Keiji Inafune's Mighty No. 9 - TOTALLY not Mega Man

[Nester the Lark]

Comcept is opening up a PayPal to collect additional funding, mainly from people who missed the Kickstarter. They've made it clear that all additional funds will be used only for new stretch goals, the first one being full English voice acting.

Here's Keiji Inafune's announcement. The video includes some footage of Beck transforming, and some Call gameplay.


And on top of that, here's a trailer for a possible official Mighty No. 9 animated series:


Is it just me, or are things moving forward just a little too fast? The actual game is still at least nine months away from release, and we're already seeing this kind of merchandising? There was even already an unlockable Beck costume in Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. Isn't it a little too early for all of this?

[TV Eye]

I saw that trailer last night. The forced humor is very cringe-worthy, and the animation looks like something a few college grads put together. I dunno, hopefully Sonic Boom has a better cartoon. I have faith in Inafune's game-making skills.

[kirbychu]

Actually, with the game nine months away, it's a little late to be thinking of that kind of merchandising. There's no way they could have an animated series anywhere near close to ready for launch anywhere near the game's release if they're just thinking about it now.

EDIT: Oh, okay. Actually reading more about it, it sounds like it's further in production than it sounded. So, this would be the teaser trailer meant to sell the show to networks. Makes sense.

[Nester the Lark]

Here's this month's gameplay footage. Mostly more of what we've already seen, but there's some new Call gameplay in there, too.

[Nester the Lark]

Can you believe it's been a year since the Kickstarter for Mighty No. 9 went live at last year's PAX?

Well, here's the latest gameplay trailer that just debuted at this year's PAX:


Train level FTW!

[Nester the Lark]

So, as a backer of Mighty No. 9, I've been sent a free download code for Mighty Gunvolt on the 3DS (for North American models only). But I don't have a 3DS, so I can't use it. Any of you guys want it?

[Leon]

That's a very generous offer, I'll take you up on it if no one else is interested.

[Nester the Lark]

No one else is saying anything, so it's yours! I'll PM you the code.

[Leon]

Thanks. It's pretty fun with how super retro it is, it's even full of obvious typos.

[Nester the Lark]

Mighty No. 9 has been officially announced to be released this September on all platforms except for 3DS and Vita. Comcept has teamed up with Deep Silver to help publish the game, add more content, and even release physical versions on Wii U, PS4, Xbox One and PC.

The extra content includes Japanese and French voice acting in addition to the English, subtitles in Spanish, French, Italian, German, Russian, Polish and Brazilian Portuguese, and the Ray DLC, which includes an extra level, boss and playable character.

All extra content, including the Ray DLC, will be available to all backers for free (although it's also included in the more expensive physical version by default).

[Nester the Lark]

Been a while, but here's the latest proper trailer for Mighty No. 9:



Also, a collector's edition has been announced for North America.

[Nester the Lark]

It seems Comcept is teasing a spiritual successor to Mega Man Legends called Red Ash (Red Ash => Re-Dash => Rockman Dash => Mega Man Legends)



Details will be revealed this weekend at Anime Expo.

[Boo Destroyer]

Must these spiritual successors look so blatantly similar to the originals?

[Nester the Lark]

So, Red Ash is, indeed, a spiritual successor to Mega Man Legends, and it's being Kickstarted, not only as a game, but also as an anime movie.  The main characters are even named Beck and Call.

[Boo Destroyer]

At this point, it's like Inafune is trying to say, "Fuck you, Capcom."