If you haven’t been following the Mighty No. 9 kickstarter, they’re crossing several of their stretch goals, including the most recent one – challenge mode!

Also revealed today, is Mighty No. 8, which originally was planned as the second female boss that you would face in game. Instead, No. 8 came out looking like this:

Definitely not a female character, but still pretty badass. The overall theme for Mighty No. 8 was “radar and optical camouflage”, which could also be interpreted as “espionage and assassination.”

The devs also talked about how all of the Mighty Numbers were designed to fight in a robot gladiator tournament, meaning they all had their offensive capabilities designed in one of two ways:

• 1. Attacks tailored to destroy other robots; melting their internal circuitry, shorting it out with water, etc.
• 2. Attacks intended to cause damage in general; Gatling gun fire, sniper shots, etc.

Also, in the original design of Mighty No. 8, his right arm was obscured, which led Inafune to want to add more detail to the shoulder, making it clear that his right arm had been blown off. Coming from this, he wanted to show off that No. 8 chooses not to repair his right arm, a sign of his total confidence in his own abilities.

You can check out the entire design process for No. 8 below:

If you still haven’t pledged to the Mighty No. 9 kickstarter, you can do so here.