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Mighty No. 9 delayed to 'Spring 2016'
- Thread starter JordanKZ
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Kind of interesting to see in retrospective. He got a lot of support for the "fuck Capcpom" sentiment at the time, but as it turns out they may have been right.
JPeeples83
Member
Well, Capcom can't counter-program this with the Mega Man Legacy Collection at retail anymore. So they can just do one for MMX for the next release date - win-win!
Stone Ocean
Member
To be fair back then people didn't really understand KS that well so they just rolled with it. Nowadays people would be wary of it.
SinCityAssassin
Member
You'd think the fact they have a publisher and all would mean they'd have more support in fixing the backend shit like this.
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
I wish I could have backed shovel knight instead I'm an idiot.
Shadowman16
Member
I'm kinda starting to get annoyed at the delays now. The last two are apparently due to online modes, modes I don't really care for...
I've played the latest special beta for the game, it had a couple of small glitches but the levels, voices etc. are all done. At this point I'd much rather them just hold their hands up and apologise and release the game sans online modes patching them in at a later date. Sure that's far from ideal but I want this game due to its single player content (the main game + challenge mode) and its getting really annoying that those modes "appear" to be done yet the game keeps getting held back because of a mode I never particularly wanted
Then again the game might be in more trouble than they are letting on and are just using the online excuse as a cover up, but from what I played all the mechanics are in place and working etc. so I really can't see why this game needs to be delayed yet again for several months...
I've played the latest special beta for the game, it had a couple of small glitches but the levels, voices etc. are all done. At this point I'd much rather them just hold their hands up and apologise and release the game sans online modes patching them in at a later date. Sure that's far from ideal but I want this game due to its single player content (the main game + challenge mode) and its getting really annoying that those modes "appear" to be done yet the game keeps getting held back because of a mode I never particularly wanted
Then again the game might be in more trouble than they are letting on and are just using the online excuse as a cover up, but from what I played all the mechanics are in place and working etc. so I really can't see why this game needs to be delayed yet again for several months...
I've played 5 KS backed games recently that I wish I backed over this shit show.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Don't worry, I backed them both and I still feel like an idiot for backing MN9.
PlatypusDude
Member
If the online mode is the actual reason for the delay. I don't get why they don't either patch it in or release it as DLC like some the Shovel Knight stretch goals are.
Ultimadrago
Member
For real.
I mean, I knew the game wouldn't be blow-my-mind great regardless. I was waiting along the sidelines of "Perhaps a project worth playing that will successfully execute some missed opportunities with modernizing Classic Mega Man."
I'm not even getting that. I wish we got the keys even later so I could have just given mine away. Having played the demo and followed the updates, I even regret backing the game-only tier.
That 20/20 hindsight. I straight dissed Shovel Knight's Kickstarter (a game I ended up enjoying even more than some of the series it took inspiration from) and I was holding the real loser all along.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Lol this is just so sad.
Mushroomer25
Member
To be fair, it's him + Armature. Hopefully Inafune just came in with a concept, and a capable studio is handling the legwork.
Mr. Giggles
Member
This is my gut feeling as well
Stone Ocean
Member
That's the thing though, this is also being codeveloped with a capable studio - Inti Creates.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
Haven't the playable kickstarter builds been awful, too?
PlatypusDude
Member
That has been the official reason given for both of the last two delays.
I saw the box art for this at Best Buy a few days ago and I was thinking how I forgot this even existed. Now we have another delay.
I'm not even mad about it , it's just interesting how it's all thanks to polishing a mode that no one even cares about. I'm thinking the publishers extra money is just about gone but they have to finish off 6 versions of the game while also getting the PC port to run on Linux and OS X.
That first delay from last spring to last fall , they should have just been honest about , maybe brought it out for ps4/xb1 and Windows PC , then released the other ports over the course of a year but oh well.
The lesson here is that I won't be supporting future inafune kick starters I guess.
I'm not even mad about it , it's just interesting how it's all thanks to polishing a mode that no one even cares about. I'm thinking the publishers extra money is just about gone but they have to finish off 6 versions of the game while also getting the PC port to run on Linux and OS X.
That first delay from last spring to last fall , they should have just been honest about , maybe brought it out for ps4/xb1 and Windows PC , then released the other ports over the course of a year but oh well.
The lesson here is that I won't be supporting future inafune kick starters I guess.
Yep, the last one came with a promise of being the last delay.
Also, yes, I'm sure issues can arise when it comes to MP and Matchmaking, these things happen. But blaming an "out of support" engine, when it is Unreal Fucking Engine 3 is the worst excuse ever. How many games use this? How many games successfully use MP and Matchmaking? Yeah, I find it seriously unfathomable that it could take over 6 months to sort out MP issues.
Quality of the game and the circumstances of the KS aside, this is a master class of how not to develop a game right here.
Ouch
JigglesBunny
Banned
Yup. It's like Mega Man, if Mega Man was made by an amateur game designer in his freshman year of high school and had an art designer who has no eyesight...
And had assisted development by Gearbox.
They should have made a 3D game that doesn't look like ass more like
If it was in order to make the game more interesting like adding extra jump if you successfully dash through a defeated enemy and making a more interesting Level Design basded on that or just making the game prettier, i would understand.
But now online mode ? What the fuck, the game have A LOT to prove before toing into that.
But now online mode ? What the fuck, the game have A LOT to prove before toing into that.
I hope the real reason is that they've spent these last few months reworking the graphics and refining the gameplay.
I couldn't care less personally, but if Inafune gets this game out in its state and after all the problems and stupid shit that happened, he's sooooooo done with crowd-funding.
Like totally.
He better begin to think how to charm again those publishers he loathes so much.
I couldn't care less personally, but if Inafune gets this game out in its state and after all the problems and stupid shit that happened, he's sooooooo done with crowd-funding.
Like totally.
He better begin to think how to charm again those publishers he loathes so much.
thiscoldblack
Unconfirmed Member
I don't even want to play the game anymore.
Yeah, this sounds like the most sensible solution at this point. It's really weird that they have not considered this option, unless they have more problems than just the multiplayer.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Remember all the MN9 fan art? All the MM fans at the time thinking MN9 was gonna be the next big spiritual successor?
We all drunk that kool-aid.
R_thanatos
Member
i was disagreeing about the "kickstarter area" part of the post .. i'm a backer on many projets and all of them had delays.. The problem is how you communicate and mighty 9 has been a very ugly mess so far.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
This is hilarious in retrospect. "Mighty no 9 won't get delayed again" http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/21/9587108/mighty-no-9-delay-sequel-kickstarter-mega-man
Also, lets not forget that Inafune got a lot of publicity thanks to his rant about the dearth of creativity in the Japanese games industry. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
The ironic thing about all this - it shows that Capcom may have had a point.
Also, lets not forget that Inafune got a lot of publicity thanks to his rant about the dearth of creativity in the Japanese games industry. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
The ironic thing about all this - it shows that Capcom may have had a point.
Japanmanx3
Member
Wow
Mega Man Powered Up had a clean and colorful artstyle that looks way better than MN9. A PSP game that wasnt well received cause of its chibi artstyle is more aesthetically pleasing than this game.
I'm not saying people are 'wrong' to be angry. I'm stating why I am not.
It may help to have done game development, because - thus far - this is only slightly more of a shambles than I've participated in in the past!
Yep, it's something that gets somewhat overlooked in the whole "FIGHT THE POWAH!" attitude to Kickstarter. One other aspect: you can ask a publisher for more money. You can't really do that particularly easily with crowdfunding. That's why one of the concerns I highlighted earlier is that I will be worried if the money is running out.
Sure, but that's a whole separate issue. The game is the game, in isolation, whatever Inafune's long-term plans are. I mentioned earlier I had issues with the stretch goal approach (comparing to Shovel Knight), but I'm happy to just disagree with how they're handling it and move on.
I think the issue is that from my experience, 'bad management' really does feel like the norm, for the most part - across the whole industry, or at least the parts I've been involved with. Although that said, that's a simplified label for the fact that the games industry is a huge mess of artistic ideals clashing with technical feasibility clashing with financial constraints.
Incendiary
Banned
So far this is the only Kickstarter l regret backing. My interest in this game is 0 now, unfortunately. It's hard to keep people hyped for several years, though, and while I respect Inafune's previous work and love Mega Man, I won't be supporting him in the future because of how this has all played out.
Stone Ocean
Member
He tried and failed.