keiji infaune

Keiji Inafune, creator of Mega Man, left Capcom a few years back to pursue his own projects. The most hyped of these projects, Mighty No. 9, was heralded as the return of Mega Man’s glory days, if not in name, than in spirit. Today the game was released, and yesterday the review embargo was lifted. …Do you really want to know how it turned out, or do you want to preserve hope? This is one of the few games I’ve seen where nearly every critic was unanimous with their score: a 5 out of 10. Yes, even from IGN. They said “Despite its pedigree, Mighty No. 9 doesn’t seem to have a good sense of what was fun about Mega Man, or 2D action-platformers in general. There are brief moments where its pieces come together, but even then it’s hamstrung by its visually joyless art and animation. The soul of the Blue Bomber just isn’t here, and worse yet there’s no endearing personality of its own.” GamesRadar also gave it