TheBaronOfNA
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Mighty No.9 Kickstarter (PS4/XB1 & Vita/3DS are GO!) (Inafune/IC, $4M FUNDED)
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More like: You are saying that like it was a bad thing,
EatinOlives
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You realize Inafune's making a new Mega Man game on his own but can't call it MM because Capcom owns the IP, don't you?
IncandescentPrecept
Banned
So, it's $20 to get a copy of the game?
Ee-nah-FOO-nay
Neuromancer
Member
Nobody stops this train.
Ryu bogard
Member
you got my money. pledged $20.
Storm Chamber
Banned
Why do I get the feeling Capcom is gonna pull the biggest dick move of all time by stopping this?
FlashbladeGAF
Member
Was gonna make this. Thx
goldenpp72
Member
Not sure since I doubt they will be able to, how badly did Harmonix get sued for Rockband?
Aquamarine
Member
Good question! Let us guess—you’ve worked in the game industry?Yes, it’s true—our internal estimates for the full production cost of this game are greater than our initial goal, especially once you take out the fees and reward costs. But that’s OK! Both Comcept and Inti Creates have the resources to forgo full funding to make this project happen, since both companies will benefit more than they would in a typical publisher-funded setup once the game releases. To put it simply, if enough fans are excited about this game to hit our initial goal, then we, the companies developing this game, are willing to put up more of our own money as well, right along there with you.
So, no, this is not a case where the initial goal is set irresponsibly low, risking everything in the hopes that the Kickstarter campaign will pay off over expectations and get us where we secretly, actually need to be financially. We do understand that concern, though, and kept it in mind when carefully setting our initial funding goal. More money over the initial goal would be wonderful—don’t get us wrong!
I absolutely love their realistic approach to Kickstarter financing.
Not too low that development (if funded) won't be guaranteed, but not too high to prevent the project from getting funded. Comcept has quite practical estimates.
Skullgirls team took paycuts into account for the IGG. This to me seems like they aren't taking as drastic cuts as that.
It isn't exactly a rip-off when every person involved with this new game were instrumental in making Mega Man what it is today. It isn't just Inafune, it is Inticreates, the game studio that created the Mega Man Zero series, the ZX series, and Mega Man 9 and 10. Most of the key staff worked on much of the series going back to the original Mega Man. If it was just Inafune, there wouldn't be so much cause for excitement.
So yes, this game is a clone of the Mega Man series, but while it isn't using the Mega Man IP, everything else that made the games great is there.
Brianimaniac
Banned
I'm not sure what kind of case you think they would have to do that.
FlashbladeGAF
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500k now? Aint no taming this horse
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
If anything to me this feels like an attempt to spiritually rescue Mega Man from Capcom and put such an IP under the control of a more flexible, individual creator/creative team.
witchedwiz
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took time off to recharge my trusted postepay and backed!
i believe in you megaigthy man! :X
i believe in you m
TheBaronOfNA
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I like how Kamiya was saying that in a positive way .
Diablohead
Member
I'm amazed to see the project receiving the much needed praise and funding this early in the kickstarter. I would love to see all the stretch goals achieved, and that this game gets the well-needed exposure. Not just because it looks to be an awesome project, filling the much needed Megaman-esque gap in many capcom fans and side-scroller fans, but to send a message that a certain waining publisher would learn from this example and preserve their classical IPs. Very excited to see how this plays out.
Doubt it really.
When Project Phoenix and this are the only(?) Japanese Kickstarters, it's understandable why.
Though Keep Skullgirls Growing (IndieGoGo) did get the 2nd or 3rd most amount of its pledges from Japan. However, the percentage was still relatively small compared to the US.
Go look the Kickstarter video it's literally the first word it is pronounced.
I am hoping for the console stretch goals, but I am sure it will be hit judging by the amount of interest that seems to be there. Just hope they will update the console list to at least include the PS4. Already asked on Kickstarter about it and I am sure I am not the only one.
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Retro_
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Alot of people still like to attribute creative responsibility to him for games he's produced though
Like Onimusha and Dead Rising
There's no Japanese version of Kickstarter so they have to go on Comcept's page to get the instructions on how to back on the English kickstarter page using Amazon payments.
Comcept's site was down due to all the traffic until a bit ago (they redirected mightyno9.com to the kickstarter page now).
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
But I doubt he didn't have a thing to say about them.
The Japanese side just links back to the English Kicstarter page which requires you to make a Kickstarter and an Amazon account using English. it sounds inconvenient if you don't understand English.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Glad too see this more than halfway through. Not a project with the highest of profiles (would have reached goal already if it was) but close anyway. And it's nice to see mid-to-high-tier projects get funded quickly.
jacob armitage
Banned
Wow, i found that video surprisingly touching. I'll be backing this for sure.
MaximoffZero
Banned
Even without the whole copyright issue, I think the "spiritual successor" route is the best way to go with Mega Man, especially story-wise. The Mega Man franchise was getting too convoluted.
entremet
Member
It is low. Most people here no have idea about game budgets at all.
Storm Chamber
Banned
They'll think of something.
MagnaderAlpha
Member
It just might be a spiritual "reincarnation" of Mega Man. So far(not accounting any possible installments in the future), Mega Man at Capcom is just a husk of his former self. Where did his robotic spirit go? Maybe with Inafune and all the others, and it's waiting to be reborn into Beck!
I personally think a lot of these games(forgotten, shunned, or out of the current AAA focused trend) do deserve love, and it's obvious fans still love them. If the main right holders of these franchise don't want to do anything positive with he properties, it's all fair for others to try their hand with similar titles inspired(heavily or lightly) by those certain titles. As long as they aren't stealing literal copyrighted ideas(which they don't seem to be, as they seem to be changing the concept just enough to pass it off as something original).