The creator of Mega Man, legendary game-maker Keiji Inafune, is leaving Capcom, the company he defined for the past 23 years.
Inafune, currently Capcom's "Head of R&D Management Group and Consumer Games R&D Division and Contents Management Division," said on his blog that he is leaving the company because "It would probably be good for me to sit gracefully in this seat and become a leading figure in the industry. However, I cannot do this. Settling down means death for a creator. As long as you are a creator, you cannot settle down."
Inafune doesn't foresee working with Capcom in the future, either. "Capcom must, from here on out, walk without me. I too can not depend on Capcom," he wrote.
Inafune has yet to reveal where he's going in the future, but you have to figure he's going to keep making awesome games -- it's his whole thing. Whenever we hear anything about where the man lands, we'll let you know.
Source: AndriaSang
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DatMangoSentinel
@rWeso... it could be something more than that. I think, that secretly, he's being only used for the franchise. He points out hints that don't have to foresee what he means. They're pretty obvious. Mainly these two:
"Settling down means death for a creator. As long as you are a creator, you cannot settle down."
"Capcom must, from here on out, walk without me. I too can not depend on Capcom,"
Tbh, I think they're relying on him to generate revenue. He doesn't wanna be governed by cheap reboots of the series. Sadly, there are two things I know for sure will suck for Capcom: If he goes to Nintendo, they're screwed. If he goes to Square-Enix, they're screwed. I hope wherever Keiji Inafune goes... he creates amazing stuff. I sure as hell loved Megaman before the spin-offs of spin-offs came along (i.e. Star Force. I'd give ZX, but ZX was amazing and Advent was sub-par.)
Michaelbond007
WHY INAFUNE-SAN WHY!!!???? (dies in megaman fashion)
Geyblade
I have yet to see Mega Man in some sell out Virtual (being non-physical) 3D version. Maybe they were insisting he adjust his creation. Usually someone who is personally involved in making something they won't butcher it. I myself love it, to me the only gaming school is old school, color pallet not withstanding. Who needs Mappy II now with weapons. I notice quality drops a bit with all this, the best rendering to this date in new school is the Ferrari Virtual Academy and still think it would be more fun in traditional illustration or pixelated. Still don't get the feel, may as well be less logical about things. It oddly enough uses a programmers lack of imagination to bore our own.
I bet they were asking him for a Mega Man that was redone like Final Fantasy III. I looked to doing this, but got less interested with Fox MacLeod gaming take over.
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Raisinbman
hope he finds what he's looking for. He's obviously not done with the industry yet.
ZyloWolfBane
Maybe he'll finally be able to be creative and make a good game instead of the same cookie cutter titles Capcom wants him to churn out year after year.
We might see something groundbreaking like when he first came up with Mega Man in the first place!
Sonic_2
the creater of 1 of the 2 top series that set capcom off is leaving...i wonder what this future may fortell
InHumanMarine
Thank you for bringing us the greatness that is Mega Man, or Rock Man, and we will continue to enjoy the Mega Man and Mega Man X collections always.
DarkKirby2500
I would like to add another "WHAT ABOUT LEGENDS 3?"?
He just announced that his dream of Capcom actually backing Legends 3 and now he's leaving Capcom?
Also while Capcom makes many games that I love, as a company I constantly see them make decisions that make me cringe.
Hopefully, Keiji Inafune will go back on his word of abandoning Capcom altogether, and go the path of Sakurai, where he will still be able to work with the company he left, but as a cooperation project with his own company.
Vesipham
He's leaving NOW? Right during the development of Mega Man Legends 3? This does not bode well...
GatsuBlackSword
WOW!!! Very unexpected. But after hearing his statements lately about the Japanese gaming industry it does not surprise me.
The Emperor's Champion
o_O!!!!!!!!!
What is this madness????
Just better make damn sure that Megaman keeps right on kicking ass. I don't care how it's done. That's all that matters.
Wozman23
Good. Capcom has been nothing but disappointment for quite some time now. Its sad when new 8-bit Mega Man releases outshine all your new IPs.
rWeso3
Seems great to me.
"Settling down means death for a creator. As long as you are a creator, you cannot settle down."
This means that here in the next few years he is going to make a game of EPIC proportions. He sounds unhappy with his life and wants to rediscover the feeling of releasing Mega Man for the first time again. I can't wait...
Frank101me
seems like the wrong move but whatever makes you happy i guess
ochigawa
NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I so hope he continues making Mega Man games, either without Capcom. But then again, this may be good because maybe he can continue rebooting the MMX series. But what about Legends 3?
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