Earlier this week, I featured the actual Mega Man 9 as the $20 game of the week, so now here is the game that would have been Mega Man 9. After releasing Mega Man made a phenomenal 32-bit debut on the Saturn and Playstation with Mega Man 8, Capcom went to work on one last 16-bit Mega Man game. It wouldn’t be just a patchwork job though. Capcom pushed the limits of the Super Famicom (or SNES as we know it over here) to its limits in ways which have not been achieved even with Mega Man 7 or the first three Mega Man X games. The game would be one of the last 3rd party games released on a 16-bit system, and what a game it would have been. Unfortunately, this was 1998, well after Nintendo killed off Super Nintendo support in the US. Thus, the game saw a Japan-only release, and until recently, the only way players could see it was via emulation (which Powet does not condone by the way) or import. Even then, you had to be able to read Japanese in order to understand the story. Thankfully, along with GBA re-releases of other games in its 16-bit catalog, Capcom decided to bring this game over with them, giving North American fans the chance to experience one of Mega Man’s finest adventures of the 16-bit era.

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More fun stuff coming out of the Tokyo Game Show, and this time around we have a sweet treat from the ever wonder Resident Evil series. RE5 has a new full-length cinematic trailer, basically showcasing what the majority of the plot will be for the game. We also finally get a good long look at everyone’s favorite guy you love to hate, Albert Wesker, as he makes his actions clear.

Resident Evil 5 drops in North America on March 13th 2009.