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Originally Posted by Fignuts
Been trying to find a name for the guy who created Megaman, but coming up with nothing. Everyone always just says Inafune created Megaman, But he didn't. And Inafune himself only ever refers to him as "mentor" or "project supervisor". Never by name.
You'd think someone who created such a phenomenon would be more known, even if he hasn't been in the industry in a long time. I'm thinking he did something that got him blackballed, and no one even says his name anymore. Only reason I can think of why this guy and his accomplishments have been wiped from history.
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During a special event at the 2007 Tokio Game Show, Inafune revealed that he was not responsible for the creation of Mega Man himself. "I'm often called the father of Mega Man, but actually, his design was already created when I joined Capcom," he explained.
"My mentor (Capcom senior member Akira Kitamura), who was the designer of the original Mega Man, had a basic concept of what Mega Man was supposed to look like. So I only did half of the job in creating him. I didn't get to completely design a Mega Man [protagonist] from scratch until Zero (Mega Man X, SNES). Back when the SNES was coming out, I was asked to give Mega Man a redesign, so I created this character. But I realized that this design wouldn't be accepted as Mega Man, so I had another designer create the new Mega Man, and I worked on Zero to release him as the 'other main character' that would steal all the good scenes!
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http://www.gamespot.com/articles/tgs.../1100-6179759/
That guy?