History Creator / KeijiInafune

For starters, Keiji Inafune (born 8 May 1965) was the creator of ''Rockman''/''Franchise/MegaMan'' (alongside Akira Kitamura) but [[FranchiseZombie split]] from Creator/{{Capcom}} to [[StartMyOwn form his own company]] named Comcept over disagreements with them.

He more or less had a long-term rivalry with Capcom's [[MoneyDearBoy money-driven]] marketing for the ''Mega Man'' series, and this resulted in complete disregard to his wants, culminating in ''VideoGame/MegaManX[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 6]]''-''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'' and an altered plot to what Inafune had planned for the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. After more madness with the games and the production of ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 3'', Inafune [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere got up and left the company]], which caused ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' to be what it is now, and caused the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancellation]] of ''Legends 3''.

For starters, Keiji Inafune (born 8 May 1965) was the creator of ''Rockman''/''Franchise/MegaMan'' (alongside Akira Kitamura) but [[FranchiseZombie split]] from Creator/{{Capcom}} to [[StartMyOwn form his own company]] named Comcept.

In mid-2017, Inafune's Comcept was bought out by the developer Creator/Level5, and is now a subsidiary named Level-5 Comcept.

He more or less had a long-term rivalry with Capcom's [[MoneyDearBoy money-driven]] marketing for the ''Mega Man'' series, and this resulted in complete disregard to his wants, culminating in ''VideoGame/MegaManX[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 6]]''-''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'' and an altered plot to what XXXTENTACION had planned for the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. After more madness with the games and the production of ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 3'', Inafune [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere got up and left the company]], which caused ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' to be what it is now, and caused the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancellation]] of ''Legends 3''.

He launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' featuring a protagonist who can use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]]. The Kickstarter was successful, but the game had a lot of DevelopmentHell. He later launched another Kickstarter on the development for ''VideoGame/RedAsh'', another SpiritualSuccessor, except for ''Mega Man Legends''; though this campaign failed considerably, due to the delay of ''Mighty No. 9'', the reveal that he was already funded by FUZE, and that a preview of ''Red Ash'' was poorly received.

For starters, Keiji Inafune(born 8 May 1965) was the creator of ''Rockman''/''Franchise/MegaMan'' (alongside Akira Kitamura) but [[FranchiseZombie split]] from Creator/{{Capcom}} to [[StartMyOwn form his own company]] named Comcept.

For starters, Keiji Inafune or known as “XXXTENTACION” (born 8 May 1965) was the creator of ''Rockman''/''Franchise/MegaMan'' (alongside Akira Kitamura) but [[FranchiseZombie split]] from Creator/{{Capcom}} to [[StartMyOwn form his own company]] named Comcept.

Inafune (XXXTENTACION) maintains a working relationship with Creator/IntiCreates, a video game company itself comprised of ex-Capcom staff, which aided in the creation of the ''Mega Man Zero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series, as well as ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', and the aforementioned ''Mighty No. 9''. Their first self-published game, ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', was developed with Inafune's input and had additional cross-promotion for ''Mighty No. 9'' in the form of ''VideoGame/MightyGunvolt'', a free add-on title for those who downloaded ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'' by November 28, 2014. It features [[{{Retraux}} an imitation of 8-bit graphics]] (like the ''Mega Man a'' mini-game in ''ZX Advent'') and [[EarlyBirdCameo Beck as a playable character]] alongside Gunvolt and Ekoro (of ''VideoGame/GalGun'', another Inti Creates title).

For starters, Keiji Inafune (born 8 May 1965) was the co-creator of ''Rockman''/''Franchise/MegaMan'' (alongside Akira Kitamura) but [[FranchiseZombie split]] from Creator/{{Capcom}} to [[StartMyOwn form his own company]] named Comcept.

He more or less had a long-term rivalry with Capcom's [[MoneyDearBoy money-driven]] marketing for the ''Mega Man'' series, and this resulted in complete disregard to his wants, culminating in ''VideoGame/MegaManX[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 6]]''-''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'' and an altered plot to what Inafune had planned for the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. After more madness with the games and the production of ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 3'', Inafune [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere got up and left the company]], which caused ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' to be what it is now, and caused the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancellation]] of ''Legends 3''.

Inafune maintains a working relationship with Creator/IntiCreates, a video game company itself comprised of ex-Capcom staff, which aided in the creation of the ''Mega Man Zero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series, as well as ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', and the aforementioned ''Mighty No. 9''. Their first self-published game, ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', was developed with Inafune's input and had additional cross-promotion for ''Mighty No. 9'' in the form of ''VideoGame/MightyGunvolt'', a free add-on title for those who downloaded ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'' by November 28, 2014. It features [[{{Retraux}} an imitation of 8-bit graphics]] (like the ''Mega Man a'' mini-game in ''ZX Advent'') and [[EarlyBirdCameo Beck as a playable character]] alongside Gunvolt and Ekoro (of ''VideoGame/GalGun'', another Inti Creates title).

He launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' featuring a protagonist who can use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]]. The Kickstarter was successful, but the game was considered a huge disappointment. He later launched another Kickstarter on the development for ''VideoGame/RedAsh'', another SpiritualSuccessor, except for ''Mega Man Legends''; though this campaign failed considerably.

Inafune maintains a working relationship with Creator/IntiCreates, a video game company itself comprised of ex-Capcom staff, which aided in the creation of the ''Mega Man Zero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series, as well as ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', and the aforementioned ''Mighty No. 9''. Their first self-published game, ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', was developed with Inafune's input and had additional cross-promotion for ''Mighty No. 9'' in the form of ''Mighty Gunvolt'', a free add-on title for those who downloaded ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'' by November 28, 2014. It features [[{{Retraux}} an imitation of 8-bit graphics]] (like the ''Mega Man a'' mini-game in ''ZX Advent'') and [[EarlyBirdCameo Beck as a playable character]] alongside Gunvolt and Ekoro (of ''VideoGame/GalGun'', another Inti Creates title).

Despite all the praise he deserves, he more or less had a long-term rivalry with Capcom's [[MoneyDearBoy money-driven]] marketing for the ''Mega Man'' series, and this resulted in complete disregard to his wants, culminating in ''VideoGame/MegaManX[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 6]]''-''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]'' and an altered plot to what Inafune had planned for the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. After more madness with the games and the production of ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 3'', Inafune [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere got up and left the company]], which caused ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' to be what it is now, and caused the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancellation]] of ''Legends 3''.

He launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' featuring a protagonist who can use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]]. The Kickstarter was successful, needless to say. He later launched another Kickstarter on the development for ''VideoGame/RedAsh'', another SpiritualSuccessor, except for ''Mega Man Legends''; though this campaign failed considerably.

For starters, he was the co-creator of ''Rockman''/''Franchise/MegaMan'' (alongside Akira Kitamura) but [[FranchiseZombie split]] from Creator/{{Capcom}} to [[StartMyOwn form his own company]] named Comcept.

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Despite all the praise he deserves, he more or less had a long-term rivalry with Capcom's [[MoneyDearBoy money-driven]] marketing for the ''Mega Man'' series, and this resulted in complete disregard to his wants, culminating in ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X}}6''-''X8'' and an altered plot to what Inafune had planned for the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. After more madness with the games and the production of ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 3'', Inafune [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere got up and left]] the company, which caused ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' to be what it is now, and caused the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork cancellation]] of ''Legends 3''.

He launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' featuring a protagonist who can use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]]. The Kickstarter was successful, needless to say. He later launched another Kickstarter on the development for ''VideoGame/RedAsh'', another SpiritualSuccessor, except for ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends''; though this campaign failed considerably.

Inafune maintains a working relationship with Creator/IntiCreates, a video game company itself comprised of ex-Capcom staff, who aided in the creation of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series, as well as ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', and the aforementioned ''Mighty No. 9''. Their first self-published game, ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', was developed with Inafune's input and had additional cross-promotion for ''Mighty No. 9'' in the form of ''Mighty Gunvolt'', a free add-on title for those who downloaded ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'' by November 28, 2014. It features [[{{Retraux}} an imitation of 8-bit graphics]] (like the ''Mega Man a'' mini-game in ''ZX Advent'') and [[EarlyBirdCameo Beck as a playable character]] alongside Gunvolt and Ekoro (of ''Gal*Gun'', another Inti Creates title).

He also makes a cameo in ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'' as a summon.

Following his cameo in said game, people thought he was working [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/10/keiji-inafune-record-of-agarest-war-director-disgaea-artist-together-for-rpg/ on a new project called]] ''[[WordSaladTitle Overwhelming Game Infinite Souls]]''. [[NamesTheSame They]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/18/the-keiji-inafune-you-know-is-not-making-compile-hearts-infinite-souls/ were wrong.]] His real new game was called ''King of Pirates'', which ended up, sadly, being canceled.

He launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' featuring a protagonist who can use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]]. The Kickstarter was successful, needless to say, raising

He launched another Kickstarter on the development for ''VideoGame/RedAsh'', another SpiritualSuccessor, except for ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends''; though this campaign failed considerably.

He has recently suffered serious controversy since the MightyNo9 kickstarter, however. Alongside cancelling ''King of Pirates'', the ''Red Ash'' Kickstarter not only failed, but with the reveal that the game would be co developed by a Chinese company anyway, many called Inafune a con-man. It also didn't help that ''MightyNo9's'' [[TroubledProduction many delays]], the requiring of additional funding by Creator/DeepSilver, a disastrous marketing campaign attributed to the game and Infi Creates, and the overall polarizing reaction of the game itself; lead to even further backlash against Inafune. Only time will tell if he will be redeemed with his next project known as ''VideoGame/ReCore''.

He has recently suffered serious controversy since the MightyNo9 kickstarter, however. Alongside cancelling ''King of Pirates'', the ''Red Ash'' Kickstarter not only failed, but with the reveal that the game would be co developed by a Chinese company anyway, many called Inafune a con-man. It also didn't help that ''MightyNo9's'' [[TroubledProduction many delays]], the requiring of additional funding by Creator/DeepSilver, a disastrous marketing campaign attributed to the game and Infi Creates, and the overall polarizing reaction of the game itself; lead to even further backlash against Inafune. Only time will tell if he will be redeemed with his next project known as ''[=ReCore=]''.

He has recently suffered serious controversy since the MightyNo9 kickstarter, however. Alongside cancelling his project King of Pirates, the Red Ash Kickstarter not only failed, but with the reveal that the game would be co developed by a Chinese company anyway, many called Inafune a con-man. It also didn't help that MightyNo9's [[TroubledProduction many delays]], a disastrous marketing campaign attributed to the game and Infi Creates, and the overall polarizing reaction of the game itself; lead to even further backlash against Inafune. Only time will tell if he will be redeemed with his next project known as ''[=ReCore=]''.

Despite all the praise he deserves, he more or less had a long-term rivalry with Capcom's [[MoneyDearBoy money-driven]] marketing for the ''Mega Man'' series, and this resulted in complete disregard to his wants, culminating in ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X}}6''-''X8'' and an altered plot to what Inafune had planned for the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. After more madness with the games and the production of ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 3'', Inafune [[RageQuit left]] the company, which caused ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' to be what it is now, and presumably also caused the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork scrapping]] of ''Legends 3''.

Also makes a cameo at ''VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2'', ''as a summon!''

Following his cameo in said game, people thought he was working [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/10/keiji-inafune-record-of-agarest-war-director-disgaea-artist-together-for-rpg/ on a new project called]] ''[[WordSaladTitle Overwhelming Game Infinite Souls]]''. [[NamesTheSame They]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/18/the-keiji-inafune-you-know-is-not-making-compile-hearts-infinite-souls/ were wrong.]] His real new game is called ''King of Pirates'', which ended up, sadly, being canceled.

He launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' featuring a protagonist who can use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]]. The Kickstarter was successful, needless to say.

He is currently launching another Kickstarter on the development for ''VideoGame/RedAsh'', another SpiritualSuccessor, except for ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends''.

He has recently undergone a bit of Controversey since the MightyNo9 kickstarter, however. Alongside cancelling King of Pirates, the Red Ash Kickstarter not only failed, but with the reveal that the game would be co developed by a chinese company anyway, many called Keiji Inafune a con-man. Not helped by MightyNo9's delays and marketing campaign being abysmal at best.

Following his cameo in said game, people thought he was working [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/10/keiji-inafune-record-of-agarest-war-director-disgaea-artist-together-for-rpg/ on a new project called]] ''[[WordSaladTitle Overwhelming Game Infinite Souls]]''. [[NamesTheSame They]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/18/the-keiji-inafune-you-know-is-not-making-compile-hearts-infinite-souls/ were wrong.]] His real new game is called ''King of Pirates''.

Inafune maintains a working relationship with Creator/Inti Creates, a video game company itself comprised of ex-Capcom staff, who aided in the creation of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series, as well as ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', and the aforementioned ''Mighty No. 9''. Their first self-published game, ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', was developed with Inafune's input and had additional cross-promotion for ''Mighty No. 9'' in the form of ''Mighty Gunvolt'', a free add-on title for those who downloaded ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'' by November 28, 2014. It features [[{{Retraux}} an imitation of 8-bit graphics]] (like the ''Mega Man a'' mini-game in ''ZX Advent'') and [[EarlyBirdCameo Beck as a playable character]] alongside Gunvolt and Ekoro (of ''Gal*Gun'', another Inti Creates title).

Inafune maintains a working relationship with Inti Creates, a video game company itself comprised of ex-Capcom staff, who aided in the creation of the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' and ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' series, as well as ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'', ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'', and the aforementioned ''Mighty No. 9''. Their first self-published game, ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'', was developed with Inafune's input and had additional cross-promotion for ''Mighty No. 9'' in the form of ''Mighty Gunvolt'', a free add-on title for those who downloaded ''Azure Striker Gunvolt'' by November 28, 2014. It features [[{{Retraux}} an imitation of 8-bit graphics]] (like the ''Mega Man a'' mini-game in ''ZX Advent'') and [[EarlyBirdCameo Beck as a playable character]] alongside Gunvolt and Ekoro (of ''Gal*Gun'', another Inti Creates title).

Following his cameo in said game, people thought he was working [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/10/keiji-inafune-record-of-agarest-war-director-disgaea-artist-together-for-rpg/ on a new project called]] [[WordSaladTitle Overwhelming Game Infinite Souls]]. [[NamesTheSame They]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/18/the-keiji-inafune-you-know-is-not-making-compile-hearts-infinite-souls/ were wrong.]] His real new game is called ''King of Pirates''.

Recently, he launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''VideoGame/MightyNo9'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' featuring a protagonist who can use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]].

For starters, he was the co-creator of ''Rockman''/''Franchise/MegaMan'' (alongside Akira Kitamura) and recently [[FranchiseZombie split]] from Creator/{{Capcom}} to [[StartMyOwn form his own company]] named Comcept.

Recently, he launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''[[http://www.mightyno9.com/ Mighty No. 9]]'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}'' featuring a protagonist who can use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]].

For starters, he was the co-creator of ''Rockman''/''VideoGame/MegaMan'' (alongside Akira Kitamura) and recently [[FranchiseZombie split]] from Creator/{{Capcom}} to [[StartMyOwn form his own company]] named Comcept.

Despite all the praise he deserves, he more or less had a long-term rivalry with Capcom's [[MoneyDearBoy money-driven]] marketing for the Mega Man series, and this resulted in complete disregard to his wants, culminating in ''VideoGame/MegaManX 6''-''X8'' and an altered plot to what Inafune had planned for the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series. After more madness with the games and the production of ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends 3'', Inafune [[RageQuit left]] the company, which caused ''[[UpdatedRerelease Ultimate]] VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' to be what it is now, and presumably also caused the [[ScrewedByTheNetwork scrapping]] of Legends 3.

Also makes a cameo at ''HyperdimensionNeptuniaMkII'', ''as a summon!''

Following his cameo at said game, people thought he was working [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/10/keiji-inafune-record-of-agarest-war-director-disgaea-artist-together-for-rpg/ on a new project called]] [[WordSaladTitle Overwhelming Game Infinite Souls]]. [[NamesTheSame They]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/18/the-keiji-inafune-you-know-is-not-making-compile-hearts-infinite-souls/ were wrong]]. His real new game is called ''King of Pirates''.

Recently, he launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} campaign for ''[[http://www.mightyno9.com/ Mighty No. 9]]'', a SpiritualSuccessor of ''Mega Man'' featuring a protagonist who could use PowerCopying to [[TransformingMecha transform himself]].

Following his cameo at said game, people thought he was working [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/10/keiji-inafune-record-of-agarest-war-director-disgaea-artist-together-for-rpg/ on a new project called]] [[WordSaladTitle Overwhelming Game Infinite Souls]]. [[NamesTheSame They]] [[http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/18/the-keiji-inafune-you-know-is-not-making-compile-hearts-infinite-souls/ were wrong]].
His real new game is called ''King of Pirates''.