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Inafune says there are 'tons and tons' of differences between Mighty No. 9 and Mega Man
Coming from a Eurogamer interview with Inafune...
"All artists have their own style, so if you were to look at a Picasso, you would know it's a Picasso even if it's a different painting, because that is Picasso's style. Because every artist has their own style, when you look at [Mighty No. 9 protagonist] Beck, some people think the character design looks similar. That's because it's the same guy who's creating the character, right?
Ultimately, both characters may look similar if you look at them with a precursory glance, but if you really drill down and you look at the different details - like the colouring, the goggles, the fact that one has a gigantic cannon for an arm and the other doesn't - there's actually tons and tons of differences between both character designs. What it is is that people are looking at the silhouette of the character and thinking 'oh, it's the same,' but it's really not. And if you're going to say that a character is the same because its silhouette is the same, then the same could be said about Astro Boy, because he also has a very similar silhouette. Is Astro Boy the same character as Mega Man? I would answer 'no.'"
Full interview here
"All artists have their own style, so if you were to look at a Picasso, you would know it's a Picasso even if it's a different painting, because that is Picasso's style. Because every artist has their own style, when you look at [Mighty No. 9 protagonist] Beck, some people think the character design looks similar. That's because it's the same guy who's creating the character, right?
Ultimately, both characters may look similar if you look at them with a precursory glance, but if you really drill down and you look at the different details - like the colouring, the goggles, the fact that one has a gigantic cannon for an arm and the other doesn't - there's actually tons and tons of differences between both character designs. What it is is that people are looking at the silhouette of the character and thinking 'oh, it's the same,' but it's really not. And if you're going to say that a character is the same because its silhouette is the same, then the same could be said about Astro Boy, because he also has a very similar silhouette. Is Astro Boy the same character as Mega Man? I would answer 'no.'"