Mega Man artist and Mighty No. 9 creator Keiji Inafune appears to be working on a new NFT project known simply as ‘Beastroid’.
A countdown website on the Japanese NFT marketplace PolkaFantasy reveals the legendary artist has designed his first futuristic NFT collection.
“Beastroid Vol 001 is Inafune-san’s first futuristic NFT collection integrated with incredible utilities. 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.”
There’s even some lore attached, noting how there are a whopping 2,620 Beastroids…(translation NFTs), which will apparently be launched by July.
“World’s first future-driven NFT revolution by 2,620 Beastroids landing on Earth to save all human beings. In 20xx, humans are in danger of extinction. 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.”
A roadmap also reveals how Beastroid owners will eventually be able to explore the “infinite potential” of these NFTs, and holders will be entitled to “enjoy the privilege” of interacting with Infafune through various social events.
Although Keiji Inafune has a history with Capcom series like Street Fighter and Mega Man, in recent years it was his troubled Kickstarter project Mighty No. 9 making headlines. When this game was finally released it underwhelmed audiences. There were also performance problems and it was eventually revealed “zero progress” was made on the handheld ports.
Here are just some of the Beastoids Inafune has worked on – with all of them drawing heavy inspiration from the Mega Man series by the looks of it:
Since NFTs really took off various other personalities and companies like Konami have been getting involved.
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