Reward Update: Or “How Golden Beck Got His Groove Back”

I hope have your dancing shoes ready, Mighties!

We’re showing off all kinds of goodies today, including a bit of random news about the ending theme, and a look at the exclusive Golden Beck skin! The team and community also bids farewell to a member of the Mighty team. Finally, we end things with a short notice regarding the Mighty updates going forward.

A MEGA RAN WITH A MEGA PLAN

For today’s update, we have some really cool news regarding the ending theme for Mighty No. 9. You’ve all known that the ending credits for Mighty No. 9 will be a special one, as it contains not only a backer staff roll, but voices from a select few of our Mighties. We’ve been dying to tell you guys this for a while now, but we’re actually teaming up with the amazing Mega Ran, aka Random to make the ending even more special!!

This nerdcore, chiptune rap superstar has been taking the world by storm with his unique musical stylings, and we’re excited to have him back up the Mighty team. But really, what can we say about him that this snippet from Mighty No. 9’s ending theme can’t say better? Go on, you know you want to!

As if that’s not amazing enough, Mega Ran’s new album RNDM drops the same day as Mighty No. 9!

Check out Mega Rans’ new website for even more of his amazing talent (including a new piece of the album every week!).

OUR GOLDEN BOY

A lot of our beckers have been waiting for a long while to get a sneak peek at Golden Beck!
Now we are finally ready to reveal him, in all his blingin’ glory!

Well, how do you like this swank new Beck!?

All that glitters is gold, but Dr. White doesn’t even notice!! WHY!?

Even though he’s the same under the hood, everything just feels fancier with his new paint job!

Even his finisher is blinged out to the max!

This aesthetic change basically adds up to a fresh coat of paint, but everything just feels more fun and stylish! I hope the Beckers entitled to this reward look forward to him even more now that they have seen the end result for themselves!

A MIGHTY MOVING ON

Jon: Hey Mighties, reward manager Jon here! The past two years on the Mighty No. 9 project have been a wild ride, but it’s time for me to hit the old dusty trail.

I’m not great with goodbyes, but it’s been a pleasure being a part of this community. From the first day of the Kickstarter, to visiting fans in Bahrain and Texas, celebrating Mighty Month last year, talking with Beckers to get their voices, designs, ideas and feedback in the game… I don’t think I’ll ever see anything like this again. And not only the Beckers; working with the Mighty team has been a huge inspiration to me. I hope I possess half of the flexibility, perseverance and drive of this crew with a few more years in the industry under my belt.

I’ll be keeping tabs on things as the project moves forward, and look forward to all of the rewards arriving in the right hands. My own included, actually… a sizeable chunk of my first paycheck went into the Kickstarter, so you can say I’ve been invested in seeing all of the rewards come together (invested? Get it?).

Thanks for everything, guys!

MIGHTY UPDATE FREQUENCY

So, now that development is winding down on Mighty No. 9, the team at comcept has decided to cut down on updates a tad. From July onwards, we’ll be changing from the usual three updates a month to two (say goodbye to the 19th update, basically). These updates will still be full of the same Mighty goodness, so keep your eyes peeled for what we’ve got in store!

That’s it for this time, Mighties! Let us know what you think of Mega Ran and Golden Beck in the comments, on the Mighty forums, Facebook and Twitter!

Until next time, Mighties!(｀_´)ゞ

- The Mighty No. 9 Team

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Not feeling it, but...

Permalink Mighty No. 21428 Thu, 2015-07-02 02:59.

...I don't see any reason Comcept couldn't add a proper chiptunes version of the ending as well. It also doesn't jive well with the wonderful numbers that play after the conclusion of a Megaman game, if Comcept can include something more traditional in addition to this I find it inoffensive at best. If not, oh well, it'll be a case of me walking away from my console during the credit roll to walk the dog or niconate myself.

What?!!

Permalink Mighty No. 35542 Jackerson Thu, 2015-07-02 02:33.

I don't comment much. Being a being a musician though and knowing what made my child hood a nostalgic one was composed digital music on the NES not rap.

Weird to say but I agree with the majority this time...

Affirmative

Permalink Mighty No. 35392 Dinopolis Thu, 2015-07-02 13:21.

I know what you mean. I'm not as upset with the track as I once was, but I still lament the missed oportunity. We could have had an awesome, soothing, melodious track for the end credits. Instead we got some rap or whatever.

I'm seeing as many yays as

Permalink Mighty No. 19381 Seraphna Thu, 2015-07-02 03:32.

I'm seeing as many yays as nays... so what's the majority exactly?

Mighty No. 37734 ZairXZ Mighty No. 37734's picture

Gold Beck is meh

Permalink Mighty No. 37734 ZairXZ Mighty No. 37734 Thu, 2015-07-02 02:10.

I thought Beck's armor would become a gold variant and he would still have his normal skin color, and eyes etc. That would look cool. Instead it looks like someone just tool a yellow paintbrush and painted Beck's model yellow.

meh might be giving it too

Permalink Mighty No. 5856 Chewy Sat, 2015-07-11 07:15.

meh might be giving it too much credit. its awful

Nice!

Permalink Mighty No. 50008 Ghost_Train Wed, 2015-07-01 16:38.

I wasn't sure I would like it. But Mega Ran hits the rhythem pockets of the beat flawlessly. The style lands on a perfect middle ground for hiphop in a game like this. Not too mainstream and not too hard. I like that it also has a feel to it similar to that of Samurai Champloo and Gurren Lagann. Without reading about it first I thought this would be a great ending credits track. You guys are way ahead of me.

I wanna make a track with this guy!

Excellent!

Permalink Mighty No. 19381 Seraphna Wed, 2015-07-01 15:37.

I'm happy you guys landed a deal with Mega Ran. This guy is incredible. Not only that but to have an artist that's such a real fan, making music based off Mega Man long before he had Capcom's seal of approval, I'm extatic.

To me, this is all the credential he ever needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPEa8mWxYkQ

Do the Splash!

PS: Happy you guys don't try to stereotype games and music the way some of my fellow backers seem to. Really All Certainties Included, Such Terrible remarks should be ignored.

Can't believe these comments

Permalink Mighty No. 3887 DarkDreamTCK Wed, 2015-07-01 12:43.

I was really truly hoping that the song was terrible. I s pong that it was just that it was bad, and not just that it was rap. But no, you make a black sounding voice speak fast while rhyming and suddenly it's too ghetto. The majority here didn't bother to listen to the smooth ambiance of the melody behind the beat that goes great for an ending, nor bothered to hear what was being said. You just heard rap and got turned off. Bet money if it was the Megas instead no one would bat an eyelash. In all its a good track, it just needs some cleaning up in the beginning to be a bit more smooth for the lead in, similar to SplashWoman.

Not Fair

Permalink Mighty No. 35392 Dinopolis Wed, 2015-07-01 14:06.

I can't speak for everyone here (and neither can you, though you just tried to), but I did hear the smooth ambiance. That said, it can't save the track. I dislike the track because it has a weak/muted melody and is stylistically at odds with the game. The fact that a few dulcet tones struggle to be heard over the forground doesn't fix anything.

The Megas would only be a small improvement. It's true that they write more melodic pieces, but most of their tracks wouldn't fit too well either.

Also, fun fact, people have opinions. Some of them don't like rap. If they don't care for rapid rhyming over a solid beat, that's their business, and it's a legitimate preference. If people are turned off by rap, they are turned off by rap.

On a side note, I do like some well done rap on occasion, largely because I like rhymes. I have listened to this track 5 times. I gave it a chance. This is not one of those raps I enjoy. I'm sorry.

It doesn't matter if the

Permalink Mighty No. 2363 jayare Wed, 2015-07-01 13:02.

It doesn't matter if the lyrics were the most beautifully written masterpiece on the planet, or if the whole thing was a quote from Shakespeare. Rap just doesn't fit. Let me put it this way. Would you eat your Cereal, with milk and a burger with fries inside the milk?
Would you drink coca cola mixed with milk?
No right? But did you even bother to see that the milk was legit milk and healthy? Yes. But it still didnt mix with coca cola.

Here's another example:
Have you played MegaMan with a DDR pad alone? The DDR pad is awesome for dancers, so it's a great product right? Why not use it to play MegaMan then? Because it doesn't mix.

Imagine the first level of Super Mario Bros having the main song from Titanic, but with lyrics talking about goombas.
Really freaking stupid :D that song's lyrics about the Goombas and Mario could be telling a touching story, and be a true work of art. And it will sound ridiculously bad in Super Mario. You just don't put that there. Rap in Mighty No. 9 is the same thing, even if its just 1 minute of it after 20 hours of gameplay goodness. Hopefully though, it will be skippable. If it is, I'll never complain again :) maybe.

I'm sorry, but I'm not on

Permalink Mighty No. 9267 Pan Wed, 2015-07-01 10:16.

I'm sorry, but I'm not on board with the ending song being a rap. It doesn't goes along with the rest of the music of the game. I didn't know Mighty No.9 was going to be some sort of Persona, OST-wise.

I like the Golden Beck, but this song's a pooper.

What's wrong with it other

Permalink Mighty No. 19381 Seraphna Wed, 2015-07-01 15:38.

What's wrong with it other than not being a genre you enjoy?

And why are you assuming I

Permalink Mighty No. 9267 Pan Sat, 2015-07-04 14:58.

And why are you assuming I don't like rap? I never said that, what I did say is that this song doesn't fit the rest of the OST we've heard. Neither Ippo Yamada or Manami Matsumae have used rap in their compositions before, so I doubt we're gonna get any of that, besides this song.

Games have a style, you need to preserve that. Using a rap song for this game's ending it's like adding random 8 bit monsters just because. The game is 2.5D, not 8 bit. You need consistency.

What's wrong is that, how

Permalink Mighty No. 2363 jayare Thu, 2015-07-02 01:38.

What's wrong is that, how would you feel if Juan Gabriel was a fan of Mighty No. 9 and he sung a Bolero about the game in the ending credits?
You tell me, would that fit the game, even if said bolero was in english?
Just because I like a bolero doesn't mean I'm going to ruin the game's ending for the fans with something that's clearly not with the style of the game at all.
What if it was Linkin Park, screaming about Mighty no.9? Would you like that? Nope, right?
And what would your reason be? I'm assuming that it's because it doesn't fit. Because MegaMan never had something like that, and since this is a spiritual sequel to MegaMan, bringing in rap, bolero, or linkin park, cancels out a big part of the "spiritual" transition.
I loved the ending themes for all MegaMan games. They should have done something epic, beautiful, and that fits Mighty No.9, similar to MegaMan 1's ending.

Someone forgot the ending

Permalink Mighty No. 19381 Seraphna Thu, 2015-07-02 03:32.

Someone forgot the ending theme to MM2.

I think any of these artists can fit, actually. I think you're deciding you hate Rap so you've decided it can't fit. It's not really a valid argument and all you keep doing it making more arguments based on stuff you don't like... as if it's supposed to matter to me.

"I think any of these artists

Permalink Mighty No. 2363 jayare Thu, 2015-07-02 05:01.

"I think any of these artists can fit, actually."
This is where bad decisions come from :)
With the mindset that anything would fit, you must not care much. "as if it's supposed to matter to me." Pretty much double confirms my point.
I can't just ask ANYONE to make something. A carefully selected team up to a specific task must be behind the work.

"I think you're deciding you hate Rap so you've decided it can't fit"
Rap sounds really nasty, but rap would be awesome where it fits. For example, in GTA, rap fits perfectly, there I have no problem hearing it, because that's what a lot of the game is about.
In a lot of boxing games, there's rap, and you'll never hear me complain there either. It will sound ugly as hell, but it goes with the theme of the boxer's origins or ethnic backgrounds.

In Shenmue, there is rap. And it is only for 1 character who will fit with the theme!!!

Waaaaah

Permalink Mighty No. 11798 Xyanyde Wed, 2015-07-01 09:17.

Seriously guys, what the !@#$ is with all of this hate over the rap; did you guys not even attempt to listen to the lyrics? Or were they too "ghetto" for you?

It's about all the ups and downs the fans have suffered, all of the pain we went through to get to this point, the point that we /are/ getting the Mega Man game we've wanted all along plus more; we fought hard for this. Capcom crapped on us, Inafune made a point to stand up and speak out about what has been going on involving Mega Man. We triumphed; we are Mighty. We rode out the storm and look what we are getting.

I couldn't !@#$%^& care if they decided to put in polka/techno/yodeling for an ending theme; we WON. We have something BETTER than a Mega Man game; a brand new IP owned by the person who has the love and care to make it amazing, to help fulfill our wishes.

3 minutes of a muted credits roll is NOTHING to complain about, and if it is maybe you need to reassess what you value in life.

The message of the lyrics

Permalink Mighty No. 2363 jayare Wed, 2015-07-01 12:59.

The message of the lyrics alone isn't enough.
A fitting style of music alone wouldnt be good either if the message is controversial.
Both things must match.
Just because we have fans of rap in the community, which is PERFECTLY fine, it doesn't mean it should come to the game.
I'll never look down on people who like rap. Rap can be very fun, where it belongs, even if it isn't my style. The problem is just simply that it doesn't fit with the game.
Imagine rap in Star Wars.
Imagine rap in Top Gun, where Mega Ran's logo comes from.
Imagine rap in MegaMan, where the other half of Mega Ran's logo comes from.
It doesn't fit at all :)

Lets assume I like calm japanese music from anime with high pitched girls.
Now put that in a basketball game. It doesn't fit right? It just doesn't give the basketball vibe. Even if the lyrics in japanese were about how each of the players got where they are. Even if I loved how such a song sounded, I wouldn't put it in a basketball game.

I'm deciding to believe you

Permalink Mighty No. 19381 Seraphna Wed, 2015-07-01 15:29.

I'm deciding to believe you're unfamiliar with Nerdcore.

I can perfectly well imagine rap in Star Wars, because artists like MC Frontalot and MC Chris, along with Mega Ran have been doing such raps for years.

My first experience with Mega Ran was at an MC Chris concert, when this guy, a genuine fan, introduced me to an amazing love song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPEa8mWxYkQ

Also, shame on you for equating Rap with Basketball.

I have a feeling the next word you were going to use was "urban".

Shame.

Golden!

Permalink Mighty No. 39796 SonicX796 Wed, 2015-07-01 08:58.

Golden Beck looks super shiny, excellent! Despite what people say about Mega Ran, I basically love his music for the ending theme.

It gives a new rift to it, I`ve heard rap in anime before so don`t be surprised. As long as rap doesn't have the certain 3 things that I won`t mention here, I`m absolutely fine with it.

Finally, goodbye Jon. I hope you have a safe journey.

Why?

Permalink Mighty No. 35392 Dinopolis Wed, 2015-07-01 06:49.

I try to keep it positive here. I usually keep a lid on it when something goes, at least in my opinion, wrong. This time, however, I will make an exception.

I usually love game credits because they are frequently accompanied by beautiful compositions. It is such a shame that Mighty No. 9's credits won't be the same. I don't hate rap, but it absolutely does not belong here. It clashes so strongly with the game's style that I have to disagree with its inclusion. I had trouble getting through the entire music sample.

I'm sorry, but I really, really don't care for this track.

Random Couch approves of Mega

Permalink Mighty No. 10407 Random Couch Wed, 2015-07-01 03:53.

Random Couch approves of Mega Ran aka Random. The more Random the better.

RANDOM COUCH!!!!

All the best Jon!

Permalink Mighty No. 48770 Liraco Wed, 2015-07-01 02:46.

All the best, and stay awesome.

I'm not spoiling the end song (so I'm skipping the preview) but I heard a Dr. Wily rap by Megaran and liked it so here's hoping it's good. Can't believe all the hate for the genre.

Golden Beck, yay!

I know right! I can't believe

Permalink Mighty No. 2363 jayare Wed, 2015-07-01 01:48.

I know right! I can't believe all this hate either. Why would the devs hate Mighty No. 9 so much? I wouldnt insert rap even in my worst enemy's playlist.

It's like eating a bowl of cereal with milk, and someone putting a burger with fries and ketchup in the milk.
What a horrible thing to do to poor Beck ;___;

Mighty No. 12803 The Blue SMMAAAASHer!'s picture

I agree with the comment below

Permalink Mighty No. 12803 The Blue SMMAAAASHer! Wed, 2015-07-01 01:57.

Seriously there should have been a poll with rap as a 'choice', not forced upon us. So now I have to mute the credits just to see my name pop up and then never watch them again. Thanks for ruining the credits.

Not often I comment.

Permalink Mighty No. 11365 Karuil Tue, 2015-06-30 23:45.

I can't help but comment on this update, but to hear that ComCept managed to land a deal with one of the bigger nerdcore artists to work with on the game for the ending theme is pretty freakin epic. And while normally, I'm not a fan of rap, I'm willing to give MegaRan a go, because he is one of us, a Mega Man fan tried and true. So, kudos to MegaRan for getting to do the ending theme, and it sounds great.

As for the Golden Beck, I have to agree that his face should have been kept normal skin tone, but otherwise, I'm quite impressed.

haha its getting kind of sad

Permalink Mighty No. 19763 Nuel Tue, 2015-06-30 23:41.

haha its getting kind of sad that we're reaching the end of this journey for this game
love the mega ran song so far works really well for an ending theme
rap's one of my favorite genres and it really gives off a anime style ending theme
here's to the future!

Excuse me, you must be a bit

Permalink Mighty No. 2363 jayare Tue, 2015-06-30 23:52.

Excuse me, you must be a bit confused. Hip-hop = Anime?
What? Anime is Japanese. Hip-hop developed in New York, in the Bronx. The 2 things couldn't be more different in style, sound and meaning.

Anime, while a phenominon

Permalink Mighty No. 19381 Seraphna Wed, 2015-07-01 15:52.

Anime, while a phenominon that grew in Japan, is actually American in many ways. First of all Asamo Tezuka, the man who's works inspired the artistic aesthetic that comprises what anime is today, based his works off the works of Walt Disney, american comic books and cartoons like Betty Boop and Felix the Cat.

So no, the things could be a lot more different, our own styles of art and animation were the basis of Anime. In a strange twist, modern animation has started becoming more like Anime too... so make of that what you will. I will however point out that Japan has it's own Pop, Hip-Hop and Rap circles with bands and artists who have been working on this stuff for years too. So to say that it's something they couldn't even understand is just preaching from a deeper point of ignorance.

RAP NO PLEAASE NO

Permalink Mighty No. 17628 Dio Lerma Tue, 2015-06-30 22:23.

dont get me wrong i respect all people who likes rap music, but this game sounds horrible with this kind of music, this game must have techno music not rap.

by the way i like heavy metal so this opinion its what the game should have not what people wants.

i hate the rap tune this will make the ending credits awful im glad i didnt pay for the voice clip i will skip the ending credits always, this is first mistake i see you are making.

"This game will sound

Permalink Mighty No. 19381 Seraphna Wed, 2015-07-01 15:32.

"This game will sound horrible unless it's exclusively using music of the genre I prefer."

Got it. It's an ending theme. By the time it plays you'll be done playing. Chill.

I agree with you 101%.

Permalink Mighty No. 2363 jayare Tue, 2015-06-30 23:48.

I agree with you 101%.
MegaMan has never been about rap, and why should Mighty No. 9 have rap in it?
It just sounds so poor and unfitting. I don't even hear rap anywhere except in really ghetto environments.
And................ Mighty no. 9 doesn't look like a ghetto game AT ALL.
I'm going to miss the sublime beautiful compositions of the classic MegaMan and MegaMan X endings.

But to be honest, it's only going to be in the ending, not in the rest of the game hopefully. AND It seems it will only be a little bit of rap in the ending, not the whole ending theme? Please correct me if i'm wrong.

Nobody asked me or anyone permission to include rap in Mighty No. 9. There should have been a poll. I'm sure majority would disagree on rap.

Mega Man isn't Mighty No. 9

Permalink Mighty No. 19381 Seraphna Wed, 2015-07-01 15:58.

Mega Man isn't Mighty No. 9

I like the golden back, but

Permalink Mighty No. 59280 Jarrot Tue, 2015-06-30 19:44.

I like the golden back, but for my opinion was better to maintan original face insted to make also the face golden

Not able to hear the rap yet

Permalink Mighty No. 39701 Miraglyth Tue, 2015-06-30 19:15.

Not able to hear the rap yet but I have fond memories of Sonic 3 so that news is promising to me. Golden Beck looks disgusting though, especially in the finisher screen with no glow. That shade of yellow really makes it look like he's been soaked in urine. It would look a lot better if the white parts of his model were left white and the yellow was made more gold, perhaps more shiny or with more reflection.

To agree with the comment

Permalink Mighty No. 39701 Miraglyth Tue, 2015-06-30 20:23.

To agree with the comment after mine, yes I believe his face should be face coloured instead of yellow too.

Yeeeeeeaaah! The HYPE!

Permalink Mighty No. 4106 CreatoRuin Tue, 2015-06-30 18:43.

I honestly can not wait to finally play the full game. I've been playing the Beta, and I can totally sense the immense amount of spirit this game holds. Makes me feel soooo happy that the release date is approaching AND Mega Ran is doing the end theme. Yeeaaaaaahhh!!!!!!!

This Game Just Got Even Better!!

Permalink Mighty No. 25961 BenP Tue, 2015-06-30 16:45.

I can't believe you actually got Mega Ran!! That just makes an excellent end to an awesome game!
The golden Beck is looking good too.
I'm so hyped for this game.

I'd like to hear how this is

Permalink Mighty No. 2363 jayare Tue, 2015-06-30 23:59.

I'd like to hear how this is an excellent end?
While videogame music is melodic, rapping isn't at all.
When I finish a videogame, I'm usually presented with beautiful music that gives me a good feeling.
If this game was about people who live in the Bronx or in a ghetto fictional city, it would make sense. Even Punch Out on NES, which is about 2 people that came from the Bronx, Mike Tyson and (supposedly) Little Mac, and there has never been any rap or hip hop in those, and man is that a good thing! But Mighty No. 9?

Full Circle

Permalink Mighty No. 25961 BenP Wed, 2015-07-01 06:02.

Early NES Mega Man was a major influence on Mega Ran's music and even his name. So I find it a very fitting tie-in to have him featured in a game made by the original creator of Mega Man. Especially since his music does so heavily feature chip-tune dubbing and has a very retro 16-bit feel.
I understand that not everyone has the same musical tastes. Personally, I enjoy Mega Ran/Random's style alot, but you don't have to.
I might also remind you, that the music for most of the earlier Mega Man games had a very hard, edgy and driving beat. I think nerdcore rap can fit into space quite well. And an ending song with a victory chant feel to it would leave me feeling just as happy and good as a beautifully melodic piece.
At any rate, that is why I think it is an excellent end.

Reward Update: Or “How Golden Beck Got His Groove Back”

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