Street Fighter X Tekken's Mega Man has Inafune's blessing

by JC Fletcher on Jan 27th 2012 3:30PM

You might be wondering why Capcom decided to go with an outlandish, embarrassing caricature of the Mega Man 1 box art Mega Man as a Street Fighter X Tekken bonus character for PS3 and Vita. According to a tweet from producer Yoshinori Ono, the decision was made with input from Capcom executive emeritus Keiji Inafune.

"I consulted with Mr.Megaman (his name is Mr.I...) about it 1 year ago," Ono said. This iteration was the "result" of that consultation. A previous Mega Man game developed under Inafune's command, the cancelled Mega Man Universe, also featured "Bad Box Art Mega Man." So maybe Inafune just thinks it's really funny.

Now, as for why Mega Man and Pac-Man are Sony-exclusive characters despite not having anything to do with Sony or the PlayStation platforms ... we aren't sure who was consulted on that decision.

[Thanks, Alex!]

Source: @Yoshi_OnoChin

Tags: keiji-inafune, mega-man, playstation, playstation-vita, ps3, street-fighter-x-tekken, vita, yoshinori-ono

Reader Comments (49)

Okay, while I think its absolutely hilarious that they are doing this, I still think that Ono is an idiot.

@CountNoobula I'm pretty sure he's more successful in life than you are. So no. Not an idiot.

@CountNoobula Ono isn't an idiot. He's just a troll.

@(Unverified)
I can counter this specific statement, though I agree with the the message it's trying to convey, by simply stating that Paris Hilton IS an idiot and yet is more successful than most people who visit this site.
However like I said...I do not support the OP of Ono being an idiot.

@Grimbear13 Fair enough. I probably should have added "and talented" in there somewhere.

@(Unverified) Depends how you want to measure success. I have attained all of my career goals to date. I work for the Justice Department, have my Master's Degree, and am looking to my Ph.D., never wanted to be in the video game business, so we can't compare that.

But thanks for trying to determine my success.

BTW: Ono is still an idiot!

@(Unverified)

You get downvoted for saying the truth? Ono successfully revived Street Fighter, and the entire fighting genre. How does that deserve a downvote? It's not Ono's fault that Capcom cancelled some Mega Man games. Ono is in charge of the fighting division, he's not the entire company.

@CountNoobula

and im a 17' tall red turnip.

hey look, i can lie on the internet too buddy.

I'm sure it was thanks to a few pallets of Mr. Franklin.

@Teliko
shouldn't that be a few pallets of Fukuzawa Yukichi?

This is Inafune's revenge for the cancellation of Mega Man Universe.

I say "Bravo".

As for Capcom's decision to tailor the game to the PS3, I'm banking on some horrendous screw-over somewhere in the process that the gamer will feel later. Probably an online pass/always-on-connection DRM thingy that restricts the disc to one system. Or the characters will be DLC for the 360 later on.

@CaptainProtonX

That might work, except the Xbox would have to receive a different character to replace Cole.

@Gibbeynator
Ono stated he wanted to use Marcus Fenix or Master Chief as a console exclusive. My guess is talks broke down or something, or maybe even poor relationships were built out of the process and that's why they're giving PS all of the characters.

I guess Microsoft spent all of their exclusivity money on CoD DLCs and Kinect promo.

@CaptainProtonX

I'm ok with this now that I hear Inafune is involved with it...doesn't sting as much.

@CaptainProtonX Inafune should be happy, Universe was a god-awful game.

Yeah Capcom. You made a huge mistake not putting these fighters on the 360 and for that, the Joystiq staff my never forgive you.

God I hate Ono.

@LunarRoar I second that opinion, and will add that I think Ono is an idiot.

the only consolation I feel as a 360 owner is that Ono keeps insisting that these are "guest" characters and not real parts of the roster (a different, recent tweet) and if they aren't balanced I'm okay with not facing a Wesker level amount of them online.

(I'm just jealous. I bought Mega Man as a very young kid knowing nothing about it and remember staring at that art the whole way home getting pumped up. Also, it'd be okay to have Mega Man breaking up the early-day monotony of Ken/Ryu teams... so jealous...)

This is not a good way to kick off a 25th anniversary for the franchise that made you a household name, regardless of Inafune's blessing.

Ahh, so it's supposed to be in good taste. Bad timing perhaps, but this really makes me want to get this game.

@Gandkaidos

Well, anyone who thought there was any malicious intent is a goddamn idiot.

Anyone who's going all crybaby over this version of Mega Man 1 should probably take a step back and take a break from video games for a while.

@(Unverified) This is the comment section on a site about video games. If people weren't supposed to state their opinions, why would they have the comment section?

Capcom trolls too goddamn much >:(

Totally should have went with horrible box art Pac-Man, also.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_game_anthropologist/4261967426/

@MEGATOOL LOL!!!!! That is too funny.

@CountNoobula they wont do that the create of pac man hasn't left namco

@MEGATOOL: lol, I didn't know about that box art. But that pacman is actually pretty cool compared to fat megaman.

It's been pretty clear that Capcom has been doing too much drugs for years now. A bad trip like this is just natural, under the circumstances.

Was this pre- or post-canceling Mega Man Universe?

If this was an idea Inafune had back when his series was still alive, it's embarrassing that they'd keep THIS idea out of all of them.

If it's post-MMU, then it's Inafune's hilarious practical joke and it's awesome.

True, a lot of people are probably misunderstanding the joke because they're idiots. But this is only a few months after fans were let down with no mega man in umvc. I don't think there's any malice here, but you've gotta wonder what's going on in Capcom. I think he's really awesome I will definitely get a Sony version instead of on the 360. But he's basically a practical joke, I laugh at him and love it, but wonder when Capcom will stop joking.

Lame! So out of place!

So wait.....Mega Man Legends 3 gets cancelled....but this gets approved?

You say that like it's a bad thing.

@(Unverified): It is a bad thing.

@xHotPotatox

Creating a character in a fighting game and a fully fledged 3D action RPG are pretty much the same thing.

Pretty much.

First I thought this looked stupid. Now it's (quickly) growing on me. I really like that Pacman is controlling a headlless Mokujin. Too bad Mokujin changes fighting style every round, or I'd main him.
Also, to all the haters, Ono rocks! He brought Street Fighter back from the dead (remember, they didn't make a game for almost 10 years) and for this I will always be grateful and continue to suport the games as well as the DLC they offer.

Inafune knows this will make capcom look bad. That's why.

mega man one is cool, yea funny and all. but why make him so fat...? it ruins the joke and is kinda like a middle finger to all the mega man fans >_< looks like a super nerd cosplayer.

I think it's hilarious. If you don't, that's fine but maybe lighten up? This isn't Marvel vs. Capcom. Traditional MM wouldn't look right in this game, but Bad Boxart Mega Man does.

Going to be extremely upset if the real Mega isn't in the new Smash Bros. now.

Just bad timing Capcom. Very bad timing.

GOD DAMN IT THAT IS NOT MEGA MAN! It's just a bastardized American interpretation of him, to make him look less "anime" and more hardcore. 1980's box art fail!

I love how people are blaming Yoshio Ono for this. He didn't kill Mega Man. Keiji Inafune's departure sealed the final nail in Mega's coffin. If Inafune had stayed, then Mega Man games would still be made.

Ono is just in charge of the fighting games, he's not the entire company.

@tendoboy1984 Namecheck: Yoshinori Ono

I, for one, find this hilarious. The rest of you should take a minute out of your day to try and dislodge the steel rods from your asses.

Seriously, guys, it's a one-off, gag bonus character in a crossover fighting game. Everybody is being entirely too serious about the whole thing.

@TheHyphenator Yea i too took as a joke it is NOTHING to get worked over about. I guess the fanboys wanted the Buster spam megaman

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