Year of the Animal: Day 353 - Mega Man 6

 Today's video takes a look at Mega Man 6, the final NES release in Capcom's iconic franchise and the only one released on the console published by Nintendo.

 

 

Year of the Animal: Day 338 - Duck Hunt

 Today's video takes a look at one of the first games released in the US for the NES, Nintendo's Duck Hunt.

Year of the Animal: Day 311 - Yoshi's Cookie

 Today's video takes a look at Yoshi's second appearance on the NES in the puzzle title Yoshi's Cookie.

 

 

Year of the Animal: Day 309 - Barker Bill's Trick Shooting

 Today's video takes a loot at Barker Bill's Trick Shooting from Nintendo.

Year of the Animal: Day 276 - Devil World

 Today's video takes a look at possibly the only Shigeru Miyamoto -produced title to be published by Nintendo to not be released in the US, Devil World.

Famicom box art

 

European box art

Year of the Animal: Day 265 - Gumshoe

 Today's video takes a look at Nintendo's R&D1 developed all light gun controlled platformer, Gumshoe.

Year of the Animal: Day 208 - Volleyball

 Today's video takes a look at Volleyball, one of Nintendo's "Black Box" releases and one of only four volleyball titles released on the NES.

Year of the Animal: Day 205 - Short Order / Egg-Splode

 Today's video takes a look at Nintendo's contribution to the list of games made to support the Power Pad, Short Order / Egg-Splode.

 

 

Year of the Animal: Day 202 - Wario's Woods

 Today's video takes a look at the final officially licensed North American NES release, Wario's Woods, from Nintendo.

Year of the Animal: Day 189 - Mario Is Missing

 Today's video takes a look at Luigi's first starring role: the edutainment title Mario Is Missing from The Software Toolworks.

Year of the Animal: Day 160 - Clu Clu Land

 Today's video takes a look at Clu Clu Land, one of the NES launch titles, from Nintendo.

Year of the Animal: Day 147 - Donkey Kong Jr Math

 Today's video is takes a look at the only educational "Black Box" title, Donkey Kong Jr Math.

Year of the Animal: Day 122 - Cobra Triangle

 Today's video takes a look at the Rare-developed and Nintendo published Cobra Triangle.

 

 

Year of the Animal: Day 105 - To The Earth

 Today's video takes a look at Nintendo's 1990 Zapper title, To The Earth.

Year of the Animal: Day 22 - Snake Rattle 'n' Roll

 Today's video takes a look at Snake Rattle 'n' Roll from Rare and Nintendo.

Year of the Animal: Day 21 - Wrecking Crew

 Today's video takes a look at Wrecking Crew from Nintendo.

And Now A Word About Mega Man 11...

After the departure of Keiji Inafune from Capcom in 2010 and their apparent lack of any caring about what fans wanted thereafter, there was no hope in sight for fans of Mega Man. That was the case until December 4th, when Capcom hit us with a megaton of hype in a single short video. In short...CAPCOM ANNOUNCED MEGA MAN 11 AND BROKE THE COLLECTIVE FANDOM!!! 

I mean, everyone who heard the news was overwhelmed by the warm fuzzy feelings they had. I was excited too, until I saw the game in motion. What I saw took me back to the first footage of that abomination Keiji Inafune announced a little after his departure. Mighty No 9 had all the trappings of a Mega Man game, but something smelled off. As more footage and eventually the finished game got into the hands of gamers, the off smell became a fully rotten egg. Do I think Mega Man 11 will be that bad? Not at all. I can't help but be nervous when I look at the announce trailer, though.

It's pretty obvious whenever Capcom has done too much with the Mega Man franchise, the results aren't that great. Mega Man 7 and 8, which were released on the SNES and PS1, respectively, paled in comparison to what we were used to in the NES games in the franchise. Before you get in an uproar about Mega Man X, Legends, Battle Network, etc Those games did what they were supposed to do on the consoles they originated on, but deviations led to them not being so good. Take for instance Mega Man X7 and X8. Those are easily the worst games with the words Mega and Man on the cover. I'm purposely ignoring that Mega Man Soccer happened, by the way.

My point is, I'm reserving judgment on Mega Man 11 because while it's beautiful and just having a new game in the core franchise that isn't a compilation disc meant to cash in on nostalgia is amazing, I just don't know if I trust the Capcom of 2017. I really hope they prove me wrong, because in all honesty, the best Mega Man experience I've had since 2010 was probably a fan made game where the robot masters were replaced by Street Fighter characters.

The Summer Of 8-Bit 3.0: The Adventure Of Link

Today's video takes a look at Zelda II: The Adventure of Link from Nintendo.

The Summer Of 8-Bit 3.0: The Zapper

Today's video takes a look at The Nintendo Zapper Light Gun.

The Summer Of 8-Bit 3.0: Dragon Warrior

Today's video takes a look at Dragon Warrior from Enix/Nintendo.