Mega Man’s Keiji Inafune is back with ‘Beastroid’, a range of NFTs
Mega Man artist and producer Keiji Inafune is working on a new NFT project called Beastroid, it’s been revealed.
According to a promotional site discovered on Japanese NFT marketplace PolkaFantasy, the Mighty No. 9 creator has designed his “first futuristic NFT collection integrated with incredible utilities”.
The description continues: “As he is stepping foot in the Metaverse, PolkaFantasy is proud to present the official debut of the robo-revolution collection on its brand new Marketplace 2.0.”
“In 20xx, humans are in danger of extinction,” the site’s story summary reads. “In their hope to survive, Paradise is the destination. An organisation led by a wealthy man Ethan deployed ‘Guardian V’ to protect the grounds and to kill any human that tries to breach. To counterstrike, Beastroids are the only hope for the future of mankind.”
According to the site, Beastroid encompasses a total of 2,620 NFTs, which are set to be launched in July. Beyond launch, PolkaFantasy said it intends to “step into the Metaverse” where NFT owners will be able to interact with Inafune in social events.
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For more than 20 years, Keiji Inafune-san was the core artist and producer for the Mega Man series.
He left Capcom in 2010 to launch Comcept, where he created Kickstarter project Mighty No 9, a game which broke crowdfunding records at the time but was highly criticised after its release. His last significant project was 2016’s Xbox One exclusive ReCore.
The Beastroid site showcases several characters Inafune has created for the NFT project, many of which look reminiscent of his trademark Mega Man style. Each character NFT comes in a variety of colours, and
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