Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Mighty NO.9, the game looks excellent, the bots are well designed (my favourite being the traffic cone bot) and especially Mighty whom i think resembles a futuristic version of megaman. the gameplay is exactly like the classic series which feels very solid and fluid. But as great as it is, i just don't think i could ever find it in my heart to let mightNO9 replace the megaman i know and love these past decades, as the series has been around for far too long now for me to just throw my hands up and say "Alright MightNo9 is the new Megaman now! i will absolutely give it all my love and affection to Mighty for the rest of my life! Farewell Megaman!" No, No, No, I simply cannot do that no matter what. Mighty for me is not Megaman and will never be megaman. Not now, not ever.
When MightyNO9 was first announced, I recall reading all those comments on KOTAKU and Kickstarter, and it upsetted me to no end to see those so-called "long-time Megaman fans" actually praising MightyNO9 as a "true successor" to Megaman. they rambled on and on about how MightyNO9 is 1000x times better than megaman, so much better that everyone will love Mighty and NOBODY will want to play Capcom's Megaman anymore. Then there's the other lot of them who funded and supported the game because they saw it as a means of getting back at Capcom for shelving the entire Megaman franchise, they were even delighted at the idea that MightyNO9 will someday "defeat" Capcom and force them out of business. Those of you who've been following Mighty's progress on kickstarter for a year now should know what i'm talking about; there really are people who wishes ill upon Megaman and Capcom and would want nothing more than for MightyNO9 to succeed them.
Now, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, which is why to this day I've not even once put up an argument with them on Kickstarter.
To me Megaman will always be Megaman, and the games will always be Megaman. no matter how good MightyNO9 is, I won't ever accept it as some "replacement" or "true successor" for Megaman. I'll enjoy Megaman/MightyNO9 for what they are but I don't think they will ever truly replaces one or the other. I know how much I love Megaman so I know Mighty will NEVER replace him. If somewhere along the future Capcom really does make a new Megaman game then I'd be as happy as a clam.
