Mega Man goes back to his roots and loves it up retro style in an 8 bit side scrolling shooting fest for the Wii Ware.

US gaming mag Nintendo Power has revealed that in Mega Man’s next installment the blue bomber returns to his traditional gameplay style, and on top of this he’s also going 8 bit too.

In a move to appease fans of the original series, developer Inti Creates, who created the Mega Man Zero and ZX titles, are not only to moving the looks back to 8 bit but the sound and gameplay too. If fact what the team is trying to do is recreate a NES game for the Virtual Console, this game will be every bit the 8 bit revival and don’t expect the game to be easy either.

Every NES veteran (myself included) will tell you that the Mega Man games had a punishing difficulty; one wrong move would see you blown into little pieces. Blasting your way through eight levels of ludicrous difficulty only to find yourself toe to toe against a seemingly impossible boss was standard fare. This latest Mega Man will make no exceptions and give no quarter either, with the eight bosses named as Magma Man, Galaxy Man, Jewel Man, Concrete Man, Hornet Man, Plug Man, Tornado Man, and Splash Woman, the game gets harder as each day passes.

Source Kombo