Mighty No. 9 Has an Offical Release Date, Finally

Mighty No. 9. Been a while since we had to talk about that Kickstarter embarrassment, huh?

Ah, yes, there’s been a lot of hate thrown Mighty No. 9’s way: some of it undeserved, most of it at least KIND of deserved, but I think we can all agree that we’ll have to save debating the game’s virtues in earnest until we see its final state: well, three years and who knows how many disappointed fans later, Megaman creator and hype slayer Keiji Inafune has finally come out with the official release date.

Ladies and gentlemen, we can expect Mighty No. 9 to launch June 21st in North America and Asia, and the 24th everywhere else.

From the letter directly:

“We understand that as a result of the various delays we have disappointed and let down our fans, but we are happy to finally be able to deliver the game to everyone who brought us this far.
 
With the game having "gone gold" we are in the last final stages of being able to deliver it into your hands, be that via your favorite retail outlet, or via digital channels.
 
Therefore the release date we are announcing is set in stone and there will be no further delays for the game…

It has been almost three years since the start of our Kickstarter campaign, which was only made possible through the support of our backers and fans around the world. This is a project where everyone's passions were combined in order to create something very special, and we are looking forward to delivering the final product to everyone who was involved. There can be no stronger connection between game creators and game fans.”

Well, it’s a classy statement to say the least. And who knows? Despite the anime spin-off, the lackluster demo, and the whole Red Dust debacle, maybe this truly will be a great game. I’d sure like to hope so… despite my cynical nature, I really would prefer a happy ending for the people who trusted Keiji.

We’ll find out soon enough.