No wonder Splash Woman’s stage looks so familiar…

Already crossed the phase from getting your ass kicked, to kicking robot master asses? Well Megaman 9 has built-in challenges to devour your soul for those willing to get them all. You might have already unlocked some of them during your regular play through, but here it is the challenges list for Megaman 9:

01 Waltz - Clear the game in 120 minutes or less.
02 Tango - Clear the game in 90 minutes or less.
03 Jitterbug - Clear the game in 60 minutes or less.
04 Bust a Move - Don’t miss with the Mega Buster and clear the game.
05 Headbanging - Defeat 8 bosses without your helmet.
06 Bunny Hop - Clear any stage jumping 50 times or less.
07 Mr. Trigger Happy - Clear the game with more than 500 Mega Buster shots.
08 Double Trouble - Visit all stages twice and clear the game.
09 Mr. Perfect - Clear the game without getting damaged.
10 Invincible - Clear the game without dying.
11 Almost Invincible - Clear the game without continuing.
12 No Coffee Break - Clear the game without using any energy or mystery tanks.
13 Air Shoes - Clear the game without falling into any holes.
14 Mega Diet - Clear the game without picking up more than 8 energy pellets.
15 Encore - Clear 4 stages using the same special weapon.
16 Peacekeeper - Clear the game by defeating the fewest number of enemies possible.
17 Conservationist - Clear the game by using the least amount of weapon energy possible.
18 Farewell to Arms - Clear 4 stages without using a special weapon.
19 Gamer’s Day - Clear the game 5 times in 1 day.
20 Daily Dose - Clear the game once a day for 3 days.
21 Whomp Wily! - Clear the game once.
22 Truly Addicted! - Clear the game for the 10th time.
23 Truly Hardcore! - Clear the game for the 30th time.
24 Conqueror - Defeat your 100th enemy.
25 Vanquisher - Defeat your 500th enemy.

Spoilers ahoy!

If you are stumped and want to know the weaknesses of the new bosses (and spoil the fun of discovery), just scroll down below: Read more »

While looking at the news Jetlogs just posted previously about the Megaman 9 boxart, it reminds me of the old Megaman boxart I saw in a chinese site awhile back.

After seeing this, I’m pretty sure most of you will go WTF.  But that is actually the boxart of the offical US version of the original Megaman.  Poor american always have to stick with the crappy artwork in the old days. /gg

In an act of self-parody, CAPCOM has released a cover art for the soon to be released MEGAMAN 9 game. The cover art was on the shirts of the CAPCOM staff on the recent E3. It seems CAPCOM really has a great sense of humor. The artwork is made with the old trademark of the NES games with weird character designs and a sci-fi movie feel.

This might bode well in that the next installment on the main series will really go back to its roots with the old school gameplay (and difficulty).

ULTRASOUND GRAPHICS SYNTHESIS?
8-BIT FIDELITY ENGINE?

Can’t get anymore old school than that!