Post by shadow on Mar 2, 2005 15:13:25 GMT -5
Microsoft snap up the makers of Street Fighter and Space Channel 5 for their next-gen console
After the father of Final Fantasy made the move over to Microsoft, it was only a matter of time before more high profile Japanese developers did the dollar-dance over to the Seattle company.
And the latest names to hear the siren calls of Bill's big bucks are the man behind Street Fighter, Sega Rally and Resident Evil, Yoshiki Okamoto, and Tetsuya Mizuguchi, of Space Channel 5, Lumines and Meteos fame.
While neither of the chaps revealed precisely which games their studios would be working on, they did admit that they were both beavering away on top-secret titles for Xbox 2.
And you could tell how thrilled Mr Mizuguchi was about the prospect just from this comment, made while sat atop a nearby fence: "The power and advanced technologies of the next-generation Xbox platform will enable winning games with powerful emotions, and high-quality graphics and sound."
Luckily, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the famed Final Fantasy creator who recently took the Microsoft shilling, has been a little more forthcoming about the two Xbox 2 exclusives that he's working on with his Mistwalker team.
The first project Sakaguchi spoke about is to be like "walking through a spectacular movie".
"The story isn't about growing up," he continued, "because the main character already knows everything. I want to show how even that kind of person would laugh at something simple or cry because of an everyday occurrence."
The big softie then added: "I want to move away from the usual RPG storylines and create an experience that makes laughter and tears the most important elements of the game."
Sakaguchi-san also promised that the second game will be more of an uplifting, cartoon-style game starring a relentless hero who "keeps going forward without ever giving up, no matter how difficult things get."
We will have more on both titles, Xbox 2 and the fruits of Mizuguchi and Okamoto-san's labours very soon.
Seems like M$ is signing up Japanense talent like there's no tommorrow. Good news for Xbox 2's future impact in Japan.
After the father of Final Fantasy made the move over to Microsoft, it was only a matter of time before more high profile Japanese developers did the dollar-dance over to the Seattle company.
And the latest names to hear the siren calls of Bill's big bucks are the man behind Street Fighter, Sega Rally and Resident Evil, Yoshiki Okamoto, and Tetsuya Mizuguchi, of Space Channel 5, Lumines and Meteos fame.
While neither of the chaps revealed precisely which games their studios would be working on, they did admit that they were both beavering away on top-secret titles for Xbox 2.
And you could tell how thrilled Mr Mizuguchi was about the prospect just from this comment, made while sat atop a nearby fence: "The power and advanced technologies of the next-generation Xbox platform will enable winning games with powerful emotions, and high-quality graphics and sound."
Luckily, Hironobu Sakaguchi, the famed Final Fantasy creator who recently took the Microsoft shilling, has been a little more forthcoming about the two Xbox 2 exclusives that he's working on with his Mistwalker team.
The first project Sakaguchi spoke about is to be like "walking through a spectacular movie".
"The story isn't about growing up," he continued, "because the main character already knows everything. I want to show how even that kind of person would laugh at something simple or cry because of an everyday occurrence."
The big softie then added: "I want to move away from the usual RPG storylines and create an experience that makes laughter and tears the most important elements of the game."
Sakaguchi-san also promised that the second game will be more of an uplifting, cartoon-style game starring a relentless hero who "keeps going forward without ever giving up, no matter how difficult things get."
We will have more on both titles, Xbox 2 and the fruits of Mizuguchi and Okamoto-san's labours very soon.
Seems like M$ is signing up Japanense talent like there's no tommorrow. Good news for Xbox 2's future impact in Japan.
