Buckle up – I've got a weird one for ya today. BotMarley and MaverickHunterX bring us images of a Mega Man 2 plug and play TV game found at Walmart in the US. The unit is produced by MSI Entertainment and goes for $17.88. I've got no footage of the thing in action, but I wouldn't count on it to be a perfect 1:1 conversion.
UPDATE: It's legit. Capcom USA's Tim Turi personally confirmed this with me. So yeah; go ahead and pick this guy up at a Walmart near you! It's not available online, FYI.
They are 14 years too late.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part about their website might just be the 2023 copyright... Like... If your gonna go for something in the future for your copyright, why not go in universe and just 20XX it >.>
ReplyDeleteSeems like they went ahead and put down the date their license ends for it. It'd be a solid five years.
DeleteSome say that there was actually a Megaman game before 2, but I don't believe them.
ReplyDeletelol nice joke, but we all know Megaman 2 was the start of the franchise
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ReplyDeleteMan, where was this stuff when I was a kid
ReplyDeleteWowie! One whole game! What a bargain!
ReplyDeleteNah, I'm sure this has its target audience. I, uh… just have no idea who that might be, in this world of Virtual Console releases, compilations, and… dare I say, Famiclones?
I saw this last week. I thought to myself "do I want to pay $17.88 for one Mega Man 2 game that has a horrible button layout, and may or may not play accurately? Or... do I wait for Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2 and pay $39.99 and get 10 games that will run pretty accurately?"
ReplyDeleteYeah, this thing is interesting, but I can't see myself getting this unless I know it runs well. And even then, it would only be for the sake of a collection. Besides, I have an NES Advantage. If I want the arcade experience, I'll just play Mega Man 1-6 on the NES that way.
Been seeing these around on eBay recently. Was kinda surprised. My nearest Walmart doesn't carry them yet, but when they do I'll be picking one up. $17.88 is much better than the $60+ being asked of them on the aforementioned website lol...
ReplyDeleteEither way, this seems like a waste of money. You are better off playing it on either Anniversary Collection, Legacy Collection, or NES Mini......... or a real NES, if you happen to own one. Plenty of options to choose from to play Mega Man 2, other than a company you do not rely on.
ReplyDeleteI gotta know: How does it play?
ReplyDeleteAs already noted above, their website is truly bizarre, and you can't find this on Walmart's own site. Anybody got a link to a retailer selling this online? I don't even understand what currency MSI's site wants me to pay with but "8500" sounds like too much.
ReplyDeleteStill too late to the party. Licensed or otherwise.
ReplyDeleteNo one wants to plug and play MM2, people want to plug and play Mega Man 11.
ReplyDeleteStop wasting time Capcom and make that happen. Inb4 "Capcom is not using the same resource for this as the development of MM11, all they probably did was ok this to an outsource" yeah I know my comment was said in jest of anticipation of MM11 and fatigue of MM2.
None of the Walmarts in my area got stock, but one had a shelf spot for it, and a UPC code for it. If you want to hunt for it on Brickseek try 84017205646 as your UPC code. I also did this on Walmart.com but they apparently (at least as of now) don't sell it through the web.
ReplyDeleteI just picked this up. The sounds are a bit off, and Metalman was throwing some weird, jumbled sprites at me. This is definitely going in a display case with the rest of my Mega Man stuff. At least the unit itself has some nice artwork on it.
ReplyDeletecan i return it
ReplyDeleteI remember when we would get multiple games on one TV game back in the early 2000's. Would have been nice to have at least 1, 2, and 3 on the unit.
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