Keiji Inafune resigns from Capcom

@-TheWormsMan- Why on Earth would he go to Platinum? Capcom shut Clover down and now those members are made up of PlatinumGames. They're a response to Capcom, they're the exact OPPOSITE of Capcom. They're creative, they're Japanese and make their games with a distinctive Japanese style while Inafune was constantly murmuring about how behind Japanese games are and the industry needs to catch up and doing so by ruining their own game releases. PlatinumGames, and especially Hideki Kamiya are definitely not going to want a guy like Inafune in that company when he's one of the people responsible for pulling the plug on Clover (Viewtiful Joe, God Hand, Okami).

im gonna get bunch of thumbs downs, but I actually loled when I first saw the title

I wonder what he's going to do now...it does say "resigning" hmm, guess we'll have to wait and see.

He is correct. Japanese games are so dated. They still publish dull 2D RPG games. Western countries has moved to a new level of RPG gaming such as Fallout 3 and Mass Effect 2. Too bad that Japan still cannot recognize what 'we' want from them.

Resident Evil 2, Dead Rising, Onimusha Series... yep obviously no-one here's slating this guy has ever played any of those games and appreciated their worth in gaming history.... Its true he should have questioned publicly slating his employer - but be honest here - who doesn't occasionally think that their employer sucks :D

You bunch of idiots are gonna miss him, he's been making bad business decisions like letting Ninja Theory develop DMC among other things as for me I'm not gonna miss him, good riddance and I hope Platinum Games doesn't hire him they don't need him.

Good riddance to the anti-weeaboo poster boy I say. He hasn't made a good game in years and both of his big games this year were flops at retail and had huge budgets, so why wasn't he fired is the only question? If I were to criticise my employer and then turn in substandard work, I know I sure wouldn't last long in my job.

"Lost planet 2 failed because we made it too monster hunter" he said the last time, oh man tha just put me angry, why you simply made a monster hunter for ps3 and leave every gamer happy!

And the gaming Icon leaves. Hopefully to return to make more Awesome things to come for another company, or maybe his own.... we'll see and hope for the best.

after those comments he made & I quote everyone's making awful games; Japan is at least five years behind. this is why I think he needs to go.

So where's he going? Based on his comments, I assume he's not retiring. Wonder if he left due to management direction, salary or what.

Hopefully Inafune will join Platinum Games and keep the good games rolling.

The problem is the outsourcing, they no longer do in house things. It has lost its soul.

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Just as Inafune is to leave Capcom, his entry in the Megaman Legends 3 (3DS) heroine contest received the least number of votes.

What Inafune is leaving? DOES THIS MEAN CAPCOM CAN START MAKING GOOD GAMES AGAIN!? I swear, if I had to hear this guy mention one more time how Capcom had to appeal to the West by butchering their own franchises (Lost Planet, DMC) to make money my head was going to split. This can only be seen as a positive at this point in time for long-time Capcom fans, because these guys haven't been making good games for like two years now. Let's some fun stuff come out of Japan's former top dog already, this is embarrassing.

I'd like to see this man given control of a game at a western developer, like Bioware or someone big enough to give him at least 2 years to make something awesome.

And Capcom loses the biggest forward-thinking senior member of it's staff. Too bad, since he was right about games from Japan being that far behind. Some new company will snap him up and reap gold from the acquisition.

lol at the comments about him joining platinum... the reason those guys left is mostly because of Inafune. Lets face it, he was great at one point but now he is just holding the company back.

What is Happing to Capcoms games this year?

@NeoTaintedAngel never said either of those series were bad learn2read

His departure is bigger than Capcom realizes right now. They're gonna miss him i guarentee it.

so if he leaves now, what will happen to mega man legends 3 (been waiting for this game since i beat mega man legends 2 on ps1 )

Guess Capcom won't be the same without Mr.Inafune.:cry: Good luck to you!!:)

@Kyozumi you do know that mickey mouse is barely in kingdom hearts games right? he's not the main character or even a playable character.

I wish Inafune ALL the best... and thank you for giving all of us the Blue Bomber... we'll forever remember ya.

Where is he moving to now?

Meh, he'll be back. He'll try to join another studio that sees game design the same way he does. Hopefully he has realized Lost Planet 2's failure was his mistake and not the result of NA audience's inability to realize the so-called greatness of his game.

@Oracleas Yea ... sounds nice, but he doesn't speak English.

it's for the best. capcom is a japanese developer. maybe Inafune can find employment with a western developer and take his ideas to the limit, without restraining or talking down on a whole industry (i LOVE japanese games and i hope they never westernize. imagine a westernized MGS? or FF? lol...) i mean, he took the whole Westernize deal a bit too far. making a north american protagonist called CHUCK and making the bad guy a huge slang spitting black dude? lol... you are japanese dude, don't try to be american. Anyway, i loved Onimusha, AND Dead Rising 2, and while it's sad that we won't see a new game soon, no one will pass the chance to recruit this guy.

Oh well... Sayonara! Did he work on LP2?

Yes, good luck Inafune!!!

Capcom has lost something important. Somehow as kind of a twist I would love for Inafune to join Itagaki at Valhalla studios.

Well its not all bad i mean RE5 was great, SSFIV is still great, but i look forward to seeing the projects Inafune works on in the future.

Why does everyone keep saying "look what 'westernizing' DMC did", the game hasn't even come out yet and you have not played it so how do you know how good it is. The game looks pretty good, and Dante is supposed to be younger. How do you know what he was supposed to look like at this age? The last DMC was horrible and so are half of the other games that Capcom puts out. The best games they have made recently have been MM9 & 10.

Good Bye...... Will miss you and hope you'll still do your best :D

Good luck, Inafune.

Keiji is an will be one of the best. I hope lost planet games won't start vanishing ,

I believe he's going to Platinum Games with all the other Ex Capcom game creators like Hideki Kamiya and Shinji Mikami

I have a feeling that Keiji Inafune going to join Shinji Mikami at Tango Gameworks or maybe Platinum Games because these developers are doing those things which Keiji Inafune always wanted.

maybe this is for the best capcom has been dieing lately anyways

I do agree with him. Twenty years ago, all the best games came out of Japan, and for the most part games not made in Japan were not worth buying. Since the XBox came out and the elite PC developers saw how profitable consoles were, there is really a complete reversal of this.

wow this is big. The only talent remaining in capcom is leaving. :(

After Seeing the disappointing Dead Rising 2. I'm beginning to think Keiji is right!

And a new age of Capcom games is about to begin~

If it weren't for the fact that he made Mega Man, I'd say good riddance. "Japan is at least five years behind" my butt. The best games aren't necessarily the ones that push boundaries, they're the ones that are fun out of the box, and aren't boggled down with glitches, DLC, achievements, and one-dimensional M-rated content that has been inserted purely for shock value and/or to drive sales.

new dev new game :D

Good.

@Shadowysea07: Kingdom Hearts is awful. I think he's referring to the fact that when you look at game design, they are behind. Final Fantasy XIII was a chief example of this, they said they bank on story and whatnot to drive their games. But that's assuming that the plot of FF13 eclipses that which is released over here in America. Also? Onimusha bad? Mega Man bad? Riiiiight.