Today Capcom has shared more about the upcoming Mega Man Legacy Collection. According to Game Informer, Challenge Mode will have over 50 trials for Mega Man to overcome. These challenges will have leaderboard and replay support. Getting the bronze medal or higher is the only way to unlock more.
Capcom also revealed why Mega Man 7 and Mega Man 8 are not included in the collection. The Developer, Digital Eclipse, is apparently focusing on the first six 8-bit titles because of their visual and design similarities. Mega Man 7 and 8 would require much different processes to preserve in the same way, Capcom says.
Digital Eclipse isn’t just emulating Mega Man 1 through 6, but using original assets to “rebuild” them. Therefore, some flicker and slowdown caused from the source code will be kept in the game, while hardware-level glitches will be eliminated.
In a cool design idea, Mega Man Legacy Collection apparently has filters that recreate the visual quirks of old TVs. There are also three display options. “Full” is how the game was presented at E3, with the original aspect ratio stretched vertically. The “original” setting is just the “sharpest possible image that maintains the original game’s intended aspect ratio” according to Capcom. The Legacy Collection will include a 16:9 stretch mode as well.
Each game will have custom border art to fill the sides of the screen. A music player feature will also ship with the collection, allowing for all six games worth of music to be played at the touch of a button.
Mega Man Legacy Collection is due to release sometime this summer on the PS4, Xbox One, and PC. A 3DS version will come in winter of 2015. Anyone who wants to see the game in action can watch Capcom’s livestream starting at 4 p.m. Pacific tomorrow.
In case you missed it, here is the footage shown at E3: