Happy 1 year anniversary, Swiss Bank Account 19-871-217!

[VixyNyan]

It's been a whole year since Rockman 9 / Mega Man 9 came out for Wii, PS3 and 360. It has been well-accepted by a lot of fans and new gamers. The classic series has been pretty quiet on releasing a new sequel since the 8th game, and when media all over the world got a hold of the leaked info and ratings showing up, everyone cheered and jumped with joy. It's fun to see how the game came to exist and Protodude put up a nice little article about how it all happened.

When the game was finally out, it became an instant favorite, specially around the time our annual awards ceremony started. It was voted "Best Game of 2008" and got very high ratings on other categories too, along with the 2nd and 3rd game in the classic series. A little snip from the winning award commentary went like this:



"(...) Returning to the roots of the 8-bitiness, Capcom might have something great going on here. This game ended up meeting every Mega Man fan's expectations. The 8 new robot masters (this includes Splash Woman, a female robot master), the very fun and inspiring intro cutscene, the very useful weapons, the challenges list that gave lots of replay value, and different kinds of DLC content (Endless Attack and Proto Man Mode being some of the favorites)."

"Yea, this game had it all and it keeps the player wanting to play the game more and more without so much stopping. When the game gets tough and challenging, you just go back in and try and try again until you manage to beat it. It's so addictive and very satisfying when you finally beat that tough segment of the game. The music is also a great asset to this game. Here you can enjoy songs like "We're the Robots", "Maze of Death", "Flash in the Dark" and roughly 30 other tracks that have all been composed by the Inti Creates sound team, along with the development of the game itself. There's a favorite song for everyone here. (...)"

"(...) There's no question about it though, thanks to Keiji Inafune, Game of the Year is Mega Man 9! Recreating childhood memories might be the most craziest idea that Inafking, Capcom and Inti has ever thought about bringing to a gaming market of this graphics-hungry generation. And you know what? They kick all kinds of behinds for it!"



So what is RPM gonna do to celebrate this? We have a few things planned, but it would be great if you celebrate this anniversary in your own unique and creative way too. ^^

First off, this week will be a Rockman 9 week, with a skin change for our site.

Why is it a week? At this very week, the game will be one year old on all 3 regions of the world.

September 22
September 24
September 26

As you can see, this whole week will be our way to celebrate the game's anniversary for a whole week.

To spice things up, everyday at 18:00 Europe / 12:00 New York time (or a little bit after that), I will personally live-stream as many of Rock's games as I can this week in my gaming channel, in a Rockman marathon, just for this great occasion. This might include some of the spin-off games too, and other series, like X, Zero and DASH/Legends series. Keep track of the time and I'll see you there in a few.

The games we have played through so far:
01. (Monday) Rockman 1
02. (Monday) Rockman 2
03. (Monday) Rockman 3
04. (Monday) Rockman 4
05. (Monday) Rockman 5
06. (Monday) Rockman 6
07. (Tuesday) Rockman 7
08. (Tuesday) Rockman 8
09. (Tuesday) Rockman & Forte
10. (Tuesday) Rockman 9
11. (Wednesday) Rockman World 1
12. (Wednesday) Rockman World 2
13. (Wednesday) Rockman World 3
14. (Wednesday) Rockman World 4
15. (Wednesday) Rockman World 5
16. (Wednesday) Rockman 1: The Power Battle
17. (Wednesday) Rockman 2: The Power Fighters
18. (Thursday) Rockman Zero 1
19. (Thursday) Rockman Zero 2
20. (Thursday) Rockman Zero 3
21. (Friday) Rockman Zero 4
22. (Friday) Rockman X1: Cyber Mission
23. (Friday) Rockman X2: Soul Eraser
24. (Friday) Rockman X1
25. (Friday) Ryuusei no Rockman: Denpa Henkan! On*Air!
26. (Saturday) Rockman: Battle & Chase
27. (Saturday) Rockman DASH 1
28. (Saturday) Rockman DASH 2 Episode 1 Roll-chan Kiki Ippatsu!
29. (Saturday) Tron ni Kobun
30. (Sunday) Rockman DASH 2
31. (Sunday) Rockman X7
32. (SPECIAL!) Rockman EXE Transmission

If you want to join in on the festive anniversary celebration, post in this news thread or spread the Rockman 9 love all over the net.
We appreciate it either way, and we hope that Capcom and Inti Creates will accept our love too. ^^

Fight, For Everlasting Peace! Now we can talk about Rockman 9 in general and our experience with the game. ^^

[Acid]

And now, Capcom will announce MM10, MMX9, MMZ3, MML3 and MMSF4 at TGS.

I think I'll go some MM9, because that game is awesome.

[IHZ]

A whole year already? Damn...this is a year I haven't seen go by at all.

[RMX]

Damn I want a bank account with Megaman's birthdate, too

[Da Dood]

Sept. 22 2008 was officially the longest day ever.

[Flame]

MMZ3

Oh boy, can't wait!

[Protoman Blues]

Playable Blues.

That's all I have to say!

[Thanatos-Zero]

How fast the time has passed. It just showed me how mortal we all are in the end. We have really short lifespans, but this is not the topic. Let us celebrate the 1st Rockman 9 Anniversary of our beloved Blue Bomber and his neverending efforts for everlasting peace.

Prost! It will be a night to remember.

[Akira]

Happy birhday! Rockman 9!
but I no have a wii, so I never played that game 

[Phi]

I would have never guessed that this has been out for a year.

It seemed like just yesterday.

[Gaia]

A year? Wow, time suure flies. I still like the game though.

[Black Mage J]

Ita been a year?! I really should buy it.

[Gotham Ranger]

And here I thought it was a year of uptime without the site going down!

[Acid]

HA!

As if that was gonna happen!

[Satoryu]

The year did go by pretty quick. But I've been playing the game for a good portion of it.

Happy Birthday MM9. *raises E Can*

[Gotham Ranger]

Stream was fun, hope I can tune in tomorrow

[HyperSonicEXE]

A...a year?!

Where is my time going?

And for those feeling the same way I am, now, imagine how little prep time one year is for videogame devs that churn out games annually...

"A bad game is bad forever..."
Someone remind me the 'who' and the rest of that dev quote...

Thankfully, Mega Man 9 rocks!

[Acid]

Oh hey think of it this way:

A whole year without that ominous 'secret' being lifted!

If it actually exists.

[Jericho]

A...a year?!

Where is my time going?

And for those feeling the same way I am, now, imagine how little prep time one year is for videogame devs that churn out games annually...

"A bad game is bad forever..."
Someone remind me the 'who' and the rest of that dev quote...

Thankfully, Mega Man 9 rocks!

"A delayed game can still turn good, but a bad game is bad forever."

Shiggy quotes are awesome.

Meanwhile, I'm disappointed as it seems that I won't get a chance to view any of these live streams this week. I'll be sure to shout out here and there though as often as I can given my situation.

[VixyNyan]

We can talk about how MM9 has affected our lives this whole year tho. The topic is here for that reason. ^^

[Acid]

MM9 cured my baldness!

[Solar]

Man, it's been one year already? Time sure flies. I'll try to be at the streamings some time, even if I'll be at school at the time.

[HyperSonicEXE]

Inspired me to make those koozies!

I haven't made any since the E, W, S, and ? ones, though. Still sitting in my silverware drawer, unused.

Oh yeah, and then there's the "MM9's music and gameplay revitalizing faith in the industry as a whole," but hey, who gives a dang about that, huh?

[Gotham Ranger]

I've never even seen it in action

[Protoman Blues]

We can talk about how MM9 has affected our lives this whole year tho. The topic is here for that reason. ^^

Playable. Blues.