According to this article (machine translation) of a Taiwanese newspaper about Taipei Game Show 2005, tomorrow (Feb 25), it's going to be announced that a certain Japanese top-class game creater joins in the Xbox 2 camp, and the name Hironobu Sakaguchi, the Final Fantasy creator, of MISTWALKER is mentioned there.
A Japanese developer (MISTWALKER?) joins in the Xbox 2 camp
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Good news for xbox2. They really need a quality japanese rpg with big names behind it to sell in Japan.
But it's still more uphill struggle with a new franchise, compared to names like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest etc.
Hope it won't turn out another True Fantasy Online
Wonder how MIstwalker will make that "emotion based levelling up" system. That could either be iwhat makes or kills the game. Sounds a bit too Molyneuxy to me, not to mention PS2 and "emotion enginey" hype
But it's still more uphill struggle with a new franchise, compared to names like Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest etc.
Hope it won't turn out another True Fantasy Online
Wonder how MIstwalker will make that "emotion based levelling up" system. That could either be iwhat makes or kills the game. Sounds a bit too Molyneuxy to me, not to mention PS2 and "emotion enginey" hype
Well, this time Microsoft Game Studio themselves develop the games by allocating 150 people per game, instead of outsourcing to Level 9. MGS also publishs them. It seems Mistwalker only inputs the idea into MGS and checks the output laterrabidrabbit said:Hope it won't turn out another True Fantasy Online
Oh :? So are you saying MS basically just bought the Hironobu Sakaguchi and Mistwalker names for their rpg? Who's doing the art design for the game? Script etc...?
rabidrabbit said:
Well, the scripts will be done by Sakaguchi himself. Art direction will be, most likely, done by Yoshitaka Amano. They are mega-budget $10 million projects, everyone will want to be on board!
The previous track record of MIcrosoft Game Studios games developed in Japan has not been too stellar
Phantom Dust, lead by former Sega Yukio Futatsugi. (Panzer Dragoon)
Phantom Dust, lead by former Sega Yukio Futatsugi. (Panzer Dragoon)
Well, that's good then. Riding with the Final Fantasy name certainly helps in Japan.
good signals MS commitment to continue chipping away
sakaguchi is very big in the east. his rep and influence seem to have got big names onto the new games. more to come please.
final fantasy was his final project to revive his job then.
let all give our best to history repeating itself.
a new mega jrpg franchise is solely needed as seems jrpg this gen is boring even for a once jrpg nut like me.
sakaguchi is very big in the east. his rep and influence seem to have got big names onto the new games. more to come please.
final fantasy was his final project to revive his job then.
let all give our best to history repeating itself.
a new mega jrpg franchise is solely needed as seems jrpg this gen is boring even for a once jrpg nut like me.
Interview with Peter Moore on the topic: http://xbox.ign.com/articles/590/590733p1.html
If this is truly just the "first step," I wonder how many steps MS will take. If they can get better 3rd party support from Japan, they stand an outside chance at #2 in Japan. But I'll believe MS has a prayer in that region when I see some concrete proof.
If this is truly just the "first step," I wonder how many steps MS will take. If they can get better 3rd party support from Japan, they stand an outside chance at #2 in Japan. But I'll believe MS has a prayer in that region when I see some concrete proof.
um... apparently not much
I must have mixed it in my head with some other game.
The previews for Phantom Dust seem to be quite favorable.
Maybe it was just because it has not been released in west made me think it was a bad game.
Sorry.
I must have mixed it in my head with some other game.
The previews for Phantom Dust seem to be quite favorable.
Maybe it was just because it has not been released in west made me think it was a bad game.
Sorry.
Phantom Dust is easily the best thing to come out of MGSJ. Sneakers, Kakuto Chojin, Jockey's Road and Magatama don't even begin to compare to the quality of Phantom Dust.
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Inane_Dork said:
Well, the game was made by the producer of Panzer Dragoon Orta...
the name of one of Mistwalker's Xbox 360 games revealed:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/609/609260p1.html
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/609/609260p1.html
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