Mega Man creator joins $15M Japanese developer fund after years of criticizing his home country's games

Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune has a long history of calling out game developers of his native Japan, but now he is turning from criticism to action.

Inflexion Point Capital is a new Singapore-based $15 million gaming fund that provides seed funding to independent mobile developers in Japan. The company will dole out investments between $100,000 and $500,000 to companies that it deems worthy. Inafune, who is chief executive officer of startup developer Comcept, is advising the fund, which wants to focus on Japan due to the country’s huge mobile-gaming industry and development talent. The mobile-app tracking firm App Annie reported that Japan is the top market for mobile spending, and it has held that title since October.