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Let the Mega Man 9 Speedruns Continue

Posted by Peter Smith

Some weeks back, our very own Bob Mackey reported on the first speedruns of Mega Man 9. But the best clip out at that point was multi-segmented and started out with 999 screws, which is kind of cheating in my book. Now, watch as champion speedrunner Nicholas "SirVG" Hoppe (who holds world speed records on such classics as Actraiser, Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland and Castlevania: Rondo of Blood) delivers the goods with a single-segment, new-game run. (And provides entertaining captions to boot.)





Some Youtube/gaming forum posters have complained about the way that MM9 times gameplay — freezing the timer when the game is paused. This does mean that an MM9 speedrun like this one, which actually lasts forty-nine minutes, gets an official time of 27:37, which is a little odd. But the cool thing is that by not penalizing for use of the select screen, this rule encourages inventive speedrunners to use all of Mega Man’s special weapons in clever, time-saving ways. (Mega Man 9’s weapons, incidentally, are far more versatile and useful than the throwaways of most Mega Mans past.) This makes the run way more entertaining to watch, which, after all, is the point, and it’s enough to make me wish that the older games were set up this way. In fact... Capcom, old friend? Any thoughts? Enhanced downloadable versions with MM9-style challenges and timer features? You know, we love you very much...

Related posts:
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Roto13 said:

I'd buy another Mega Man Anniversary Collection with more bonuses, sure. Gimme.

Or they can get to work on Mega Man 10.

October 23, 2008 10:28 PM

Sir VG said:

First off, thanks for the great article.  I'm glad that you think highly of my speed runs.

Just to let you know, as good as that run is, I've actually completed a FASTER run.  0:26:30 by the game timer.  I've sent this in to Speed Demos Archive for submission to their site, which is why I haven't posted it to my YouTube account.  Just don't want to spoil anything, you know?

Only thing I will spoil before hand is that there are no deaths in the 0:26:30.

I don't know when it'll be posted, but keep an eye on SDA's news page.

"We came.  We saw. We speed ran."

~ Nicholas "Sir VG" Hoppe

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October 24, 2008 1:52 PM

Breeke said:

Sorry, but that run sucked. I've seen MUCH better speed runs of Mega Man games. If you look on YouTube for runs like Mega Man 1 in 22:57, Mega Man 2 in 30:33, and Mega Man 3 in 37:41 (1 and 2 especially, 3's not quite as good), you'll see what I mean. There are people who could absolutely demolish this run, and it's only a matter of time before it happens.

October 24, 2008 6:32 PM

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