Katamari creator says he left Bandai Namco to develop games with people from other countries

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• NONE_dc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  When asked who his target audience for his games was, Takahashi answered that he was. “I make games that I feel satisfied with, so I’d like people to play them if they want to,” he replied. “I guess I probably should make games while thinking about the target audience, but I’ll work on that in my next life.”

  Well damn, this man is BASED

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• De_Narm@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m interested in trying everything the man does, Katamari is such a gem. Probably the best game in the “genre” of replayable stage-based games.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The soundtrack alone is still a must-play for me.

    This one seems like it’s going to have a similarly great soundtrack.

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  • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    He made some weird worm game for PS3, I recall. I’m not sure it did very well. I think he got burnt out on katamari.

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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      The worm one was Noby Noby Boy.

      I think it’s interesting to note here that he was the Director of the first two Katamaris, Director/Designer of Noby Noby Boy, but from there on out is just a designer. I think it shows that not only does he want to work with other people but that he doesn’t necessarily want full creative control as much as he values the input from others in creative ideas.

      Which also makes it a little frustrating that all the games are still marketed as “From the Creator of Katamari Damacy!” while it seems like he’s just another designer on a team and he’s happy with that. More like the businesses use him as a marketing gimmick, maybe?

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  • tonytins@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I played so much of that game soo many times when I first got it.

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• einlander@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I hope it succeeds. A positive game about diversity and inclusion in this economy.

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• Walican132@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A dev recognizing the value of diversity. Nice.

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• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I am so hyped for this weird game!

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• Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’ve never heard of the game designer mentioned in the article or of Katamari, just wanted to mention that it must be nice having that kind of creative freedom.

  His latest game doesn’t look like it’s for me, but the concept sounds original.

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