Awww man.... what happened to the old Justify Your Game theme song?

DONNYchiban

While I appreciate the new introduction to "Justify your game", I sorely miss the photo of the family wearing helmets.

Danj3ris

That's not much of a justification.

Cyanotic

@Xtreme_Hindu_Cow: Yea, but the key difference is that those old school skills had to be honed to a razor point because death actually meant something back then because you had things like lives and limited continues. You don't have to try as hard nowadays simply because you don't have to beat it in one sitting, you can just limp your way through a game if you needed to.

As far as 1 & 2 being on VC? My GCN Mega Man Anniversary Collection kinda negates my need for those.

dry-roasted-peanuts

shoulda translated in real time woulda been hilarious

lilaliendog

@KaneRobot: Yeah, let's make fun of the man because his name, which I'm sure kicks ass in Japan, happens to coincide unfortunately with another phrase here...

:(

Spoony Bard

That wasn't justification, just a commercial. : P

ara

"Can you justify your Mega Man misterrrr... Take a shit? Sir, this is a serious event please take your immature shenanigans elsewhere."

RaepGoblin

@Darth Navster: I don't know about that. I can still beat the first Contra without dying, but have difficulty with Contra 4. I think part of that was having the second screen of action, which means you have a lot more real estate to keep track of. Or sometimes you have a bullet that originates in the gap between the screens, and you have almost no time to react to it.

In short, I think Contra 4 is actually a good bit harder than the older Contras, so I wouldn't use that as a good indicator of what your skills are now compared to then.

Cloral

That's cheating, he had time to write notes!

Quasimodo X

So he didn't justify anything then? :P

Also I miss the old intro for this piece.

LittleBigPlaneteer

Rofl. Before he starts he's all like "WTF It's Mega Man whaddya want from me?" Haha :D

Candlejack

nah it's like riding a bike. old school skills never vaporize. you use reaction speed in FPS of today just like ya did in megaman series.

Xtreme_Hindu_Cow

I love his shirt, the old PAL box style Megaman art is hilarious.

Sight

Oh god I was not prepared to see Sam "the worlds ugliest dog".

liquid_kore

@KaneRobot: I'm sure that's an anagram of something.. but i'm not sure what.

I wonder what it could be. Hmm...

hamandcheeseUK

he did the justification part in 4 seconds followed by commercial :o

Sandldan

Video's not working for me... :\

GenRedLeader

I heard that this game is designed to be old school hard. I'm not sure how I feel about that. On one hand it will help me relive the days of challenging difficulty on the NES, but playing Contra 4 made me realize that my old school skills have atrophied so much that I shouldn't even bother.

Darth Navster

I'm sorry in advance, but...his last name is take shit. A.

That is awesome.

KaneRobot

Nice! Originals AND a new one! This will be a Mega-Fall for Mega-Man!

Yeah, I know. That was pretty corny.

UCB-Disco

yay MM9!

Kyolux

I think Gabe Newell still wins.

Wolfers

Why waste time trying to justify games that really need none? I'd personally like Kotaku to talk to one of the Konami people and have them try to justify Castlevania Judgment, 15 seconds or otherwise.

Geer

@dry-roasted-peanuts: Sure, but wouldn't you like a version that:

1) Restores the "normal" and "Hard" difficulties to 2?
2) Doesn't have those annoying pop ups
3) Retains all the original HUD?
4) Plays on a close approximation of the NES controller?

Not that I'm trying to convince you, 'cause you sound pretty convinced already . . .

Tubatic

I want that shirt!

CockroachMan

I love these Justify Your ________ . Adam, please please please put together more.

antialias02

Yay! A new Justify! Can we get a new Justify Your Kane as well? Those are the best kinds of Justify.

Protector one

Why doesn't the video work for me?!?
I need all the Megaman 9 info I can get!

TheCleaningGuy

Aw man I was actually hoping he would be wearing the US Megaman 1 boxart. that would've been even more awesome

Zho

wow! Thats one hell of a cool mega man t-shirt! i want one.

exedore

Takeshita-san rocks!

drevid

It could have been justified quickly if he just said "this is not a Mega Man X game"

MonsterHospital25

The justify series is what got me reading kotaku regularly in the first place. we need more of these!

goodbadorugly

use mozilla to watch

Rengenki

YES! Megaman 2 on VC finally! i hate playing megaman on a gamecube controller!

also i thought it was kinda funny that he called it Megaman 9 instead of Rockman 9.

Beximus

Pfft.. Until the release of MegaMan 3, it is all only a tease.

Lazz

@Tubatic: I know this is and old topic already, but I felt I needed to answer:

1) Restores the "normal" and "Hard" difficulties to 2?
Normal and Hard difficulties are selectable for ALL Mega Man games in Anniversary Collection, or better said, Easy and Normal difficulties :)

2) Doesn't have those annoying pop ups
You can turn them off from the options screen at start.

3) Retains all the original HUD?
You can also turn them off from the options screen at start. Same with remixed music. In fact you can make it look and feel exactly as the original versions.

4) Plays on a close approximation of the NES controller?

The MMAC is available for PS2, XB and NGC, so choose the controller you most like :D

Well, after this shameful advertisement, I walk away :P

Axel

LOL Sam! I was not prepared to see him, though I never am.

WarlordPayne

@Cloral wrote: "In short, I think Contra 4 is actually a good bit harder than the older Contras"

I doubt that. It's just that we've played through all the levels in the old Contras dozens or even hundreds of times. A decade later, that still counts for something.

L_K_M

There were actually different Boxarts in different Euopean countries. Link: [www.retropelihuolto.com]

Most of Europe actually got the middle box.

Kotakufan777