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?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.
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.
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.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.Oh no.
He's the best artist at SE.
First Matsuno, now Akihiko Yoshida, who's next?
Oh no.
He's the best artist at SE.
First Matsuno, now Akihiko Yoshida, who's next?
Oh no.
He's the best artist at SE.
First Matsuno, now Akihiko Yoshida, who's next?
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.
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.
WHAT
noooooooooooooooooooo
I'm putting it out into the universe, Oprah style.There's a future Ogre game!?
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.
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.Guess bravely second might be the last game he fully works on with SE
If he left in November, I would guess that his work on Bravely Second is already on a contractual basis.Guess bravely second might be the last game he fully works on with SE
Team Ogre:
Yasumi Matsuno
Akihiko Yoshida
Hiroshi Minagawa
Hitoshi Sakimoto
LoL! And a mobile phone business, since he always puts in mobile phones in his games.Rumors say Nomura is going to leave to found an indie belts-and-zippers manufacturing firm, with a side business of hair-gel manufacturing.
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.I don't think it's the platform conditions that are the biggest barrier, but the way that the doujin scene works in Japan.
Guess what platform he'll most likely end up on nextAt 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..
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!?