Ah, it's a good time to be a Mega Man fan.

On Capcom*Unity, Kramez reveals the whole story behind the concept of the Mega Man 9 "box art" t-shirts worn by Inafune and his staff at E3, of which only four were made:

It was quickly decided by the marketing group that if we were going to release a game that looked like it came from 1987 that we should run the whole marketing campaign as if we were working in the games industry in 1987. From there, it was a very easy leap to putting in a call to I Am 8-bit artist Gerald de Jesus, who we comissioned to create the beautiful/horrible homage to past packaging Mega Man mindcrimes that you see above.

He adds that "Capcom's marketing team in the US is super-stoked that everyone is getting what we're doing with the box art (including the Japanese dev team) and I promise you that we'll have some t-shirts of this beauty available for purchase soon!" I am so there.

In addition, Capcom's Corporate Officer/VP of Strategic Planning & Business Development, Christian Svennson, was asked if there would be a Mega Man 9 theme/GamerPic setup, now that the game has been announced for the Xbox 360. And according to their Product Manager, they are "in the plan, o it sounds like it's happening at some point. :D"

The question now is, might we have a chance to make a Mega Man Avatar?