Inafune came up with “bloody and gory” game idea for Level-5’s Guild series
Keiji Inafune could have contributed to Guild01. Level-5 actually approached Inafune before development on the collection began, but because he was still with Capcom at the time, teaming up with the company proved difficult. Inafune made sure to participate when Guild02 rolled on in.
According to Inafune:
“At the very beginning, when Level-5 was creating Guild 01, Hino-san from Level-5 approached me and asked if I would be interested in participating in the project. At that time, I was still at Capcom and I was willing to work with them, but it was very complicated since I was employed by a different publisher. We kept the discussion open and when I became independent it was easier for me to participate, but at that time it was after Guild 01. When Guild 02 started I was one of the first candidates on the list. I showed a couple of concept to Hino-san and the one that was most appealing was Bugs vs. Tanks.”
Inafune told Siliconera about one of his other ideas, which was “bloody and gory”. Because of its M-rated nature, it wasn’t a likely candidate for inclusion in the Guild series.
“Hino-san also liked the other idea, but it was bloody and gory. It would probably a M-rated game and it wasn’t really suitable even if it was a good idea. Hino-san laughed and said it might be hard to put it into the Guild 01 Nintendo series.”
