Development for Keiji Inafune’s Mega Man successor, Mighty No. 9 has been chugging along, but a recent debate arose between the developers and backers of the project. Most of the backers wanted to see the voice acting done in English, since that was their native language, despite most of the development team being Japanese. More than 20,000 people answered the question across Twitter, Facebook, and the game’s development forums. While this may not seem like a shock considering most of the backers are English speakers, Inafune says the split between Japanese and English voice acting came down to a difference of only 1,000 votes.
Mighty No. 9 will include English voice acting!
You might be thinking “Well DUH! Of course it’s English — the largest majority of Mighty No. 9 backers speak English!” And sure, you’d be right, but you’d be surprised how close the vote was — less than 1,000 votes separated the two choices, from the start right down to the end!
So a HUGE thanks to ALL of you for helping us make Mighty No. 9 a better game, with special thanks to our slacker backers and backers who upped their reward tiers, since it’s their purchases that will make this bonus content possible and guarantees it for all our backers! You guys & gals are the best! (￣^￣)ゞ
With nearly 20k backers expressing their opinions, it wouldn’t surprise me if Inafune pulled a surprise and offered both Japanese and English voice acting, despite English winning the vote.
Are you still excited about Mighty No. 9?
