Part two of Capcom's plan to raid wallets of Mega Man fans around the world begins this week when new DLC for Mega Man 9 hits digital marketplaces. While the Mega Man 9 game was a great throwback to a time where little blue men could only dream of people paying for additional content, I'm not so sure extra difficulty levels constitutes as buy-worthy. Then again, when you're getting top notch villains like Fake Man added as a boss, I guess you're really getting your money's worth. Or at least Capcom is. I mean, honestly, Fake Man? Fake. Man. Why not just call him Man Man? That's where we're headed, isn't it? I know the Mega Man franchise isn't exactly known for clever names, but at least name the guy Cop Man or Enforcer Man. Any credibility he would have had with the rest of the rogues went right out the door when the ad wizards at Capcom won the rights to name the new character in a raffle.


You can check out the full press release below.
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We’re proud to announce that the second of Downloadable Content packs for Mega Man 9 will be available this week. Here’s the run down on what’s coming out.

Hard Mode – Dubbed Hero Mode in Japan, this mode enables you to play the entire game on an increased difficulty level with alternate enemy distribution and spawning points. Hard Mode is not compatible with Rankings or Challenges Modes.

Expert Mode – Dubbed Super Hero Mode Japan, this mode represents the apex of Mega Man 9 difficulty settings and is not for the novice Mega Man 9 player. This mode triples the level of difficulty from the default Mega Man 9 game. Expert Mode is not compatible with Rankings or Challenges Modes.   Special Time

Attack Stage – This DLC gives you an additional stage for Time Attack Mode, complete with an all new level and Robot Master Boss, “Fake Man.” Similar in difficulty to the Willy Stages, players will have a fun time tackling this time sensitive competitive stage. Special Time Attack Stage is not compatible with Challenge Mode.  

All three DLC packs are available now on WiiWare Channel today (October 20, 2008) with XBLA following on October 21, and PSN releasing October 23.

 

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