Mega Man 9 achievements are mega tough

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Mega Man 9 achievements are mega tough

Posted Aug 12th 2008 5:00PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade

Anyone that has been gaming for a while knows that Mega Man is a tough series. Many of the original 8-bit entries in the series remain some of the toughest games around. Capcom looks to be honoring that legacy via the achievements in the upcoming XBLA release Mega Man 9, because these achievements are tough. At least they sound like they are. Among the achievements are feats such as completing the game five times in one day (Gamer's Day), clearing the game without dying (Invincible) and defeating every boss using only Mega Man's default weapon (Trusty Sidearm). Yow. Anyone out there who can land all twelve achievments gets our respect.

[Thanks, Anonymous]

Tags: arcade, capcom, live-arcade, mega-man, mega-man-9, xbla, xbox-live-arcade

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8-12-2008 @ 5:12PM

pacokorn77 said...

Holy balls

Do they REALLY think these are feaseable??

8-12-2008 @ 5:16PM

Dick said...

Why do some companies go out of their way to make ridiculous achievements? Do they think this earns respect? I don't want retarded easy stuff, But I don't feel like having to clear a game 5x just to get my 100 points

8-12-2008 @ 5:38PM

Roto13 said...

Then don't. They're optional.

8-12-2008 @ 5:21PM

Kevin said...

Sweet!!!!

8-12-2008 @ 5:22PM

dylan said...

I gave up on caring about achievements after beating GOW co-op with my friend and having only 90 points, I like unlocking things in game much more than achievement points.

Also, when is this coming out? I love me some Mega-Man.

8-12-2008 @ 5:39PM

Roto13 said...

I've done the no-dying challenge on a few of the old Mega Man games. :P I've also done the default gun-only challenge on the first six. xP I loves me some Mega Man.

8-12-2008 @ 5:52PM

Ninegauger said...

Those are definitely in the spirit of Mega Man... I'll be lucky to get half of those I imagine... the five times in one day one is kind of dumb though.

I hope this game works well enough with the 360 controller or I might forgo achievements altogether and get it on the Wii.

8-12-2008 @ 5:57PM

AnthonyGalindoX said...

Although I will probably never get all 200 gamerscore I find that the achievements compliment the rest of the game nicely. Old-school games are back!

8-12-2008 @ 6:01PM

Seanross said...

Wow, I wont be able to earn any of those

8-12-2008 @ 6:22PM

Aaron said...

I say KEEP Mega Man and his achievements.......

8-12-2008 @ 6:33PM

ice~ said...

It's been too long since i played a game with achievements this gay and hard :D probably sonic the hedgehog but that game sucked ass

8-12-2008 @ 6:57PM

AoE said...

wow... gay and hard. Now I've got a mental image of you and megaman achievements getting it on :(

8-12-2008 @ 7:27PM

ice~ said...

well I do love my achievements :D

8-12-2008 @ 6:55PM

Van Faulk said...

It utterly perplexes me that people are not only willing, but EXCITED to pay 10 dollars for what is in effect an nes game (especially given the quality of the later mega man games) and yet balk at a super original game like braid for being only 5 bucks more.

8-12-2008 @ 7:00PM

AoE said...

this is the internet dude, it's not meant to make sense. Also I'm willing to bet that at least a portion of the complainers about Braid's pricing nonetheless bought it within the week it came out.

8-13-2008 @ 6:42AM

Mike said...

Okay (1) stop assuming we're all the same people; the Internet is not a single person who holds every possible opinion ever, (2) $10 is 33% the price of any number of shitty DS mini-game compilations that people buy in droves. $10 is a steal as far as I'm concerned.

8-12-2008 @ 7:17PM

myabsolution said...

I shall try for every single MM9 achievement. I feel like I'm definitely a vet to the series, I can pretty much beat all the bosses in all original 3 without dying and no need for any special weapons.

8-12-2008 @ 7:57PM

Tony said...

They're called achievements, not play-through-the-game-and-get-100%-gamerscore awards.

I like when they're tough. Particularly with XBLA releases that are generally shorter. They really expand the replay value for me. I doubt I would have played Contra as much as I did if it wasn't for the one continue achievement, for example.

8-12-2008 @ 8:42PM

emirabal said...

Look, these are insane, and ridiculous, lets get serious
people

8-12-2008 @ 8:56PM

Ghaleon said...

God, gamers really are fucking pussies now. The 5-in-a-day is dumb, but the others aren't that big a deal. Makes me wonder how wussy the achievements are in other 360 games.

All old-school games take is TIME you put in to learn the game. That's it. There's no mythical secret videogame power you need to be good at OG games.

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