Up to the very end, Mighty No. 9 can’t stop pulling a Mighty No. 9. It took over a year for Kickstarter backers to get their physical game boxes and accompanying game manuals, which are too big to fit inside some of the boxes.
Update July 26 – 9:26am: As Twitter user Gregory Walsh points out, the Mighty No. 9 Kickstarter page states:
The part to note is “This will be shipped to you with the printed instruction manual (see the next entry below) already inside.” Inside! Meaning that it should fit.
In the Kickstarter page’s description of the physical manual, it states that the booklet is “full color.” It isn’t!
Update 2 August 18 – 2:30am: Manuals that fit the game box are now reportedly being sent out.
Got the smaller version now to fit the box. #mightyno9 pic.twitter.com/VUlG2hruXK
— Maowc (@Maowc) August 18, 2017
Mighty No. 9 backer physical rewards are here. It's finally over. pic.twitter.com/zX2BL4MOdp
— Lik Chan✨ (@LikChan) August 7, 2017
Original story continues below.
The Famicom style game boxes and manuals were sent to backers who donated $60 or more. They could have also selected NES style boxes.
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I finally got my Japanese manual and box from the #mightyno9 kickstarter and the manual DOES NOT FIT IN THE BOX! One last knife to twist pic.twitter.com/WFCWH7np7k
— Tom Lynch (@tlynch117) July 25, 2017
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I know these are going straight into the garbage can. #mightyno9 #EpicFail pic.twitter.com/bJ3UKtCwRg
— DUNGEON-00X (@Dungeon00X) July 26, 2017
While real Famicom game manuals fit inside real Famicom game boxes, Mighty No. 9 has a larger size manual that can’t.
It does, however, fit in the NES style English language boxes.
Got my @MightyNo9 backer prize today. #NES style box and instructions. pic.twitter.com/UT48BFwLOB
— benjirobinson (@benjirobinson) July 25, 2017
It's bigger than tradition NES game manuals, but yes it fits in the box.
— benjirobinson (@benjirobinson) July 26, 2017
Was that memo sent to those who selected the Japanese boxes? Did people know if they picked the Famicom style box that the manual would not fit inside?
This is the latest (last?) problem in a string of issues the game faced during development and release.
