Since Square Enix doesn't make that many non-mobile games anymore, and he's not on their two remaining console projects, I imagine he wanted to spread his wings.
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As long as they still contract him for future Bravely and Ogre games, I think it's probably for the best. Now we can see some other companies utilize his stuff.
Though as obvious by the art for Bravely Second, he's already working with SE again.
Does the platform really matter so much for an artist? One who worked plenty on less capable devices than modern smartphones?I'm curious to see what he does in the future.
Since Square Enix doesn't make that many non-mobile games anymore, and he's not on their two remaining console projects, I imagine he wanted to spread his wings.
Will they even make more Ogre games?Originally Posted by Hours Left
As long as they still contract him for future Bravely and Ogre games, I think it's probably for the best. Now we can see some other companies utilize his stuff.
Oh no.In "The Art of Bravely" (the Bravely Default artbook which just came out), Yoshida's message to fans confirms that he left Square Enix since November. He says he'll still work on the series as needed though, probably on a contractual basis.
He's the best artist at SE.
First Matsuno, now Akihiko Yoshida, who's next?
Yoshida: See ya.
Well, I imagine the amount of effort that goes into the games and recreating said art is more relevant than the hardware.Originally Posted by Basileus777
Does the platform really matter so much for an artist? One who worked plenty on less capable devices than modern smartphones?
Will they even make more Ogre games?
Ideally they'd just give Ogre to Matsuno and be done with it, but you never see that happen with Japanese companies and he'd need his own studio again for that to even matter anyway.Originally Posted by Hours Left
The writing was on the wall for a while.
As long as they still contract him for future Bravely and Ogre games, I think it's probably for the best. Now we can see some other companies utilize his stuff.
Nomura leaves. Then we truly witness the internet lose its collective shit.Originally Posted by ProfessorMoran
Oh no.
He's the best artist at SE.
First Matsuno, now Akihiko Yoshida, who's next?
I'm curious too... there's no one that has a better art style as amazing as Akihiko Yoshida, in my opinion. Nomura is still a talented one there and he's pretty good but absolutely no comparison between him and Akihiko Yoshida.I'm curious to see what he does in the future.
Since Square Enix doesn't make that many non-mobile games anymore, and he's not on their two remaining console projects, I imagine he wanted to spread his wings.
Once Nomura leaves... I'm out.
There's a future Ogre game!?Originally Posted by Hours Left
The writing was on the wall for a while.
As long as they still contract him for future Bravely and Ogre games, I think it's probably for the best. Now we can see some other companies utilize his stuff.
Though as obvious by the art for Bravely Second, he's already working with SE again.
At this point, working for Square means you're pretty much consigned to cell phone games for all eternity. You should be glad that a talented developer escaped that fate. Hopefully the indie movement will become big in Japan soon. The country desperately needs it.WHAT
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Well it sounds bad ,but hopefully he can still work with SE from time to time.
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Yeah, Nintendo doesn't seem to have favorable conditions for their systems, but I wonder if Sony does for theirs? Would be interesting if the PS4 takes off in that regard, especially if we get companies that will localize that stuff like CarpeFulgar.At this point, working for Square means you're pretty much consigned to cell phone games for all eternity. You should be glad that a talented developer escaped that fate. Hopefully the indie movement will become big in Japan soon. The country desperately needs it.
... Man, I really do think I'll be reminiscing when SE made non-mobile games by the end of this next generation. :/
Well, it does sound like he'd still work with them probably on a contractual basis, so admittedly I can see it being a situation where it's effectively the same as before, just that he shows up in non-SE games again.Originally Posted by foxuzamaki
Guess bravely second might be the last game he fully works on with SE
Was Sakimoto ever employed by Sqeenix? I imagine they contracted him (or Basiscape) for the few games he scored for Matsuno.Team Ogre:
Yasumi Matsuno
Akihiko Yoshida
Hiroshi Minagawa
Hitoshi Sakimoto
Also, you forgot Masaharu Iwata, who scored half of TO/OB scores and Hayato Matsuo (few tracks for OB, loads for OB64)
LoL! And a mobile phone business, since he always puts in mobile phones in his games.Originally Posted by fredrancour
Rumors say Nomura is going to leave to found an indie belts-and-zippers manufacturing firm, with a side business of hair-gel manufacturing.
I doubt Nomura would leave...he still has at least ten years to finish KH3 and FFXV!
How about Kitase? What is he going to so without Lightning!?
I don't think it's the platform conditions that are the biggest barrier, but the way that the doujin scene works in Japan.Yeah, Nintendo doesn't seem to have favorable conditions for their systems, but I wonder if Sony does for theirs? Would be interesting if the PS4 takes off in that regard, especially if we get companies that will localize that stuff like CarpeFulgar.
... Man, I really do think I'll be reminiscing when SE made non-mobile games by the end of this next generation. :/
Oh yeah, I definitely figure a cultural shift in that scene would need to happen first and foremost, but it doesn't help when someone like Nintendo's way more restrictive in Japan than in America or Europe.Originally Posted by Basileus777
I don't think it's the platform conditions that are the biggest barrier, but the way that the doujin scene works in Japan.
EDIT: A game with Yoshida, Uematsu, and Sakaguchi would be pretty nice nowadays.
What else has Amano done recently aside from FF title art and concept pieces every so often?
He will be fired halfway through the development of his next project when upper management discovers that he has replaced every single character in said game with Lightning in a different outfit.Originally Posted by TheFLYINGManga_Ka
LoL! And a mobile phone business, since he always puts in mobile phones in his games.
I doubt Nomura would leave...he still has at least ten years to finish KH3 and FFXV!
How about Kitase? What is he going to so without Lightning!?
Hate to see talented designers leaving one after another.
If Hiroyuki Ito and Hiroshi Minagawa are the next ones to leave, this company will be stripped of nearly all the good apples.
On to greener pastures. There are games to be made...
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