Mega Man on Virtual Console tomorrow, but maybe not the best deal

By Stephen Munn | August 3, 2008

Hey everyone, you know how Mega Man is one of my guilty pleasures. Well, not so guilty, as I’m not the only Mega Fan out there, I suppose. Anyway, Capcom says Mega Man’s coming to Virtual Console tomorrow, August 4th, and that Mega Man 9 will be on WiiWare in September. Mega Man 2 is also planned for early September. David Crislip of Capcom Japan had this to say:

I am proud to announce that the Blue Bomber is back and ready for action in the original adventure that started it all. Mega Man will be available for the Virtual Console this Monday! What better way to whet your appetite for the shiny newness that is Mega Man 9 than with a trip down memory lane by reliving Mega Man’s original adventure?

Here’s the thing, though: If you’ve got a Wii, you can just play Mega Man Anniversary Collection for Gamecube, which is available for under $20 used most places. The game is also on PS2 and Xbox. With Mega Man through Mega Man 8 on that one disc, plus other bonus material, it’s a far better deal than $5 on the Wii Shop Channel, depending on how you look at it. We could probably guess that the controls will be corrected on the VC release (using a Gamecube controller, the jump and shoot buttons were transposed in the compilation). Also, there were some bells and whistles added to the ports in that collection, such as a hint system, which may or may not be something you want to avoid. Additionally, Mega Man 8 was a PS1 game, so you’ll almost certainly never see that on Nintendo’s downloadable service, and it’s unlikely on Microsoft’s, though not impossible.

Source: Capcom US Blog via The Wiire.