Question about Mega Man 6 release date
I need help as this has been bugging me for quite some time. The supposedly release date of Mega Man 6 for the NES is March 1994. I don't think this is correct as by that time I'm pretty sure I had a SNES. I clearly remember Mega Man 6 being one of the last games I played before moving on to SNES. I'm almost positive I got my SNES Christmas '93 and it was the Super Mario All-Stars bundle version. I clearly remember renting Super Metroid and couldn't stop talking about how great it was to my friends while in 3rd grade which would have been between it's release in April and June the end of school of '94.
I know it's common for release dates to be wrong but I just wanted to make sure. If anyone could help I would appreciate it.
I know it's common for release dates to be wrong but I just wanted to make sure. If anyone could help I would appreciate it.
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Would have been faster to google it.
Yes, Mega Man 6 was released March 1994. You forget how late Mega Man was on the SNES. Mega Man X 1 wasn't out until late 1993, neither was Mega Man 7 until Q3 1995.
The US SNES was released Q3 1991, NES games continued to be released until Wario's Woods which was a December 1994 release. Europe got a few licensed NES games during 1995.
Yes, Mega Man 6 was released March 1994. You forget how late Mega Man was on the SNES. Mega Man X 1 wasn't out until late 1993, neither was Mega Man 7 until Q3 1995.
Mega Man 7 being that late kinda blows my mind for some reason, mostly due to the decent-sized gap between it and Mega Man X. I'm surprised Capcom bothered at that point, although this has more to do with my dislike of MM7 more than anything.
But yeah, Mega Man 6 in 1994 makes sense. It's nice, in a way, to think that the final year of the NES still had a Mega Man title to send it off. I never much liked Wario's Woods, so I think you might be able to argue that Mega Man 6 was the last decent NES game unless there's another 1994 game I'm missing.
Alfred Chicken
Bonk's Adventure
Chip n Dale: Rescue Rangers 2
Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak
Incredible Crash Dummies
Jungle Book
Mario's Time Machine
Mega Man 6
Mickey's Adventure in Numberland
TMNT: Tournament Fighters
Wario's Woods
Zoda's Revenge: Startropics II
I for one like Wario's Woods, so that is the great NES sendoff in my mind, though Mega Man 6 is very good, same with Bonk's Adventure and Flintstones 2. The one game from that list I'd like to try more is Startropics II.
The only other exception would be is if I very briefly kept the NES and SNES at the same time and long enough to play Mega Man 6. This also makes sense but it's just not ringing a bell.
It makes a lot more sense that the Mario All-Stars system bundle was a 1994 release.
I bought my NES Top Loader at Kay Bee Toys in the Summer of 1997 AFTER already getting the Nintendo 64 and Mega Man 6 was still on store shelves, it was a very late release game. The way I seem to remember it, at that time brand new, Yoshi's Cookie cost $9.99, Startropics 1 & 2 cost $14.99, and Zelda II "classic series", Final Fantasy, and Mega Man 6 cost $19.99. Those were the games I was still regularly seeing at multiple stores in 1997. I think that was the greatest year in gaming because it was the only year that I saw brand new NES, Game Boy, SNES, and N64 games on store shelves. By 1998 the new NES games were definitely all gone. I always wondered if Nintendo found a surplus of those games at that time or something, because like I said I remember seeing those specific games at multiple stores in my area, but it was only those titles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LZfnA_Ww6Y
It had the same commercial as Zoda's Revenge which was March 1994.
I bought my NES Top Loader at Kay Bee Toys in the Summer of 1997 AFTER already getting the Nintendo 64 and Mega Man 6 was still on store shelves, it was a very late release game. The way I seem to remember it, at that time brand new, Yoshi's Cookie cost $9.99, Startropics 1 & 2 cost $14.99, and Zelda II "classic series", Final Fantasy, and Mega Man 6 cost $19.99. Those were the games I was still regularly seeing at multiple stores in 1997. I think that was the greatest year in gaming because it was the only year that I saw brand new NES, Game Boy, SNES, and N64 games on store shelves. By 1998 the new NES games were definitely all gone. I always wondered if Nintendo found a surplus of those games at that time or something, because like I said I remember seeing those specific games at multiple stores in my area, but it was only those titles.
I absolutely remember all of which you speak of here, Trj! I used to frequent a K.B. Toys in Salem, MA and definitely recall seeing late-release NES titles boxed and sealed for $19.99 or less.
By 1998, the only place to get NES stuff was FuncoLand (RIP).
It had the same commercial as Zoda's Revenge which was March 1994.
I bought my NES Top Loader at Kay Bee Toys in the Summer of 1997 AFTER already getting the Nintendo 64 and Mega Man 6 was still on store shelves, it was a very late release game. The way I seem to remember it, at that time brand new, Yoshi's Cookie cost $9.99, Startropics 1 & 2 cost $14.99, and Zelda II "classic series", Final Fantasy, and Mega Man 6 cost $19.99. Those were the games I was still regularly seeing at multiple stores in 1997. I think that was the greatest year in gaming because it was the only year that I saw brand new NES, Game Boy, SNES, and N64 games on store shelves. By 1998 the new NES games were definitely all gone. I always wondered if Nintendo found a surplus of those games at that time or something, because like I said I remember seeing those specific games at multiple stores in my area, but it was only those titles.
Great commercials.
Also interesting I wondered why Mega Man 6 has Nintendo plastered all over the box, duh.
I've always wondered why MM5 is more expensive than 6. I'm assuming there were less units of MM5 produced.
Same.
I wonder if Nintendo publishing MM6 has any impact on the pricing?
Lol Guntz posted at the same time as I did!
Well, think about it, MM5 was the last one that Capcom printed. By 1992 (or 93, I'd have to check), they probably figured sales would be low. Then with MM6, they left it in the hands of Nintendo to publish, who evidently printed more copies.
Interesting, thanks.
I picked up MM6 about 1 week ago and didn't notice the publisher was Nintendo.
Originally posted by: cirellio
Originally posted by: Guntz
Well, think about it, MM5 was the last one that Capcom printed. By 1992 (or 93, I'd have to check), they probably figured sales would be low. Then with MM6, they left it in the hands of Nintendo to publish, who evidently printed more copies.
Interesting, thanks.
I picked up MM6 about 1 week ago and didn't notice the publisher was Nintendo.
So I assume you've never seen this thread?
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=123536
Originally posted by: Trj22487
Originally posted by: cirellio
Originally posted by: Guntz
Well, think about it, MM5 was the last one that Capcom printed. By 1992 (or 93, I'd have to check), they probably figured sales would be low. Then with MM6, they left it in the hands of Nintendo to publish, who evidently printed more copies.
Interesting, thanks.
I picked up MM6 about 1 week ago and didn't notice the publisher was Nintendo.
So I assume you've never seen this thread?
http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&thr...
TBH I don't pay a whole lot of attention to Mega Man. I'm a bad person.
Incidentally, it appears I have the more common revision USA-1.
USA-1 is the only US released revision.
I'm not insinuating otherwise. I guess it depends on how you read my sentence.
"more common revision" makes it sound like there's a rarer version. Technically yes, but it never got released in the US. You guys don't include Euro or Japanese variants, do you? I don't see why South American variants would count.
Here's what I meant --
...the more common 'revision USA-1'
I did only glance the thread, but it appeared that the USA without -1 at the end was "rarer" and had a Capcom logo at the top with purple framing.
If that was a European copy of the game or something, I didn't read far enough to find out
Originally posted by: cirellio
Originally posted by: Guntz
"more common revision" makes it sound like there's a rarer version. Technically yes, but it never got released in the US. You guys don't include Euro or Japanese variants, do you? I don't see why South American variants would count.
Here's what I meant --
...the more common 'revision USA-1'
I did only glance the thread, but it appeared that the USA without -1 at the end was "rarer" and had a Capcom logo at the top with purple framing.
If that was a European copy of the game or something, I didn't read far enough to find out
It is the original USA version, yet was never sold in the USA. It seems they were all dumped to Brazil.
Originally posted by: Trj22487
Originally posted by: cirellio
Originally posted by: Guntz
"more common revision" makes it sound like there's a rarer version. Technically yes, but it never got released in the US. You guys don't include Euro or Japanese variants, do you? I don't see why South American variants would count.
Here's what I meant --
...the more common 'revision USA-1'
I did only glance the thread, but it appeared that the USA without -1 at the end was "rarer" and had a Capcom logo at the top with purple framing.
If that was a European copy of the game or something, I didn't read far enough to find out
It is the original USA version, yet was never sold in the USA. It seems they were all dumped to Brazil.
Wow, that's crazy!
Originally posted by: Trj22487
It had the same commercial as Zoda's Revenge which was March 1994.
I bought my NES Top Loader at Kay Bee Toys in the Summer of 1997 AFTER already getting the Nintendo 64 and Mega Man 6 was still on store shelves, it was a very late release game. The way I seem to remember it, at that time brand new, Yoshi's Cookie cost $9.99, Startropics 1 & 2 cost $14.99, and Zelda II "classic series", Final Fantasy, and Mega Man 6 cost $19.99. Those were the games I was still regularly seeing at multiple stores in 1997. I think that was the greatest year in gaming because it was the only year that I saw brand new NES, Game Boy, SNES, and N64 games on store shelves. By 1998 the new NES games were definitely all gone. I always wondered if Nintendo found a surplus of those games at that time or something, because like I said I remember seeing those specific games at multiple stores in my area, but it was only those titles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LZfnA_Ww6Y
HOLY SHIT ITS ENDLESS MIKE FROM PETE AND PETE.
It had the same commercial as Zoda's Revenge which was March 1994.
I bought my NES Top Loader at Kay Bee Toys in the Summer of 1997 AFTER already getting the Nintendo 64 and Mega Man 6 was still on store shelves, it was a very late release game. The way I seem to remember it, at that time brand new, Yoshi's Cookie cost $9.99, Startropics 1 & 2 cost $14.99, and Zelda II "classic series", Final Fantasy, and Mega Man 6 cost $19.99. Those were the games I was still regularly seeing at multiple stores in 1997. I think that was the greatest year in gaming because it was the only year that I saw brand new NES, Game Boy, SNES, and N64 games on store shelves. By 1998 the new NES games were definitely all gone. I always wondered if Nintendo found a surplus of those games at that time or something, because like I said I remember seeing those specific games at multiple stores in my area, but it was only those titles.
(couldn't get the commercial to come out right here)
Wouldn't your grandma send you a check for $50 rather than some weird $49.95 amount? In any event I hope he did thank granny and kept that top loader around! Because let's just say even a used one cannot be had for $50 anymore
Also for the first couple of years after the SNES' release Nintendo Power showed three different ways to play with POWER! Classic Power (NES), Portable Power (GB), and SUPER Power!! (SNES)