Brian Crecente

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The man behind Mega Man is very busy these days. Not because of his 1987 creation and the more than 50 games it spawned since. No, Keiji Inafune’s work is sadly free of the blue humonoid robot and his endless battles. Nowadays Inafune spends most of his time traveling the world keeping an eye on…

Surprise Snow

To: Owen From: Crecente You gotta love those freak spring winter storms Colorado gets. Do you remember those? The flowers on the tree outside my window are thick with snow right now. It looks pretty neat. What you missed: Okamiden Proves the Stylus is Mightier Than the Remote (Or Controller) Would You Like to Feel…

The Histories Of Fighting Games

Last week’s unveiling of Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 came with an interesting walk-through by Capcom of their take on the history of fighting games. While Capcom’s Seth Killian allowed that one could argue that 1985’s Yie Ar Kung Fu was the proto-fighting game, providing a template to Street Fighter, it was his company’s Street Fighter…

Would You Like to Feel Some Dragon Claws… Ripping Your Flesh?

There is a certain satisfaction that comes with clearing a screen packed with heavily armored, even mounted warriors with a single swipe of a digital katana, or an armored uppercut, or a fist full of swords. Sengoku Basara Samurai Heroes seems to be aiming to deliver that satisfaction from the moment you pick up the…

Sudden Flush of Interest Led to Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Release

Earlier this month Capcom did an about face, declaring that despite initial intentions, upcoming fighter Super Street Fighter IV would indeed get an arcade release in Japan. But how did it come about? Speaking to Kotaku in March, producer Yoshinori Ono said the company had no plans because Capcom felt that there wasn’t enough support…

Okamiden Proves the Stylus is Mightier Than the Remote (Or Controller)

Okamiden manages to walk the fine line between artistic and interesting, delivering a portable gaming experience that is a pleasure to watch and play. I spent about a half hour with the localized version of the DS title last week, settling down into a chair to tap my way through a small section of gameplay.…

Pikmin Says Hallo! On iPad

Lost Planet producer Jun Takeuchi may not be the artist Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune is, but that didn’t stop him from whipping up this awesome little drawing for us at Captivate on the iPad. Servbot? Pikmin? Generic round head guy? Who knows? Who cares? At least he tried and his drawing has dialog!

Ghost Trick Brings Ace Attorney Aesthetic to the Afterlife

The man behind Capcom’s oddly addictive Ace Attorney games has a new DS title up his sleeve that has you possessing objects to manipulate and trick your way through plot-heavy puzzles. Ghost Trick Phantom Detective kicks off with the main character dying. Moments later, fortunately for him and the player, he returns as a ghost…

Walks and Swordplay

To: Ash From: Crecente Re: How I Lost 8 Kilograms Yeah, walks are fantastic, especially in the wild. We did daily walks in the bush when we were visiting Trish’s parents in Australia’s Blue Mountains last winter. I love it. But, it didn’t help me lose an ounce. You know what did? Vomitting… violently… for…

The Best (Kotaku) WarioWare Games You’ll Ever Play

Last week we asked you to impress us and you have succeeded. On April 12 we kicked off our WarioWare D.I.Y contest with a call to wannabe game developers to create the best Kotaku-themed game. The rules were simple, you had to be the right age and live in the right place and you had…

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Mega Man Creator To Assure Capcom’s Future

The man behind some of Capcom’s biggest video game creations is now in charge of personally assuring that all of the developer’s titles are hits. “It’s a common comment I hear that games created in Europe aren’t really Capcom games,” said Keiji Inafune, the man behind Mega Man, Dead Rising and Onimusha. “That games created…

His Traveling Companion is 3-Inches Tall

Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono tells Kotaku he takes mini-Blanka with him whenever he travels, snapping pics of the plastic pugilist everywhere he goes.

Dead Rising, Gears of War, Resident Evil Represent in Lost Planet 2

Lost Planet 2 isn’t just a third-person shooter with a robust storyline and oodles of online gameplay options, it’s also a game with a quirky sense of humor. Take for instance the inclusion of these odd choices in character customization. Gears of War’s Marcus Felix, Resident Evil’s Wesker and Dead Rising’s Frank West all make…

A Look At the Real, Not-So-Sexy Samurai of Capcom’s Latest Game

Fact is never as sexy as fiction. That’s painfully obvious when comparing the in-game looks of some of Japan’s most famous samurai to their real world appearance. In Sangoku Basara Samurai Heroes, you take on the role of a historic samurai during Japan’s Warring states period. But somehow these famous generals end up looking like…

Marvel Vs. Capcom Comic Books a “Natural Thing” [Update]

A Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 comic book mini-series is under discussion at both companies, the makers of the Street Fighter comic book series tells Kotaku. While Marvel declined to confirm that they were discussing the creation of a limited run comic book based on the upcoming game, Marvel’s Chris Baker told Kotaku that Marvel Vs.…

Who Shouldn’t Be In Marvel Vs. Capcom 3?

Yesterday we asked you to tell us who you wanted to see in Capcom’s upcoming fighter Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. That was the easy question, now the hard one. Who wouldn’t you want to see in the game set for the PS3 and Xbox 360 next year? I bugged both Capcom and Marvel folks about…

Spot the Hidden Capcom Images

Capcom handed off this baggie of goodies to the press attending this year’s Captivate events in Hawaii. Among the freebies were this fancy pair of flip flops, which at first glance appear to have a relatively generic Hawaiian print on them. Look a little closer, though, and you might notice some telltale signs that these…

Can Americans Love A Dreamy Samurai Game?

The Sengoku Period of Japanese history was rife with intrigue, war, social upheaval and, apparently, sexy samurai. Capcom’s enormously popular Sengoku Basara action video game series has spawned comics, movies, a line of food products, a live-action theater production and castle tours, but little interest over the years outside of Japan. The Japanese developer hopes…

Mega Man on the iPad

Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune doesn’t even need a pen and paper to whip up a drawing of his youthful robot hero, not when there is an iPad around. Follow the rest of our Captivate coverage here.