Starting today, North American Wii U owners will be able to download both the Team Protoman and Team Colonel versions of Mega Man Battle Network 5 on the Virtual Console. The games, which were originally released for the Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS systems in 2005, are the fifth dual installments in the Battle Network series. Dark Chips make their debut in this title, while most other mechanics are carried over from earlier installments.You can watch the official announcement videos below to get an idea of how each game plays. Both the Team Protoman and Team Colonel version will be available individually for $6.99.
Video: Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team Protoman / Team Colonel Wii U Virtual Console Trailer
Whenever I see an old Megaman game being released, I feel as I was being tortured.
Is it that hard to C(r)apcom give some love to Megaman and made a little effort to pull out something new?
Without Inafune? No.
Why not? Inafune is just the beautiful face that stamps the press releases.
The team behind Megaman is much bigger than we think. However, honestly, I don’t know where that people are right now since it is a bit difficult to track down this kind of information.
But, anyway, if they (Capcom) really wanted, they could have released something new already.