Friday, April 11, 2014

VIDEO: Keiji Inafune Sketches a "Mighty No. 9" Enemy

Comcept whipped up another nice little look behind the scenes of Mighty No. 9, Keiji Inafune's Kickstarter-funded spiritual successor to Mega Man. The video features Inafune doing some live-drawing as he sketches a design for one of the platformer's Humanoid Robot grunt enemies. 


 



 


Here's the original design:



 


The feedback Inafune gave to the folks at Inti Creates:


 


• Even if it’s humanoid, it’s still a robot; the less human-like, the better.


Instead of holding a gun and shield in a pair of hands, let’s have the shield attach to its back...  


When protecting itself, the body rotates around and the shield faces front.


• The design should have functionality like this in mind.


 


The modified version based on Inafune's sketch and feedback:



 


Mighty No. 9 is currently in the works for PC, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS. It's expected to arrive in spring 2015.


 


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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. His blog can be found at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter at @Moldilox.

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