This week saw the debut of not one, but two Kickstarter projects that got my attention. One is Mighty No. 9, from Mega Man co-creator Keiji Inafune. It looks like it's aiming to carry on Mega Man's legacy. It reached its base goal of U$S 900,000 in less than two days! How crazy awesome is that? The other is Shantae: Half-Genie Hero from WayForward. Shantae is a series of games (well, two games and a third one coming soon-ish at the time of writing) that play sort of like a cross between WBIII: The Dragon's Trap and Zelda II, except with refined gameplay mechanics, a colorful, almost all-female cast, and a wacky sense of humor. The first two games (which are readily available on the 3DS eshop) were a lot of fun, I can tell you that.

Here are the links for these two projects, in case anyone reading my gamer ramblings is interested:

- Mighty No. 9
- Shantae: Half-Genie Hero

EDIT: Added the following link to an informative YouTube video explaining the history of Shantae and all: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc6tZ6Hwpp0

I wish them the best of lucks.
GeminiSaint out!