I havent heard about Matsuno or quiiiiiiiite some time - aside the fact that he left FFXII's development at the end as well as him appearing in some Wii montage video. Anyone know what he's been up to? What games hes working on? Anything at all? And is that Wii game of his official?
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Where in the world is Yasumi Matsuno?
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Doom_Bringer
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He was spotted at a nintendo wii press conference a while ago. He doesn't work for Square Enix anymore though 
Aft Dread Pressure
Member
He was once dead. Don't know what happened to him afterwards.
Doom_Bringer said:He was spotted at a nintendo wii press conference a while ago. He doesn't work for Square Enix anymore though
I know! There goes my hopes for Vagrant Story 2. I wonder if he was interviewed AT ALL for the last freakin year about whats been happening with him.
I cant find ANYTHING official on the guy.
No famitsu or dorigama interviews at all as of late?
Well he sneaks around the world from Kiev to Carolina,
He's sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize,
He'll take you for a ride on a slow boat to China,
Tell me where in the world is Yasumi Matsuno?
Steal their Seoul in South Korea, make Antarctica cry Uncle,
From the Red Sea to Greenland they'll be singing the blues,
Well they never Arkansas her steal the Mekong from the jungle,
Tell me where in the world is Carmen Yasumi Matsuno?
He go from Nashville to Norway, Bonaire to Zimbabwe,
Chicago to Czechoslovakia and back!
Well he'll ransack Pakistan and run a scam in Scandinavia,
Then he'll stick 'em up Down Under and go pick-pocket Perth,
He put the Miss in misdemeanor when he stole the beans from Lima,
Tell me where in the world is Yasumi Matsuno?
Oh tell me where in the world is... Oh tell me where can he be?
Ooh, Botswana to Thailand, Milan via Amsterdam,
Mali to Bali, Ohio, Oahu...!
Well he glides around the globe and he'll flimflam every nation,
He's a double-dealing diva with a taste for thievery,
His itinerary's loaded up with moving violations,
Tell me where in the world is Yasumi Matsuno?
He's sticky-fingered filcher from Berlin down to Belize,
He'll take you for a ride on a slow boat to China,
Tell me where in the world is Yasumi Matsuno?
Steal their Seoul in South Korea, make Antarctica cry Uncle,
From the Red Sea to Greenland they'll be singing the blues,
Well they never Arkansas her steal the Mekong from the jungle,
Tell me where in the world is Carmen Yasumi Matsuno?
He go from Nashville to Norway, Bonaire to Zimbabwe,
Chicago to Czechoslovakia and back!
Well he'll ransack Pakistan and run a scam in Scandinavia,
Then he'll stick 'em up Down Under and go pick-pocket Perth,
He put the Miss in misdemeanor when he stole the beans from Lima,
Tell me where in the world is Yasumi Matsuno?
Oh tell me where in the world is... Oh tell me where can he be?
Ooh, Botswana to Thailand, Milan via Amsterdam,
Mali to Bali, Ohio, Oahu...!
Well he glides around the globe and he'll flimflam every nation,
He's a double-dealing diva with a taste for thievery,
His itinerary's loaded up with moving violations,
Tell me where in the world is Yasumi Matsuno?
Mr. TV Goggles
Banned
Doom_Bringer said:
Fady K said:I did hear something about a mental breakdown - is that true at all?? What are the sources??
And THATS what hes working on now??? Say it aint true
Well, no, but that would be interesting, wouldn't it? I hear he's actually making a game where you use the waggle wand to undo the straps on a straitjacket.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
This is something a gaming journo site should dig up some info on.
Deadly Monk
Banned
Did someone mention Matsuno???
<----- He is the one true king
Hopefully he will make another tactical rpg for Mistwalker...or Vagrant Story 2 for me.
<----- He is the one true king
Hopefully he will make another tactical rpg for Mistwalker...or Vagrant Story 2 for me.
Not really. Aside from the fact that 1Up was the only site to report it, their article based on his appearance in that video was pure speculation presented as fact. There was a couple posters here (duckroll in particular) who stated that he didn't say anything substantial in that promotional clip, and nothing else was officially announced. It's possible that he's making a Wii game, and it's possible he's no longer with SE, but nothing is really 100% confirmed.ethelred said:
The only thing that is a definite, is that Hiroshi Minagawa and Akihiko Yoshida are still with SE, and the three have never been apart in more than a decade. Thus it would certainly be disappointing if Matsuno has indeed left SE for good. Especially if he's gone to cavia of all places as some rumors suggest...
LevelNth said:
And others, such as John, said that there wasn't much doubt in what he said. It's also entirely possible that they had outside confirmation when they reported that news which they couldn't pass on. You don't know, and I don't know -- but 1Up reported that he's working on a game, not that he's rumored to be working on a game; we'll see how that pans out.
Confusion Illusion
Banned
ronito said:
*throws a rock at ronito*
Red Scarlet
Member
Where in the world is Yasumi Matsuno?
That has exactly the same number of syllables as
Now I want to play that again.
Thank you for this thread.
:lol Speevy!
That has exactly the same number of syllables as
Now I want to play that again.
Thank you for this thread.
:lol Speevy!
LevelNth said:
I hope he didnt leave. Minagawa, Yoshia, and Matsuno need to stay together!! Sakimoto was always a part of their team for the last 10 years as well! So its NOT confirmed that he left Square-Enix?
I hope something gets confirmed about the guy, and i personally hope its not a Wii game.
Lady Bird
Matsuno's Goebbels
A couple of days after his appearance at the Wii conference, Famitsu reported that he is currently making a game for a company. They said that they didn't know which game he was making, and that they couldn't reveal the name of the company he is currently working on.
Now all we can do is wait until someday, the mysterious company reveals the Matsuno's game to the public. Until then...
Now all we can do is wait until someday, the mysterious company reveals the Matsuno's game to the public. Until then...
Kurosaki Ichigo
Member
Still quite mysterious, I don't know who the hell is TGDS...wsippel said:
Now, in the Wii interviews, he appeared as what? 'Game Designer'? Other people there had its company name in their introduction. He can't be at Square-Enix anymore if he wasn't labeled as working there, its impossible.
And if he is making a game...then he has joined another company (or form a new one with someone's funding...).
The Game Designers Studio is an internal Square-Enix development team, so there would be no need to list Matsuno as a freelancer if he moved there (which wouldn't make sense since he had his own internal team at S-E already).
I bet Matsuno has made his own studio or joined someone like Sakaguchi in Mistwalker.
I bet Matsuno has made his own studio or joined someone like Sakaguchi in Mistwalker.
Fady K said:
No, Matsuno has left Square Enix. That much is most assuredly not in doubt. He was no longer listed as a Square Enix employee, and numerous people out of Japan have confirmed that he's exited the company.
Fady K said:
That's the most idiotic thing in the world to say, but whatever, we've already had this debate in another thread.
jj984jj said:
Right. I mean, it's technically an external company, but it's all just a shell game. The whole studio is just staffed by people who report to Kawazu.
I've no idea of Fady K's reasoning, but it certainly is not 'the most idiotic thing in the world to say'. One of Matsuno's strengths is presentation, and better tech = better presentation. If that's what Fady K enjoys about Matsuno's games, then I don't see why that's an idiotic opinion.ethelred said:
LevelNth said:
His other strength (and arguably more important) is gameplay depth-- which he could do anywhere.
Plus, if he can get FFXII levels of presentation on the wii, it's good enough.
I would LIKE if he could do a game on both the PS3 AND the Wii. That'd be nice...and plus, then we wouldn't have to measure e-penises.
