Mighty No.9's been stuck between a rock(man) and a hard place for as long as we can remember, and its situation doesn't seem to be improving, even as we near its 21st June release date. The crowdfunded sidescroller looks as rough as ever in its newest trailer, and the 800 dislikes that sit on its YouTube page reinforce that opinion.
Now before we go off on one, we should point out that the gameplay itself doesn't look terrible - we're not sure that it ever has done - it's just incredibly difficult to stay positive about such a clearly troubled project. And that wince inducing narration doesn't really help, does it? Needless to say, the video's getting torn to bits around the 'net, but we suppose that's all but expected when you put out a trailer like this a month before launch.
We've had our say, but what do you think? Is there promise in Mighty No.9, or is it dead on eventual arrival? Ponder the concept of crowdfunding in the comments section below.
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Was...was that a parody?
@DominicanGlory
I hope the gameplay is good enough to excuse all of this delaying. Of course assuming the game isn't just delayed the week prior.
What is this. That trailer made me ill.
Wow. I read the article and thought "It can't be that bad, people are just raging because it's taking so long."
Yeah, it's actually worse than what the article led me to believe. That's just... awful. My interest level in this game was low already (mainly because of the delays and because the gameplay always looked boring) and now they killed it. If I can pick it up on a PSN flash sale for $3 maybe I'll snag it, otherwise this is just too XXXTREME!!! for me.
This is one of the worst trailers I've ever seen. If I didn't already know what the game was, and know that I want to play it, I'd have knocked the trailer off after twenty seconds and have zero interest in Mighty No. 9.
It's like a parody of awful nineties video game marketing.
That dash mechanic is just so...off. I feel like the trailer would play very different if it was absent.
I didn't hate the trailer - I just didn't like it. Then again, I listened to it with the sound off because I'm at work.
Lots of sour Anime fans.... Ouch!
I'd say the narrator was awesome. I can't honestly think of a more awesome word to use for that awesome narrator.
But seriously, he's probably not in teh game. And the gameplay looks fine.
It just better have online leaderboards, othwerise that score system is pointless.
I feel really bad for the people who were looking forward to this game. I hope it lives up to their expectations, with all it's delays and what-not. I cringed when they insulted anime fans. Probably not a good idea to insult a, I'm guessing, big part of your fan base.
The serious hipster sold me on hating the trailer...
Oh god... why did I watch that trailer...
Now I want a refund...
I thought it looked great!
Apart from the close up of mn9.
Judging by the trailer it's going to be a button masher. It looks like all you will be doing is dashing… sounds FUN!
This is why I've never supported a kickstarter.
Yooka-Laylee looks awesome, and I have the utmost faith in that team, but those who supported this would have said the same thing about Inafune.
I hope they pull off something amazing. Its hard to be a game developers. These guys are trying something differents with there funding to give them full development control. Hope they make it.
@themcnoisy.
I agree, gameplay looks good / polished, bad trailer though (it's not 1996).
As usual with this game, people are blowing things out of proportion. It looks rough, and the narration is all sorts of wrong, but I'm more than willing to give it a try. I'm a big Megaman fan, and although I didn't back this, the game has never actually looked terrible to me.
@SkanetWasTaken Oh god, you're right - that was them!
I feel for the people that backed this when it was on kickstarter. Not knowing if this game would ever release would make anyone nervous, especially if you helped pay for the development. Also they must feel lied to with this trailer, lol.
'We've had our say'. Who's' We?
Wow. Watched it again with the audio. Terrible.
Looks like a ten year old iOS game.
I might buy.
It looks like a great 3DS game.B it I get the vita version.
I actually thought the commercial was decently amusing. It's the game itself that looks like crap.
DOA.
I'm going to be rational and reserve judgement until I play it. But yeah, the trailer was gash.
The voice sounds like Ron Burgundy. They were just trying to be funny.
@Boerewors Indeed am I looking at a different trailer? Don't forget bashing is hot now.
@RaymanFan2 Maybe if look better there are true gems around. I sponsored 3 games so far the first game just released no regrets so far.
I actually thought that was really funny!
except the 'cut scene' visuals, which are appalling. Game play looks decent, and the voice was so 90's it was magic
I really shouldn't have backed this....
Oh well at least it was only $20, not 100 like Bloodstained or 200 like Shenmue. Those certainly are turning out much, much better.
Find it laughable that so many peeps are turning away from this cos its not "great looking" the gameplay looks great thats what games should be judged on, quick question to the people here who liked Uncharted 4 - would it have been bad if it wasnt so pretty?
@Fandabidozi Everybody in the Push Square office who went temporarily blind after watching the trailer.
@AhabSpampurse same here-I backed the kickstarter so I'm hoping it's ok, just got to remember marketing is a seperate thing I suppose.
Is this a parody of 90's north american trailers? Because while looks like garbage it's awesome as a parody.
The game itself...I don't know, but to me Azure Strike Gunvolt do the job better than this.
They probably should've change that line to "Make the bad guys cry like the backers of this game"
@placidcasual don't come in here with your logic and reason! It makes PERFECT sense that if you loved and enjoyed previous Megaman games, that you should avoid this and still maintain that you have a valid opinion purely because of its marketing!
@Deadlyblack @RaymanFan2 100% of backers of all (funded) projects on Kickstarter will never see a penny of their money back. Shocking!
You're not supposed to back any Kickstarter project because it's a sure thing, but rather, because it's not.
I know it's only marketing but wow, that is one awful trailer. Capcom would be pretty shrewd to launch a new Mega Man project at E3 after this debacle, but I'd be amazed if they went for it.
As for MN9 itself...well, still not convinced and this trailer doesn't help. Bits of the gameplay look good but I've not been overly impressed with art direction so far (everything from characters to level design), and the combo-centric gameplay is a bit of a turnoff at the moment.
I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned in the article
https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/735638491636195328
Just gonna say glad I didn't back this on KS.
@Fath It's the reason why I refuse to back anything on kickstarter. I was super tempted to back Yooka-Laylee, but decided not to because you never know what might happen. It's just not my type of thing.
The trailer is fine as it is. The line about anime fans was hilarious. Of course they will be super offended and attack it with their mighty keyboards.
Also hilarious how people (including pushsquare reviewers) have been giving free passes to indie games with the worst kind of graphics but then a game like this is about to come out and all they have to say is how bad it looks. The gameplay seems great, so I don't see the issue here.
Hate bandwagons are absolutely hilarious.
@Swiket Well it's pretty fitting since the small amount of interest this game has generated is thanks purely to nostalgia. That's presumably what they were thinking, I mean you actually have to put effort in to make something this bad so they did at least think about it.
@naruball Indie games usually have technically undemanding graphics, not ugly and soulless graphics. This trash has it all.
@GlynCR You can do a lot, lot more in UC4 than dash down a corridor while shooting. The flat and repetitive gameplay which seems to basically involve moving through small corridors while shooting and dashing is basically like a 2D version of Call of Duty, but without even the decency to lube up your mind with dramatic scenarios and set pieces.
@Matroska "Trash". Right.
Come on guys, it's not THAT bad. Yeah, it seems like it was aimed at some weird subculture who gets internet references but has never seen a video game before, but it was not that bad. I didn't cringe. In fact, I think I'd still want this game even if that was all I had seen of it.
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