Truly, the only reason it's a 9.9 is because I never did get the freaking Hadoken.
The music stuck in my head and I hummed it all through my years in middle school, when noone seemed to notice. I drew crappy pictures of Megaman during classes (which led to my bad habits today.) And I got the ROM to keep playing it, even when we had to say goodbye to the old Super Nintendo and in with a new, *purple* Gamecube... though it wasn't really a cube until we got the Game Boy Player. There we go.
Now I have the MMX Collection, and I own the game all over again. The GFX, sound and play control are just as good as they were four years ago, and I still remember my old maneuvers. ("Go nova!" was something I used to shout, and which consisted of a dash jump followed by a upgraded full charge shot.) Then, if I liked it SO much, why isn't this rated a ten?
I'll tell you why.
Street Fighter, your influence on MMX can go to hell.