Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter Hits $1.7 Million!

Last week at PAX Prime in Seattle, Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune revealed his new video game project entitled Mighty No. 9, a spiritual successor to the beloved Mega Man series. Additionally, he announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign, offering fans the opportunity to pledge money in hopes of getting the project off the ground. With the heart-breaking cancellation of Mega Man Legends 3, fans were more than willing to lend their support…and boy, did they ever.

In less that a week, fans have already pledged over $1.7 million dollars to make Mighty No. 9 a reality. Considering the team behind Inafune’s latest project is made up of some of the best talent in the industry, the investment fans all over the world have made will more than likely wield a tremendous product.

Inafune has put together a development team Mega Man fans will undoubtedly approve of. Developers and artists who worked on the original Mega Man series are helping create Mighty No. 9, such as level and character designer Naoya Tomita, character designer Kimo Kimo, and Manami Matsumae, who’s responsible for creating all the music and sound effects for the original Mega Man game.

Should the pledge total reach $2.2 million dollars, Mighty No. 9 will be released for Wii U, PlayStation 3, and XBOX 360.

Those looking to make a pledge and earn some pretty nice rewards, including Mighty No. 9 T-shirts, signed goodies, physical game copies, art books, and even help the development team in designing challenges for the game(!), can do so by clicking here.