In a recent interview with Game Informer, Keiji Inafune has stated that he wouldn't mind if Capcom published his upcoming game, Mighty No. 9. But only if the terms were in his favor.
"I would hear their terms. If they had the best terms, I would go with Capcom. There is no reason not to publish with Capcom, and I certainly don’t feel like there’s a reason that I have to publish with Capcom. Literally it would be a very cut-and-dried business negotiation. If they had the best terms, the logical businessman in me would say, “Yes, let’s go with them.”
They also asked him the possibility of Capcom reskining Mighty No. 9 as a Mega Man game in which he replied too...
"If Capcom came up with really great terms to make it a Mega Man game, then of course I would listen and that would be an option. But the base of this game is that we wanted to create something original. If they gave us an offer we couldn’t refuse, that would mean having to change the main character into Mega Man. On top of that, it would still have to be our IP, which is what we want. I can’t foresee that happening. We really want this to be our thing."
Well, this is would be an interesting turn of events (if it happened that is). Now a lot of fans would hate the idea of Keiji returning to "ze enemy!" but at the end of the day game development is a business. I personally would be okay if Capcom published the game but as for the reskining? No! Just, no.
