As part of a feature on Wii U this week, Famitsu got commentary from top Japanese producers and game developers.
Find out what Akihiro Hino, Shinji Mikami, Tomonobu Itagaki and others think about Nintendo's new system.
The Resident Evil 4 director left Tango Gameworks in 2023.
Tomonobu Itagaki, creator of Dead or Alive and key figure behind Ninja Gaiden, has passed away at 58. The acclaimed designer expressed regret for not releasing one last game.
Wow, this is a surprise. He always struck me as a really independent person and always wore those shades. Well he left behind a couple of iconic franchises and probably had a hand in many games. RIP Ninja
While his last games..rather sucked, and he came over like an idiot sometimes, he still helped to create some awesome, funny games. May he rest in peace.
Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi believes that in the near future, the size of video games will no longer be a major factor for fans.
The issue is that a lot of games are filled with copy / paste bloat, and that game maps are so big that they become a chore to traverse.
I'd rather have a game with 10 missions, but each one is amazing, than 50 story missions but they're all the same generic stuff we've had since PS2 era.
- Go here in a limited amount of time
- Go there and kill someone
- Go and collect an item and bring it back to me
Instead, give me those 10 missions of decent length but where each one feels unique, where I can use different strategies based on my playstyle, that's what I'd find interesting.
Basically, just do the opposite of Ubisoft, where they've run out of ideas a long time ago, so they try to entice you with their 'endless buffet' style of 'content'.
It stop being important like 2016 when EVERYTHING wanted to be open world. People are much more receptive to condensed or linear experiences now.
Yes, when Storage increases exponentially, price drops per GB and internet speed becomes standard in the Gbps range.
I don't think he was talking storage size but more length of said games and just game filler
It wouldn't be as bad if companies prioritized optimization, compression, and allowed sound packs to be optional depending on languages needed. As well as shipping with standard textures and having the hi-res/4K textures optional.
He says this while like a dragon Yakuza which I believe he worked on takes 50 hours and both require a certain level of grind I got massively level punished in chapter 7.
I love these kinds of games but I could do without the need to run around a overworld picking random fights for hours on end just to continue a story or grind to get better gear.
I think it was sakurai who recently said the game should respect the players time and I definitely feel that tlad Yakuza does not do that at all despite being probably my favourite Yakuza game
yeah... the commit from all these game developers only said very little or no commits on the graphics capability of the Wii U. I need more!