In Real Life

Former Mega Man Producer Is Sorry About That Cancellation

This week, Capcom shitcanned Mega Man Legends 3. The game was supposed to be produced by Mega Man producer Keiji Inafune, but he’s not at Capcom anymore. Hrm, that might have something to do with it?


July 13, 2011
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Dead Rising’s Creator All Big With Glowing Eyes

Turn off your computer sound. Right now. This clip’s audio quality (and picture quality) is horrid. However, it does show off a special attack, the likes of which gaming has never seen.


June 10, 2011
In Real Life

Japan’s Video Game Decline Is "Humiliating"

At the 2009 Tokyo Game Show, game designer Keiji Inafune, then at Capcom, said the Japanese game industry was “finished”. At this year’s E3, one Square Enix exec seemed to realise just that.


May 17, 2011
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How One Fistfight Influenced A Lifetime Of Video Games

“I was all bloody,” Keiji Inafune said recently. The game developer, best known for titles like Dead Rising and Mega-Man, was recalling a time before he made video, the time he was in junior high school, growing up in one of Japan’s toughest areas and getting punched.


May 9, 2011
In Real Life

Once Upon A Time Capcom Only Made Sequels

Former Capcom developer Keiji Inafune said recently at Ritsumeikan University that there was a time his old studio had a rule that 70 or 80 percent of games were sequels and the rest new games. New games weren’t usually approved—something Inafune hinted to Kotaku in 2006 when he said Capcom rejected both Dead Rising and Lost Planet. ファミ通]


April 26, 2011
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This Year’s Most Bizarre Gaming Cameo

Hyperdimension Neptunia, a game that should have been more exciting, is getting a sequel. With very young girls. And Keiji Inafune.


April 1, 2011
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Mega Man Starts Not One But Two Companies

Former Capcom big wig Keiji Inafune is starting new game development companies: Comcept and Intercept. “Comcept” is a combination of “computer” and “concept”. Oddly, “Capcom” is a shortened version of “capsule” and “computer”.


March 31, 2011
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Mega Man Universe Is Totally Cancelled

Mega Man Universe was supposed to be out this year on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. It won’t be. Capcom, the game’s developer, is shutting the title down and ceasing development. Mega Man Universe has been canned.


November 5, 2010
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Dead Rising Splatter-Flick Shuffling On To DVD

Zombie horror game Dead Rising was inspired by George Romero’s zombie horror films, like Dawn of the Dead. But that wasn’t enough! Former Dead Rising producer Keiji Inafune made his first — and last — film for Capcom, Shibyou Osen DEAD RISING.


November 2, 2010
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Capcom Japan On Why Mega-Man Creator Quit

Keiji Inafune of Mega-Man and Dead Rising fame made no secret that he hated his job. Late last week, the game designer finally left Capcom, a company he worked at for 23 years. The developer’s Osaka headquarters says why.