At the 11th Hour, however, the three-day jury trial was quietly switched to a plea hearing, and Attorneys Kemp and Firkus reported that they had come to an agreement: Seline would plead guilty to second degree reckless endangerment, substantial battery, disorderly conduct and hit and run. This left numerous other charges - including the more serious first degree reckless endangerment four - dropped, but read in for sentencing purposes. In addition, all of the “hate crime” modifiers were dropped as Kemp stated that he believed Seline’s crimes to be motivated more by jealousy than racism. Kemp later admitted that, though there were racial epithets being used by Seline, there wasn’t enough evidence of racial motivation to hold up in a trial setting, and that it was far more likely that he was motivated by jealousy of whom his girlfriend was spending time with, along with general escalation of the confrontation.

After all the delays and all the drama and all the prom night tears of anime fans, we’ve finally gotten our articulated robotic digits on the long-awaited Mighty No. 9. Billed not so much as a spiritual successor to the Mega Man series, but as a complete rehashing from the original creator with new technology and no Capcom hanging around to get their grubby hooks in it. The real question now is: does Mighty No. 9 live up to that lofty pedigree? The simple answer is: yes it does. Mighty No. 9 is Mega Man in all but name, which is fantastic news to old school fans of the series like myself. There are some fresh ideas here, but the game translates all the running and gunning and robot smashing/assimilating from Mega Man to a new, bright, shiny package.