I just found out minutes ago that rumors are raging HARD about Mega Man 9 being a reality. Evidence points to it being a XBLA/PSN release.

Really? A download-only game?

This does not bode well for my status as a fan. The classic series has been all but non-existant for the past 10 years, and everything after X4 has been atrocious. MM9 has some big shoes to fill by pulling the franchise out of the gutter. If this game ends up being anything less than a flawless representation of Mega Man's glory days in the 90's, I'm afraid Mega Man may be dead to me. And the point I was trying to get at in a round-about way is that download-only titles are almost always sub-par.

I'm hoping for the best, but prepared for the worst...