Reminder: Today is a huge day for platforming!

Just in case you have been living under a rock, here is what is being released today for platformer fans:

Wario Land: Shake It! (Wii) - Press Reviews
de Blob (Wii) - Press Reviews
Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) - Press Reviews
Mega Man 9 (Wii VC) - Press Reviews
Vectorman (Wii VC) - Press Reviews

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Mega Man 9: The Story

IGN has posted the story to Mega Man 9, thanks to Capcom passing it their way.
Before going at Wily’s ambition, we’d suggest checking out our new Mega Man 9 screens and artwork. The art includes sprites for the major characters. The screens are all from the Japanese introduction.
The story begins after Mega Man has restored [...]

Attack of the Sprites!

Thanks to Xbox 360 Achievements, we now know what all nine bosses from the upcoming title Mega Man 9 will look like!
Although they’re all in greyscale, it’s better than nothing!
Nintendo Wii Fanboy has conveniently arranged them into a faux selection screen:
Check out My Gamer Card to see them in their original posting.

Mega Man 9 developer E3 walkthrough

Mega Man 9 might seem like a step backwards to some, but not the legion of fans out there that just cannot wait to get their hands on what they never though would have ever happened, an actual 8-bit Mega Man game in the style of the original 2 games. This [...]

Mega Man 9 gets the downloadable treatment

According to the latest Nintendo Power magazine Mega Man 9 will be appearing on Nintendo Wii’s WiiWare service. The game is to maintain the traditional two-dimentional and retro graphics from the NES games (a step backwards from MM8, very unexpected!). Games of the future are moving faster and faster toward downloadable and doing away with [...]

Capcom registers Mega Man 9 for multiplatform

Under the Office of Film and Literature Classification (the Australian ESRB) Capcom has registered the name ‘Mega Man 9′. Great news for fans of the classic series, as it is without an X, ZX, Battle Network, Kart Racing, Capcom has finaly decided to go back to its numeral roots. The last game in the “classic” [...]