I very much doubt that it will achieve what it is setting out to do, to better Megaman 2, but I`m still really looking forward to playing it.
I like the designers view when he says that if a game is 8-Bit, 16-Bit or whatever doesn`t really matter as long as it fits in with the creators view of how the game should look. I wish this were true and believe it myself but in this day and age I`m not sure that the majority of newer generation of gamers are going to be able see it in this way. It will be interesting to see how it performs. I have high hopes for it. I think that most people from my generation, the ones who grew up with NES games, will love it, others, I`m not so sure.
I also agree with Helm in what he says about using NES limitations as an excuse for bad art. There are as he lists, quite a few decent looking NES games around which were very well done.
Jason.