Mega Man 9 (WiiWare, PSN, XBLA)

[Pared]

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I don't know man but you're right; That would be a great feature.

Are you sure it's not available? I didn't even think to check.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I don't know man but you're right; That would be a great feature.

Are you sure it's not available? I didn't even think to check.

I didn't try, but read where someone else did on another forum. I think only 3 or 4 PSN games have been playable remote play, which is a shame.

[Pared]

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Bah. Well that blows. This would be a blast to play on the PSP... seems like it would be kind of obvious... right?

Guess they don't want people pirating the game on the PSP...

[ravens52bears54]

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This game doesn't support remote play? What a completely underused feature remote play is.

[bcruise]

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One thing that really makes this game so tough, and kinda sets it apart from the previous ones (in the beginning, at least) is that you really need special weapons to get through a few normal stages reliably. There's one mid-stage boss on Magma Man's stage that I cannot beat without a certain special weapon. (or a bunch of energy tanks). However, having that weapon makes the battle take about 5 seconds. I'll let you guys figure out what weapon that is - it belonged to the first robot master I beat.

I'm into the Wily stages now, and they're definitely as tough as I expected, too. They brought over the concept where you have to start the castle over if you return to the stage select (or the store). If you just continue, you'll pick up on the stage you were on. I assume you have to start over if you reload a save, too - the Wily stages have always been meant to be played in one sitting. Get those items bought or collected before you enter.

[Pared]

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I went after Concrete Man or whatever first... Trying not to use readthru's like I did back in the day.

[bcruise]

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I went after Concrete Man or whatever first... Trying not to use readthru's like I did back in the day.

Same here. Figuring out the boss order yourself is a lot more gratifying. Not to mention it makes that inevitable transporter room with all the bosses in Wily's castle sooooo much easier.

[bcruise]

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Just beat it last night, in the only way I know how to beat MM games - keep pumping energy tanks during the final boss fight. Total game time: around 6 hours, and that's with a whole lot of dying and continuing.

[sportsdude]

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I got it for 360 and it's everything I was hoping for. The fact that it's a new story and new bosses as opposed to just rehashing Mega Man 2/3/4/5/6 from the NES makes it even sweeter.

After a few hours of playing, I've beaten three bosses, all with the Mega Buster. I beat Galaxy Man first, Concrete Man second and Splash Woman third. I have no idea what weapons work on which bosses yet.

A few things:

-the weapons you get from Galaxy Man and Concrete Man seem pretty ****ing useless. I'm sure they'll come into play later but for now, they suck. Splash Woman's laser trident is pretty cool though.

-the falling rocks in Jewel Man's stage can kiss my ***. The wind towards the latter part of Tornado Man's stage can lick my balls. And the flying scissors from Hornet Man's stage can go **** themselves.

-I beat Concrete Man with one level of health left. Brought me back man. So many times you'd think for sure you'd be dead, clinging to one last bit of health then you get on a roll and beat a boss. And it's this weird mix of feelings between anxiety, relief and joy rolled into that makes you put the controller down for a second and say "holy ****, how did I just do that?" Good times.

[bcruise]

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I got it for 360 and it's everything I was hoping for. The fact that it's a new story and new bosses as opposed to just rehashing Mega Man 2/3/4/5/6 from the NES makes it even sweeter.

After a few hours of playing, I've beaten three bosses, all with the Mega Buster. I beat Galaxy Man first, Concrete Man second and Splash Woman third. I have no idea what weapons work on which bosses yet.

A few things:

-the weapons you get from Galaxy Man and Concrete Man seem pretty ****ing useless. I'm sure they'll come into play later but for now, they suck. Splash Woman's laser trident is pretty cool though.

-the falling rocks in Jewel Man's stage can kiss my ***. The wind towards the latter part of Tornado Man's stage can lick my balls. And the flying scissors from Hornet Man's stage can go **** themselves.

-I beat Concrete Man with one level of health left. Brought me back man. So many times you'd think for sure you'd be dead, clinging to one last bit of health then you get on a roll and beat a boss. And it's this weird mix of feelings between anxiety, relief and joy rolled into that makes you put the controller down for a second and say "holy ****, how did I just do that?" Good times.

Hmm, I didn't find Grav man's weapon useless at all. There are a few certain regular enemies that are invulnerable to all but I think 3 of the special weapons, and his is one of them. The fact that it's controllable helps too.

Concrete man's weapon will be useful later...much later.

And you're right about Splashwo Man's.....er, I mean "Splash Woman's" weapon - VERY useful throughout.

Did you get the Survivor acheivement for winning that boss fight with 1 bar left?

[sportsdude]

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Hmm, I didn't find Grav man's weapon useless at all. There are a few certain regular enemies that are invulnerable to all but I think 3 of the special weapons, and his is one of them. The fact that it's controllable helps too.

Concrete man's weapon will be useful later...much later.

And you're right about Splashwo Man's.....er, I mean "Splash Woman's" weapon - VERY useful throughout.

Did you get the Survivor acheivement for winning that boss fight with 1 bar left?

it's not an achievement, it's a challenge. So yes I completed it, but there are no achievement points for it. The achievements in this game are actually quite hard to get. One of them is to beat the game without dying...another is to beat the game WITHOUT TAKING ANY DAMAGE!! Seriously, the game's hard enough as if, yet I know there's going to be some people that accomplish that feat.

[bcruise]

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it's not an achievement, it's a challenge. So yes I completed it, but there are no achievement points for it. The achievements in this game are actually quite hard to get. One of them is to beat the game without dying...another is to beat the game WITHOUT TAKING ANY DAMAGE!! Seriously, the game's hard enough as if, yet I know there's going to be some people that accomplish that feat.

Oh okay. I knew they were challenges on the PSN (and no trophies), But I figured you'd get achievement points on the 360.

Here's the ones I earned on my first playthrough:

Mr. Trigger Happy (Clear game with >500 mega buster shots)
Whomp Wily (Clear the game once)
Conqueror (defeat 100 enemies)
Vanquisher (500 enemies)
Destroyer (1000)
Shop a holic (Purchase 30 items or more)
Survivor (Defeat a boss with one pixel of energy left)
Blue Bomber (Defeat a boss without getting damaged)
Eco Fighter (Defeat a boss with only the mega buster)
Quick Draw S,J,T,M (Defeat boss in 10 seconds or less - letter refers to first name of robot master)

26% total

[sportsdude]

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Oh okay. I knew they were challenges on the PSN (and no trophies), But I figured you'd get achievement points on the 360.

Here's the ones I earned on my first playthrough:

Mr. Trigger Happy (Clear game with >500 mega buster shots)
Whomp Wily (Clear the game once)
Conqueror (defeat 100 enemies)
Vanquisher (500 enemies)
Destroyer (1000)
Shop a holic (Purchase 30 items or more)
Survivor (Defeat a boss with one pixel of energy left)
Blue Bomber (Defeat a boss without getting damaged)
Eco Fighter (Defeat a boss with only the mega buster)
Quick Draw S,J,T,M (Defeat boss in 10 seconds or less - letter refers to first name of robot master)

26% total

yup, same challenges as the 360 version though I didn't expect it to be different.

I got two others. One was for beating a boss with only your mega buster, the second I forgot but it wasn't that difficult to get.

[bcruise]

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Has anyone figured out what Roll (that's the girl robot in the shop, for the newbies ) is referring to when she says the mystery tank "has some other effects I don't know about"? I've used some to save myself during boss fights and din't notice anything odd....

[sportsdude]

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Has anyone figured out what Roll (that's the girl robot in the shop, for the newbies ) is referring to when she says the mystery tank "has some other effects I don't know about"? I've used some to save myself during boss fights and din't notice anything odd....

I have a tank of E and M. Haven't used the M yet but if it's like past Mega Man games, it refills you life and you ammo of all the special weapons.

After countless times of trying Tornado Man's stage, I finally reached the end last night, then beat him on the first try lol.