Secrets are hard to keep, as our own industry insider connectionSpacecatcan agree, and this one has finally burst from the seams with a real announcement in Nintendo Power:Mega Man 9will be coming to WiiWare. Even more interesting, the game looks like a retroMega Mantitle. Wasn’tRetroforceGO! just talking about how the series could be revived with a return to its roots?

You may have to squint to read the fine print, but the scans from the article have been posted on community member nilcam’s c-blog, which you can check outhere. By scrutinizing these on my monitor, I was able to tell that the title will have a more in-depth story than previous titles, and everything down to the music and sound effects is 8-bit-style. To sum up — every retro fan in the world is going to cry crystalline tears of ecstatic joy.

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Now that it’s in print, details will probably begin to spill out faster than the speed of light, but until then, we have a lot to be happy about. Looks likeKoji Igarashiisn’t the only man in the business paying attention to the rallied cries of retro gamers. Viva La Mega Man!

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