You’d best get to your local convenience store and stock up on some Mega Man energy drinks because Mega Man 9 is coming - again. Knowing Capcom, it’ll probably come ten more times because Capcom just can’t quit anything.

Mega Man 9 has been given a release date of September 24th for the WiiWare in Japan. No word on an American release date so far but we’ll keep our eyes peeled. The game is expected to launch on the PSN and Xbox Live as well, but no news or dates have been announced. One can dream!

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At long last, Nintendo has taken legal action towards companies developing and distributing DS pirating tools, such as the R5 or R4. Nintendo, backed by 54 game software companies including Capcom, SNK, Taito, Tecmo and Square Enix are filing a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court against companies that profit from Nintendo’s losses.

Nintendo stated that this piracy, “is causing severe damage to our company and software makers, and this is something that we cannot possibly overlook.”

Overlooking it for the past four years was a bad idea, Nintendo. Maybe if you cranked out more drinking games, people wouldn’t find the need to steal your software. To be fair, it is easier to download games from home than to drive to your local retail store. Pirates are lazy.

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Udon Entertainment is offering a chance to win a free Nintendo Wii game. If you’re a fan of the fighting game genre then you know of Street Fighter. Orders placed today for a limited edition art book based upon Capcom’s storied Street Fighter and the many characters within puts you in the running for a chance to win a copy of Okami for Wii.

Also, Capcom will be creating a collection of figurines based on the upcoming Street Fighter IV. They’re looking for fanboy input, so check out the poll on Capcom’s blog. Now, this isn’t official but c’mon…it’s Capcom! Whenever it gets the chance to bleed out plastic figurines resembling Cammy, it will.

With Street Fighter IV coming our way, the art book would make a great gift for any Capcom fanboy. Don’t forget about Okami, either. That game is sweet.

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The recent rumors of a Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition, are now, at least and at last, confirmed. Capcom has launched a Resident Evil Wii edition website, including a short, and kind of shitty, 32 second trailer. Not much is revealed in the trailer that we couldn’t deduce on our own, but it provides a little teaser in solace to wet our palettes.

Also, you can check out more of these low-res screenshots scanned from Famitsu, if you want. It’s not much, but we’ll have more as it breaks. Though for now, it’s not looking impressive. (more…)

A site sniper over at the GoNintendo forums saw a new listing briefly listed on Gamestop titled Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition. With that product name, theres no denying the future plans for the Resident Evil brand. The question is, was this a site typo or was this a company mistake, giving us a little peak at the future? The game listing, which has since been removed, displayed that the fourth installment is set for a July 24th release for $29.99.

Sources who attempted to contact Capcom got neither a confirmation or a denial, further deepening the rumor. A Resident Evil game using the controls of the Wii has got to have some cool navigation. Maybe we’ll be able to really physically beat up zombies now. — Andrew Dobrow

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