Mighty Number 9.... Delayed Again.
Current problem is blamed on it's Netcode and the version of the Unreal engine they are using no longer being officially supported.
Full message from Keiji Inafune after the break.
From Keiji Inafune via KickStarter:
To the fans eagerly awaiting the release of Mighty No. 9,
Unfortunately,
we have an announcement that will be very disappointing to all of you.
In preparation for the February release of Mighty No. 9 we have been
working hard with our partners to resolve any network issues and porting
work necessary to publish Mighty No. 9 on the various platforms.
However, the issues relating to the network modes were more critical
than expected, and it has become apparent that we will need to delay the
game from its February 9th
release date. We have been working up until the very last moment to
resolve these issues in order to make the February release, but it has
become clear that we no longer have enough time to fix the issues and
have everything prepared for release.
The
reason for the delay is rooted in bugs inside the network modes, and
specifically problems with matchmaking. There are two large reasons for
this problem, one of them being the large number of platforms supported
(the solution for each platform is slightly different) and the other
stems from the fact that the engine we are using is no longer being
updated which means adjustments for matchmaking and online code are
being made manually (actually reprogramming parts of the engine by the
dev team themselves). Unfortunately, this is all a result of
miscalculations on the part of us, the development staff. As a result,
our fans who have been looking forward to Mighty No. 9 have been forced
to wait for over half a year longer than expected, and for that we are
sincerely sorry. I want to take this chance to apologize personally, and
on the behalf of the development staff.
Over
the end of the year break and the beginning of 2016, the development
staff has been working on these issues non-stop without break, and
thanks to their hard work the end is in sight. We continue to make
progress to resolve these last issues that have been holding up the
release of the game on the different platforms.
Because
we are constantly working on it in cooperation with all our partners,
we want to wait and make sure that everything is confirmed to be ready
before giving a new specific release date. But we expect it to
realistically be in Spring 2016.
For
this 3rd delay of the game, we have no excuses for disappointing our
fans and especially our backers once more. We want to take this chance
to express our sincerest apologies to everyone who has looked forward to
the release.
Although
we are far past our original release date, the release of Mighty No. 9
is still right around the corner. We are all working hard to make sure
that we can finish and release the game to all of our fans as quickly as
possible, and ask once more for your support of this project that we
have created together over these last few years.
Keiji Inafune
