Now that Nintendo Power's coverage has had a little time to be exclusive, GamesRadar is making it slightly less exclusive by tossing up the first online preview coverage of Mega Man 9. This far less interesting than the fact that Games Radar has the first screens of Mega Man 9 up, too. I'm sure it's mere coincidence that both Nintendo Power and Games Radar are Future Publishing outlets.
Still, the article is a good read-- it's full of neat little info nuggets like Inafune himself being Splash Woman's designer and information about the item shop that you'll be able to use to make the game a little less crushingly hard. You get Rush from the start but it looks like sliding and the charge shot aren't available-- at least when you start the game. Hopefully they'll appear as some sort of acquirable power-up.
