September 1, 2014 prototype

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To do: Add comparison screenshots for each level. Clean-up

Beta version, available to all $80 tier level at above backers; dated September 1, 2014. It originally featured the Military Base as its sole playable stage, but later added the Water Works Bureu on September 22, 2014 and finally the Power Plant on October 14, 2014.

General Differences#

• No voice acting.
• No score screen music.
• Sound options screen sliders are non-functional.
• Some camera angles have been adjusted.
• Bosses and mid-bosses do not affect the combo counter, despite still counting absorption percentage.
• AcXel Recovery (Health Stock) doesn't have a hotkey, it needs to be consumed directly from the pause menu.
• AcXel Recovery (Health Stock) smoothly refills your life bar frame-by-frame instead of instantly in a single frame.
• Support for 4:3 aspect ratio resolutions, with the FOV scaled to expand vertical view (however, it may expose the limits of the map and the UI itself. Cutscenes will be letterboxed).
• Pickup items don't glow.
• Mighty Numbers are never referred directly by name in conversation, only by number.
• There's a small delay between text boxes popping-up and displaying the dialogue.
• Dialogue for Beck's finisher animation, post-death boss' taunts and post-defeat boss' lines are absent.
• The Capitol Building stage is named "Official Residence" instead.

Prototype	Final

• The effect for enemies became destabilized wasn't noticeable enough, in the final game enemies would burst in colored particles to indicate they have been weakened.

Prototype	Final

• Enemy bullets are identical to the player's, their colors were inversed to avoid confusion.

Title Screen#

Prototype	Final

• The title screen menu is prompted directly from boot without pressing another button.

Beck#

Beck's color scheme is bluish grey with blue gloves, whereas in the final it's pure white with fewer blue highlights.

[https://www.siliconera.com/mighty-no-9-producer-on-calls-co-op-and-saving-robots-instead-of-trashing-them/#:~:text=From%20there%20the%20tweaking%20began.%20Some%20enemies%20seemed%20to%20deal%20out%20too%20much%20damage%2C%20and%20others%20still%20seemed%20to%20have%20too%20much%20health.%20We%20also%20changed%20Beck%E2%80%99s%20color%20from%20light%20blue%2Dgray%20to%20whitish%2Dsilver%2C%20since%20so%20many%20backers%20said%20that%20Beck%20blended%20in%20with%20the%20background%20too%20much. According to producer Nick Yu], the change was made due to player feedback reporting that Beck's model would blend into the background, while [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/mighty-no-9/posts/1046097#:~:text=Imaeda%3A%20From%20the%20very%20beginning%20we%20designed%20Beck%20to%20have%20a%20neutral%2C%20grey%20base%2C%20with%20the%20idea%20of%20wanting%20to%20make%20something%20completely%20new%20and%20unique. director Koji Imaeda noted] that the grey color was meant to represent "neutrality" while the new white represents "containing all possibilities" since white is a combination of all colors of light and Beck's signature ability is to transform.

It's probably a coincidence that the color changes also made Beck resemble Mega Man a bit less.

Stage Select#

Prototype	Final

The thumbnails for each stage appears to be recycling concept art from the Kickstarter pitch.

Dialogue Portraits#

Prototype	Final

HUD Icons#

Prototype	Final

AcXel Recovery#

Prototype	Final

Script Differences#

English dialogue text seems to match the original Japanese script more literally than the final game's localization, this is due it being translated by game's producer Nick Yu. The final version of the game would end up being localized by 8-4 Ltd. and was adjusted for the recording of the English voice-over.

Water Works Bureu#

Power Plant#

Military Base#

Unused Graphics#

Wireless communication signal icons.

Prototype	Final

Prototype	Final

Graphics for the "new form" screen, particularly the "ReXelection: Cryosphere" form.

Prototype	Final

The technical bonus message graphic, name changed from "Nice Beat" to "Nice Clear" in the final game. Goes unused as this technical bonus is only available on the Highway and Robot Factory stages (the former which was already completed for the PAX 2014 showcase), neither present on this demo.

Stage Select#

Prototype	Final

While there are only 3 available stages to play on the beta, all of the other stages' thumbnails have been obscured by a "no data" placeholder. However the remaining thumbnails are present (except for the Capitol Building, Robot Factory and Battle Colosseum stages) and once again are recycled from the concept art.

HUD Icons#

Prototype	Final

While none of Beck's transformations are available on the beta, multiple placeholder icons exist for them, which in classic Mega Man fashion amount to a recolor. As well as unused icons for Call, the other Mighty Numbers not in the beta (No.1 Pyrogen and No.6 Aviator), the City boss and the Radio Tower mid-boss. Most likely leftovers from the PAX 2014 showcase.

Unused Models#

• All Mighty Numbers (except No.4 Seismic) and mid-bosses are present in the game's files.
• Enemies from stages not available in the demo (including those from the late-game Prison stage) are present in the game's files.

• Call's model is present in the game's files. Her arm turns into a cannon when shooting, in the final game she uses a bow-like gun. Most of her animations were tweaked as well.

Music#

Allies Obstruct#

The boss battle theme lacks the percussion-heavy intro and the main verse was more synth-based, the final version replaces it with an electric guitar and adds a stronger percussion.