Update: Mega Man Creator Kickstarts Mighty No. 9

[Innegativeion]

Correction: you get a physical game box + manual and a download code, not a physical copy of the game itself.

Ah, pity.

I'm guessing it'll reach at least 1,750,000. Though, I would very much like a console version myself, so here's rooting for 2,500,000.

 

[major_chaos]

I just now discovered this:
http://pikdit.com/i/our-hope-lies-with-you-mighty-no-9/
All my feels ;_;.
EDIT: And now we just have to hope Crapcom doesn't sue to try and stop this.

 

[SweetShark]

Honestly, I am very skeptical on this one.

It is like the Thread I create which I wanted to discuss how we possible can seperate a "spirtual successor" videogame from a "clone" game.....

Even if they say it is a "spirtual successor" of the Videogame series Megaman....Capcom very simple can say it is a clone.

Or perhaps, Capcom make the decision to make a Megaman game and annihilate this game.

 

[SweetShark]

Honestly, I am very skeptical on this one.

It is like the Thread I create which I wanted to discuss how we possible can seperate a "spirtual successor" videogame from a "clone" game.....

Even if they say it is a "spirtual successor" of the Videogame series Megaman....Capcom very simple can say it is a clone.

Or perhaps, Capcom make the decision to make a Megaman game and annihilate this game.

A clone implies that it's a copy of something that currently exists... Capcom killed Megaman, and this is it's rebirth!

You do make a good point about Capcom releasing a proper Megaman thing in response, thing is this will have caught them by complete surprise, any Megaman game they shamble together at this stage would have to release fast and would be a serious rush job. Not to mention I think that at this stage, due to Inafunes loud and passionate involvement with this, the hardcore have embraced Beck and anything Capcom tried to do at this point would be too little too late, I think.

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You surprise me Escapist, three pages in and nobody has whined that megamans reincarnation hasn't cast a post-mastectomy, gender realigned black lesbian amputee nun in the lead role? Aint that some shit.

Exept if Capcom [as always] pay a sh*t a lot of money to advertise their new Megaman game.
I will admit, Even if I don't like the policy Capcom have [for DLC and some really weird decisions lately], they know how to sell a game.

They will make the next Megaman game so fabulous and the most of the fans will no care neither for the first day DLC, neither for the 50+ DLC will come in the future, neither the new Complete version after few months.

And....I don't understand what do you mean with the last part of your post....
"black lesbian amputee nun in the lead role"? What?

 

[Ukomba]

I hope he's had a lawyer look over this, it's getting dangerously close to Megaman's design. I wouldn't put it past Capcom to sue.

 

[Ukomba]

I hope he's had a lawyer look over this, it's getting dangerously close to Megaman's design. I wouldn't put it past Capcom to sue.

Sue for what? He hasn't used anything Capcom owns, Capcom own a load of megaman specific stuff, not the idea that a robot looks a lot like a boy. The ball is in Inafunes court here, he is the one that needs to fuck up to give them some ammo. It's would be like Kurt Russell suing Konami for likeness rights because Solid Snake is basically Snake Plisken, right on down to his name. In fact, Kurt Russell would have a far stronger case than Capcom do here.

You're never going to hear about Beck hunting mavericks or using a buster, but they don't own any of the larger concepts or ideas, just names, places, specifics, that kind of shit. And since Inafune came up with them in the first place he knows better than anyone actually alive what he can and can't get away from. That's the beautiful part in "ripping off" yourself.

Sued for copyright infringement of course. He can't straight up copy Megamans design, obviously, so he has to tweak the character model enough to slip in past that. It isn't as simple as giving Megaman a mohawk and wheel chair. I just hope he had a copyright lawyer look over his final design and ensure it's dissimilar enough to avoid a possible lawsuit.

 

[MrPhyntch]

And....I don't understand what do you mean with the last part of your post....
"black lesbian amputee nun in the lead role"? What?

Because minorities aren't portrayed enough in lead roles, you see. There's a semi-common thing around here that certain franchises need rebooting/redoing so that the lead character, instead of a white, straight male, can be replaced with some sort of minority. (See posts of: Link should be a girl next game, need more black characters, why does the ultimate goal have to be a hetero relationship (in Damsel in Distress situations) etc. etc.) He's mocking what he sees at the normal escapist trend. [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DontExplainTheJoke]

OT: Not entirely sure what to think. I'm a huge Megaman fan, but surprisingly less so of the "original" series (I preferred the X, Legends, and Battle Network games). So while I'm glad to see Megaman's creator going back to what he wants and what he knows the audience wants, I'm not entirely sure it I want it.

Still gonna fund the hell out of it though.

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Sue for what? He hasn't used anything Capcom owns, Capcom own a load of megaman specific stuff, not the idea that a robot looks a lot like a boy. The ball is in Inafunes court here, he is the one that needs to fuck up to give them some ammo. It's would be like Kurt Russell suing Konami for likeness rights because Solid Snake is basically Snake Plisken, right on down to his name. In fact, Kurt Russell would have a far stronger case than Capcom do here.

You're never going to hear about Beck hunting mavericks or using a buster, but they don't own any of the larger concepts or ideas, just names, places, specifics, that kind of shit. And since Inafune came up with them in the first place he knows better than anyone actually alive what he can and can't get away from. That's the beautiful part in "ripping off" yourself.

While they don't own the "concept", if Mighty No. 9 gets too close to Megaman in terms of structure (8 stages with distinct bosses, very similar gameplay, enough character/enemy designs are similar) then Capcom has a case that Inafune's game could confuse the audience into thinking the game is affiliated with Megaman. Note how Dead Rising needed to note legally that they weren't affiliated with Dawn of the Dead, just for being about zombies and taking place in the mall? This game is closer to Megaman than that one was to Dawn of the Dead.

And the lawsuit doesn't need to go through. If Capcom can make a strong enough case to at least get a judge to look at it, it doesn't matter that they can't win in the long run. They can either drag it out long enough to bankrupt Inafune with court fees, or force him to settle and stop making the game.

I think that the two ARE legally distinct at the moment, and that Inafune is smart enough to keep it that way, but if the game continues in the way that it appears, Capcom's lawyers may decide that they can stop this anyway.

 

[Ukomba]

Sued for copyright infringement of course. He can't straight up copy Megamans design, obviously, so he has to tweak the character model enough to slip in past that. It isn't as simple as giving Megaman a mohawk and wheel chair. I just hope he had a copyright lawyer look over his final design and ensure it's dissimilar enough to avoid a possible lawsuit.

You're missing my point man... If I may ask, what uni did you read law at?

Please stop arguing this. Relax, there won't be a case, as things stand Capcom won't be suing anybody, and if you have Megaman a mohawk and a wheelchair and called him megaman you'd be fucked with a hammer. If you gave megaman a mohawk and a wheelchair and called him Alphadrone I9, you'd be right as rain legally speaking.

No worries there, you're attitude has put me off this whole thread.

 

[MrPhyntch]

What you're saying is that any RPG with a world map and a turn based battle system owes money to FF (or whoever came up with that shit).

Seriously, nobody is getting sued.

No, I'm saying that the RPG I'm making featuring the 4 heroes of righteousness, one being a knight in red armor, one a magician with a black robe and straw hat so big you can't see his face, the priest with a white hooded robe with red trim, and the thief who becomes a ninja later on, where you start by rescuing a kidnapped princess and end up saving the world from a complex time paradox by defeating 4 elemental guardians and then their master who was really the first boss is going to get more than a letter of inquiry from Squeenix.

It's not that it'll get shut down because it's a shooter/platformer featuring robots. I (and everyone else here) are saying that there's cause for concern due to it appearing from the surface to be little more than a reskin. A blue robot who adapts his powers from his defeated enemies, assisted (in some undescribed way) by a pink female robot, who travels around fighting his 8 brothers who went berserk, by traversing their minion-filled headquarters to finish in a one-on-one battle with said brother. The concepts are eerily similar.

And I don't know if you're a lawyer yourself, but let me explain something about those of us who aren't: we see stuff like this happen all the time. And it's not as easy for us to distiguish between cases. Let's look at Dead rising again, with the disclaimers all over it about its relation to Dawn of the Dead. How about the first Final Fantasy itself, which was almost sued by the Dungeons and Dragons people until some enemies got redesigned. How about Scrolls, which WAS sued because it used a word in its name that was the same word as used elsewhere. No similar concept, nothing of the sort, Mojang actually had to see a judge over a single word title and nothing else. Those of us who aren't lawyers don't see how Scrolls can get sued over a single word, yet this game that rips the entire bloody concept can go untouched.

And finally, no one is saying it's getting sued. All we're saying is there's mild nervousness about the similarity of the concept. And that we're hoping/praying that Capcom doesn't decide to send out the lawyers.

Captcha: Sneezing baby panda

Aaaaaaannnd.... all bitterness is gone. Awwwwww.....

 

[MrPhyntch]

And such a position is 100% understandable. I know jack shit about engines, and you will never see me engage someone in argument about engines of any kind, make sweeping comments about engines of any kind, and stick my heels in the ground about a point made about engines of any kind.

If you don't understand why "Scrolls" would catch heat from a company who owns a series called "The Elder Scrolls", and don't understand the subtelties between concepts and specifics in terms of ownership, that's completely fine and I'm not having a go or insulting anybody.

But you probably shouldn't spend your time talking about things you acknowledge you don't understand and realise that clicking away and moving on is probably a more reasonable course of action than getting into conversations about stuff you know nothing about.

And if you took your car in for an oil change and get charged for a power window fluid replacement would you accept it? I mean, obviously power steering needs fluid, as well as several other things you might not realize, so is it beyond the realm of possibility that power windows need fluid? So either you take the charge and are obviously taken advantage of, or you would, in fact, argue in an area in which you have already claimed to have no knowledge in.

No, we all have to have basic knowledge of things in our lives, as you would with your car. I am big into politics, and was on my way to law school until money issues happened. So I do have more than a passing interest in law. Maybe I don't have the "understanding" of a proper lawyer, but that doesn't mean it's beyond my means to debate an area of which I have great interest. That would be like saying that I shouldn't debate about video games. I don't understand their workings or what goes into designing them, but I have enough interest in them that it is, in fact, relevant.

So let me ask, how do you have such a great knowledge of law? As you asked the other poster above, where did you study it? Because here's the thing; you have not said one lick about why it doesn't work. All you've said is no one is gonna get sued, and that us little people wouldn't understand. Don't just stand there and "tut tut" at us, help us understand. Tell us the difference in Final Fantasy almost getting sued by D&D and this. Tell us how patent trolls that are otherwise worth 10 grand a year can get hundreds of thousands off big companies for patents they don't even own, and then this isn't a cause for concern to those of us who want to get excited over a Megaman reskin.

And none of that "no hurt feels bro" either. To quote a particular soldier, "Every time you say 'with all due respect' it sounds like 'kiss my ass'".

And finally, because it seems relevant.

 

[New Frontiersman]

This looks pretty interesting, I gave $40; so I get a copy of the game, a soundtrack and an artbook. I thought about giving more, but I wasn't sure if gamebox, manual, and character re-skin was worth 20 extra dollars to me. I might consider increasing my pledge if I change my mind later but for now $40 is enough for me.

Either way I like Mega Man and think Inafune is a pretty good designer so I have high hopes for this.

 

[DJShire]

If Capcom does sue, it'll do it after its funded (well, when the time ends on funding window, this thing is probably going to easily hit 2 to 2.5 mil by the time its done), which means that both will there not be a game, but also everyone KSing it will lose out on their investment....I've already KS'd it, but if Capcom does that, then well, they're going to have a lot of angry people that may just start a class-action lawsuit against them....we shall see.

 

[Tanis]

This is so beautiful.

I hope this is a great success, then maybe we can get a Viewtiful Joe 3 and/or a God Hand 2.


captcha: time lord

 

[sid]

updates galore is not The Escapist's usual M.O., is this a Capcom slapfest special?