Keiji Inafune’s spiritual successor to Mega Man, Kickstarter-funded project Mighty No. 9, has changed the way the “father of Mega Man” thinks about the franchise he used to oversee and the ...

SAN FRANCISCO – Depending on your perspective, Keiji Inafune is either a singular voice of sanity in the Japanese game industry, or a traitor. "God. Inafune-san talking about the dire state of ...

It started in 2009. Mega Man creator and Japanese developer extraordinaire, Keiji Inafune, had the following to say after seeing the games on display at that year’s Tokyo Game Show: Japan is over.

Keiji Inafune is burning the candle at both ends, these days. Not only is he finishing up his Kickstarted game Mighty No. 9, he's taken on a massive new project, a huge Xbox One exclusive called ...

I’ve only met Keiji Inafune once, in a noisy demo room in a corner of the main hall at PSX 2015. Our team’s audio equipment was on the fritz and everything we tried to do to repair the ...

UPDATE 6/3/25: Following the departure of Keiji Inafune from Level-5, business operations of Level-5 Comcept have been transferred to the parent company. Comcept was originally founded by Inafune ...

In a lengthy interview with Japanese site, 4Gamer, Mega Man creator and longtime Capcom global development head, Keiji Inafune, surprised his interviewer with the announcement that he was leaving ...

One year later, Keiji Inafune’s Kickstarter success with Mighty No. 9 is starting to finally come to life as a real game. The recent beta proved the Mega Man creator still has it, and while he ...

Note: This article previously incorrectly stated that Keiji Inafune designed Mega Man. We have corrected the error and apologise for the mistake. A brand new blog ...

"Wouldn't it be nice if I could just say that I'm done and retire?" Keiji Inafune, implausibly 50, lounges on a bench, back against the wall, legs outstretched, crossed at the ankles, arms folded.

Three years later in September of 2013, Keiji Inafune and his new company Comcept unveiled Mighty No. 9, a new Mega Man game in everything but name. Inafune was looking for $900,000 on Kickstarter ...

Level-5 CEO and former Fantasy Life producer Akihiro Hino elaborated on this, mentioning how Inafune "has the ability to bring people together" and that he's "created not only a new crafting ...