Siliconera:A securities analyst apparently had a run in with ex-Capcom developer Keiji Inafune. His meeting Inafune, the first in two years, at Akasaka-mitsuke (note: that’s in Tokyo while Capcom’s headquarters, presumably the area that Inafune lives in is Osaka) where Inafune the two apparently exchanged business cards.
The former Mega Man producer's latest game, Dragon & Colonies, is going to dragon heaven.
I kinda feel bad for him at this point but he did bring it on himself with mighty number 9.
Seems everything he touches since he left Capcom becomes filled with misfortune.
- Started work on a 3DS game called Kaio: King of Pirates that later got canceled
- Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z was a disappointing game that all but killed the Ninja Gaiden franchise
- Mighty No.9 failed to live up to the grand expectations set for it
- ReCore was very below average title that didn’t leave much of an impression
- Red Ash has fallen off the radar and the public hasn’t heard anything about its progression
All these flops from the same man who dissed Japanese developers a decade ago. He even defended Phil Fish’s harsh criticism of Japanese devs yet Inafune himself has hasn’t had any critical hits of his own since leaving Capcom.
Level-5 Comcept’s Keiji Inafune recently sat down for an interview where he talked about how the idea for Dragon & Colonies came about, how they had to fit the needs of the smartphone crowd, and more.
Keiji Inafune was once a legendary and iconic game developer, but after the disaster of Mighty No. 9 and the failure of Red Ash, he's disappeared.
I lost so much respect for this guy. I am still bitter over Mighty No. 9 and not getting the backer rewards as promised. All I've gotten was what was promised in the lowest tier with a t shirt and a dumb plushie.
Have you guys seen the latest comments on the MN9 Kickstarter page? Lots of backers still haven't gotten their rewards.
https://www.kickstarter.com...
Wonder what kind of games he will be making.
Told you guys!
Well, as long as he is not handing DMC off to sub par dev teams, I have no problem with him. Hope he does good, and look foward to playing his new games.
And hopefully Capcom does not completely screw up anymore. >.<
keiji have much potential
Keiji used to be brilliant, but now sucks. Glad he left capcom, and what a way to leave too, by fujjing up DmC.