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Mighty Gunvolt (マイティガンヴォルト Maiti Ganvoruto in Japan), released as Gal*Gunvolt (ぎゃるガンヴォルト) on Playstation consoles, is a platform video game developed by Inti Creates. The game is a spin-off of Inti Creates' Azure Striker Gunvolt, additionally featuring characters from Gal*'Gun and Mighty No. 9. It is the first game in the Mighty Gunvolt series, and was followed by a sequel, Mighty Gunvolt Burst.
It is one of the three previously digital-only Gunvolt spin-off games included in the Inti Creates Gold Archive Collection physical release.
A soundtrack was released in 2015.
Gameplay
The game follows the classic 8 Bit games similar to the first 6 Megaman games.
Using a simple engine, a platform game that you need to shoot your way through all the Stages (you can download new Stages after you complete the game). Each character has their own ability: Gunvolt can perform double jumps and use a chargeable lightning attack (similar to the first Azure Striker game). Ekoro can float while in mid-air without issues and can attract enemies and Beck can use tackles and/or slides to access new areas and destroy opponents (similar to the Mighty No. 9 game).
Opening Crawl
The Other Time, The Other Place:
Experiments on humans started by
Massive Media group “Sumeragi”
to audition for next “muse” idol.
Their magic hand even reached
Female Schools. Female Students
Vanished, and no new couples
Formed. Love was in a danger.
“Gunvolt,” It’s the name who we
Call the only one to fight them.
It’s no accident he was involved
In the troubles. Together with
Angel “Ekoro” and Robot “Beck”
He fights to free successively
Occupied major city facilities.
*Disclaimer: All grammatical errors are intentional. Do not edit.
Original Translated Opening Crawl
In search of the next generation's Diva,
Sumeragi Productions, a big-name entertainment division,
had performed horrendous human experimentation,
under the guise an event known as
the "Cybernetic Muse Auditions".
Standing in opposition to their agenda,
was a young man by the name of
Gunvolt.
Sumeragi had dominated the city's key
facilities, one after another, until eventually
they reached the city's all-girls school.
The students had vanished from reality,
and they could no longer form pairs.
Thus, Gunvolt, along with Ekoro, angel-in-training,
had gone to face off against the source of it all...
Development
Mighty Gunvolt was originally released as a free download with the 3DS version of Azure Striker Gunvolt for its first three months in each region. The game was later made available as a standalone title, the day after the three-month period had ended. At this time, it also received an update and DLC support.
Mighty Gunvolt was ported to Playstation consoles on August 6, 2015, where it was renamed to Gal*Gunvolt, and came with all of the 3DS version's DLC included. However, this version was only released in Japan.
When Azure Striker Gunvolt was later ported to Steam on August 28, 2015, the Mighty Gunvolt promotion was held once more for that version, but for only one month. This version once again included all of the 3DS version's DLC.
Kickstarter Backers of Mighty No. 9 were also given access to the Steam version of Mighty Gunvolt for free, as compensation for Mighty No. 9 getting delayed.
Mighty Gunvolt was ported to Playstation 4 under the new name Gal*Gunvolt on August 6th, 2015, to promote Gal*Gun: Double Peace, similar to how the initial Mighty Gunvolt release promoted GV1.[1]
Credits
Development staff of Mighty Gunvolt, as listed in-game.
DIRECTOR
- R110
PLANNER
- LION13
- MIYAMAN
- SIRAUMI
BITMAPARTIST
- HIRA
- M. DOT
- MIYAMAN
BG DESIGN
- HATSUMI
- MURANSIN
- TZG
UI DESIGN
- POKO
PROGRAM
- TERI
- YUKU
- MM
- DAI
- KUU
- JUMA
- CEGI
- GISHI
- MIZUHO
SOUND
- IPPO
- HALLY
- RYO
- LUNA
- AOI
TRANSLATE
- 8-4 PLAY
SPECIAL THANKS
- KUNIHITO TAKASHIMA
- HISAYOSHI
- GO!
- PAPA :3
- PERO
- COMCEPT
- KAGA CREATE
- CRYSTA INC.
- ALL THE STAFF AT INTI CREATES
PRODUCER
- TAKUYA
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
- INAFKING
Version History
3DS
| Version | date | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Initial release. | |
| 2.0.0 | November 28, 2014 |
|
DLC
To coincide with Mighty Gunvolt's standalone release on 3DS, a pack featuring four new stages and bosses was made available for purchase:
- Bio Lab stage + Elise boss (from Azure Striker Gunvolt)
- Highway stage + Might No. 7 (from Mighty No. 9)
- Factory stage + Mighty No. 1 (from Mighty No. 9)
- Gym stage + Mr. Happiness (from Gal*Gun)
The PSN and Steam releases of Mighty Gunvolt come with this DLC already included.
Trailers
Reception
Mighty Gunvolt received generally positive reviews, with critics commending it for recreating an 8-Bit form, though it did receive minor criticism for its short length and lack of difficulty.
Trivia
- The attacks from the bosses are loosely based on their original ones.
- Ekoro's first appearance was in the game Gal*Gun.
- Beck's first appearance was as the protagonist of the game Mighty No. 9.
- Both games (Azure Striker Gunvolt and Mighty No. 9) were produced by Keiji Inafune, ex-Capcom lead artist on the Mega Man franchise.
- Gunvolt has appeared with both of the other playable characters; him and Ekoro were the first two announced DLC characters in the game Blaster Master Zero, and then starred with Beck in Mighty Gunvolt Burst.
- The Opening Intro Crawl and the ending text are grammatically incorrect on purpose to replicate bad 80's translations. The "original translated" one you see above, was translated from the original Japanese script by a fan translator.
- Beck is only mentioned in the localized introduction, and is absent from the Japanese script's text despite being one of the playable characters.
- Although Mighty Gunvolt ostensibly began as a project to give both Gunvolt and Mighty No. 9 an 8-bit adaptation,[2] the base game exclusively focuses on Gunvolt and Gal*Gun instead--all initial stages and bosses are based on those two, and as stated above the Japanese introduction text does not mention Beck at all. The DLC which introduced MN9-based bosses and a stage also did not include any remixes of MN9 music.
- Beck's animations are all based on Mega Man's animations from the 8-bit games in the classic Mega Man series. Beck's dash action is also performed by pressing Down + Jump, the same as the slide and dash actions of those games' playable characters.
- The game includes music and characters from Gal*Gun Double Peace a year before its release.
- The OST itself has some extra tracks not featured in the game.
External Links
- Mighty Gunvolt Official Site
- Mighty Gunvolt on the Mighty No. 9 Wiki