It’s certainly up for debate whether or not this is an attractive feature or a reason not to buy. You can almost hear the level designers laughing at how devilishly difficult certain segments are. While past Mega Man games relied on memorization and precision, Mega Man 9 requires a higher level of both. However, Capcom has taken that mentality and multiplied it, creating some absolutely absurd level designs that even die-hard masochists will frown upon. Mega Man 9 is hard, and any fan of the series should expect that. The music is phenomenal, the pixel art excellent, and boss design mostly interesting (Galaxy Man looking a little too much like the obscure Japanese monster Guilala). This is a NES game, right down the flicker. The true 8-bit stylings run deep through this retro revival, in the truest sense.
Why have we went back all the way to Mega Man 1 and 2, when the last game was on the PlayStation and Saturn? That’s not necessarily a knock against the game itself, but purely a poor design call by Capcom. There’s something wrong with Mega Man 9: It doesn’t fit. If Capcom was so intent in keeping Mega Man 9 in an era of NES classics, why are we paying for downloadable content? All of that work to keep this firmly planted in its roots is wasted if you can unlock secret characters with cash instead of skill.
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