22nd June 2004, 9:19 AM
http://www.capcom.com/news/news.xpml?prid=450143
This is straight from Capcom's main site. Reading it seems to confirm what Gamespot said, sadly enough, but I AM still confused as to the reasoning behind this.
• 10 Mega Man games on one disk –
o Mega Man 1 through Mega Man 8
o Two never-before-released-in-the-US Mega Man arcade games: Mega Man the Power Battle and Mega Man 2 the Power Fighters
• Additional content – Unlock a producer interview (GameCube only), an anime video (PlayStation 2 only), hidden original artwork, and remixed music inspired by the original Mega Man series.
• All new soundtracks are available in Navi mode for the PlayStation 2.
Anyway, there ya have it. Seems that Capcom themselves has confirmed that the new soundtracks will only be in-game on the PS2 version. I still have no idea why on Earth they needed to do this though... I have a few theories. One is that they couldn't fit EVERY remixed track on the GCN disk, only some of them, and thus had to disable support for that in GCN's navi mode to prevent glitches and also the inconsistancies of music quality or something. Another is that in order to fit all the remixed music on the GCN disk it had to be compressed, so while in sound test it's no biggy that the system is running a decompression routine, while emulating the various games on the system, that would drag down performance. That last theory of mine is bull, because honestly those are NES games and the system should have plenty of extra power to throw at decompressing music.
Gamespot alone saying this is suspicious, but Capcom also saying it almost closes the door on this issue for me. So then EM, try to get the PS2 version now. Don't worry, I don't think the stores are going to be stormed for this game just yet, they should have an extra one lying around. Also, Gamestop does allow you to turn any preorder money into store credit, so yes you'll be able to put your preorder money towards the PS2 version.
This is straight from Capcom's main site. Reading it seems to confirm what Gamespot said, sadly enough, but I AM still confused as to the reasoning behind this.
Quote:The Mega Man Anniversary Collection will include the following features:
• 10 Mega Man games on one disk –
o Mega Man 1 through Mega Man 8
o Two never-before-released-in-the-US Mega Man arcade games: Mega Man the Power Battle and Mega Man 2 the Power Fighters
• Additional content – Unlock a producer interview (GameCube only), an anime video (PlayStation 2 only), hidden original artwork, and remixed music inspired by the original Mega Man series.
• All new soundtracks are available in Navi mode for the PlayStation 2.
Anyway, there ya have it. Seems that Capcom themselves has confirmed that the new soundtracks will only be in-game on the PS2 version. I still have no idea why on Earth they needed to do this though... I have a few theories. One is that they couldn't fit EVERY remixed track on the GCN disk, only some of them, and thus had to disable support for that in GCN's navi mode to prevent glitches and also the inconsistancies of music quality or something. Another is that in order to fit all the remixed music on the GCN disk it had to be compressed, so while in sound test it's no biggy that the system is running a decompression routine, while emulating the various games on the system, that would drag down performance. That last theory of mine is bull, because honestly those are NES games and the system should have plenty of extra power to throw at decompressing music.
Gamespot alone saying this is suspicious, but Capcom also saying it almost closes the door on this issue for me. So then EM, try to get the PS2 version now. Don't worry, I don't think the stores are going to be stormed for this game just yet, they should have an extra one lying around. Also, Gamestop does allow you to turn any preorder money into store credit, so yes you'll be able to put your preorder money towards the PS2 version.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)