Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, and a staunch critic of Modern Japanese games, speaks up, telling us one video game company in particular that he feels is doing thinks right.
Famitsu published the new year cards and messages from 44 developers, mostly from Japan.
The former Mega Man producer's latest game, Dragon & Colonies, is going to dragon heaven.
Probably that "The mobile gaming landscape is cruel and ruthless and something needs to be done!" when not long ago he would've been thinking "the mobile game market is so massive, we'll make Megabucks!"
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.
Which is exactly why I put the word "creator" in quotes and added *coughs violently* after it, because he has been called the creator of Mega Man many times in the past despite it not being accurate. -_- Pardon my immense subtlety.
@MrSwank
**"he didnt create mega man"***
I think that was his point.
Hint: "coughs violently"
The Humble Idea Factory Bundle is out now. It features games like Hyperdevotion Noire: Goddess Black Heart (Neptunia), Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force Complete Deluxe Set, Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls, and more.
I agree Keiji-san. I love Generation of Chaos. Yeah it has a steep learning curve, but once you get over it and learn what everything does, it becomes one of the most addicting games.
1) This proves hes anti globalization
2) This proves hes out of his mind
But don't you think the games of Idea Factory are generally niche games targeted to the Japanese market?
Idea Factory.....really, he's ****ing bonkers
What.
Well Keiji might agree with Westerners about the Japanese industry but clearly not for the same reasons.