Develop:Comcept founder and game design luminary Keiji Inafune has warned Japanese developers that time is running short for them to 'save' their nation's games industry.
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"
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...
yea I'm in that tier and it doesn't look like we will get them. Honestly I quit doing Kickstarters because of this game. A "signature edition" came out at retail for $60 (I think). I did one of those upper tier backings with a reward of a cartridge, art book, and all kinds of stuff.
Yea all I got was a digital code for the game, a DLC skin for the wrong platform, a t-shirt, and a plushie...
The East has fell off big time in the gaming industry.Only select franchises continue to be successful while others fall victim.
"Perhaps the folks who are now running the show in the Japanese games industry are those who simply jumped on a bandwagon."
Looking at you Crapcom.
"Arguing that humankind is too keen to opt for an easy route if used to success"
Looking at you Activision(yes I know not a Japanese developer)
I personally feel that Japanese games have been underwhelming in comparison to last gen when Japanese games on the PS2 were many and great.
This gen it seems they can only churn out a couple of games here and there and even then most of the time the games end up being a bit underwhelming :/
Lets be real.
He isnt saying the west is better or the west has originality
Its a positive, japan if you want to continue to stay on top you need to want it.
This gen japan consistently puts out the best product for 90 percent of genres: horror, platformer, rpg, fighting, puzzle, action, ect
Iv always been a fan of the Japanese gaming industry, but most of this gens games have a last gen recipe and feel. Eg still thinking invisible barriers acceptable and so forth.
I'm surprised games like Yakuza were never made into a modern 2 player beat em up with online support. I hope we see some more hits come from Japan.