CapCom Unity announces the Mega Man Legacy Collection, coming this summer to
Windows and current-gen consoles, offering enhanced versions of the original six 8-bit games
in the series on new platforms. Here is
the announce
trailer, and here's word:
In mere months you'll be able to play the
original six Mega Man games in crisp 1080p and enhanced with modern bonuses.
Mega Man Legacy Collection hits Xbox One, PS4 and PC digital storefronts this
summer, with a digital Nintendo 3DS version following in the winter.
In addition to the original six games, you also get challenges, a huge
of-the-era museum packed with visual history and a helpful database that informs
AND tests you on your Mega Man prowess. And for those keeping track, the trailer
jam is "Searing Scissors," part of OverClocked Remix's excellent "For
Everlasting Peace" album.
Some notes about the additional modes:
Leaderboards, challenges, replays: Challenge Mode takes moments from each
title and weaves them into a series of, well, challenges! So things like 'can
you do these six areas strung together with one life bar' or 'try fighting all
six Mega Man 1 bosses in a row.' And to keep the quest for the best time alive,
the top performers in each Challenge will have their replay data uploaded and
viewable to everyone! There will be many challenges to vex seasoned players AND
help train newcomers in the ways of the Blue Bomber.
Database: Each Mega Man game will have a database that includes enemy
lists. From here you can read details about certain enemies and hop directly to
them for a practice session. For example, say you're tired of playing all the
way to Quick Man just to lose over and over. With the database, you can hop
directly to him and practice that buster run until you get it down to a science.
Then it's off to the full game for the real deal!
Museum: MMLC will sport an exhaustive collection of sketches, art and
other visual materials that help put you in that 1987~1992 time period. Part of
this game's goal is the preservation of history, and the folks at Digital
Eclipse are scanning items at absurdly high resolutions to make them as clean
and clear as possible.