Remember Red Ash being funded by some Chinese investors meaning it would totally happen despite the Kickstarter bombing? Aaaaaany day now.
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Why isn't Mighty No. 9 for Vita and 3DS oficially cancelled yet?
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I would use the term "probably forgot" very loosely in this case lol
usually when people forget it is on accident, this is more of an intentional deletion of memory
Well of course Inafune took the money and ran, that's why we haven't heard of him for years by now.
He's surfaced back publicly during the announcement of Gunvolt 3, where he also revealed he co-directed the previous two games as well from the shadows.
Here he is discussing development in a video from two weeks ago:
As a 3DS backer, I learned an important lesson with my money spent: never donate to a Kickstarter again
I saw this thread, was like, "Oh, that's wild," and then I saw that the thread was from 2018.
But now I see this update. What a rollercoaster.
The sad fact about crowdfunding is you're not getting (nor should you expect to get) your money back, and I don't think they're contractually obligated to deliver anything, cancelled or not. It's basically a leap of faith. Thankfully, *most* crowdfund projects deliver. Whether they deliver to the original vision or not is another thing, but most still deliver a finished game/product/service.
What is preventing backers from a class action lawsuit? How is this legal?
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I kinda just want to somehow force them into giving a statement or something lol
Kickstarters and other crowdfunding platforms are very clear that you're not making a purchase and are not entitled to anything.
You should consider money used on these projects to be no different than money you drop on a poker table. No guarantees
Well that would at least be the right thing to do so you have my sword
Based on this, it sounds like backers have a case to sue him. This game has been completed and released for a while now, so what is the excuse here?
Is Inti Creates even working on those versions now though? I am quite sure they'd rather just do their own stuff like more Gunvolt + spin offs, Blaster Master, Gal Gun, and some other projects (I hope they learned something out of Dragon Marked for Death, like putting the lore just on Twitter is a bad idea and that a GAAS requires tons of hands on board after release). Don't be surprised if they announce a new Blaster Master or some other game in the September Direct (which I assume will happen), but nothing related to Mighty No. 9... Though wouldn't it be funny if they released ANOTHER MN9 spin off that was miles better than the OG game like Mighty Gunvolt Burst was?
Anyhow, if those versions are going to happen, I'd imagine Inafune would have to contract a different company, but those 2 platforms being dead... it'd be better to officially cancel those versions, as it'd be a waste of money.
Anyhow, if those versions are going to happen, I'd imagine Inafune would have to contract a different company, but those 2 platforms being dead... it'd be better to officially cancel those versions, as it'd be a waste of money.
it'd be kinda fierce if it somehow slorped onto the eShop like the day before it shuts down ngl
They probably saw early on that getting the game to run on 3DS at playable framerates was next to impossible (Reminder it ran like shit on the Wii U even) But they couldn't announce that it was canceled because they already got the money for those versions, so they just kept quiet about it. Everybody involved bailed a long time ago. So there is likely nothing that could be done at this point. Someone could technically take whatever shell company remains or Kickstarter to court over this, but good luck with that. lol
It sucks for the backers obviously, so I hope nobody donated too much to this scam.
It sucks for the backers obviously, so I hope nobody donated too much to this scam.
What about people who bought it? I bought a retail copy of the game, and still never received the Vita version that was advertised as being included.
Terms and conditions are not the law, and that statement says "it's between you and the creator" and says the creator ~may~ be pursued legally. They don't know and don't state they'll support anyone who goes that route.
This is a better claim, absolutely. Buyers and sellers have explicit legal regulations that are in play. The KS thing is just that "backing a project" is explicitly not the same thing as "buying something as advertised."
just an overall mediocre game (and that's not even getting into the kickstarter side of things)
honestly if they released it like a regular game back when capcom was being weird about mega man it could've probably been like Gunvolt, like not a major hit but an ongoing thing with a fanbase.
poster child of the early/mid 2010 kickstarter duds
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Nah physical 3DS game production ended quite some time ago
