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Keiji Inafune announces Not Mega Man


On 09/02/2013 at 01:32 PM by Chris Iozzi

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A while back Capcom put the lid on Mega Man by cancelling the much anticipated Mega Man Legends 3 and got tight lipped about any more future Mega Man titles. They threw us a bone and dropped Mega Man in the next Smash Bros., but what about something for those fans thirsting for anything new from the blue bomber?

Keiji Inafune is the creator of the original Mega Man, he left Capcom around the time these Mega-woes began. Dividing the creator and the publisher of the beloved hero divided seems like the end of Mega Man as we know him, Capcom could create a new Mega Man game, but without Inafune behind it, would it not live up to fans expectations?

Well Inafune along with some of his former team mates, just announced he is crowd sourcing a new game independently. This new game, currently called “Mighty No. 9”, features a little robot that runs, jumps, and shoots through 2D levels played in any order with a boss at the end of each one. “No. 9” then gains the abilities off the bosses after he defeats them. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Yes, it does, but whatever you do don’t call it Mega Man.

The Kickstarter goal was set at $900,000, as of this writing it met that goal with 28 days to spare. Incredible. I haven’t yet heard how Capcom is reacting to all this, it’s a blatant rip-off of Mega Man, No. 9 looks like Mega Man, and titles even resemble the Mega Man logo, would Capcom sue to block the release of the game considering its close resemblance to their property? It would be pretty ignorant if they did considering their own blatant rip-off of Twisted Pixels ‘Splosion Man with their mobile game MaXplosion a few years back.    

Personally I’m excited about this game. I wasn’t a fan of the Zero games or Battle Network. Mega Man 9 was a cute idea, but they rode it out with Mega Man 10 and I haven’t been impressed with anything Mega Man since. I hear No. 9 will be able to transform and use magnetic hands. Sounds like Inafune is exploring new ways a little robot dude can power-up.

Check out the Kickstarter page here;

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/mighty-no-9?ref=live


 

Comments

Chris Iozzi Staff Alumnus

09/02/2013 at 01:38 PM

Make that 29 days to go, yeah, $900,000 in one day. Man I love Kickstarter

transmet2033

09/02/2013 at 02:28 PM

I was just telling myself, no more kickstarters.  What are they trying to do to me?

Matt Snee Staff Writer

09/02/2013 at 07:15 PM

it only uh kinda looks exactly like MegaMan  Sealed

Vice's Assistant

09/02/2013 at 07:56 PM

I'm really divided on the game. On one hand its looks like the natural progression of Megaman. Reguardless of Inafune working at Capcom or not, this type of game would have probably been made if Mega Man was still in good favor at the company. The other hand... the game really reminds me New Super Mario Bros.: it doesn't really try to innovate and just more of comfort food. That's not what Mega Man needs. Then again, its hard what to say Mega Man needs with the series splintered off into numerous directions but comfort food isn't what need to keep the series alive. Worst this could actually make the actual Mega Man's return less likely. If Mighty No.9 is really sucessful, Capcom could put actual Mega Man projects on hold or just cancel them. I mean if they don't view Mega Man a financial sucess and someone can give the same thing, then they could just cancel those projects and free up the money and dev time to other things. I'm really hope I'm wrong on that because Mighty No. 9 looks really fun to play. I just hope its the start of newer and fresher things for Inafune  and possibly Mega Man and not another new sub-sub franchise to run into the ground (minus the Mega Man name).

Chris Yarger Community Manager

09/03/2013 at 06:50 AM

Holy shit...

I need a towel..

Nick DiMola Director

09/03/2013 at 07:02 AM

Doesn't look like they need my money for this one. I'll probably just buy it when it (hopefully) hits the Wii U eShop.

ThatKidOverThere

09/03/2013 at 09:30 PM

It's like the ultimate middle finger to Capcom lol.

NSonic79

09/08/2013 at 02:02 AM

I would not put it past Capcom to sue. It'll wait till the game is set to go gold and they'll drop the hammer when there isn't enough money to fight it in court. If this is the same company that'll do on disc-DLC it's only a matter of time.

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