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Mighty No. 9 Officially delayed - No new date, "aiming for Q1 2016"
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Velcro Fly
Member
Mighty No 9 months behind schedule
Disappointing since I really just want to play it and be done.
Disappointing since I really just want to play it and be done.
So instead of publisher-related issues, they are being held up with bug fixing across 5+ platforms and online modes?
If so....could they just have done the following instead?
-Release the game October on PS3, 360, PS4, X1, Wii U, PC without the online modes
-Release a patch with the online/MP modes early 2016 (Jan/Feb)
-Launch the handheld versions early 2016 (Feb/March)
That way you are releasing your game throughout a number of months and keeping Mighty No. 9 fresh in peoples heads a positive way (as the game would have been out, leading people to play it and judge the game based on itself, not Inafune being stupid).
Instead, they not only announce a delay to add all these modes but they with-hold the delay news in a attempt to make the Red Ash Kickstarter more successful (which didn't work, as they had to get a publisher to get funding for the project due to badly mishandling its Kickstarter campaign). Great move guys, you look even more shady now then you did before X(.
Still looking forward to playing Mighty No. 9 (as Gamexplain's videos on the E3 build was very positive
) but man, Inafune's projects keep getting more and more troubled due to bad management :l.
Hope Re:Core doesn't suffer from Inafune too, as I really want to see Armpature going back to doing great work on console games after finishing the Prime Trilogy (former Metroid Prime devs) years ago.
If so....could they just have done the following instead?
-Release the game October on PS3, 360, PS4, X1, Wii U, PC without the online modes
-Release a patch with the online/MP modes early 2016 (Jan/Feb)
-Launch the handheld versions early 2016 (Feb/March)
That way you are releasing your game throughout a number of months and keeping Mighty No. 9 fresh in peoples heads a positive way (as the game would have been out, leading people to play it and judge the game based on itself, not Inafune being stupid).
Instead, they not only announce a delay to add all these modes but they with-hold the delay news in a attempt to make the Red Ash Kickstarter more successful (which didn't work, as they had to get a publisher to get funding for the project due to badly mishandling its Kickstarter campaign). Great move guys, you look even more shady now then you did before X(.
Still looking forward to playing Mighty No. 9 (as Gamexplain's videos on the E3 build was very positive
) but man, Inafune's projects keep getting more and more troubled due to bad management :l.Hope Re:Core doesn't suffer from Inafune too, as I really want to see Armpature going back to doing great work on console games after finishing the Prime Trilogy (former Metroid Prime devs) years ago.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
I posted about this a couple months ago.
It's not a bad thing for the 3DS release at least, they're pretty well versed with the hardware.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Where are all the people that had pitchforks out for GI when they leaked the news?
King Gilga
Member
What a shitshow.
Everything about this game post kickstarted has been laughable.
Everything about this game post kickstarted has been laughable.
Mr. Giggles
Member
Mighty No
:lol
Sir_Crocodile
Member
doesn't sound like they're fixing anything that people have actually complained about.
TheBaldEmperor
Member
No. It means I still haven't gotten the damn survey from them.
doctorblurg
Banned
Of course they would deny this shit until after red ash ended, I'm glad the other games I've backed on Kickstarter have gone much better than this so I'm not totally soured on crowdfunding.
I get that delays happen but trying to start another Kickstarter and just lying about Mighty No. 9 being delayed till after Red Ash is finished is making me swear off backing inafune forever. I just want my copy of the game so I can play it already and lay this crappy Kickstarter to rest.
I get that delays happen but trying to start another Kickstarter and just lying about Mighty No. 9 being delayed till after Red Ash is finished is making me swear off backing inafune forever. I just want my copy of the game so I can play it already and lay this crappy Kickstarter to rest.
ShockingAlberto
Member
With the timing of the rumors, the denials, and finally the confirmation, they actually did wait until the Red Ash kickstarter finished to announce this.
How sleazy.
How sleazy.
samuraidino
Member
Scummy as hell to keep the news of this delay under wraps till after the red ash kickstarter.
Id have no problem with a delay,hell,I'm used to it with kickstarted games. But them knowing that they're months away from finishing the game and keeping it under wraps so they can attempt to squeeze the last drops of goodwill money through another kickstarter is some truly awful bullshit.
Id have no problem with a delay,hell,I'm used to it with kickstarted games. But them knowing that they're months away from finishing the game and keeping it under wraps so they can attempt to squeeze the last drops of goodwill money through another kickstarter is some truly awful bullshit.
GekigangerV
Member
My thoughts exactly.
I cannot imagine Inafune being able to do another crowd funded game after this unless MN9 ends up being well above expectations.
He better hope he can reuse these assets to make sequels for years to come.
BlueLiquid
Member
I wish I could say the same. I backed it just enough to get a copy of the game. Now I don't even care. It looks terrible compared to the concept art. At this point I consider the money I spent on it lost and the cost of a lesson learned. I'm done with Kickstarter, Early Access, and the like.
LordBaztion
Member
Don't worry Inafune, just make Recore awesome.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Well this won't go over well, even though we saw it coming.
ShockingAlberto
Member
Bloodstained will get delayed, certainly. It's simply the nature of the beast.
I don't think IGA will lie about it, though.
Terrible_Majesty
Member
They should use the extra time to rework the engine to look more like the concept art. IS IT THAT HARD TO DO THIS?
Doctor_Thomas
Member
Kamiya was wrong.
Inafune isn't even a great businessman.
Inafune isn't even a great businessman.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Welp
Someone redub the entire pitch video with the Price is Right fail music
Now I'm honestly wondering if they -were- counting on the Red Ash money to funnel into this for whatever reason.
The RA KS is starting to look like a symptom rather than a mistake
Also, attempting to pin this on QA and backers not sending back surveys is scummy and transparent.
Someone redub the entire pitch video with the Price is Right fail music
Now I'm honestly wondering if they -were- counting on the Red Ash money to funnel into this for whatever reason.
The RA KS is starting to look like a symptom rather than a mistake
Also, attempting to pin this on QA and backers not sending back surveys is scummy and transparent.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
When did he say he was a great businessman?
Off-Kilter
Banned
So why the fuck would you say it won't get delayed just last week?
Am I missing something here?
Am I missing something here?
Doctor_Thomas
Member
Oh yeah, he only said he was a "businessman".... he's still not a great one though.
Klart
Member
Shame.
paragonpro
Banned
This is unacceptable, especially when he decided he was going to launch another kickstarter knowing very well the game was going to be delayed and didn't tell his backers, thats sort of despicable and I hope he never passes a kickstarter again, there needs to be some sort of accountability.
This is sad because there's a lot of worthy projects on these services (Wasteland 2 for one, just off the top of my head), but understandable.
One ineptly run campaign and product really does ruin it for a lot of others.
samuraidino
Member
Yup,any game that hits a significant amount of stretch goals can usually be counted on to add anywhere from 6 months to a year and a half to its projected kickstarter planned release date.
Considering how much bloodstained made and how much extra is now being put into it I can easily see it being delayed by a year or so. Which should be completely fine as long as they're transparent about the fact.
Hell,inxile had delayed wasteland 2 and launched torments kickstarter and people were still incredibly supportive because of the excellent job they had done being open and honest and not running their reputation into the ground like inafune is currently doing...
They should use the extra time to rework the engine to look more like the concept art. IS IT THAT HARD TO DO THIS?
You think they should use the extra 3 months to totally redo the graphics?
Ban Puncher
Member
Serenade_King
Banned
I find it wierd that many people are saying to just release the game without online and patch it later. I rather wait and have everything on the disk but I guess I'm old fashioned.
Stone Ocean
Member
Bloodstained is aiming for a 2 year dev time and they have a publisher, I don't think we should expect a delay.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
They could certainly unclutter the gui a bit, mute the background and jaz up the character shaders which'd help.
Of course, we don't know if its actually going to be 3 months. Being so vague as to say Q1 suggests it could be 5.