Mega Man 9 - Full Review

I just beat Mega Man 9 a few minuets ago and I can't wait to spell out my opinion of this game, so as promised a full review of Mega Man 9.

To start out the game is made to be 8-bit and replicate nearly all the nostalgia that one gets from playing old games, yet this game is completely new, so Capcom obviously did some things right. The game is able to deliver a ton of nostalgia from the old days despite the game having a good share of its own new flair. When you play the game some things stand out and remind you that, while is similar, your not playing on a good 'ol NES. Most of these are minor however and don't subtract from the whole experiance. I want to write one more thing here because I've heard people say the don't like Capcom's decision to make this like an NES game. I think they are horrably wrong, if there is one thing Capcom knows it's that if it isn't broke, don't fix it. Capcom made this for the fans, and Capcom knows that the way to make the fans happiest is to make this game as simmilar as possible to the game's that the fans most like in the series. According to all the polls, reviews, and conversations I've been in, it would seem that the most loved games are the first three. This is why Capcom tried to make 9 as simmilar as it could to the first three. Also this is of lesser importance, but downgrading everything to NES quality allowed Capcom more memory space to make their game (after all there's a limit to how big a Wiiware title can be).
With that said I'll talk about the core gameplay which is...the same. As I said Capcom doesn't want to mess with a perfect blend, Mega Man will shoot, run, and jump..nothing new. In keeping with what I said this is not a problem and is actually fantastic. Capcom does keep things interesting though, by making this game as almoast harder (if not actually harder) than the first Mega Man. So gameplay is the same and very difficult.
Now, sound. The music is like the NES you will hear three voices in every song. The only difference is that when a sound effect is played none of the voices will be cut off. So the music replicates NES music, but with a higher quality. How does the music sound though? The music is top notch and can easily rival the music of any mega man game even 2 (I'm not sure which I favor, but 9 might be an unofficial winner). So high quality and awesome blood pumping music.
Now, stroyline. This game does have a story, but it is simple and you can skip any cutscenes. So I think that it will appease both those who want more of a storyline and those who want less. (by the way anyone who thinks they will be dissapionted by the lack of a character that was previously in the series should get over it, I beat the game, and no spiolers or anything, but I think you can get over it.)
Now, everything I've said about the game is good, is there anything I can think of that I was dissapionted with, or I thought could be better. No, perhaps I'm a little biased, but there is nothing I would change. Throughout the entire game I screamed about the difficulty of the game and how it frustrated me, but if the difficulty weren't so high I would have beaten this game a while ago. So there's a review that I've puposly tried to keep short, but flush and organized (I'm trying to aviod reviews as long as my last one). So final verdict. If you love mega man you should have already bought this game, if you love giving yourself a challenge get this game, if the only thing you play is those easy FPS games that are for "hardcore" only, then get this game and call me when you run from the TV screaming. I think that this game is good for all truly hardcore gamers as well as classic gamers, the only one who would want this game is your grandpa.
Mega Man 9: 9.5/10