Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune’s Kickstarter funds in 24 hours

Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune raised nearly $1 million on Monday on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, just 24 hours after posting a pitch for his new game Mighty No. 9. Inafune’s Japan-based studio Comcept raised $983,888 from 16,911 backers in just a day, based on stats available on Monday morning.

Mighty No. 9 is a brand-new side-scrolling action game for PC that combines classic 8-bit and 16-bit arcade games with modern technology. In it, you play as Beck, the ninth in a line of powerful robots and the only not infected by a mysterious computer virus. You have to deal with berserk mechanical creatures and confront the evil that is threatening the planet. Your robot’s body can reconfigure itself into different shapes to deal with threats. For example, his limbs can become giant magnets that rip away enemy shields.