 Keiji Inafune, a designer, artist, and producer at Capcom, has been involved in most of franchise's development.As early as 2004, Inafune, credited as "Inafking", publicly expressed his desire to make a "Mega Man 9" as a "throwback to the super ", but that its creation would highly depend on the input of fans.According to Inafune, the simple fun of a classic "Mega Man" game "doesn't fit into the grandiose and expansive world that the consumer gaming industry has become, and so you have to make games that match the current expectations".