The 3DS and Vita versions are apparently still a thing... though it's been a little over a year since the last update on then (June 15, '17).
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So is the Mighty No 9 “franchise” dead?
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Geez, you guys are harsh. Mighty No. 9 was a flop (though I didn't think it was half as bad as people make it out to be) but I don't think it's enough to discredit the almost 20+ years he had behind him.
had all the plans for one, but it quickly fizzled out when the game bombed and took years to make due to feature creep and over budget curse.
Keiji Inafune was supposed to be backing the Chinese PS4 ripoff + XB1 ripoff console Fuze, too, remember that? Fuze was supposed to have funded Red Ash and the Red Ash anime I think, did that completely disappear?
China's Newest Game Machine Seems So Familiar
China's Newest Game Machine Seems So Familiar
The 3DS and Vita ports still haven't been delivered, and it's been 6 months since the last Kickstarter update (which was from Fangamer about fulfillment of physical rewards), and it was June 3, 2016 the last time either the Vita or 3DS ports were mentioned in a backer update "The Playstation Vita and Nintendo 3DS versions of the game are releasing at a later date, so those codes will go out at that time." It would be nice if some journalists followed up on this for the people who never got their game.
I hope someone who worked on the game will come forward and talk about how mishandled the money was.
I still hope they get a class action lawsuit or similar for having sold the PS3 retail version as "including the Vita version that is coming soon", or at least offer all customers of that version a refund. I know that in the EU that's a pretty clear cut case of false advertising.
I hope not. I really enjoyed the game. Get new level designers and try again. I'd be very interested in seeing an improved sequel.
Someday people will stop taking this tweet as a negative slight towards Inafune. Kamiya has the utmost respect for that man and yet you dusty dick nerds continue to post this like you've magically found the reason why MN9 flopped.
I can finally understand why Kamiya hates interacting like he used to on Twitter with his audience at least
It was apparently enough to dispel the myth that he was "the creator of Mega Man" the way Miyamoto is credited for Mario and Zelda. As far as I know, he was basically an illustrator and character designer and later a producer, whereas someone like Miyamoto was hugely responsible for major creative and game design decisions. It may be hot to shit on Miyamoto these days for Star Fox Zero and Paper Mario, but he still was responsible for some of the absolute most critically acclaimed and influential works in the medium, not to mention making a recent great game in Pikmin 3. Inafune's skills as a producer and business manager can be safely disregarded when production descended into chaos, he promised much more than the team was capable of delivering, and he burned every atom of Mega Man fans' good will Capcom handed to him on a platter.
What makes you think it was mishandled? The game sucked and they couldn't deliver on the portable versions of the game, and that's bad, but what exactly feels mishandled about the money? They got like 3.8 million on Kickstarter. A portion of that will go towards Kickstarter fees and the manufacture and shipment of physical rewards for backers. Do you think 3-4 million is a lot of money to make a game? I'll say that's well over the average budget of a low AA game. The money went into making the game, it just wasn't good. Money doesn't make a game better.
You cannot kill that which never lived.
But seriously, the release of MN9 was its death knel, more than anything that happened post-release or pre-release. The game just did not convince.
But seriously, the release of MN9 was its death knel, more than anything that happened post-release or pre-release. The game just did not convince.
I thought it made a lot more. Thanks for the information chief.
It's worth remembering it's the English speaking twitter audience that burnt the bridge with Kamiya (and other non Japanese languages too it seems). From what I can see he still actively tweets with Japanese twitter since they don't try and use his tweets as gotcha moments. As well as not harassing the dude when he gives his opinions.
I love this post, and you've said it better than I could have. I'm going to follow you now, even though that feature does nothing, lol.
It's kind of really sad, what happened. Game was supposed to be the new Mega Man. That would carry on that torch.
There was something powerful in Inafune kickstarting a project like this. It's just heartbreaking to think about what happened. In some odd and unexpected way...thank God for Mega Man 11.
There was something powerful in Inafune kickstarting a project like this. It's just heartbreaking to think about what happened. In some odd and unexpected way...thank God for Mega Man 11.
I don't think I'll ever stop feeling that smug sense of satisfaction from knowing that I always thought this wasn't going to be very good and that I backed Shantea that week instead.
Man, that would have been interesting. It would either have needed to be entirely new games or it would be one of the worst ports you could imagine. UE3 is bad on Vita and we saw how it turned out on the more powerful Wii U. 3DS - I mean, they'd really have no choice but to make a different game. That alternate game could have been OK, I guess.
Are you replying to the right post? What does that have to do with me agreeing that tweet is misused? Also, the game was actually released- it wasn't vaporware.
The Mighty No 9 franchise was dead waay before the first game released.
Holy shit no wonder I couldn't find it, I thought they never ported it.
Holy shit no wonder I couldn't find it, I thought they never ported it.
How about the in-engine test footage that looks significantly better than the final game?
Yeah came in here to say Mighty Gunvolt Burst is the best thing to feature Mighty no 9. It was an impulse buy for me and the game literally made Megaman style games as a genre click with me.
The handheld developer changed hands from Abstraction Games to Engine Software at one point, and both Comcept and Engine said the 3S/ita were still being worked on coming as of around this time last year.
Engine said they were under NDA but it's been a while since then, so perhaps they're out of contract (and who knows what's up with Abstraction). I'm sure an enterprising journalist could dig up something interesting if they were so inclined...
Can we please stop hating Inafune like he's some sort of supervillain?
He's a producer. He messed up a game. It happens.
The game's money wasn't even mishandled, and he's not a conman. The game looks like a (poor) game with that budget. I actually played it. It's bad, yes, but it's nowhere near as bad as truly horrible games - it's a mediocre megaman game. Had this thing come out (with worse graphics) after MM7, it wouldn't even stand out and it's MILES better than MMX7. It's just mediocre to poor as a game.
He's a producer. He messed up a game. It happens.
The game's money wasn't even mishandled, and he's not a conman. The game looks like a (poor) game with that budget. I actually played it. It's bad, yes, but it's nowhere near as bad as truly horrible games - it's a mediocre megaman game. Had this thing come out (with worse graphics) after MM7, it wouldn't even stand out and it's MILES better than MMX7. It's just mediocre to poor as a game.
Not that crazy. After Inafune finished destroying Capcom and decided to leave, he just went to destroy his own company. Capcom is still recovering, and I still think they are a shadow of their former selves.
Yeah he's the guy that pushed Capcom to focus on western devs. Look where that ended up.
3DS. Pretty sure there was another platform, can't remember it.
I'd love to see any instance of Kamiya showing respect for Inafune, not that that would mean anything. Inafune was suposedly responsible for Clover closing, and causing most of the talent to leave Capcom.
