Mighty No. 9 - Keiji Inafune's Next Mega Man

[Legendary_Hoamaru]

Fuck all that other stuff, check out this really in depth interview about the history on Inticreates, whose team with members who’ve been as important to Megaman (and other Capcom classics) as much as Inafune: http://www.usgamer.net/articles/companions-through-life-and-death-time-and-again-the-story-of-inti-creates-and-mega-man

One thing I didn’t know was that the team members first game together was actually X2 apparently, not the Zero series. Takuya Aizu, the president of Inticreats, actually joined Capcom specifically because he was a fan of Megaman.

“When I was at the [company I worked at before Capcom], I was already a fan of the Mega Man series,” admits Inti Creates president Takuya Aizu. “I was playing Mega Man games and really wanted to create one myself. That’s why I interviewed at Capcom in the first place! At the interview, Inafune was like, ‘OK, I’ll let you create Mega Man.’”

Another really interesting thing was that Inticreates was planning on ending Megaman Zero at 3, but Capcom asked them to make another. To avoid having to extend the series further, they decided to “kill” Zero in MMZ4 lol. They are happy with how the story turned out though, but just think Robot Jesus could have lived. Also, they were very close to making the real X the bad guy in Zero 1, but Capcom made them change it at the last minute to a copy as to not effect fans perception of X since they were still making X games.

“Within the team, there was no resistance at all,” he recalls. "In fact, right up until we went to master the game, the plot played out with Zero defeating X.

“However, Capcom as a company… it didn’t serve well for the company to have a series in which X is the hero and then another title where that same hero gets killed off. And so because of that, at the very, very, very end, like right before we sent the game to be manufactured, we had to change it so that the X that Zero kills was actually a copy. We didn’t have time to change the game play, though, so just the story changed slightly.”

“When we first created Mega Man Zero, we were not planning to make sequels,” says Aizu. “After Zero’s release, the sales were strong enough that Capcom wanted us to create the sequel. When we began planning the sequel, we decided to make two games. So as we began developing Mega Man Zero 2, we also had had the story for Mega Man Zero 3 in mind for the series.”

In expanding Mega Man Zero beyond a standalone title, Inti Creates looked to the time-honored tradition of the trilogy. In their minds, the climactic events of Zero 3 — which involved the true and final death of X’s spirit, as well as that of his four guardians — brought that saga to a close. Capcom, however, disagreed.

“After we finished creating Zero 3, we actually didn’t want to create a fourth game,” muses Aizu. "Scenario-wise, the story was complete in our minds, and we felt the ending to Zero 3 was a really clean way of completing the scenario. But then Capcom approached us to create another game in the series.

"Our initial plan was to create a game which was basically Mega Man Zero 1.5, a story between 1 and 2. That was our way of compromising. But, Capcom wanted us to create a true Zero 4 instead of 1.5, so we started to rethink things. We’re happy with the result — the game we created is very satisfying, in our opinion.

“But we also decided at that point that we didn’t want to create a Mega Man 5, so what did we do?” Aizu laughs. “We killed Zero off, so we wouldn’t have to make a fifth game.”

Also, they touch on why Azure Striker Gunvolt isn’t as initially difficult as the Zero games and what their aim for that was:

“The Zero series and Gunvolt are based on two very different concepts,” says Tsuda. "When we created the Zero series, our mission was to create a difficult action game — a really satisfying, difficult action game. So we had items like the Cyber Elves that would help you out, but using them would incur penalties. So basically to be able to accomplish the game, you have to become a better player… a good action game player.

"However, with Gunvolt, I deliberately changed the concept. We added game systems that would make it possible for anyone to clear the game. My image for the game was that people who can play halfway through Super Mario Bros. could clear this game. That’s the difficult level I was shooting for. However, I also wanted skilled players to be satisfied, so that was a secondary goal.

Aizu adds, “Basically, the Zero series are difficult games, but if you try really hard, they can become easy. However, with Gunvolt… Gunvolt is an easy game, but if you try really hard, it can get more and more challenging!”

[Legendary_Hoamaru]

Mighty No 9 release date set at September 15th. Comcept has partnered with Deep Silver.

HOWEVER.

It is now getting a physical release for all current gen consoles (Wii U/XB1/PS4/PC). Also, some of the additions he was trying to raise money for and didn’t reach (such as the extra Ray DLC stages) will now be added for free to anyone who backed the project. It is also included if you buy the physical version.

Also new box art:

INCLUDING RAY FROM DEVIL MAY CRY. Keiji pulling an Atlas with that one.

[crotchpuncha]

Cool, I still look forward to having this on my Vita.

[Iduno]

You know what, fuck it, the witch is gone and the dlc is in the physical copy which is going for a budget price.

Will now be grabbing this again.

[po_pimpus]

Hahaha…

Suckers.

[Shinkuu_Tatsumaki]

You know what, fuck it, the witch is gone and the dlc is in the physical copy which is going for a budget price.

Will now be grabbing this again.

Haven’t been keeping up… that femenist they hired back then is gone?

[Hawkingbird]

You know what, fuck it, the witch is gone and the dlc is in the physical copy which is going for a budget price.

Will now be grabbing this again.

Haven’t been keeping up… that femenist they hired back then is gone?

She left her position of community manager a week ago.

[crucades]

Not good enough, she still draws breath. Inafune shamed his name and family over many things but the Dina/#GG is something that can only be remedied by lifting the sword and swearing on vengeance to restore honour to his house.

The Takeaway From Mighty No. 9's Former Community Manager

[Kinniku_Buster]

I don’t even know who she is or what she allegedly did. I don’t particularly care either. Cause it really hasn’t effected me or my stake in the game at all.

[Hawkingbird]

I’m gonna let the game burn. I’ll just replay the older Mega Man games.

[pedoviejo]

Torrentz

[Magegg]

Game looks great, can’t wait to buy

[Raz0r]

Meh, I lost interest a while back. I’ll leave mega man back in nostalgia town.

[PozerWolf]

Game looks great, can’t wait to buy

Clearly a bot.
Reported!

[orochizoolander]

Am I the only one who liked the original concept pic better?

http://www.deepsilver.com/typo3temp/pics/2015-03-17_00060_bc0fc9654f.jpg

[po_pimpus]

LOL @ anyone that thought the final game would look anything like the concept art…

Inafune still bamboozling people.

[HD-Man]

Would’ve preferred that 2d goodness concept art myself.

[tataa8P]

aesthetics aside, if it playes really well then it warrants a purchase. damn it, games are supposed to be fun and exciting, not fucking emptying your wallet every 1-2 months for “additional content” and shit.

mm games were a “from start to finish” affair, looking forward to the same thing on this title.

[orochizoolander]

I thnk the word “concept” made most people aware it wouldn’t look like that, very few games look similar to their original concept art as it’s supposed to be used as a base for inspiration not a copy, I’m just saying it’s quite a big difference in the case of MN9 lol. Also speaking of Inafune lets just hope he doesn’t ruin the incoming Igavania.

[GespenstRitter]

I’m sure people were aware that the real game wouldn’t look exactly like the concept art. But I also think people were expecting the real game to not look so barren and lifeless.