Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune has turned to Kickstarter in a bid to fund a new side-scrolling platform game -- and he's already been rather successful with the crowdfunding approach.
The Kickstarter campaign for Mighty No. 9 launched over the weekend with a funding goal of $900,000, and the comcept title is very close to reaching its target already.
The game appears to be very much in the same vein as Inafune's classic
Mega Man series, with running and gunning the key. The main character Beck is also able to transform into numerous different shapes to overcome obstacles.
Inafune plans to be very hands-on with the title, acting as project lead. The
Mighty No. 9 team consists of plenty of
Mega Man veteran designers, including Naoya Tomita, a level designer on the original
Mega Man and
Mega Man 2 games, and Manami Matsumae, who produced the soundtrack for the original
Mega Man.
This move to Kickstarter is no doubt fueled in part by the cancellations of
Mega Man Legends 3 and
Mega Man Universe back in 2011. Notably, the former was going to take input from fans -- utilizing Kickstarter, Inafune can now explore the full potential of this idea.
The comcept team aims to release
Mighty No. 9 for Windows PC in the first half of 2015. Console versions of the game are included as stretch goals, although whether the $2.5 million goal will prove too high remains to be seen.
