Inafune doesn't know Mega Man 9's secret, picks WayForward to make Mega Man
A portion of a TMMN interview with Mr. Inafune...
TMMN: We know you are sort of limited in what you can talk about in terms of your work with Capcom, but do you know what the last secret of Mega Man 9 is, and if you do, could you tell us?
KI: Unfortunately, I don’t know exactly what what that is. Even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to talk about it because it was during my time at Capcom, but honestly I do not know what you are talking about.
TMMN: While Capcom may have issues with the “salaryman problem”, would you be opposed to Capcom giving the Mega Man intellectual property to an outside team with a good track record, like WayForward?
KI: Whether you choose to take your IP and give it to an outsourced developer or not, it really comes down to the company, the publisher’s, the IP owner’s strategy. Now there are lots of different ways to think about production and development, but I would hope that if they were considering outsourcing Mega Man to another developer, like WayForward, I hope that they would pursue proper due diligence, and find out during the due diligence first and foremost if the love is there or not, because you’ll know if the team is just doing it for money, or if they are doing it if they love it and you will be able to tell in the final product.
TMMN: We know you are sort of limited in what you can talk about in terms of your work with Capcom, but do you know what the last secret of Mega Man 9 is, and if you do, could you tell us?
KI: Unfortunately, I don’t know exactly what what that is. Even if I did, I wouldn’t be able to talk about it because it was during my time at Capcom, but honestly I do not know what you are talking about.
TMMN: While Capcom may have issues with the “salaryman problem”, would you be opposed to Capcom giving the Mega Man intellectual property to an outside team with a good track record, like WayForward?
KI: Whether you choose to take your IP and give it to an outsourced developer or not, it really comes down to the company, the publisher’s, the IP owner’s strategy. Now there are lots of different ways to think about production and development, but I would hope that if they were considering outsourcing Mega Man to another developer, like WayForward, I hope that they would pursue proper due diligence, and find out during the due diligence first and foremost if the love is there or not, because you’ll know if the team is just doing it for money, or if they are doing it if they love it and you will be able to tell in the final product.
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