega Man title. It's crazy that this is now a modern day occurrence.
Ooh, new GTV video! Very epic
Funny you were 30 when it came out, and I was 15, now I'm 31, and watching this only to now feel the ebb of time flow since then. Crazy how time passes, I remember buying it on wiiware and just having a blast with it while everyone else was more into fps call of duty games. Glad to know there where others like me back then who really wanted this.
I was OVER 30! But yeah I called my neighbor over and we played forever thinking it was the greatest thing ever. Only 3D Dot Game Heroes got me more excited and then later New Luigi U. And FC remix. But that’s about it other than final fantasy 13
This video made me feel pretty good. Thanks again for your work.
You’re welcome 🧜♀️
Great review!
Your closing comments hit really close to home. I was born in 1980 and played these as a kid and loved them, having beaten each one dozens of times. They were an integral part of my childhood.
Having something like Mega Man 9 was unheard of. A new entry made in the classic way. And best of all, it delivered!
I invited my brothers over for the first playthrough and we sat around the TV, in our late 20s, and felt like kids again, switching the controller back and forth taking on the different bosses.
What a gift of nostalgia.
I simply can't believe that was 15 years ago now.
Sounds like a good time! Same here. That first night playing all night was such a trip!
When Mega Man 9 first launched, I didn't like it. The enemies felt like the developers looked around the office and put in whatever they saw. I don't remember exactly, but I'm thinking it was something like scissors and umbrellas.
But then, I got sick… really bad cold. There was not much to do except stay home and play the game. Slowly I started feeling better and enjoying the game more. Perhaps it was because I missed Metal Blade from Mega Man 2, but then I got the Jewel Satellite. That weapon was very useful and great for farming. If I'm remembering right, I left it on over night to automatically collect loot. 😄
Mega Man 9 was an OK game, but the real Mega Man action was when I played Mega Man X on the Super Nintendo Classic Edition. Wow! I don't know how I missed that game when it was new. Mega Man throwing fireballs like Ryu / Ken. It was awesome.
Still, there was something special about games from Japan in the 1980s. Perhaps it was their economic boom, but there's just something different about the content. Why is it Mega Man 2 music sounds amazing, but Mega Man 9 is… eh… just OK. It's not just Mega Man 2 either… Street Fighter 2, just a few years later, also sounded great. Hopefully this isn't just a fleeting moment in time, and that the games of the future can even surpass the games of yesteryear.
This was a most fortuitous video! I had probably not watched a Mega Man related video for the better part of a year... Then two days ago, a video popped up in my subscription feed called "Is Mega Man X DiVE Offline Worth Playing?", so I figured I'd check it out, even though I wasn't interested in actually buying the game. But that kind of revived my interest, and then yesterday, I watched another Mega Man X video as well as two Mega Man videos. So I went from no Mega Man videos watched for multiple months in a row to four Mega Man (and X) related videos in just two days. Then, today, I was getting ready to eat and was scrolling through my subscriptions but couldn't really find anything I really wanted to watch while eating dinner...but then I found this, released just today, and it was a no-brainer. I put on this video and enjoyed it a lot. It came at the perfect time! These three days in a row have been full of Mega Man fun, and this video is the peak of the five that I've watched over this time period!
By the way, I was never personally that into Mega Man (and only rented some games and got close to buying Mega Man 8 on the Saturn, but didn't quite pull the trigger), but I finally bought Mega Man 11 when it came out, and I really like that game and hope for another one. I'm happy with one just like it, with the exact same systems in place... The double gear system is great!
Finally, the game that did it for me the way Mega Man 9 did it for you was Sonic Mania. That brought back that feeling that you described near the end of your video. After so much wasted potential, I felt that finally, the greatness from the past was fully realized in a new game (though one just like that with all new levels is my real dream). Sonic Superstars might be similar to a Mega Man 11 in that it's "classic-ish but modernized", but Sonic Mania is the real deal. It's not a modern take on peak Sonic. It is peak Sonic. You may not have been as big a fan of classic Sonic as I was, but I wonder if you had a somewhat similar experience with Sonic Mania and if you might put out a video about it someday...
I was and am a big sonic fan. I’ll get to sonic mania someday. But I have to tackle the original series first.
@@GTV-Japan 👍
MM9 is FIFTEEN?! JEEZUS
I like how the Swiss bank account number is the day the 1st mega man came out
Beautiful, brings a tear to my eyes.
I needed this, today!
On my list of favorite classic mega man games, my top 3 are mega man 2, 3, then 9. 9 is fantastic and belongs alongside the classic series. I still go back to play it every so often
I'll never forget when my uncle got my brother and I the Mega Man Anniversary Collection for Gamecube. At first, the games didn't make much of a first impression for me, I think I was a little too young at the time to be able to enjoy them at their fullest. But after I graduated Elementary school that summer vacation I made it my mission to beat all 8 of those games before the summer was over. That summer vacation is full of memories playing through those games and beating them one-by-one. I still frequently go back to them and as times have changed, so too have my opinions about them. Mega Man 7 went from being my least favorite, to my most favorite, for example!
Great story! I’m glad I wrote that part about brothers nephews and muh kids learning mega man. It’s actually true!!
@@GTV-JapanOh yeah! That part resonated with me a lot! I can't imagine what I could possibly have been playing if Mega Man wasn't part of it somehow, and all thanks to my uncle!
@Jeiku-ox3zd that’s awesome!
When I was a teen, mega man 9 used to be among my least favourite Mega Man games (bottom 2 or 3) because of how difficult and unforgiving it was. As I got more skill in the series and learned to appreciate some of its design more, it turned into my second facourite, right after 10. I think that was about 7 years ago.
"I was there when it happened. I was there to see happen!" 😢
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Man, 15 years!!! to think that when 9 came out i already was thinking this was a retro callback to the old era that i enjoyed so much in the early 90's!
I really loved 9 and 10, they captured the essence of the classics perfectly, and they even had the old composers back to make some new tunes, like Yasuaki Fujita, that made the track for Solar Man in MM10, he was the composer of my all time favorite entry: MM3.
As always, great work man, your channel is pure gold, i respect the work that people like you make, some old geezers like me love discovering new things about our favorite games, and the newer generations can discover new games they most likely didn't know by their age.
Thanks old friend! I hope I can keep at it, covering games from 2023 in 2053!!!
And we all be watching them!!! @@GTV-Japan
Outstanding content as always
Thank you 🐝
Wow, this was a very nicely presented history of Mega Man 9. It definitely feels like a video which both an avid fan like me and a less knowledgeable player can both enjoy.
However, one thing in this video totally surprised me: "In Mega Man 9, fans were pleasantly surprised to learn that one of the Robot Masters would be female." I had no idea that some fans liked it, since my reaction was opposite when I saw the Robot Master selection for the first time. I was in disbelief and enraged because it broke the tradition that had been in all nine main games so far.
I also learned something new from this video: even though I knew about Honey Woman, I had no idea that Splash Woman was originally supposed to be "Ocean Man".
By the way, one thing in this video seemed to be incorrect. It was mentioned that there is an option to turn thee flicker off, but I am fairly certain that when I tried the game for the first time, the flickering was off by default and there was an option to turn it on. I specifically remember wondering why anyone would want that when I was browsing the options screen.
All in all, I really like Mega Man 9. When I played it for the first time, it felt very much like Mega Man 2 but more polished. It seemed like all the little things in each NES Mega Man game that prevented them from being the ultimate Mega Man experience for the 8-bit system had been remedied, thus finally creating that ultimate experience. Even the game's story and its presentation were pretty good. Of all the "8-bit" style Mega Man games, 9 is still my favourite.
Thanks for liking the video! At least people I know thought splash woman was a funny idea
SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT,
MEGAMAN!!
FIIIIIIIIGHTING TO SAVE THE WORLD WORLD WORLD...
They were so tight-lipped during development of this game that by the time we all saw the website announcement it almost seemed too good to be true hoping that it wasn't some prank or hoax. At the time I didn't have the Wii let alone the other newer systems so I had to wait until 2010 when I finally got the Wii Bundle with Wii Sports Resort. I largely ignored all reviews and positive feedback the game got aside from being taken aback at the idea of loosing Megaman's signature slide and Mega Buster I've grown accustomed to. But once I purchased and played the game Christmas of 2010 I could not stop playing it and beat the game completely within a few days. You guys are also right that the success of Megaman 9 inspired and sparked the whole retro revival movement that's still running strong today and hopefully will never be abandoned or discouraged again like it was from the mid 90s through the late 2000s. 😃
In the last ten years I’ve encouraged only getting games on Christmas and birthdays. It makes things more fun. And if you really are “retro” then you have to adopt the part of being young and slash or poor to truly recreate the good old days.
I would love for Capcom to surprise us all again and give us Mega Man 12!
Oh baby!
Even better, One thats styled like the wily wars, that style's rarely been used.
Man, whenever I watch your videos and hear your lines about Nostalgia, they always totally resonate with me. I felt excactly the same. This game brought back Mega Man as we knew, and it was basically the only game that could ever achieve this.
We were lucky to have it!
The best game in the classic series, hands down! Creative robot masters, very useful weapons, incredible stage design and absolutely amazing music! Thanks for making this video, it's nice to see others share my love for this title.
No problem 🔥
This is possibly the best of them all!
Beautiful video! I was there too!
Fuck it man, you made me cry....
That was fun. As always....thank you
Mega Man 9 was a very difficult game . Great video GTV japan
Thanks for watching 🐝
Ahh days in my X-Box 360….❤
Ah so you were the one guy without a ps3? 🧜♀️
Mega Man & Bass is so great, that's why I liked Mega Man 9 so much, it had DLC for him as a playable character with a lot of his original moveset in place (making the game easier for me because I suck lol).
To this day Mega Man 9 and 10 are the peak of the series. If the best elements of both were combined into one then we'd have a perfect Mega Man game.
Such a great video as always. Mega Man is near and dear to me. Ever since I saw the MM3 Nintendo Power issue I was hooked. MM9 is a fantastic game and one of the best in the series.
That was a good Nintendo Power they were all good but that one had a lot of stuff in it!
@@GTV-Japan I have the first 20 issues on display in my game room. Such an amazing magazine. Your videos are soooo good. You should feel proud! Amazing work!!
@midnightaaron84 thanks I appreciate that. I have the first 100 or so high res scanned on my hard drive to read any time
Shame Keiji Inafune didn't put the same amount of love and care into making Mighty Number 9 as he did with Mega Man 9
I know! And he talked a big game over it too. That’s on the list for a video someday too 💎
The Greatest Action Platformer 9
It will always be weird to me that Rockman & Bass came out on Super Famicom in 1998.
I wonder what they were thinking. It could have easily been a successful ps1 game.
@GTV-Japan who knows. Such a weird choice to do a follow up to a PS1 game on the previous generation system
@MCastleberry1980 my best guess is Nintendo gave them a bonus to do it.
Had fun with 9. Slightly prefer 10 overall though
Same here. Sheep Man is the greatest. 🐑
Mm 10 had good music
I remember the reception of this game basically being "OMG!!! They made a new one and it's bringing back all the nostalgia feels! We want more! MORE MORE MORE!" And then the reception to the 10th one as "ugh... they made ANOTHER one?" Pretty ungrateful, frankly. Also, "bass" (pronounced [bAY-ss]) is a stupid word. Why does it look like 'bass" (pronounced [bAH-ss]) like the fish? I know his Japanese name is Forte, and it feels like the localization team thinks we're too dumb to know a musical term (as in the puns of "Rock man" and "Roll" were too complex for us Westerners where the term Rock and Roll comes from, BTW).
It took me until I was about 20 years old to get the joke. Then I just said. Oh. That’s not funny. I’ll get to MM10 someday soon don’t worry! 🐝
The closing monologue depressed the hell out of me, but the rest of the video was solid.
Maybe it's because I'm at midlife crisis age, but all of sudden nostalgia isn't fun like it was even just a couple years ago.
It's like the instant I hit 40, it went from fun to feeling like mourning a death. Like, the realization came all at once how it's all just... gone.
I prefer to think it's just dissatisfaction with the present rather than a real longing for the past.
And I think midlife is hitting us differently than our parents. Thanks to the internet, I've always been able to play my favorite games from childhood, watch my favorite movies, social media came along I'm my early 20s, so I'm still in regular contact with most of my old friends from school (I'm even friends with some now that I wasn't then).
Really I should be grateful that all these things that I loved remained in my life. But I also fear it allowed middle age to sneak up on me all the more deviously.
Sorry, I didn't mean to turn this into a therapy session. I know this is a bit outside the scope of a video about Mega Man.
Although I doubt I'm the only 80s baby going through this.
Sorry I tried to be positive. To accept that life goes on and it’s good.
Another excellent video! Thank you.
I remember buying this on my Wii with my sister's credit card when i was 13 years old, how time flies....thanks for all the videos.
Nice. Hope she’s not mad about that
@@GTV-Japan nah, she charged my dad
@brunomoreno3666 ha! Nice get!!
Great video as always! MM9 is one of my favs - and totally appreciated your closing thoughts. I was eager to play this game, with mild anxiety, hoping that it'd be good and not messed up with current video game standards - but boy when I heard the Mega man 2 password screen after you pressed start, I knew I was in for something special!
I hope you felt the same way when you were doing that first play through 🐝
happy 15th anniversary megaman 9!!! :3
favorite classic megaman game alongside 2,6,4 & especially 8 as it was such a great revival of the blue bomber(like 11's design but was honestly really safe in areas.)/compared to shovel knight tbh still to me the best of reviving the 8-bit style as i got it after playing the anniversary collection experiencing the older games and fell in love with it sparking my interest in capcom's other series.
i loved the robot masters(splash woman,tornado man,jewel man and hornet man/his unused design honey woman being made into a character in the archie comics "vespa woman",story(love the ending screens/megaman showing dr. wily his defeats,find dr. wily having a swiss bank account funny/cameo of chun li referencing the movie and the shop's cute moments like roll flying on rush.) especially the decommissioned robot masters(that felt more in depth than a majority of the x series narrative.),weapons(favorite in the entire series.).
music(splash woman, and wily stage 2/3.) and bringing back to the charm of old school capcom that i'm glad is starting to come back.
2 4 6 8! Which mega mans are really great!? well actually its all of them!!
I love 9. I even did the Mr. Perfect run, though I doubt I will ever complete it again.
That was a hard challenge. But the no miss was also a fun one. Laser trident saved the day!
Capcom actually had 2 choices: make MegaMan ZX 3 or MegaMan 9.
Of course, the question in their minds was... Which game had an engine that they use twice to sell at least twice to consumers easily?
This wasn't a surprise to people who are familiar with Capcom's business practices.
Your channel is so peaceful to listen to and watch to. Great work as always!!!
Thanks Ken! I’m taking a short break now but I’ll be working on more videos soon ✌🏻
….you were over 30at the time? According to my math that now makes you 92! All jokes aside thanks for making the video, Mega Man 9 was the opposite of depression when it came out 15 years ago it’s still a favorite of mine.
Hey. I may be old, but I’m spry! 🧜♀️
Wonderfully done video! That closing was perfect. I grew up playing Mega Man and I must have watched 9’s trailer 50 times before release. I was a senior in high school at the time it came out and all I could think about was coming home to download and play it. I also remember appearing on the Top 10 on release day. For me, this is the greatest comeback story in gaming. I’m going to need to fire up the game again soon and play it using my NES Classic controller.
Personally I hate leader boards because they end up being taken over by people who learn exploits or have too much time. And it happens rather quickly too. It’s not a fair representation of the real fans who play the game to enjoy it. There’s no score in Megaman 9 but score boards too often are just 100 maxed out scores which isn’t very fun to look at. Thanks for watching!! 🧜♀️
@@GTV-Japan I wholeheartedly agree!
Have a great weekend, what’s left of it. Hope to see ya again 🛸
Did you know, Megaman 9 wasn't released on the physical disc for Wii, Xbox 360 & PS3, Instead on the WiiWare, Xbox live arcade & Playstation network, also mobile phones in japan got Megaman 9 for some reason.
Yes I knew. It was only 15 years ago, it’s not like I forgot!
“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them”, funny how such a simple, almost banal line from a sitcom would come to resonate so much as I get older.the late 80's and early 90's were just a magical time for us Xenials.
I know this is only tangentially related, but there was also the Dark Void demake, Dark Void Zero that came out around the same time. It was made as an 8-bit prequel to the game in the style of NES Megaman.
that's neat!
I really liked this game (never got to beat it tho) but my one complaint was that they removed the slide. Mega Man had gimmicky power ups over the years but the slide was the only one that felt like an indispensable upgrade.
I never thought about the MM9~Stardew Valley connection the way you framed it before either. That was interesting.
I only know about Stardew Vallet because when I first started making videos there were thousands of channels covering the game. I thought it was weird. Like what is this? I went to Reddit to review these videos in exchange for feedback on mine. 1000 of stardew valley vs. 1 about super pac man haha! I thought the slide was a gimmick in 3 because it felt forced, rather than a way to be a useful feature but 4 5 And 6 did it well 🌪️
@@GTV-Japan fair point. I think I mainly just liked the slide for its extra mobility during boss battles. I used to dream about having the slide to deal with the Big Eye robots in MM1 lol
9 is damn near perfect to me
I'm not gonna lie, I would have been perfectly content for Mega Man to end after 9. 10 felt like jumping the shark, and 11... the less said about that nonsnese the better. But 9, especially that ending credits music, made it feel like an honest to goodness finale, not just another episode in the series like 10 and 11 did.
But then 10 gave us Roboenza which probably evened the playing field in the Eggman v. Wily Death Battle, but who the heck knows.
Yeah it would have been a good finale. Maybe even tie to ending to Dr. Light building X and retiring. Oh well. Maybe there are more adventures out there still waiting to be seen 🐝
Mega Man 9 was released with a VERY cool press kit--a replica NES box, shrinkwrapped, which contained an NES cartridge style case holding a small disc filled with game assets. They were limited to 200. I had one. I sold it in 2010. : (
I even imported a Mega Man E-Can energy drink, which evaporated from the cool can over time.
I’m a member of the press! I have been since 1994! Nobody told me…. 😭
@@GTV-Japan I am also disgruntled....having checked eBay after I wrote that comment last night and seeing the kit goes for $2,000 now :*(
@bxsolx5086 some people make that much on pay-tree-on and do nothing to earn it! 😔
@@GTV-Japan I gotta tell you, I've long been a massive fan of your gaming docs. From the high production values, to doing your homework, and that broadcaster-quality voice, top shelf sir.
@bxsolx5086 thanks! It’s probably because I’ve worked in radio and Tv, news and sports in America since the 90s and in Japan in Tv for a while too. I just wrapped up the next video so look out for it. And I’m on my way to finish writing the next next one tomorrow 🍺
By the way there were Rockman 10 boxes in Japan. They were very fun
growing up the only mega man games i really played were the main series and mega man legends. Mega Man 6 and 8 were my absolute favorites and I remember being excited about 9. I wanna love it but it's got a lot of ridiculously unfair moments in my opinion. I know its supposed to be hard but I definitely finished it once and never really looked back. Mega Man 10 on the other hand, I enjoyed and 11 was a great one that got me through my first semester of college
I love 6! I just liked the idea that 8 bit was still not dead! Thanks for watching
Damn I love this, and I love this game
Celebrate its birthday today! 🛸
@@GTV-Japan I will! Thank you for such a great video, always an amazing watch (and rewatch) when you do a full breakdown for an anniversary like this!
@Mantekilla22 and the anniversary is today!! I got it done just in time!! Almost didn’t. That darn F Zero 99 got me distracted
Take away :: mm8 is great because Calvin and Hobbes existed .
1:39 It's like nothing changed would not even know it was a 35 year stretch imagine if Battletoads had that same longevity 🎉
That would be something! 🐸
The chiptunes for both Splash Woman and Jewel Man got turned into rap songs by MegaRan.
Até hoje não tive oportunidade de jogar esse, parece bom!
I enjoyed this lookback at what's possibly my favorite classic series Mega Man! You captured the excitement and thrill of getting to play this for the first time back when it came out and why it was special with your ending segment.
If Calvin and Hobbs comes back we need Calvin pissing on Mighty No. 9
I hate that thing. Bill Watterson has to be livid over that
I am part of the small group of the fandom that actually stayed away from the game because 9 and 10 took the Charge shot and the sliding skill away from Megaman. To this day, I still haven't played it and don't have a desire to play it. Sure, it was successful, but it was because of those 2 factors that made me lost interest. I could see myself playing 11. At least the charge shot came back.
I too was disappointed when hearing the slide and charge shot were removed but I can tell you once you start playing the game you'll realize how much more emphasis they put into the boss weapons and level design which rivals some of the best in the series. Personally I didn't really gravitate to MM10 as a lot of that felt uninspired to me but MM9 got the game play formula right. 😀
As much as I liked Megaman 9, I think that the game represents the era when Capcom let loose with their current money hungry practices, as before the 7th generation of consoles any games you bought from Capcom were a full release that were worth the asking price, but after the 7th generation they milked people out of all their worth, by releasing games with on Disc DLC that required a premium price for you to legitimately access that on disc content, and even Megaman 9 and 10 themselves had a ton of extra content that you had to purchase from day one just to get the full experience, and that's pretty much the reason why a lot of folks started avoiding Capcom after that, because the problem isn't that people do not want to pay for their games, it is that we do not want to be overcharged for what a game is worth, and we have Capcom and a few other companies to blame for the current On Disc DLC practices, or Season passes and all that other stuff that make a game way more expensive than it should have been, because if you try to play those games without any of it then the game doesn't feel complete, and that's how they have taken our wallets hostage for years.
I agree but it’s not just Capcom. It’s everything. I think there would be a great response to a “finished” high quality game that has a medium or low price and promoted with the promise that the game is not broken and will never have add ons. It just is what it is the end.
Back when it released, I was still in my mid teen years.
I was super excited and bought the Wii version when I first had the chance.
The game was super fun and still is but no matter how much better MegaMan 10 is... I am really happy MegaMan 11 is what 10 should have been from the start in my opinion minus Protoman and Bass.
Speaking of which, MegaMan & Bass actually calls itself "Rock 8.5" when opening the ROM inside a hex-editor 👀
Wow! I thought that’s just what fans called it. Neat info. Thanks for watching 🧜♀️
15 años ya? wow, recuerdo como si fuese ayer cuando lo jugué en wii
Ah mega man 9 aka mega man 2.1
I love 8 and 9 sure I it took me a year to beat 9 but now I got good and play it regularly
Great video, except for the part about the NES/Famicom running at 30 frames per second. Almost all NES/Famicom games runs at 60 frames per second in a progressive mode!
Oh? Well my old tv never went past 29.97 fps. I guess I should have upgraded! Thanks for watching 🛸
@@GTV-Japan It's true that when receiving a interlaced signal old TV:s would only display 30 frames per second (or 60 fields per second) but the old consoles used a non interlaced mode which resulted in 60 full frames per second. Or something like 59.94 to be pedantic!
@jayminer ahhh
That day was the return of an old friend, long live Megaman!
I was so excited to see Mega Man 9 that I bought it as soon as it was available.
Then Remembered I played MM1-5 as a kid, bought the Mega Man collection for Gamecube after highschool, a decade later MM9 comes out... And I'm still terrible at these games lol
But somehow MM3 clicked with me? It's the only one I beat....
That’s was the best one probably
I've always loved the aesthetic of the NES Mega Man games. I'll admit that the SNES games looked better, but the NES ones have always stood the test of time visually (and in every other way). It's so awesome that they went back to that style. That site was correct in writing that MM9 was just what hardcore gamers were hoping for. It was NES-hard. We needed that in the Xbox360 era.
I imagine most of your viewers had never heard of the band Cinderella, but I understood the reference because I listened to them when they were relevant, and still do. I'm from their neck of the woods, so it was hard not to know their music if you were into rock. They only made four albums, but they're all worth checking out!
Anyway, this is easily the best MM9 retrospective on RUclips. Cheers!
Thanks old friend! I once saw Cinderella as an opening act one of the times I saw Poison but I forget which time.
I am trying to beat the game right now! I am on the boss rush and I got to all three phases of the wily fight but I keep dying at the wily capsule 😭
Good luck! Laser trident and jewel shield are your friends 🐝
time freakin flyz 🦆
I know! It’s like 200X was only yesterday.
9 is probably my favorite in the classic series. Removing the Buster allowed them to place the emphasis firmly on the overall best set of weapons classic MM has ever wielded. Controversial, but ultimately the right decision, as there's scarcely a dud in the lot. And while it plays most like 2, it has a difficulty closer to the more demanding 4, which means a lot if you play these games as much as I do.
Also worth mentioning is the re releases had rapid fire so 9 was even tougher that way. The trailer for 10 made me laugh because it said with easy mode haha 🛸
Imo the weapons are a huge part of the experience and it saddens me that most of the series doesnt put much emphasis on the quality of them. 9 has the best weapons and the game is the hardest out of the 11 main titles which work extremely well as the Player beats the game's challenges by switching between the weapons. I really enjoy Mega Man but even when I was somewhat new to the series I could beat most of the games by using the buster or arm cannon.
"If Calvin and Hobbes came back"
Great video. Mega Man 2 is still my all-time favorite, but 9 was a quality game and a nice surprise.
It really was. It was the perfect timing for a comeback and considering most of us were too old or busy to put 100 hours into a game anymore, the size was perfect too. This is probably the only game where a comeback/ remake/update/ etc was not mishandled in any way. Thanks for coming by day one! Always happy to see ya here 🛸
@@GTV-Japan Thanks! Love the channel!
Happy 15th Anniversary to the game that returned Mega Man to it's status as Capcom's 2D flagship 8-bit franchise!
Three questions if you do not mind Gaijin-san. 1. Where are you from in America? 2. How did you learn 日本語? 3. Why do you live in Japan? If you do not want to answer, that is cool. I will respect your privacy. This was a great video BTW. I got Mega Man 1, 1943 and the NES Advantage for xmas 1989. Great year!
I grew up in PA but moved around a lot after I was 18. I learned Japanese after I got here and mostly from speaking with others, reading books, watching tv and practicing writing. Why I came to japan and why I stay is a really long story with no clear answer other than I like it and it’s too late to go anywhere else.
@@GTV-Japan PA. No way!!! My wife and I live in State College. I would love to see Japan, but I will never get in a plane. I would rather shoot myself. LOL I am afraid of heights and flying.
@@GTV-Japan What part of PA are you from is you do not mind me asking?
@Sarcophagus74 I’ve never been out that way but I’ve seen a lot of places.