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[TheKaeptain]

When I was at the Kinect reveal event at E3, and I'm like, oh hey, there's Suda (Goichi) right next to me... I'm like, yea, he's totally doing a Kinect game. And then when I saw him later on coming out of the MS booth the next time... I'm like, yea, totally totally doing a Kinect game.

And then today when I saw this thread, I'm like, he's totally COMPLETELY doing a Kinect game.

And then in a few months, when I open the package and put the game in, I'm all like, yea, I'm completely PLAYING a Goichi Suda Kinect game

And I just realized why he goes by Suda 51...I'm a dumbass.

 

[AceBandage]

And I just realized why he goes by Suda 51...I'm a dumbass.

Remember. It's never Fifty-one.
It's Five One.

 

[TheKaeptain]

Never payed attention to his first name. You have no idea how stupid I feel right now. :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Kafel]

Never payed attention to his first name. You have no idea how stupid I feel right now. :lol :lol :lol :lol

It's ok.

Now something else : the new 360 cam is called "Kinect", not kinetic.

 

[HadesGigas]

Remember. It's never Fifty-one.
It's Five One.

I think you mean "It's Fiddy One"!

 

[I AM JOHN!]

They're being funded by EA and MS...

Aren't they still a pretty small operation, though?

 

[BenjaminBirdie]

How can Grasshopper afford to have their hands in three projects at once?

Heh. Not bad.

 

[FrankT]

Did they ever release the trailer for this? Or captured from the showing?

 

[derFeef]

Did they ever release the trailer for this? Or captured from the showing?

"Trailer" is here: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/tgs-10-codename-d/704567

 

[Don]

This might be what sells me on Kinect.

More Suda is always a good thing.

 

[Dascu]

Sounds like it's going to be a first-person brawler. Could be fun.

 

[derFeef]

Sounds like it's going to be a first-person brawler. Could be fun.

+ sounds like you have to throw flaming baseballs at enemies. Point and throw? Hm - could work.

 

[John Harker]

Aren't they still a pretty small operation, though?

I think they either moved offices or just expanded space recently. They went from 40 employees to double in a short period. After NMH2 they were around 60, and now I think they are over 80.

Since Suda often works with Mikami and is always hanging out with Kojima, not to mention getting money from the likes of EA and MS, hopefully he's been able to attract a lot of real talent since they expanded so fast. Hell, he got Yamaoka (though I do love Masafumi Takada!). And Q Entertainment is still helping them somehow with Shadows of the DAMNED.

Really, he isn't a punk studio anymore. It's much more mainstream. I'm sure he's happy. Then you see a trailer like this last one, and you're like - yep, the money hasn't gone to his head. :lol Still crazy.

 

[NonexistentK]

I think that "Clown bashing action" bit should be on the game cover. Codname D sound too much like a Ps2-era japanese action game.

 

[Ramenman]

This ! This is pretty much what Kinect is good foor.

We need guys like Mizuguchi and co doing weird stuff with it. Not try to shoehorn normal stuff to convince people who will never be convinced.

*awesome lion headed guy*

and people wonder why some of us love Suda 51.

Seriously...

I think they either moved offices or just expanded space recently. They went from 40 employees to double in a short period. After NMH2 they were around 60, and now I think they are over 80.

Since Suda often works with Mikami and is always hanging out with Kojima, not to mention getting money from the likes of EA and MS, hopefully he's been able to attract a lot of real talent since they expanded so fast. Hell, he got Yamaoka (though I do love Masafumi Takada!). And Q Entertainment is still helping them somehow with Shadows of the DAMNED.

.

Whaaaaaaaaat ?

Really, he isn't a punk studio anymore. It's much more mainstream. I'm sure he's happy. Then you see a trailer like this last one, and you're like - yep, the money hasn't gone to his head. :lol Still crazy.

I admit, I have none of the public hate for DAMNED, but this trailer has so much more obvious Suda-ness going for it right now.

 

[Host Samurai]

That trailer didn't really show what the game really was. Maybe it is a FMV type game?

 

[Cornbread78]

I saw the title and this is the first thing that came to mind:

then immediately to a recently watched flick:

 

[Garcia Hotspur]

So the title is officially Diabolical Pitch.

Some gameplay screens here:
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201109/images/00050271/MI3pO6Tb8bGUTQQT836U9aX1K6anE5V8.html

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

You need to rehost those.

 

[Pachterballs]

so it went from something cool - from the OP to a baseball type snore fest?

 

[Chairhome]

so it went from something cool - from the OP to a baseball type snore fest?

Its killing monsters with baseballs. Not a baseball game.

 

[Gospel]

so it went from something cool - from the OP to a baseball type snore fest?

there was hardly anything about it in the op other than a nondescript trailer. the game could have been anything.

 

[Data West]

Grasshopper is the Platinum of 2012

 

[darkpaladinmfc]

This is a Suda game I'm going to have to skip .

 

[Pooya]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPIUNvM6Kfk
CAM footage ^

 

[Pachterballs]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPIUNvM6Kfk
CAM footage ^

/not want.

 

[MightyHedgehog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPIUNvM6Kfk
CAM footage ^

Nice. I was pretty close on the pitch 'em up parts when the final name was first discovered. Hope it's all sorts of crazy but well-implemented with Kinect control.

 

[intheinbetween]

interesting, however I still wanna know about Haunt, Steel Battalion and Project Draco.

I can't believe MS hasn't showed anything of these titles @ this year TGS.

 

[Jiguryo]

I was about to ask if this is a XBLA title. If so, I'm in.

 

[JaggedSac]

Looks like everything is aimed for you. All you do is swing a bat or throw a ball and it automatically hits the enemy?

 

[Data West]

Ay man. Suda's gots to get paid to fund his weirdo games.

 

[panty]

Suda this and that. The clip looked awful.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Codename DEEZ NUTS!

 

[Dambrosi]

Ay man. Suda's gots to get paid to fund his weirdo games.

And this is how he repays us for not buying Shadows Of The Damned.

Looks stupid to me. Though, being a Brit, I probably don't understand the appeal of playing Catch and Rounders with far-off clown monsters.

I mean, isn't Rounders a girls' game?

Spoiler

Fuck Kinect

EDIT: Wait, so Project Draco actually exists? Colour me excited

Spoiler

but only if there's a controller option FUCK KINECT

 

[Pooya]

http://majornelson.com/2011/09/14/xbox-360-at-tokyo-game-show/

TGS is also about marking the Xbox commitment to Japan, which is home to some of the most legendary games creators in our industry. One of the most important aspects of the Xbox business in Japan is the relationship with our third party development houses, and the news from those creators is plentiful:
In addition to the five titles from Japanese creators announced at last year’s Tokyo Games Show, Microsoft will announce that Happy Wars, a new title from Toylogic, will be coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade.


A demo of Project Draco from Grounding will be shown for the first time to media in an exclusive setting.


Diabolical Pitch (announced at TGS 2010 as codename D) from Grasshopper Manufacture, and Haunt from NanaOn-Sha, will be playable at Microsoft’s booth. Diabolical Pitch will be released on Xbox LIVE Arcade next year.

they will show Project Draco to the press, I hope we get to see something, that's the only interesting one from last year's announced games really.