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The downloadable content was made available from April 1, 2008 and 8 items were initially offered:

* Lilty House, Selkie House, Yuke House (300 Points each): Houses that produce new adventurers of the other three races from the Crystal Chronicles world.
* Three Races Pack (800 Points): All three new races in one slightly discounted set.
* King's Change of Clothes (100 Points): A pirate outfit for the King.
* Chime's Dress-Up (100 Points): A new outfit for the player's assistant Chime.
* Sacred Shrine (200 Points): A shrine that lets warriors temporarily buff themselves up.
* Gorgeous House (100 Points): A big house that many different people can live in.

Additional content has since been added and announced:

* Castle Update (100 Points)
* 11 Dungeons Pack (300 Points): A pack containing 11 new dungeons due out in late April 2008. Clearing these dungeons will reward the player with new buildings.
* Tower of Eternity (300 Points): A special dungeon featuring a gigantic tower and a formidable monster. If the monster is destroyed, the player is rewarded with an invaluable treasure. This dungeon is due out in June 2008.
* Library (200 Points): Gives the player the skill to memorize race-specific abilities and to train their warriors further. Also due in June 2008.

100 Point downloads for a new dungeon and the ability for the player to alter their adventurers' names, as well as additional clothing items, including a bikini for Chime, will also become available in future.

Users who purchased and downloaded the game before April 1 can redownload an updated version of the game in order to access the new content.

Who am I kidding, I'll just fall asleep and let the game play itself

This content is licensed by Nintendo (lol)
(after it connects to the server and retrieves the data)

Add-on Content Name - Wii Points - Blocks Required
Dungeon Pack - 300 - 1
Triple Race Pack - 800 - 2
Lilty Hut - 300 - 1
Selkie Den - 300 - 1
Yuke Shack - 300 - 1
New Royal Outfit - 100 - 3
New Chancellor Outfit - 100 - 3
Luxurious House - 100 - 1
Sacred Shrine - 200 - 1

(All or some content carries over into new games):

Dungeon Pack - Adds 11 dungeons, clearing said dungeons raises the limitation on weapon,armor, item shops. Also taverns, parks, gaming halls, and houses. Only the new building limits of weapon, armor, item shops, and parks will carry over to new games.

Triple Race Pack - Adds dungeons that unlock Lilty huts, Selkie dens, and Yuke shacks to the game. You CANNOT purchase this if you have purchased any of the single housings. Carries over to new games once unlocked, however the gender and job of adventurers are preset and cannot be changed.

Lilty Hut - Adds Erithrow Cliffs. Clearing this adds Lilty Huts to buliding menu. This feature can be carried over to new games once unlocked. 1 male and 1 female family member are recalled to a hut. The Lilty adventurer recalled is always a male warrior who cannot change jobs.

Selkie Den - Adds Axilla Cinderwood. Clearing this adds Selkie Dens to the building menu. Carried over to new games, yadda yadda. 3 female family members are recalled to a den. Always a female thief.

Yuke Shack - Glisera Oasis. Yuke Shacks. Carries over. 1 male and 1 youth. Either male black mage or female white mage.

New Royal Outfit - Costume for the king.

New Chancellor Outfit - Costume for Chime. I assume this and the royal outfit would carry over. I don't see why not?

Luxurious House - Adds 3 dungeons. Clear them to add luxurious houses. Greatly increases your income. Carries over.

Sacred Shrine - Adds 3 dungeons. Clear to add sacred shrines. Boost stats temporarily. Carries over.

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The story is as standard as any of the previous Rockman games, but with a twist. Robots are on a rampage, and Wily is coming back, but this time around, he states that the robot attacks are caused by Dr. Right, Rockman's own creator. Now Rockman has to prove his creator's innocence by defeating the new robot masters and finding the real truth behind the cause.

Inafune himself states the following about the relation to past Rockman games and the creation of this one. He says that the entertaining parts of a Rockman game "doesn't fit into the grandiose and expansive world that the consumer gaming industry has become, and so you have to make games that match the current expectations."

If the game would've come out as a retail version, Inafune claims that it would be criticized as being simplistic, outdated or too expensive, and with today's standards in making a game, bringing an 8bit game to retail wouldn't be a wise decision on a home console. This is why it's been decided that it would surface as a downloadable content, in the means of WiiWare, for the reason of reliving an instant classic much in the same way as Virtual Console games does.

The game will be created by Inti Creates, who gave us Rockman ZERO and ZX series, as well as Rockman EXE Battle Chip GP on the GBA. Their experience with the 8bit formula has been proven in the mini-game Rockman Antique that's unlockable in Rockman ZX Advent. The Blue Bomber will be controlled by placing the Wii Remote sideways in traditional Famicom/NES style, and hopefully, it does support more controllers. Inafune also revealed that while there aren't any new mechanical devices for Rockman to use to progress in the game, his trusted canine companion Rush will return, thus making sure that memorable classic characters are returning in the same fashion.

The reason they bring this game as a 8bit style game, is because fans being the most acquainted to that style since the birth of Rockman more than 20 years ago. Since fans has been playing the first games in the series an unlimited amount of time, and portraying his classic style in both fan productions on the internet and T-shirt decorations, it felt just right to bring the revival of our classic Blue Bomber back in a style that's most familiar to everyone. Being able to test the limits of 8bit graphics on a current generation home console seemed like a fun idea to pick up on.

The music will be styled in 8bit fashion too, not to mention cutscenes in the same way they were experienced in the past Rockman games. Pure 8bit progressive goodness. Inafune is also mentioning that, with Rockman 2 being the most favorite title of all time, he hopes that Rockman 9 will surpass that, and hopefully be able to keep bringing Rockman back to his roots with more sequels in this fashion.

His final statement is this: "The moment you've been waiting for is here! We're not just giving you Rockman 9, we're giving you a new Famicom/NES game. This is a game that brings back the fun of the old games, and I hope you all enjoy it!"