Mega Man: Legends Creator Kickstarts Spiritual Successor

[rbstewart7263]

The alternative explanation to "lol greedy" is that there are sections of the dev studio that aren't working on MN9 anymore, and it's either get a new project going or fire/lay off staff. It's not unusual for a studio to have multiple projects running at various stages of development, and it's kind of necessary if they ever want to graduate from being reliant on Kickstarter to being a fully profitable company.

I mean, it could be excessive greed going here, but at this point I'm less concerned by Kickstarters than I am people bitching about Kickstarter based on nothing but speculation and their own negativity.

Exactly. You want comcept to work people well they cant just sit and fap off till "you" think its time for them to work again.

 

[rbstewart7263]

It won't suprised me if this get fully funded any day now given to the sucess of Mighty Number 9.

Also wait, the girl name is the same as the one in MN9?

in the same way that megaman and megaman legends had characters with shared names(roll and megaman) so to will red ash and mighty no 9 have shared names for there characters. So yeah that boy in the pic's name is beck. seems handsome I dont know if I like the jacket better on or off.

 

[Hairless Mammoth]

D'oh, I was hoping for Mighty No. X to be made before the Legends spin off. I did expect the Legends equivalent first, though, because of the whole "Capcom being a killjoy" issue.

But, boy, does the big guy sure look like a brown haired Teisle Bonne, and the girl looks like (a curvier) Roll Caskett. At least try to make the similarities a little more subtle, Comcept.

Seriously, though, I'm getting a count your chickens before they hatch vibe from the how quick the franchise is "growing" (before the first game is even out).

 

[Atmos Duality]

Inafune is a businessman, first and a creator second (if much at all these days).
From what I've been able to glean about him over the years suggests someone that's frustrated and driven.

...I'd hesitate before funding anything by him, just as I hesitated with Mighty No 9.

 

[major_chaos]

I mean, it could be excessive greed going here, but at this point I'm less concerned by Kickstarters than I am people bitching about Kickstarter based on nothing but speculation and their own negativity.

Hush you, this is the gaming community post 2013, baseless negativity will be displayed at all times and optimism is punishable by death. (The above is a joke, in case that wasn't 100% clear).

OT: So. Fucking. Happy. Megaman 64/legends is actually one of my favorite MM games so I'm super psyched for a sequel. I find it interesting that from the little information available it almost seems like the main cast is both in appearance and personality a fusion of the Casket family and the Bonnes from the originals, more ragtag than the former but far less criminal than the later.

I will say that funding the anime at the same time seems a bit iffy, and like a good way to split your own funding. IMO it would have been better to fund the game now, then kickstart the anime months down the line when fan's KS funding budget has recovered

 

[Razhem]

I don´t see the problem with releasing this starter now or in 2 months. Mighty No 9 is pretty much done from Inafune´s perspective and right now it´s localizing, tweaking and testing, as well as preparing distribution what is being done, you don´t need the lead designer for that.

Seems to me more like Inafune wants to keep busy than expecting Mighty No 9 to flop (quite doubtful reading the previews from E3) and nobody kickstarts his next project because of it.

It is annoying that he uses the Kickstarter venue though, supposedly he now has a publisher for Mighty No 9, so why can´t he use the publisher now that they know he has pull in the market? Or is it like Bloodstained?

Anyway, I´m not backing this one since megaman legends never really said anything to me, but happy for the fans to get some closure.

 

[Kopikatsu]

I'm really confused by all the posts about Inafune's supposed greed for putting up another kickstarter. Mighty No 9 releases in two months. Which means it's very likely to have gone gold already. So what do people want him to do? Sit on his ass and do nothing? I can only imagine be became a video game designer because that's what he loves to do. Why take issue with a designer wanting to design games? Seems silly.

 

[Scars Unseen]

I don´t see the problem with releasing this starter now or in 2 months. Mighty No 9 is pretty much done from Inafune´s perspective and right now it´s localizing, tweaking and testing, as well as preparing distribution what is being done, you don´t need the lead designer for that.

Seems to me more like Inafune wants to keep busy than expecting Mighty No 9 to flop (quite doubtful reading the previews from E3) and nobody kickstarts his next project because of it.

It is annoying that he uses the Kickstarter venue though, supposedly he now has a publisher for Mighty No 9, so why can´t he use the publisher now that they know he has pull in the market? Or is it like Bloodstained?

Anyway, I´m not backing this one since megaman legends never really said anything to me, but happy for the fans to get some closure.

Being a publisher and being an investor are not inherently the same thing. It may seem that way looking at the AAA gaming sphere, but even that is usually something different these days, as the publisher ends up owning the IP as well as the developer. Just because a company is willing to put in the resources to publish a game does not mean they are equally willing to fund the development for one.

 

[Razhem]

I don´t see the problem with releasing this starter now or in 2 months. Mighty No 9 is pretty much done from Inafune´s perspective and right now it´s localizing, tweaking and testing, as well as preparing distribution what is being done, you don´t need the lead designer for that.

Seems to me more like Inafune wants to keep busy than expecting Mighty No 9 to flop (quite doubtful reading the previews from E3) and nobody kickstarts his next project because of it.

It is annoying that he uses the Kickstarter venue though, supposedly he now has a publisher for Mighty No 9, so why can´t he use the publisher now that they know he has pull in the market? Or is it like Bloodstained?

Anyway, I´m not backing this one since megaman legends never really said anything to me, but happy for the fans to get some closure.

Being a publisher and being an investor are not inherently the same thing. It may seem that way looking at the AAA gaming sphere, but even that is usually something different these days, as the publisher ends up owning the IP as well as the developer. Just because a company is willing to put in the resources to publish a game does not mean they are equally willing to fund the development for one.

Fair enough.

 

[Baresark]

Done and done. I haven't kickstarted anything in a while, but I will Kickstart a spiritual successor to Megaman Legends. Fantastic games. I still remember the sting of Capcom working on a new Megaman Legends game for a little while, having a website devoted to community feedback on it, and then canceling it like douchebags.

 

[meiam]

I'm really confused by all the posts about Inafune's supposed greed for putting up another kickstarter. Mighty No 9 releases in two months. Which means it's very likely to have gone gold already. So what do people want him to do? Sit on his ass and do nothing? I can only imagine be became a video game designer because that's what he loves to do. Why take issue with a designer wanting to design games? Seems silly.

Because he's asking for money right before his other crowd funded game come out, it make it seems like he's cashing in before people play MN9 and get disappointed. If he just waited 3 month people could have played MN9 and then make there own mind about wether or not crowd funding one of his project is worth it.

 

[Scars Unseen]

I'm really confused by all the posts about Inafune's supposed greed for putting up another kickstarter. Mighty No 9 releases in two months. Which means it's very likely to have gone gold already. So what do people want him to do? Sit on his ass and do nothing? I can only imagine be became a video game designer because that's what he loves to do. Why take issue with a designer wanting to design games? Seems silly.

Because he's asking for money right before his other crowd funded game come out, it make it seems like he's cashing in before people play MN9 and get disappointed. If he just waited 3 month people could have played MN9 and then make there own mind about wether or not crowd funding one of his project is worth it.

So your proposal is that he pays staff for a quarter of a year to do nothing? Man, I want a job like that.

 

[Scars Unseen]

And at this point, I'm concerned about fans who are ok with this type of behavior, and give these greedy fools a pass. I bet you're ok with Sony launching their own Crowdfunding site huh?

One thing is not the other, and you're going to have to provide me with proof that Inafune's new project is being pursued in bad faith before I give this sort of negativity any credence.

 

[Scars Unseen]

I'm usually not so negative unlike some in the gaming community, I don't ***** and moan about the minor stuff.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to call bullshit on this. At the very least, you've claimed in another thread that Kickstarter itself was a scam, so it's hard to take you coming in and claiming that you aren't negative in a thread where you're being negative about a topic on which you've declared a negative default stance seriously.

 

[Cyneric]

And at this point, I'm concerned about fans who are ok with this type of behavior, and give these greedy fools a pass. I bet you're ok with Sony launching their own Crowdfunding site huh?

One thing is not the other, and you're going to have to provide me with proof that Inafune's new project is being pursued in bad faith before I give this sort of negativity any credence.

Well gee why does he need a KS for an anime series to make a new IP? When he pulled a similar stunt with MN9? And asking for more funds to make DLC, I don't give a damn if you give don't give it credence. The fact he didn't wait till MN9 was released to ask for more money for two projects is ludicrous.

If this was just about the game, it wouldn't be too bad, but he's pushing it by asking us to chip in for an anime series. If that's not greed I don't know what it is.

At least Brian Fargo actually waited for Wasteland 2 to be released before asking for more for The Bards Tale IV.

Long time lurker, and that post is just factually inaccurate. Brian Fargo didn't wait and you have your games mixed up. Wasteland 2 kickstarter happened, then Torment Tides of Numenera happened WHILE Wasteland 2 was still in development. If you're going to use a developer to support your claims of greed, Brian Fargo is not the developer that you want to use to make a coherent argument. I'm not saying Fargo is greedy, it's a smart business move to keep your art/concept people constantly working, and it makes good business sense to do so.

Lets go further, and ante up that he also didn't wait on the Bards Tale for Numenera to be released either.

Source: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2 Started March 13th 2012
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/torment-tides-of-numenera Started March 6 2013
http://store.steampowered.com/app/240760/ Wasteland 2 Released September 18 2014
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/the-bards-tale-iv Bards Tale still on Kickstarter for funding

Torment Tides of Numenera is still not released yet by the way