Limited Edition Mega Man 9 Promo Kit

Written by Link on 2nd October, 2008

Nicola mentioned this kit in a secondary link, but I figured I might mention it a little more in depth.

This has been featured on nearly every video gaming site known to man, but here's a recap directly from Capcom:

When we came up with the concept of a "box art" for Mega Man 9, we thought it was kinda funny, since there would be no real retail box for a dowloadable title. The premise of our marketing concept for the game was to promote this title like it was 1987, complete with cheesy art and game descriptions (read the back of the box) that had little to do with the actual game.

We then started to think, well why not? Why don't we recreate an old NES package complete with a real NES cartridge? So, here it is. What do you think?

Unfortunately, we weren't able to put the full game on these cartridges (the licensing and legal issues were a headache and not worth the trouble), but I agree, it would've been cool. Instead, these carts contain a small CD with artwork, game information and screenshots.

Anyway, we're sending these bad boys out this week to our friends from the press. Don't worry, we're thinking about offering a very limited quantity (200) on the Capcom Store, probably with a PSN or XBLA game voucher.

There are two of these on eBay at the moment, one with stock photos that is still under $100.00, and a second that also includes a MM9 T-Shirt that has already broke $400.00. Both have four days to go. I'd love to pick one of these up myself, but can't justify $400.00+ if that becomes the average price.

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Ready 2 Rumble Promo Boxing Glove
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6 Responses to “Limited Edition Mega Man 9 Promo Kit”

Speed on October 2nd, 2008 9:27 pm

Capcom has said on Capcom-unity that they will have
a limited public release of this via their store.
jointhiway on October 3rd, 2008 12:32 am

The capcom website is selling the t-shirt for mega man 9 for $24.99 plus shipping.
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Jurai on October 3rd, 2008 12:03 pm

capcom already sold all the press kits on their store the other day, they sent special codes to the first 200 people who had commented the original press kit blog post, which was kind of a bummer since I commented on kotaku not on the capcom blog. It apparently cost 49.99 (they put it at a ridiculous price in the store and sent people a coupon to cut the price to 49.99 just in case someone figured out the item location), and did NOT include a psn/xbla code for the game after all.
Mayhem on October 4th, 2008 7:52 am

Not true afaik, they haven’t distributed all the 200 they said were going to be available, only some of them so far. And it wasn’t the first 200 to comment on the blog otherwise I would have gotten a code. People receiving the code so far have been handpicked so I’ve been told.