If he wants to return to the glories of yesteryear, the kind of JRPG needs to change profoundly. This point of view of Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of Final Fantasy, that the last episode of Iwata Asks (via Andriasang) addressed the problem of role-playing games of Japanese origin, saying that developers should enhance feelings Nipponese and details, peculiarities Eastern games.
Sakaguchi, boss of the developer of The Last Story, Mistwalker, has issued this statement when he spoke of the future of the JRPG with the Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, and with the game director Tetsuya Takahashi's Xenoblade. According to the JRPG Iwata fail to make breakthrough in Western markets because developers Nippon make excessive use of conventions and the same patterns of gambling, "Sakaguchi share analysis.
All three agree that the success of Western films in Japan, a proof that you can create works of entertainment dedicated to a global audience. Nipponese If developers continue to move towards this goal, says Sakaguchi, for the JRPG could open a new era full of successes. The analysis on the state of JRPG echoes statements made by the co-founder Greg Zeschuk of BioWare in 2009: "The decline of JRPG depends in large part from their lack of progress.
They continue to provide the same content. Improve the appearance of the games but the experience has not changed. "
Sakaguchi, boss of the developer of The Last Story, Mistwalker, has issued this statement when he spoke of the future of the JRPG with the Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, and with the game director Tetsuya Takahashi's Xenoblade. According to the JRPG Iwata fail to make breakthrough in Western markets because developers Nippon make excessive use of conventions and the same patterns of gambling, "Sakaguchi share analysis.
All three agree that the success of Western films in Japan, a proof that you can create works of entertainment dedicated to a global audience. Nipponese If developers continue to move towards this goal, says Sakaguchi, for the JRPG could open a new era full of successes. The analysis on the state of JRPG echoes statements made by the co-founder Greg Zeschuk of BioWare in 2009: "The decline of JRPG depends in large part from their lack of progress.
They continue to provide the same content. Improve the appearance of the games but the experience has not changed. "
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