Summary
- Mighty No. 9 failed to deliver on promised Vita and 3DS versions, with Amazon canceling pre-orders.
- Despite assurances, the 3DS and Vita versions never materialized, leaving fans disappointed.
- Cancelation is no shock, as Vita and 3DS are outdated; no titles have been released on either since 2023.
Mighty No. 9 is considered one of the worst spiritual successors of all time. Created by games industry legend Keiji Inafune, and raising over $4 million across Kickstarter and PayPal, the title was set to bring Mega Man-style action to modern audiences.
The title, which was incredibly poorly received, was released for a number of platforms, including PS3, PS4, Wii U, and Xbox One, and PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS versions were set for a later date.
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Unfortunately, however, despite promises, the 3DS and Vita versions never materialized, and it now (as if you needed confirmation) looks like they never will, with Amazon canceling pre-orders.
Amazon Cancels Mighty No. 9 3DS Pre-Orders
The last update on the Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter homepage exclaims, “MIGHTY NO. 9 IS NOW CONFIRMED COMING TO VITA AND 3DS, and PS4 & XBOX ONE!” That post was seemingly made in October 2013, 11 years ago.
While the PS4 and Xbox One versions were released as promised, the PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS versions never saw the light of day. In 2017, developers Comcept said those versions of the game were still happening, and seven years later, some fans still strangely (and maybe not entirely seriously) had false hopes of it happening, with Amazon pre-orders for the game still live. That was until recently.
As shared on Bluesky by user Stuart Gipp, pre-orders for the title have been canceled due to “lack of availability” and the fact that Amazon will “not be able to obtain the following item.”
Alongside the cancelation message, the item is now out of stock and unavailable to order on Amazon.
The cancelation, of course, comes as no major surprise. The PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS consoles are now very much relics of the past. Although three titles were released for Nintendo’s handheld in 2023 and one for Sony’s, nothing has been released since, and a studio as big as Comcept, which is now owned by Level-5, is never going to allocate resources to a title that was received so poorly for platforms of the past. Especially as it was delisted from certain digital storefronts in 2019.
R.I.P Mighty No. 9.
