Thursday, 12 September 2013

Rant - Some people just want to act like a White Knight

I was derping around and read this article by John Teti.

Holy shit, seriously, what's up with this guy? 

Keiji Inafune, the guy who poured out his all for Megaman, who had problems getting another game out due to Capcom's internal shenanigans, finally decides to go out and say "okay my baby's getting another run, I'm Phoenix Down-ing this shit".

No. According to John, Keiji's disrespecting Megaman and Beck. From what I understand, John claims that Keiji is utilising Megaman so much that Beck is not Beck at all, it's pretty much Megaman and that's disrespectful.

What is wrong with you? Imagine this scenario. Keiji had a baby idea, he named it Megaman. Capcom made it impossible for him to show off his idea, so now he has to find some way to "get in touch" with his baby. What does he do? He creates a "sibling" from the idea and calls it Beck.

Beck's the younger brother here, and there will always be things he does which is reminiscent to Megaman. Does this mean Keiji is going to disrespect Beck and let Megaman be that brother who overshadows the younger sibling? Look at Megaman X. We all loved Megaman, but we loved X as well. X and Megaman are both special, individually. We all get that they share the same "blood" from Keiji's idea, and though they are different, we love them both the same.

What about Beck? The design concepts for Beck already shows that he's different than his predecessors. He's getting his own deal, his own shine. "Oh but at every turn and corner Keiji's marketing Megaman, not Beck." They are under the "Inafune Family", sure as hell they'll share similarities. Those bits where Keiji's like promoting Megaman? I saw those as him saying "guys, look at all these toys I made for my baby boy, and he can't have them. Y u do dis to me Capcom? I'll let his sibling have it then."

John. Pls. Stahp. You REALLY think Keiji's gonna make this all about Megaman? When X carried on Megaman's legacy, was it really all about Megaman? Now Beck's gonna "indirectly" carry on that legacy, you REALLY think Beck's not going to shine?

I honestly think you owe Keiji Inafune an apology just from posting that shit. Not only are you doubting him as a game designer and his love for all that he makes, you essentially put yourself in a high horse and virtually "spat" at him thinking you know better. Let the maestro do his work. He knows how to work magic with his babies.

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