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Mega Man Zero re-released on Wii U as part of 'Mega Manniversary'

Mega Man Zero, the first game of the acclaimed Game Boy Advance series, has made its way to the Wii U Virtual Console, as part of today's Mega Manniversary sale.

Ozzie Mejia

December 17, 2014 10:30 AM

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It's time to wish Mega Man a happy 27th birthday. As he approaches the big 3-0, Capcom and Nintendo are celebrating the Blue Bomber's birthday with a game that doesn't exactly feature him in a starring role. Mega Man Zero makes the jump from Game Boy Advance to the Wii U Virtual Console today, centering around Mega Man X's reploid hero, Zero.

Mega Man Zero takes the series further into the future, taking place a hundred years after Mega Man X. Zero is awakened from a cryogenic sleep and finds a world on the brink of robo-genocide. Though Zero still has his ultra-cool arsenal from Mega Man X, Mega Man Zero amps up the difficulty level to new heights... which, for a Mega Man game, says an awful lot. The game is available now for $7.99.

Nintendo is also offering up a special Mega Manniversary sale on the eShop. Mega Man 5, 6, and 7 are running for half-off on the Wii U eShop, while the Game Boy versions of Mega Man 2, 3, and 4 are similarly slashed on the 3DS eShop. These deals can be found on the Nintendo website, as well.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?