http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3172027
1UP: "Will we ever be lucky enough to get a Mega Man X9 -- but with Super NES era graphics and music?"
HT: "It all depends on fans' demand! We might see that day, as long as there is passion!"
I NEVER saw this coming.
... Well, how should we put it... our anonymous tipster fooled us. Way to go.
made from scratch for this hoax.
I have to say thanks to Heat Man for admiring the effort of news submission and posting the news. Appreciate it. Would be fun to have a first-time chat someday. ^.^
Also Golden Dragon at MDRockman (Brazil) for doing a little detective work on the game's connection to X8 and XCM. XD </wii>
As I said before Blackbelt, you need to be here (http://forum.rockmanpm.com/index.php?topic=466.0)
First of all, I promise you guys have never seen that Axl sprite before, because I made it from scratch just for this hoax. The only person who saw it before anyone else, was Oakes (who gave some great crits). Axl is also NOT an edit.Ah, I was thinking it might have been based on The Madness (http://i34.tinypic.com/33dffpj.jpg).
All I can say is:
(http://www.epforums.org/imagehosting/8900049d1b37c7f1e6.jpg)
8D
Well, I know this won't come as a surprise to everyone, but I'm the one who pushed the pixels! 8D
Yeah, I know I said I wasn't the one behind it, but April Fools is the only time you're really allowed to lie. ;)
It dawned on me near the beginning of March that April Fools was right around the corner, and I figured an X9 SNES mock up would be perfect. Perhaps predictable, but the intent wasn't really to fool anyone (though, that's always a nice side effect). I wasn't even counting on fooling anyone anyway; it was just something fun that I wanted to do, and I thought maybe some other people might think it's a neat idea. If anyone was upset at it, well, too bad. :P I was only doing it to have fun, and pleasing everyone isn't a requirement I have to meet to achieve that.
Still, overall, there's been worse reactions to pranks and hoaxes. :P To everyone who saw the fun in the idea, Vixy and I say "thanks!" Everyone who reacted in a sour way: "meh."
Yeah, something I need to point out is that Vixy was on board from the start. I told her about two weeks ago, before I even started to push pixels, about the idea. We actually bounced some ideas back and forth of what the levels could be, and that helped me come up with what I made. She also e-mailed the prank to other sites, which was awesome! And as always, typed up a very nice news post. ;)
So, on to the sprites... In fact, take a look at the tiles:
(http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4141/rockumaneks9.th.png) (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rockumaneks9.png)
(There's un-used stuff at the top).
The funniest stuff I read was about the sprites. First of all, I promise you guys have never seen that Axl sprite before, because I made it from scratch just for this hoax. The only person who saw it before anyone else, was Oakes (who gave some great crits). Axl is also NOT an edit. If you can't tell by looking and comparing, well, I don't know how else to explain that he isn't.
None of the backgrounds have reused tiles from other games either. Everything there is also made from scratch. Designing the backgrounds was probably the most difficult part; which is why there's un-used stuff. I was originally just going to make tiles to set up several shots of the same level, but then I realized that the parts I was dividing the level up into, might as well be levels themselves.
The only kind of notable thing to say about them might be Zero's screen. :P When I finished making it, I realized it was stupid to have spikes on the walls when there was no reason to go near a wall. So I made these enemies that shoot out tornadoes that would push you into them. I thought it kind of made sense, and then made that part seem more dangerous.
So yeah, I still had a lot of fun doing this hoax, and that's all I really care about. :) I hope it at least made you guys want to pick up a controller, and play some of the old MMX games, or hope for a new one! After all, with enough fan interest, we might get one...
Ah, and the sprites and tiles are PD. :)
"fill in the plot holes" story.Capcom just had an aneurysm trying to comprehend that statement.
Hmm, maybe it's an April Fools joke that BBD did it?
Every thing's an April Fools joke, you can't trust anyone!
Well, I know this won't come as a surprise to everyone, but I'm the one who pushed the pixels! 8D
As for the filling of the plot holes... well, Capcom doesn't feel like pulling stuff out of it's ass yet, I guess. Yeah, they're just making it up as they go along, and if you actually think that they have the story fully written down somewhere... well... don't.
Not quite, whilst Capcom and Inti alays make things up as they go along, there's also a lot they know in advance. As of X2, they already had a whole plan for Zero and the Virus. Just as much as ZERO3 was planned with ZERO2 to lead up to it. For X7, they already figured out key portions of Axl's story before X7 was even made. Like the part about his scar being the most important part in the games after X7.His scar? What´s the deal with his scar? (Sorry, but I´ve totally ignored X7)
So I put in lots of time and effort. I feel that Axl is my adorable child. Please give your love to him.Aww, Axl is an adorable child. ^^
Not quite, whilst Capcom and Inti alays make things up as they go along, there's also a lot they know in advance. As of X2, they already had a whole plan for Zero and the Virus. Just as much as ZERO3 was planned with ZERO2 to lead up to it. For X7, they already figured out key portions of Axl's story before X7 was even made. Like the part about his scar being the most important part in the games after X7.Sorry, but I don't buy all of that. The scar thing? They can say it's important all they want, but how much do you want to bet that they don't know in what way yet. For the Virus thing after X2? Sure, they had a basic premise for the X vs Zero fight I'm sure, but obviously didn't figure out how to execute it well, hence X5.
Oh yeah, RPM? Stop doing the same thing every year, foolz. XP
Maybe you wouldn't, but people still would. I'd imagine it's because nerds don't like to be pranked, due to some deep seeded trauma of being pranked/made fun of all throughout school, or some sob story like that.
And Blues doesn't like to be pranked because he's too cool to be pranked, so start [sonic slicer]ing about it too!
God, I would have loved for this to be true. *cries* I mean it's not like I was a big fan of some of the X games, but still. It would have been nice for a possible "fill in the plot holes" story.
damn you april 1st, damn you.
Oh come on. Do something crazy like... have a completely nonsensical boss fight between Megaman and Bill Nye across RPM's main page. Who -wouldn't- laugh at that?And... that would be an April fools prank... how...?
Well, I for one wouldn't [sonic slicer] if they actually did something funny next year instead of the same damn prank for the fifth year in a row.
With that said, when April Fools comes around every year, people get overly suspicious, annoying, skeptical, and just come off as asses because they seem to take pride in not being pranked and then they have some sort of fit whenever they deem something "not funny".
Truth be told, Vixy and everyone involved with this years prank, you guys should do some sort of expirement where you hoax people on a day they don't expect, like I suggest moving April Fools to August 16th or something. It'll be a nice little time just to see how people will react when they don't see it coming and it'll actually prove how pathetic people really can be. Sorry if I'm coming off as an ass and harsh over this, but it just annoys me so damn much how people were being bitches over a little fun.(http://www.rockmanpm.com/i/cpapcom/rockman9/11200000111.jpg)
Christ.
And... that would be an April fools prank... how...?Because it would be funny and foolish and prankish!
4 years back, this webcomic a friend of mine did asked me for a suggestion on an april fools prank.. i said he should make it look like something a 12 year old amateur sprite comic artist would throw together with geocities >.>
so, he made the background an eyebleeding neon color, made a comic using horridly scaled sprites, and typed like an idiot. |:
same year kabutroid of planet zebeth inverted the colors of everything on his mainpage. :3
(http://www.rockmanpm.com/i/cpapcom/rockmanx9.gif)
http://www.rockmanpm.com/?p=cpapcom/rockmanx9
(http://www.rockmanpm.com/i/cpapcom/rockmanx9.gif)Very nice logo there :P
http://www.rockmanpm.com/?p=cpapcom/rockmanx9
The problem is, its already been said. You'd all still [sonic slicer] anyways. Well, not you all, but a majority, that way no one gets offended that I'm singling them out. I really liked this prank this year because it caught me off guard. It was simple. It didn't have to go all out. It stayed within the realm of possibility thanks largely to the success of Megaman 9. That, and when I clicked the topic I totally wasn't thinking about April Fools -u-'
With that said, when April Fools comes around every year, people get overly suspicious, annoying, skeptical, and just come off as asses because they seem to take pride in not being pranked and then they have some sort of fit whenever they deem something "not funny". I guess this is just one of those common traits of the new internet generation. PB's probably got it right.
Truth be told, Vixy and everyone involved with this years prank, you guys should do some sort of expirement where you hoax people on a day they don't expect, like I suggest moving April Fools to August 16th or something. It'll be a nice little time just to see how people will react when they don't see it coming and it'll actually prove how pathetic people really can be. Sorry if I'm coming off as an ass and harsh over this, but it just annoys me so damn much how people were being bitches over a little fun.
Christ.
Sorry, but I don't buy all of that. The scar thing? They can say it's important all they want, but how much do you want to bet that they don't know in what way yet. For the Virus thing after X2? Sure, they had a basic premise for the X vs Zero fight I'm sure, but obviously didn't figure out how to execute it well, hence X5.Both in the same post, yowza! Holy [tornado fang]ing [parasitic bomb], they're indeed not dead!
Really, don't give Game Designers too much credit; more often than not they're making it up as they go along. When they actually do have a base idea for later games, it often changes a lot in the process.