Destructoid, Inafune interview (2013)

Cite as: Destructoid, Inafune interview (2013)
Original: https://www.destructoid.com/keiji-inafune-dropped-mad-mega-man-secrets-on-me/
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Accessed: 2026-10-22
Licence: © Destructoid; the quoted words are Keiji Inafune's.
Credit: Interview and article by Tony Ponce; interviewee Keiji Inafune.
Notes: Q&A with Keiji Inafune at PAX Prime 2013. The bracketed identification of the planner as Akira Kitamura ("credited as A.K. in Mega Man 1 and 2") is Destructoid's editorial insertion; Inafune's spoken words are inside the quotation marks.

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