One Of The Rarest Mega Man Titles Is Getting A Physical Reprint

More like....Willy wars

This is very cool, but I've got no Sega Genesis to play it on! Would've loved it on Switch or SNES or something.

I'd also like to see more rare/lost games like this get physical reprints (especially for markets they haven't released in), such as Terranigma and Dragon Quest V SFC.

Already got this and beat it on the Sega Genesis Mini and AtGames Sega Genesis handheld so no need to rebuy it again but for those die hard Genesis/Mega Drive collectors out there who had to get everything physical, this release is for you.

Would be a instant purchase for me on Switch.

These physical releases are cool and all, but odd they don't consider a digital purchase alternative for people that don't want more crap sitting around.

@MatthewTaranto
Yes! Terranigma. Great call. There are copies on ebay that some people have made. I'm going to get one soon. They're not the authentic copies, but they work just the same.

@Ghost_of_Hasashi Yeah this...I mean, its not like the Genesis Mini is scalper market either...

Cool. Not for me, but cool.

A nice little physical package there with just enough stuff to make it feel special but no so much as to make it feel like a bunch of pointless fluff.

I have a NA pirate box and cartridge of this game. It crashes though when you beat all 3 games to try and unlock whatever the reward was. If I didn't have it on my Genesis mini too, then I might bite.

Ohh, when it said "rare", I thought it was gonna be the Game Gear or Wonderswan games.... the Wily Wars is already readily available in the Mega Drive Mini, so it feels less rare than the others.

Also I own a PAL copy of Wily Wars, so I guess it feels less rare to me for that reason too.

I love classic Mega Man, but $70? Nope.

I thought this going to be about a game on a Nintendo system. Instead it's just another junky clickbait article. Sometimes I really hate this site and it seems to be getting worse! If you care so much about Sega, Damo, why don't you make a "Sega Life" website or something and put subjects about your favorite company there instead?

@Broosh hopefully Wily Wars ends up as part of a Mega Man spin-off collection alongside the GB games, Mega Man Soccer and that one Kart racing game on PlayStation.

@EarthboundBenjy I'd dig a copy of Mega Man Gear. I'm getting a Game Gear for cheap soon, and would enjoy having this oddity in my collection.

@HammerKirby That would be incredible.

Would have loved this on Switch, oh well!

@DrDaisy Mega Man did have one or two Sega releases, of course, but the majority of Mega Man fans are fans of the Nintendo games. And Wily Wars is specifically a port of three NES games anyway. So I'd say this article is indeed of interest to Nintendo fans.

I’ll stick with the Sega Genesis Mini on this one.

Who cares! Got all excited it might coming to the Switch but nope, let's release it on a 30 year old system!

Haven't bought any of their releases, still struggling to decide wether I consider them worthy, but this one may be my first one. I love the series and the fact that these games got a Mega Drive release.

Great article and thanks for the coverage. I love the concept of re-releases but I already have too much “stuff” hence for now not for me in a physical form.

May everyone who wants one, get one easily. The Collector Edition does look nice, but I don't have anything to play it on, and I own it on the Sega Mini.

@Yorumi I do have to agree with you on this.

Cool, but now Capcom... we need new entries in the series of:

• Mega Man Legends
• Mega Man X Command Mission

Please, Thanks & ASAP.

... Wun can only hope.

This game was my introduction to Mega Man back when I just had a Sega Genesis and Sega Channel.

@DrDaisy Well, when Nintendo doesn't publish that many games and they produce a console that third parties aren't interested in, Nintendolife has to get creative with filling the site with articles.

@wuntyme8 Hear hear!

I do wish I’d bought a Mega Drive mini when they first came out.

I think for the price it's incredible value, but at the end of the day they aren't very good ports, it's simply hyped as it was in low volume back then and because of that became a collectors item.

@Mike1 Yep, that millions of people still play and collect for.

@Broosh A digital purchase Megadrive rom?

@YANDMAN Yeah, listed as a PC-download. I purchased a ROM a ways back for Gameboy music software that could run via flash-cart or emulator. Granted, that was a fan-made thing but similar logic could be applied.

@MatthewTaranto Honestly you can buy a Genesis Mini for the same price or cheaper and get this game along with 41 other great titles

Man, I'd love to play this, but I don't have the necessary hardware. Really hope we can see this come to modern consoles in some form later on.

@MatthewTaranto Also Mario & Wario for the Super Famicom, but it’s highly unlikely sadly

Shane they never released a followup Genesis collection for Mega Man 4-6. I like how the Wily Wars looked as an alternative to the originated look, would love to see the rest of the NES collection get that treatment. Wonder if there are any rom hacks out there that did this.

@Damo B) So you've said before. A lot of them are probably interested in politics. Doesn't mean they belong here.

C) If you weren't making a clickbait article, you could have put something like "Mega Man: The Wily Wars is getting released on Genesis in the West."
I don't even have to click on the articles to get upset. Just seeing that padding is enough.
I get it; this is your site now and you're gonna put whatever you want on it. That doesn't mean I have to like it.

@WaluigiNumberOne Yeah I grew up with that as my first console and introduction to gaming. It's no wonder I became a gamer lol.

The concept was just way ahead of it's time. Essentially broadband internet game streaming/downloading in the early-mid 90's.

I have the complete physical, Shante collection!

I'll be getting the complete physical, Megaman collection!

Got excited til I saw it was a Genesis cartridge. Still think it's cool but rather have it for Switch.

When I first read the topic, I thought this was going to be a physical switch release for $30 bucks. But after reading the article I am extremely disappointed. I actually do have a Sega Genesis. But I'm not digging out of my basement, when it might not even work anymore. Also, $70!?? Really? Are they nuts? Only the most die-hard megaman fanboys would get this. And finally I've actually played the rom of the game several times over. Maybe if I hadn't I'd be tempted to get this. But no. Just no.

@Broosh Just go and download it. It already exists. The sole point of this is to make a physical product. Digital downloads of 'NEW' games for old systems is a thing, and it totally makes sense, making a digital version of a sought after physical collectible does not.

@LinktotheFuture Have to agree with you. I would've bought the physical had it been brought to the Switch

@YANDMAN True, but rather than illegally downloading a copy, I'd be willing to support whoever gets the rights to distribute physical copies. Just saying an alternative to this release method would be appreciated 🤷 I wanna play these dope games without paying a scalper or being a pirate is all 😎

@MatthewTaranto A legitimate Dragon Quest V SFC reprint won't happen.
Square-Enix wouldn't authorize it unless they wrote the localization themselves.
It's pretty clear they'll never rerelease the NES, GBC or PS1 localized games because they don't match S-E's current DQ standards (so they said when they shut down a fan effort to insert the PS1 DQ7 localization into the 3DS version, a few months before the official 3DS localization was announced).

@Ambassador_Kong
You are Nintendo BITTER ELITE! I'd suggest you move on from a company that so effectively boils your blood, but after reading a handful of your most recent comments, the disdain/hate relationship (obsession?) you've fostered is actually pretty comical; keep it up!!

@CodyDogg You can only truly hate the things you truly loved. I was done with Nintendo after the WiiU, but got suckered into buying a Switch after seeing so many positive comments here. Biggest console mistake of my life. I have a few hundred dollars of venting to do before I'm done.

@Ambassador_Kong Maybe it's time to move on then, instead of spending time on a Nintendo fansite, only posting negative comments? To me it just seems like a big waste of time, but you do you, man.

@Ambassador_Kong
Ah! A fellow U Man, eh? Yeah, I’ll admit: seeing ‘our’ purchase of that console rendered further into a punch line (more so than even when it was current) via Switch ports stings me in an indescribable, almost betrayal, kind of way.! I get the frustration, but, ideally, NTDOY have a couple years left to change that ‘greatest mistake.’
If not, admittedly, “I have a few hundred dollars of venting to do before I'm done,” is a great line! Cheers.

@LinktotheFuture DEFINITELY!!

I tried Wily Wars on an emulator many years ago. As soon as I heard that weak and lame FM soundtrack, I was out 😝
Give me the NES audio any day.

FM has its uses, but it needs to be supplemented by something otherwise it just sounds flaccid. That's why most Genesis music is horrible.

Sonic the Hedgehog music sounded good because they made use of an actual sample channel for drums, and a second music chip on the Genesis, the PSG. The PSG had 3 pulse wave channels to make the typical NES lead sounds, plus a noise channel for high hats and other white noise effects. But it seems many composers for the Genesis just phoned it in and only stuck to a few FM channels for music.

@YANDMAN Yeah ok, I'm sure more people would rather have this on a 30 year old dinosaur system than the Switch. Lmao!!!

@Mike1 Of course they would.

@YANDMAN Lmao!! Well judging by the comments on this post, you are the only one!

@Mike1 And this comment section is obviously a clear representation of the global demand and popularity of classic games and systems. If people didn't want it, why would they bother making it? Just accept that it isn't on switch and cry as much as you need to in order to feel better about the situation LOL.

@YANDMAN No one else is happy that it is on the Genesis except you. It's a stupid move the developers putting it on the Genesis since it pretty much won't sell at all except for people like you that enjoy playing on a 30 year old dinosaur system. Doesn't really matter to me if it came to the switch since I have all of the Mega Man games on my PS4 anyway!

@Mike1 You have all the games? Ha haaaaaaaaaaa, except these one's.

@YANDMAN It's fine cause I got the originals on my PS4. Thats all I need. And when this game sells 25 copies, maybe they will realize they should have released it on a more modern system.