Ex-Capcom head of production Keiji Inafune has announced a couple of social titles in development at his company Comcept, and some form of involvement in a female dating sim for PSP, but he's yet to speak about anything in the console realm from his other company, Intercept.
He had plans to show off his first console title since leaving Capcom in late 2010 at this year's Tokyo Game Show. So, what happened? "We decided not to," he told me this past weekend. "As for titles which aren't social games," he noted, it would be "very, very soon." He specifically pointed out that his company already had work ready to show, but due to the crowded space, he decided against it.
"By the time you guys get back to North America, we might have something releasing," he said. When I told him we'd be flying back the following Monday, September 19, he just laughed and added, "That's a bit too soon, it's going to be a little longer."
Reader Comments (16)
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 8:47PM PointlessPuppies said
I imagine he wants to hit it out of the ballpark. It IS his debut as an developer independent from Capcom, IIRC, so it wouldn't make sense to make a much more low key reveal competing for space among the sea of games being showcased at TGS.
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 8:55PM ZexionArmando said
Damn, there are a lot of articles about him in the past week.
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 8:58PM Gandkaidos said
Haven't I've seen him this happy in far too long.
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 9:11PM Mach2 said
Man, this is turning into a bit of a Dream Theater/Mike Portnoy thing. People who follow music news know what I'm talking about here. Keiji Inafune is awesome, but everything he says is a news story all of a sudden.
Anyway, on-topic, I understand him not wanting to show off his game in a space where he'd be overcrowded by other, much more hyped games.
Anyway, on-topic, I understand him not wanting to show off his game in a space where he'd be overcrowded by other, much more hyped games.
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 9:24PM Grey said
@Mach2
Off-topic
Seeing Dream Theater in October. It's going to be sweet!!! Just had to say it....
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All of this Inafune news is honestly starting to annoy me. Yes he's a visionary and had a part in creating megaman blah blah blah. Just let him work on his game and let the next time he is in the news be because of how awesome/or bad his next game is turning out to be. Not just random ramblings...
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Off-topic
Seeing Dream Theater in October. It's going to be sweet!!! Just had to say it....
On-Topic
All of this Inafune news is honestly starting to annoy me. Yes he's a visionary and had a part in creating megaman blah blah blah. Just let him work on his game and let the next time he is in the news be because of how awesome/or bad his next game is turning out to be. Not just random ramblings...
Posted: Sep 21st 2011 2:13AM Courtney said
@Bridget
From the podcast, it was pretty clear the guys covering it were up to their eyeballs trying to stay on top of all the stuff they got. While one large article might make more sense, might have been easier to coherently write out smaller posts and spread them out.
Also, the second podcast is worth listening to for the discussion of the pregnancy simulation machine.
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From the podcast, it was pretty clear the guys covering it were up to their eyeballs trying to stay on top of all the stuff they got. While one large article might make more sense, might have been easier to coherently write out smaller posts and spread them out.
Also, the second podcast is worth listening to for the discussion of the pregnancy simulation machine.
Posted: Sep 21st 2011 9:36AM EliminatorZigma said
Uhhh... what do these two people have in common?
Also, FYI, only about a sixth (seventh? I'm not exactly sure) of the Bible is about Jesus.
I'll just crawl back to my corner now...
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Also, FYI, only about a sixth (seventh? I'm not exactly sure) of the Bible is about Jesus.
I'll just crawl back to my corner now...
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 10:34PM Prince David said
We need him to make Legends 3!
Posted: Sep 20th 2011 11:39PM adr916 said
im guessing the Inafune interview was 24 hours straight?
Posted: Sep 21st 2011 12:18AM NetOperator Wibby said
Man, I know some of you may be tired of Inafune news, but this is as close as we'll get to hearing positive things about something remotely related to Mega Man, so I'll take it.







