Mighty No. 9 has finally, to the shock of many, gone gold and been fixed with a firm release window. The game was delayed after numerous delays for varying reasons, but it seems as though extra content made possible by the Kickstarter funds was the main reason for the holdup. Of course, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night also had an extremely successful Kickstarter run, leaving some to wonder if its road to release would be similarly troubled.
Fortunately, the developers have cleared up that the additional content won't be proving to be an obstacle. As soon as the core game is ready, it will be made available to fans, and all the extra content will be produced and released via patches as it's finished. This is more in line with Shovel Knight, which actually still has content due to release sometime this year. In terms of what we have to look forward to, there will be two additional playable characters, a co-op mode, a roguelike dungeon, and more extra modes and challenges. It'll likely take quite a while before we see it all, but it's nice to know that there'll be lots of post-release support.
What do you think? Are you looking forward to Bloodstained? Do you agree with their approach to development? Drop a comment in the section below.
[source bloodstainedfanforums.com]
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I backed up with the special physical version with the special boss. So I'm looking for it.
Good. I hope an NX version doesn't result in a delay though.
Sounds good. Hopefully the Vita version won't be a shoddy port.
Good! The game supposedly had some sort of silly online functionality planned which really has no place in a game like this anyway, glad to see the game won't suffer because of that.
That's cool, I'm still looking forward to this game. Not sure which console I'll get it on though.
@Expa0 Ha, imagine that!
Hopefully it will release while the Wii U is still somewhat relevant, despite its original projected release of 2017. Though, a 2017 release or whatever would still be better than a conversion to NX's format or a cancellation of the Wii U version, entirely.
Some Kickstarters could learn a lesson or two from this. cough*Mighty No. 9*cough
@shonenjump86 The platforms with the most advantage should be Wii U (map and off-TV) and PS Vita (portability). I would say that you should first see how well the game performs on these platforms and, if it works well (a.k.a. the port is not bad), get it on one of them. If it has massive slowdown, then get it on PS4, Xbox One or PC (choose the platform you prefer the controller of, or get it on PC if you have a good one, since there's support for both PS4 and XB1 controllers in games nowadays). Hope it helps!
@IceClimbers I think an NX version would (and should) be an afterthought. If I were in their position, I wouldn't want to delay a game for a platform that wasn't even in the initial campaign. I can see them making an NX version at some point if the games sells well enough, but it wouldn't be smart for them to delay the game until at least March 2017 for a future platform if they can release to their previously-promised platforms earlier.
While a good thing in general, how much of that content will actually make it to the Wii-U?
@Expa0 Online on a Nintendo console? That's as rare as hens teeth.
Glad to see the game is progressing well. The Kickstarter project I'm most looking forward to is Yooka Laylee, which reminds me I must read the latest update e-mail I received a few days ago.
I was worried for a while. It seemed like a troubled development and that always makes me think that the dev team was either overly ambitious or not realistic with their resources. I'm willing to overlook it to see what Inafune can do at the reins of a big project.
When I saw a Kickstarter game in the title, I was expecting the article to be announcing a delay.
I backed this enough for a physical disc because I hate backing for a digital copy and then paying for a disc version later.
They may as well switch the Wii U version over to NX. By the time this releases the NX will probably have been out a full year.
Either way I guess it doesn't matter, but I know I'll have moved on to NX by then.
Backed it early on. Very excited, especially at the prospect of co-op
Can't wait to play this game. I LOVE Metroidvania Castlevania games so much. Sounds like it won't suffer from delays with this news.
@JaxonH
Don't get your hopes up too high. There is a high chance that there will be no disc, just a gamecase with a download voucher inside.
Is this game getting a physical release?
Or is that only for kickstarter preorders?
@Expa0
No, there will be a physical disc version. It was the $60 backer level- a physical disc in a physical case.
*see details here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iga/bloodstained-ritual-of-the-night/posts/1248002
NOT WUVING HAPPY AT ALL!! I don't see why I am one of the few that sees a problem with this. Maybe most don't see the problem here so let me explain why I don't like it. We will get just the campaign on disc for those who bought the disk version, then we have to download the rest later.. I want everything on the disc. There is no guarantee that the extras will always be available for download. Digital content will not always be there and ps3 was proof that stuff bought there was not just transferred to their next system and had to be bought again. So unless only digital copies come with just campaign and they hold off with physical copies till everything can put it on it, I won't be happy. Especially if they come out with a GOTY edition to make us buy it again to have everything on disc. End rant.
No profanity please -Lz
@JaxonH
Well, I suppose they are specifically using the word "disc" there, my bad.
I'm looking forward to this!
@zeldazero The problem becomes where the game will become Mighty No. 9 where they try to pack everything in then delay it way past the original launch date and the game is now a slur for kickstarter games.
Love this! Can't wait!
Hopefully it lives up to the hype and fan's expectations.
Well, as long as it doesn't end up like Mighty No. 9 (good God, what a trainwreck that is), and the campaign itself is enough to keep me satisfied, then I am okay with this.
Really looking forward to this!
Can't wait.
@Royalblues Yooka Laylee says hi
I need this game now. Like immediately. Unlike Mighty Number 9, I absolutely can't wait for this game!
I'm really looking forward to it. I didn't partake in the Kickstarter, but I'll buy it when it comes out.
I think it's become clear that Koji Igarashi still knows what he's doing, even on his own. He doesn't seem to need a big company like Konami to hold his hand, as Keiji Inafune has amply demonstrated he desperately needs. The development smoothness of Bloodstained compared to Mighty No 9 will probably be recorded as being like comparing a young manta ray to an old crocodile.
@zeldazero
Yes it must have really sucked for the people that sold their ps3 for a ps4 when slmost all their psn stuff wouldn'r run on it. No way am I ever getting rid of a Sony system now when they showed their hand like that.
I like my PS4 but I am not going to buy a game twice when I can just play it on my PS3. It would be beyond ridiculous if they do that with the PS4 Neo.
That's definitely the way it should be. To be honest, the main campaign is all I really want out of these games - the extra Shovel Knight content has been great, but I kinda wish those guys were already working on a new game instead of being tied up by all those promises they made.
@ricklongo Yeah I feel the same. I mean, plague knight is fine, but I honestly just like shovel knight's gameplay better. I'd also like new levels instead of just old ones, with a new way to traverse through them. Regardless, free content is free content, and yaht club is fantastic. But I just want Super Shovel Knight already.
I can't wait for this; a proper Castlevania game.
I'd ask Konami to take notes but they probably wouldn't hear over the cha-ching of pachinko machines in the office.
Are you seriously relying on a thread from the Fan Forums as your source?!
Don't get your hopes up just yet. It was an interesting topic and all, which many agree with, but the actual staggered release date of the base-game has NOT been officially confirmed yet.
March 2017 is also just a result of a basic Kickstarter requirement. That's not at all guaranteed to be when the game is released.
@Parkour_LMan
Thanks for the advice.
https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wiiu_eshop/koji_iga_igarashi_and_rumored_2d_castlevania_type_game6
I'm definitely looking forward to Bloodstained. I'm not a huge Castlevania fan, but most of the games are great and I've no reason to doubt its spiritual successor will be every bit as good.
@PlywoodStick
crocodiles glide pretty smooth in the water.
This game is going to be great. Wish I had been in a position to back it and get a physical copy.
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