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Do you get console of choice with $20 ?
Edit: a cheap friend wanted to know *caughs*
Edit: a cheap friend wanted to know *caughs*
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Mighty No.9 Kickstarter (PS4/XB1 & Vita/3DS are GO!) (Inafune/IC, $4M FUNDED)
- Thread starter Busaiku
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How is he the weakest link? Without him there would be no project at all.
He may be a business man, but as a producer he knows how to make a project a reality, this Kickstarter shows that.
.la1n
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Yes you will pick your platform of choice, obviously only if those stretch goals are met.
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With 400k in one night I'd say that's a pretty safe bet? How high are they?
Diablohead
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Dice
Pokémon Parentage Conspiracy Theorist
Did you listen longer than 10 seconds?
Lots of Debbie Downers in this thread. I understand people's concern, but there are quite a number of folks with lots of money to throw away who trust and pledge their support. It's pretty obvious that this is going to be a thing, unless something catastrophic happens (like Capcom suing or something to that degree).
I for one am pretty excited for it. I haven't pledged yet, but I'm thinking about it. I'm not too crazy about playing it on the computer at the moment (if it gets close to the console stretch goals I might throw in).
I for one am pretty excited for it. I haven't pledged yet, but I'm thinking about it. I'm not too crazy about playing it on the computer at the moment (if it gets close to the console stretch goals I might throw in).
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Thanks Diablohead! PC is not a bad worst case scenario so I'm backing anyway. Hope console goals will be reached though! 
I doubt Capcom would even greenlight a Megaman lawsuit at this point.
I have some issues with Inafune, particularly the way he has spoken about the Japanese games industry while praising the western games industry...
However this looks cool and I love the designs. Though I can't help but be worried that Capcom will sue over it.
I'll decide near the end if I want to back this or not.
However this looks cool and I love the designs. Though I can't help but be worried that Capcom will sue over it.
I'll decide near the end if I want to back this or not.
Black Door
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Looks like the anti-KS people have woken up
It's pretty clear that any bad decisions Ina made at Crapcom were a result of trying to appease the oyabuns and bean counters upstairs
Gotta grease dose MS and Sony palms to get proper licensing.
It's pretty clear that any bad decisions Ina made at Crapcom were a result of trying to appease the oyabuns and bean counters upstairs
Gotta grease dose MS and Sony palms to get proper licensing.
Weltall Zero
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I have a huge smile plastered all over my face. Of all the people I'd love to see make a Kickstarter project, a Megaman-like from Keiji Inafune is probably at the top.
thomasmahler
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Would love to see some real gameplay.
There's no way it'll look like this all throughout the entire game, especially not if Inafune wants to finance the entire production for 900k.
There's no way it'll look like this all throughout the entire game, especially not if Inafune wants to finance the entire production for 900k.
Huh? 1) Whether you think it was "ruined" or not, Lost Planet 2 was in no way, shape, or form a result of 'western fanboying', and most of the criticism of the game essentially amounted to it being too much like a Japanese game to be a shooter, and 2) He had no direct involvement with LP2 in the first place.
Schadenfreude
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The website says it needs a Username and Password. Do we know those or did they give out their unfinished website for nothing?
Trending is NOT a projection. People need to know how to use Kicktraq instead of just looking at the basic page and going "that's a projection!". Trending simply takes how it has made in total so far, and applies that to the entire remainder of the project period. A projection requires more specific formulas, taking various factors into account. Projections are not possible until funding gets to a stable point after the initial rush of the first couple of days.
friskykillface
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someone pledged 10 K 0_o wow, i feel so poor cause thats basically 3000 more then my life savings lol, the college broke life
crazy its already at 400 K great news
crazy its already at 400 K great news
Dictator93
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Would love to see some real gameplay.
There's no way it'll look like this all throughout the entire game, especially not if Inafune wants to finance the entire production for 900k.
If the game looked like that I would buy it in a heartbeat....
It looks like the logical conclusion of 16bit era art into the modern age.
Black Door
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Megaman himself is just a blue Astro Boy with elements of Casshern. There's also the fact that copyright law in Asia is extremely lax
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Gameloft.
Would love to see some real gameplay.
There's no way it'll look like this all throughout the entire game, especially not if Inafune wants to finance the entire production for 900k.
The entire production will cost more than 900k. It says so in the FAQ. They have other sources of funding.
LiquidMetal14
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Making great pace I see. I haven't even invested yet.
As a life long fan of Mega Man, it sounds odd saying this, but I'm not sure if I'll back this simply because I hate 2.5d. I've never seen a 2.5d game that didn't look ugly to me. I'd need to see some more solid gameplay before deciding if I wanted to get behind this. My initial reaction is -- What a shame. For a million bucks you could have the greatest all 2D sprite art and the game would look more stunning than anyone could possibly do in 2.5d. What a shame.
Brianimaniac
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If you have $7,000, you aren't poor or a broke college student. A broke college student is barely getting by while continuing to accumulate student loan and credit card debt. You don't have a penny in savings, you're thousands in the hole.someone pledged 10 K 0_o wow, i feel so poor cause thats basically 3000 more then my life savings lol, the college broke life
crazy its already at 400 K great news
3) LP2 was easily one of the best co-op action games of the past generation.
I'm backing this... I want it pretty badly... but it's such a blatant project, I am wondering if he can really get away with this...
the characters, the gameplay, the name of the game, the name of the COMPANY, it really feels like Capcom has some reasons to pitch a fit if they wanted to.
the characters, the gameplay, the name of the game, the name of the COMPANY, it really feels like Capcom has some reasons to pitch a fit if they wanted to.
Diablohead
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Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
May donate $60..
Still thinking about it
Still thinking about it
DecoyOctopus
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Backed!
$20 level
This is a mockup. it's fake. the game is 2.5d. polygons. this appears to be a 2D concept drawing. An artist's idealized vision. The game won't look 2d if it's not 2d.
I'm a little annoyed when people ask for vast sums of money on KS without even a functioning prototype to show. I understand he's a big name in the industry, and doublefine is a big name in the industry, but it still rubs me wrong. Showing the game in functioning prototype form, at minimum, is a sign of good faith by the developers and gives potential backers a better idea of what it is they're getting into.
Dice
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I will say they should add some digital alternative tiers. Some people are going to want digital benefits of higher tiers but don't want physical stuff/associated shipping costs. Sometimes even something simple like a tier where you 10 copies of the game finds a good number of people who are enthusiastic and want to help make it popular by personal distribution.
Edit: I'm just going to send them that suggestion.
Edit: I'm just going to send them that suggestion.
Did you by any chance listen to the ambient remix?
Dictator93
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GOtta agree that they should at least have a prototype or something up and alive. It would be nice to see how their concept looks in actual game terms (or game art terms)
This is reasurring.
Duckroll, I love you and you're my favorite duck, but to me these are obvious polygons, *especially* the environment. One of the biggest problems with 2.5D is how absurd the environments make the game seem when the gameplay itself is 2d. See Duck Tales Remastered. Not to mention -- 3D environments, in general, can't look anywhere as pretty as a hand painted environment can look. See Duck Tales Remastered.
The artist rendition of MN9 gameplay, the presumed target appearance for the game, ain't no 3D. Even though they say the game will be 3D. So if it's 3D polygons, it won't look like their target.
Well, I didn't want to start sounding like a broken record around here!
But yeah, LP2 was a fantastic game. In fact, the only major beef I've ever had with Inafune and his record is when he threw the LP2 team under the bus after it was a commercial failure, saying that the development team 'had no passion' for the game or whatever.
Other than that, and a few weird comments about the Japanese gaming industry being behind (mostly while under pressure from the Capcom bigwigs to turn everything into a CoD-like juggernaut), I think Inafune's record is pretty unimpeachable. Capcom was way ahead of the pack through the first half of this console generation, when he had the most influence, and the only really good western-developed Capcom game was the one where he stepped in to take a direct hand in the game's development.
I'm totally willing to back him on this game - even if I weren't a pretty big fan of classic Megaman, having a successful, (relatively) high-profile Japanese game that uses crowdfunding instead of a traditional publisher, and is primarily aimed at the PC, could (potentially) open the gate for other small-to-mid-scale Japanese developers to do the same, which would be absolutely fantastic.
The point of the picture is to show that a large amount of what most people like about 2D art can be translated pretty well into full 3D. Obviously it's not going to look exactly 100% like 2D artwork, but at some point it becomes a "so what" issue. Concept art is always done in 2D to give a quick overview of the sort of look being targeted. If the actual thing looks close enough, no one really cares if it's 2D or 3D.
With Ducktales Remastered, the problem is not that the environment is 3D, but that the environments are mostly lazy and boring. Generic textures on the platforms are the biggest sticking point. It's poor art, regardless if it's 2D or 3D.
Those character models sure do look sweet though. Honestly I'm not getting why people are nitpicking about Mno9 being 3D. Game's gonna play the same either way.
Hey, mind repeating that? We didn't hear you the other 50 times in every single Sonic thread. Thanks.
googleplex
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I would love to have this on the PS4.