Last week, Microsoft announced a partnership with video game developer and legend, Hironobu Sakaguchi.
The announcement signified a couple of things: first, good news for Xbox gamers who have patiently waiting for a good role-playing game. Secondly, it indicated Microsoft willingness to improve its product. Partnering with a developer of Sakaguchi’s skill will only improve the Xbox game catalog.
Not only has the partnership been announced; Sakaguchi, speaking from an interview on the Xbox Japan site, also gave some details about the upcoming games his studio is concentrating on. According to Eurogamer.net, who featured excerpts from the interview,
The first title “will let you enjoy a sensation like walking through a spectacular movie, which is what I’ve always been aiming for,” the veteran developer said. “The story isn’t about growing up, as with many RPGs. The main character is more the type that knows everything. I want to express how even that kind of a philosophical person would laugh at something simple in life or would cry from an everyday occurrence.”
The second, meanwhile, “will feature a main character that keeps on going forward, without ever giving up, no matter what kind of hardship presents itself.”
“The two games will have very different atmospheres,” he added. “I’m planning to step away from the standard RPG storyline and create a tale that features laughter and crying–scenes that haven’t ever been seen before…”
The upcoming RPGs will be available on the Xbox 2 (or 360, if you believe the rumors), for which Microsoft is being very tight-lipped about.
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