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Mighty No. 9 Has A New Release Date

Over a month past its delay into next year, developer Comcept has finally nailed down a release day for Mighty No. 9. The 2D action-platformer from Mega Man designer Keiji Inafune will release February 9th, 2016 across all platforms, the studio has announced.

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Over a month past its delay into next year, developer Comcept has finally nailed down a release day for Mighty No. 9The 2D action-platformer from Mega Man designer Keiji Inafune will release February 9th, 2016 across all platforms, the studio has announced.

Now two years into development since its announcement in September of 2013, Mighty No. 9 easily passed all of its original stretch goals, earning over $4 million as the sixth most funded project in Kickstarter history. The game is being co-developed with Japanese studio Into Creates and published by Germanfounded Deep Silver.

The development team posted the following thank you to their fans on their Kickstarter page earlier today:

Hey Mighties!

We have a very important announcement today!

Comcept and our partners at Inti Creates and Deep Silver have been hard at work clearing up any remaining issues with the online modes included in Mighty No. 9. As a result of their progress, we are now able to officially announce our release date!

Mighty No. 9 will release in North America on February 9th, 2016 and will release for the rest of the world on February 12th, 2016.

We are looking forward to delivering this game to our fans, especially all of our backers!

Thanks again for all of your support and patience! (`_´)ゞ
-Mighty No. 9 Team

For those unfamiliar with the title, Mighty No. 9 puts players in control of Beck, the ninth android in a line of combat robots called the “Mighty Numbers” who succumb to a computer virus that threatens all the world’s machines. Beck then goes on a quest to kick some metal and find the villain responsible.

Mighty No. 9 releases for nearly every system available (Playstation 4, Xbox One, Wii U, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Playstation Vita, 3DS, Linux, and OS X) on February 9th. Will you be picking it up? Let us know below.