Inafune wanted to finish Mega Man Legends 3
Capcom refused it, says Inafune.
September 16, 2011 / 07:08 PM EDT / (@salromano)

When Keiji Inafune left Capcom, he left his “dream project,” Mega Man Legends 3, behind him, still in development at Capcom. Though, Inafune had still wanted to continue the projects he’d started, and hoped to negotiate a contract with Capcom that would allow him to do so, but Capcom refused.

“So, I told them that I was going to found my own independent company and leave Capcom,” said Inafune in a recent interview with 4Gamer.net (translated by GameBlurb). “However, I stated that I was ready to make a contract with them so that I could keep working on those projects that I started. I couldn’t start making contracts with other publishers for sure if Capcom agreed to the proposition, but I wanted to see those projects that I started to completion. But it couldn’t be done. They answered, ‘We have no need to do that.’”

Inafune expressed his frustration at Capcom, considering he assembled the entire Mega Man Legends 3 team and wanted to see it through.

“[I went to the trouble of] finding the right time, gathering the team members, planning strategies, all so we could barely start on Mega Man Legends 3. I really don’t want to quit at this crucial moment… but I can’t keep going at Capcom. I am too tired to keep going. I wanted to leave Capcom to recharge my energy, and support Capcom from there, but it seems they don’t allow it. I want to make all my effort to keep Legends 3 alive, but I’m really not sure I can do it.”

If you’re a frustrated fan looking to bring Mega Man Legends 3 back to life, go ahead and support the Get Me Off The Moon Facebook group, which currently has nearly 50,000 supporters.

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  • KingdomPersona

    Well for me I don’t know who to believe anymore Keiji Inafune and Capcom I mean.

    • XxBarretxX

      @KingdomPersona:

      Well I hate Capcom now kinda, so I choose to believe Inafune by default. :P

      • KingdomPersona

        @XxBarretxX: I want to believe Inafune but I just can’t I don’t know why.

  • Noctionus

    Too bad he left Capcom.

  • Zero

    Capcom has a history of miss-treating talented developers, and causing them to leave. I have no doubt that Inafune is telling the truth.

    This sorta makes me sick to my stomach, because the fans are the ones that get hurt by this. Inafune was looking at it from a gamers point of view, and wanted to finish MML3 for the fans, and out of respect for the team he assembled.

    Instead they just shut the door on him, and cancel it? Considering how much he has done for Capcom over the years… to treat him like that is pathetic.

  • Genesis

    The problem has to be Capcom because they lost like all of their heavy hitters like Hideki Kamiya, Shinji Mikami and many others who have been with Capcom for a long time.

  • hush404

    As much at fault Capcom is… Inafune should of known that there’d be some tension there after he told them he was leaving. It’d be like asking your wife for a divorce and assuming you’re still going to sleep with her.