Former Capcom producer Keiji Inafune caught everyone with their pants down when announcing his next game. After founding his own company Comcept in 2010 (which has already released Soul Sacrífice and is developing Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z together with Team Ninja and Spark Unlimited), the creator of Mega Man revealed Mighty No. 9, a side-platform game. scrolling that is simply the spiritual successor of the little blue robot or, in his words, what he wanted to do with his character and couldn't.
The game is extremely similar to Megaman on purpose, which could even mean a lack of originality on the part of Inafune and his team, but the idea here is to take the original concepts and remodel them, bringing the feeling of the original game to gaming platforms. today, that is, everything that Capcom's blue bomber should have been and was not due to negligence.
Game Synopsis: Beck is the ninth in a line of powerful robots, and the only one not infected by a mysterious computer virus that has caused mechanized creatures across the world to go insane. The gameplay will be platform, with the best qualities of 8 and 16-bits mixed with current technology. Just like Mega Man, in Mighty No. 9 you'll run, jump and shoot your enemies — only instead of absorbing the bosses' weapons, you'll transform and modify your body for battle!
Check out the video:
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The project will also include the community of supporters in the development, through polls on character concepts and also art contests for members of this community to create characters and enemies for the game!
For now, Mighty No. 9 will be released for PC via Steam, but with stretch goals, it will also be released for Mac and Linux. The amount requested is $900 thousand dollars, and as of this publication, $855,846.00 dollars have already been raised… in just two days! Mighty No. 9 is planned for PC via Steam and other digital stores and versions for Mac and Linux are on the agenda, but if they manage to raise US$2.5 million, Comcept will also be able to port it to PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii U. For those interested, a contribution of US$20 guarantees a digital copy, scheduled for release in April 2015. Higher prices include treats such as the soundtrack, a retro game box, the printed manual/guide and even a dinner with Inafune for those paying more than US$10,000, limited to nine people. If this game is a success, Capcom will be forced to accept the fact that yes, it is possible for a Megaman game to be good without being 8-bit style.
Sources: Jovem Nerd, Meiobit
