Why Does Everyone Hate the Mighty No. 9 Trailer?

The new Mighty No. 9 trailer doesn't inspire much hope for the state of the game. Backers are unhappy with the latest trailer and here's why...

[garyanderson]

Very simple; it looks awful.

[TwoForce]

And it's Cringeworthy. Ugh.

[Timesplitter14]

By far its biggest crime is the guy speaking

[Null1980]

This game took a mighty #2 right on top of everyone's hopes and expectations. Should have just called it that... Mighty No. 2.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

I just died lol

[ghaleon1980]

Bwahahhahaha

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

If i wasn't already decently informed about Mighty #9, I could easily mistake it for a 6th gen game. Kickstarter backers must be pissed.

[CrimsonWing69]

Oh I know I am...did the art book tier that was...well I don't want to talk about the price.

[BrandanT]

I think it might be because of how many times the game was delayed after it was shown off and given a release date.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

That's my thought, too; the repeated delays have done more to harm this than any of the graphical changes or cringe-inducing voices have.

[Canthar]

A game that looked to bring back that mega man esque Magic. Now has no real identity. That trailer both in appearance and in tone is horrendous. Who are they trying to market towards? Certainly not the crowd who grew up on mega and backed it...

[opinionated]

"This is like..popping bubble wrap cool... Man."

I paid 60 dollars towards that trailer!

[Null1980]

You probably should have just bought $60 worth of bubble wrap.

[Segata]

As did I. The bubble wrap app on Roku is more fun than this game

[Null1980]

Wow, how did they manage to screw up their awesome looking early concepts so badly? Where the hell did the $4mil budget go? This looks like it was made by a group of recent game school grads, not industry veterans. I truly feel bad for all the people who backed money on this. :\

[garrettbobbyferguson]

The concept art was there just to generate hype. Nothing more.

[Ristul]

"Where the hell did the $4mil budget go? " Right into Inafune's big fat bank account.

[TwoForce]

Also, Recore is directed by Infume.

[Thirteen]

Because it sucked.

[CrimsonWing69]

Dude I'll tell you why because with all the time Inafune had (numerous delays) and the amount of money he got from crowdfunding equals this. What we get is almost like a student project I'd see from Fullsail. I paid for the art book tier because I'm an enormous megaman fan.

This is nothing like what I imagined the man who brought us megaman would have given us. I'm actually super suspicious on how much money went into this project because I'd have imagined something more and better from all the money he got.

[DanteVFenris666]

4 million isn't a lot especially if tbe project went to developmental hell. If your getting nowhere it doesn't matter your still paying your employees.

This also doesn't look like student work. Though don't underestimate students. They can make amazing projects with the proper resources

[CrimsonWing69]

I'm sorry but I will not take any excuses for what we get as the final product. I'm curious as to why this was in development hell. Is the staff that incompetent? Not like we're making that complicated of a game here and it's not Keiji Inafune's first time at the rodeo.

[DanteVFenris666]

Even the biggest studio go into developmental hell. Even rockstar a studio everyone loves on here, remember agent?

They lost probably millions before deciding to quit it. Stop speaking as if you know how hard it is to make a game

[Pandamobile]

It's actually pretty amazing how short Mighty No. 9 has fallen of its original mark. For a game that pulled in like $4 million in funding, spent three years in development - only to look like that...

[Segata]

It sounds like a dad trying to be cool but his idea of cool is based on 1993. This is coming from someone who obviously loves the 90s but there are some parts we can leave behind.

[Dunban67]

The logo at the top of the article looks like the mighty # 9 guy is just saying "look at me i m screwing you with my falic logo at crotch level"

[Dunban67]

Mighty number 9 should be a lesson to everyone to NEVER EVER fund a kickstarter- there is virtually NO accountability for the people you send you money- they can do most anything with it and there is little if anything a backer can do

[NotoriousWhiz]

The thing about investments are that you win some and you lose some. It's up to each individual to decide whether or not a particular investment is worth the risk.

[Dunban67]

kickstarter IS NOT an investment in any way- yes there is def risk in investing but investing is a calculated risk that requires research among many other inputs (if you want to be successful over time)
AND there are varying amounts of accountability re investments and there are laws on the books to help protect investors-
Kickstarter is more like a donation or a gift with no accountability and few if any laws protecting Kickstarter backers, in which one hopes to get a gift in return.
"If you give me $10 today, ill give you at least $12 one week from today" That is possible, but after i receive your money, i may give you $12+ a week from today or i may give you nothing, or i may give you $5 or i may tell you i can t give you anything unless yo send me $12 more in which case ill send you $30 3 weeks from today- which may or may not happen etc etc ect - that is Kickstarter- that is not an investment

to insinuate Kickstarter and investing are the same thing or close is simply wrong= the two are in no way the same

[Rebel_Scum]

idk, I read about the hate before watching it. After watching it I was surprised it got a lot of hate. I didn't mind the announcer guy.

Pretty sure there's some kids out there, maybe 6-10 years old who think this is the coolest shit. I have no problem with that. Judging from the art style that's who this game is aimed at anyways.

[BlaqMagiq1]

That's the problem. People wanted the artstyle to be something akin to the Mega Man or Mega Man X series. They changed it into... this whatever you wanna call it. It's one thing to aim it at the kids but the people who backed this are adults who grew up with the original MM and MMX games. If they disappoint them their reputation will suffer greatly.

[Rebel_Scum]

Mega Man was aimed at kids too though man.

[PixelOmen]

I obviously don't have an opinion about how the game plays yet, but I think the art style and announcer in the trailer are both awful.

[Der_Kommandant]

Those are the best explosions i've ever seen in a video game ever!

That's how 4 million dollars looks like, i feel bad for the people who backed this.

[quent]

The game doesn't need a trailer, it needs a release date.

[zekk]

It does have a release date

[ZeekQuattro]

4 million dollars. Most of that money must of went to geisha's and saké. I would be pissed too if I paid money to crowdfund the game. Its nothing like the initial tease of years ago. This is one of the reasons why E3 doesn't excite me like it once did as many games don't even look like their E3 reveal/hype trailer's in the end if the game every comes out in the first place. They prayed on people starving for a Megaman game by showing off fancy videos and art and then dumbed it down for its retail release.

[Harkins1721]

9 platforms this game is being made across. It's not cheap. But as usual you have the people that have idea how games are made commenting like they know exactly how much money it should cost.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Okay, I can see why people would hate the announcer voice because the lines used are indeed cringe material, and yes, the graphics don't look as slick as the initial models from the early days of the kickstarter.

But it still looks fun, and it's not like it looks like a Gamecube game or something.
I think the hate is mostly because this game has been delayed for far too long for too few reasons.
There comes a point where delaying over and over despite setting several firm dates will leave a bad taste in even the most ardent supporter's mouth.

[Ristul]

"But it still looks fun, and it's not like it looks like a Gamecube game or something."

Viewtiful Joe looks sooo much better then that shit.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Viewtiful Joe looks gorgeous, but this doesn't look as old as most of the games on GC.
Cherry-picking one fantastic game like Viewtiful Joe, out of hundreds of others that don't look as good as VJ, doesn't disprove my statement.

[Ristul]

Can't say I agree with your statement, sure there are bad apples on any console but generally speaking, Gamecube had a lot of great looking games. The resolution might not be as great, but the graphical fidelity and artstyle, and not to speak of the animation (plays a great part of the "look" of the game) are still holding up in a lot of Gamecube titles.

[feraldrgn]

For one, the graphical style looks awful.
Second, the script is god awful.
"There's probably a dash that makes you breakfast, I don't know"

Finally, some people have mentioned it already, the game has been delayed so many times & people have lost interest.

[Harkins1721]

Because you cant play other games until this one arrives? Not one game can hold you over? Sure.....

[gantarat]

because we are an anime fan on prom night.

[Pullmywaffle]

The same reason everyone hates the new ghostbusters trailers: they try to use nostalgia to cash in on an old franchise that is best left in the memories of the past. Also it looks horrible. I'll stick to 20XX for my modern megaman fix.

[exkalibur97]

well when you keep delaying a product fans payed for then launch a shitty trailer its no wonder we hate it. im starting to believe capcom themselfs set up this kickstarter to fund a new megaman game with no risk

[RedTfox]

Well for me the game appears to be very good (but the trailer is really bad, they can do better) and i don't care about all the things people are saying.
What i want is to play this game, try to make it 100%, beat all the challenges and have all achivements unlocked.
I believe i will have a great fun with this game.

[link2Dpast]

lmao so people thought they would get megaman. Looks like a damn cos player trying to cosplay megaman anyway. if it aint megaman it wont be a megaman game duhh!!. if it looks like shit, smells like shit and taste like shit then its mighty number 9, had high hopes but damn they failed

[Keregan]

Looks awsome to me, maybe not as beautifull as Ori, but still, any old school megaman fans should be excited

[claudionmc]

Paid $40 for this game and the trailer looks awful :( how can anyone be not-angry with such a disgrace of trailer?

[SpiralTear]

Because it shows that Mighty No. 9 is going to be terrible. The cringy narration only proves that the devs know this and they're not even ashamed of how terrible this game looks. They have nothing left to lose.

[DaDrunkenJester]

Game looks great, can't wait.

[ONESHOTV2]

the VO was very bad it sounds like they were advertising the game to small children on youtube not my taste but the gameplay isn't that bad