Mega Man 9's secret?

[Canticleer Blues]

So, does anyone have any idea what it is?

[Trang]

It's a secret.

[Night]

Why did I laugh so hard at that?!

[VixyNyan]

This is a Capcom Unity thread. I bring it back here~

2. Could someone confirm that BJ and BC are BluesJet and BluesCoil, please? Anyone with a japanese version would confirm this question easily.

Why did I laugh so hard at that?!

Because you was thinking about "It's a secret to everybody"?

[Canticleer Blues]

Because you was thinking about "It's a secret to everybody"?

I thought the same thing, actually... ???

[Flok]

It's not a weapon. But is it a coil/jet!?

Does this particular person at Capcom have stated when he is about to reveal the secret to the fans?

Want to know my personal Mega Man 9 secret?

[spoiler]Use Concrete Shot on the cannons, they instantly die[/spoiler]

[Nekomata]

[HyperSonicEXE]

Well the consensus on the Capcom Unity board seems to be that it's something that you unlock after a certain amount of time or beating the game a certain number of times.

I really doubt that, though.

So again, 3 last theories:

1. Remember how the NES had the B, A, Start, and Select buttons? Possibly a code, there, when you see Bass' blueprints. That doesn't mean you GET Bass, just means it might be wanting a related input.

2. It's a secret input in the vein of the Hadouken/Shoryuken in Mega Man X and X2, perhaps unlocked after some excruciating dying or repetitive method that you couldn't possibly know unless you had a hand in making the game or had an unreasonable amount of luck.

3. It's a fake set of spikes hiding a room or tunnel.

[Turian]

Well the consensus on the Capcom Unity board seems to be that it's something that you unlock after a certain amount of time or beating the game a certain number of times.

I really doubt that, though.

So again, 3 last theories:

1. Remember how the NES had the B, A, Start, and Select buttons? Possibly a code, there, when you see Bass' blueprints. That doesn't mean you GET Bass, just means it might be wanting a related input.

2. It's a secret input in the vein of the Hadouken/Shoryuken in Mega Man X and X2, perhaps unlocked after some excruciating dying or repetitive method that you couldn't possibly know unless you had a hand in making the game or had an unreasonable amount of luck.

3. It's a fake set of spikes hiding a room or tunnel.

4. Its nothing and S-Kill is BSing us.

[VixyNyan]

A bit off-topic, since I'm too lazy to make a new topic:

Where do I make a forum signature on Capcom Unity?

[HyperSonicEXE]

When you're at any forum, there'll be text under the bottom right corner of the List of Topics that says "Forum Preferences".

Click that, and you can change how many appear, the order, your sig, and whether to hide sigs or not.

Odd, you'd think you'd be able to do that from the profile.

[Flame]

The secret is that there is no secret.
SURPRISE!

[Wanda Bear]

The secret is that there is no secret.
SURPRISE!

What'd I tell you!?!?

[Turian]

yeah yeah yeah. I shouldv'e listened.

[xnamkcor]

The secret is is that in 1 year all the DLC will be free or a super cheap package.

[N-Mario]

Well, here is what we know so far about the undiscovered secret:

Original topic:
http://www.capcom-unity.com/ask_capcom/go/thread/view/7371/5051879/Mega_Man_9_Mystery

Quotes by Capcom Staff/Mods:

There's only one undiscovered Mega Man 9 secret that I know about, and this ain't it. Smile

So no, no secret weapons hidden in there!

best,

Seth

No dice, I'm not revealing it here just yet.  And go nuts--I don't predict anyone will discover this one for quite a while yet...

Tongue out


best,

Seth

Hey guys,

Rather than being some kind of insidious plan to torture the MM faithful, this all began as an offhand comment I made addressing a question about a secret weapon.  I responded honestly and in good faith saying there wasn't any (so far as I know, which is pretty far), and that there was only one undiscovered MM9 secret that I knew about.  The next day there are a bunch of headlines saying "ZOMG MM9 SEEKRITS POSSIBLE NEW WEAPON!"  This, despite that being exactly what I said it was NOT.  Much of the speculation has continued to circulate around that possibility, which is a little nuts, since yeah--I said it was NOT a secret weapon.

Now that fans have failed to discover the secret weapon that I said as clearly as possible does not exist, people have given up, preferring to think it's a hoax rather than accept the possibility there's something they might not have found (after what--a week of looking?).  I understand that urge--it's certainly easier to think that.  Unfortunately (or, I should say, fortunately), this is no hoax--if it was, I would have been a) having more fun with it b) coming up with some more interesting teases, as there are certainly some good launching pads for speculation.

That said, I have no plans to reveal this little nugget.  Eventually someone will ferret it out, and if they do, I'll step up and say "yep, that was it!"  Until then, no way, and as I said, I doubt anyone will come up with it for quite some time.  If they do, my hat is off to them, and I'll find something worthwhile to share by way of a prize.

As an aside, I'd like to note that I have played SSF2T pretty much constantly for the past 15 years with the best players in the world, analyzed every aspect down to the lines of code and beyond, and I still learn new things about it regularly.  I regard this as a good thing. You guys on the other hand heard about one MM9 thing you haven't uncovered yet and are falling all over yourselves because you haven't unearthed it after just a week.  A note of restraint is in order.  Sit back, enjoy MM9, and eventually someone will get it.  Until then, you aren't going to be getting it out of me. 

evilly, I guess...

Seth

Hey guys, just a heads up... This is no hoax. The secret takes much more playing the game than speculating about it to discover.

Shawn Baxter
Capcom Community Specialist

360: Snow Infernus
PSN: Snow_Infernus

[Night]

Perhaps what he's saying, is that it isn't anything you can find in a level, but something you get for playing the game for a unholy amount of time?


Like beating the game for the 100th time? 

[Pringer X]

Something tells me it's a bunch of crap. He does realize that this is the freakin' Mega Man community, and that it's everyone as a collective and group, not just a single person. The odds of 100+ people not discovering something are pretty low. About the only thing I can possibly come up with is a 'special ending' if you have all of the achievements, beaten the special modes (all of them), and gotten an insane amount of screens on the never ending mode.

[Gauntlet101010]

If it was that then Vixy woulda found that secret ending now.

It seems like a hoax to me.  Because it could be ANYTHING.  A month from now someone could have done any kind of glitch and he could be "oh yeah, that was it".  Or it could be any number of unused sprites, because THAT'S a secret too. Or it could be a bit of missed graphics (like Astroman's graphic in Springman's level). 

[Satoryu]

i'm still thinking its a cheat code. it's the only thing that makes sense. didn't the spriters already rip everything from the game?

[Protoman Blues]

Personally, I refuse to look into it.  The LAST time I was told a rumor like this, it was that CutMan was in MM7.  Lou and I spent months looking for that, combing every inch of the game, only to find out that it was a typo.  LoL, so count me out.  If it's there, great.  If not, no big loss.

[Gauntlet101010]

i'm still thinking its a cheat code. it's the only thing that makes sense. didn't the spriters already rip everything from the game?

Not really.  There's still background tiles to rip and Fake Man's sprites to sift through.  They ripped all the main things tho.  There's any number of unused things he could be talking about.

He's pointing to a new game and shouting "I KNOW SOMETHING YOU DON'T!"  It's possible, but ... it seems likely that he's full of BS.  Does this guy regularily find hidden things?

And Cutman IS in MM7.  The newspaper at the very beginning.  The rumor comes from Mandi's site and she confirmed it long ago.

[Protoman Blues]

And Cutman IS in MM7.  The newspaper at the very beginning.  The rumor comes from Mandi's site and she confirmed it long ago.

LoL, as in you get to fight him?

[Gauntlet101010]

LoL, as in you get to fight him?

That's why things like this are BS.

Mandi said it as soemthing of a joke and people blew it out of proportion.  She just listed MM7 as a Cutman appearance and people took it to mean that you got to fight him.  That was a mistake on their part, but the roots of that rumor was the newspaper article at the very beginning.

[Protoman Blues]

That's why things like this are BS.

Mandi said it as soemthing of a joke and people blew it out of proportion.  She just listed MM7 as a Cutman appearance and people took it to mean that you got to fight him.  That was a mistake on their part, but the roots of that rumor was the newspaper article at the very beginning.

Yeah, I knew of the Newspaper article and such, since it was right there.  However, the info that I remember reading was from some gaming magazine or something, that said you got to fight CutMan, when it turns out they actually meant GutsMan.