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Yukio Futatsugi (Panzer Dragoon, Microsoft Japan) Interview

KiticanaX said:
I think if anyone's a bitch it would be himself since he's always scared of competitors amongst the genres in the games he works with and he ends up trying to make them look bad so eyes still stay focus on him.

Ninja Gaiden is worth every bit of weirdness he oozes.
 
PG2G said:
Why would anyone want a Panzer Dragoon that doesn't look any better than Orta?

well you may have noticed in my other post that my favorite Panzer Dragoon is Zwei. Now, I personally think the graphics are gorgeous for Zwei, but since you seem to be a slave to next gen visuals, I guess you probably wouldn't understand that the play is the thing.
 
KiticanaX said:
I think if anyone's a bitch it would be himself since he's always scared of competitors amongst the genres in the games he works with and he ends up trying to make them look bad so eyes still stay focus on him.


:lol

did he kill your dog or something?
 
Zeed said:
ethelred is psychic. He can zero right in on that hidden bias that makes you slander his beautiful, intelligent heroes, and when he does he'll call you out on it.

I never called you biased. To be frank, I don't have a crapping clue who you are.
 
KiticanaX said:
He makes Dead or Alive. Tekken sucks.

He bases his game off of Devil May Cry, Devil May Cry 4 comes to his platform. Devil May Cry sucks.
When you play sports, do you like, start freaking out when the opposing team trashtalks you?
 
PolyGone said:
well you may have noticed in my other post that my favorite Panzer Dragoon is Zwei. Now, I personally think the graphics are gorgeous for Zwei, but since you seem to be a slave to next gen visuals, I guess you probably wouldn't understand that the play is the thing.

Graphics aren't everything of course, but one of the coolest things about Panzer Dragoon is the world and environments. There is a shit load of room for improvement there and I think improvement there is more important than anything gained by using the wiimote.
 
You know, most series sequels I would rather see on the HD consoles, but I really do think Panzer Dragoon would benefit greatly from pointer controls and if they matched Orta graphically it would still look gorgeous.

It's all moot of course. I wouldn't at this point say there's a hope in hell of another Panzer game, not til the iron-taste of the disaster that was PDO sales is completely rinsed from SEGA's mouth.
 
Segata Sanshiro said:
When you play sports, do you like, start freaking out when the opposing team trashtalks you?

Trash talking is fun, and makes Itagaki quite entertaining, but I do think KitakanaX has a point. If he feels the need to keep the spotlight on him and his games by making weird claims, then he must not be so confident enough in his games to let them do the talking for him.
 
Segata Sanshiro said:
When you play sports, do you like, start freaking out when the opposing team trashtalks you?

No....seriously why are people acting like my post is so strange all I said is that he was a dick because he trash talks about games in the fields he's in. Ehh I'll just edit my post.
 
ethelred said:
I never called you biased.
You implied that there could only be two motivations behind my post - either I don't like him criticizing the Wii, or I think I'm a psychic who can zero in on someone's deep innate bias against Nintendo. The only reasonable explanation for either mentality would be that I myself am biased. If you truly couldn't see the irony before, you should now.

The funny thing is that I had no idea who the hell this guy was. The title read "Microsoft Japan", I read the bolded comment, and posed a rational and logical question given the information I had at the time. There was never an attempt to "write off" the opinion of the man you apparently worship.

Your spider sense had a false alarm, I'm afraid. I find it interesting that you chose to direct your indignation at me rather than, say, KiticanaX, who actually was trying to write off his opinion by laughing it down.
 
PG2G said:
Graphics aren't everything of course, but one of the coolest things about Panzer Dragoon is the world and environments. There is a shit load of room for improvement there and I think improvement there is more important than anything gained by using the wiimote.

I disagree. If you think about it, gameplay wise, there really isn't much room to improve railshooters with a typical controller. Basically you'll still be moving that targeting reticule around, slowly chaining enemies.

But if you take Panzer Dragoon (or Rez, or Sin & Punishment, or Starfox) and you make it for the wii, suddenly the player's targeting reticule has more speed and accuracy than any analog stick could ever provide. Wii Play shows this off especially well in its shooting gallery game.

What that means is that enemies can be faster, can attack more aggressively, bosses can have more weakpoints that are vulnerable for a much shorter period of time, thus increasing the game's challenge and your enjoyment.

I mean, there's just so much that could be done with the genre on the wii that it drives me crazy. In my opinion, this far outweighs the importance of graphics (and its not as if Orta is an ugly game).
 
Zeed said:
The funny thing is that I had no idea who the hell this guy was. The title read "Microsoft Japan", I read the bolded comment, and posed a rational and logical question given the information I had at the time. There was never an attempt to "write off" the opinion of the man you apparently worship.

Well, you COULD have read the article before posting, you know? :p
 
Zeed said:
The funny thing is that I had no idea who the hell this guy was. The title read "Microsoft Japan", I read the bolded comment...

Hence my response: people should try reading stuff before immediately switching into Systems War mode. It's a good interview. You probably would've been better informed about the subject upon which you were commenting if you read it.

Zeed said:
You implied that there could only be two motivations behind my post - either I don't like him criticizing the Wii, or I think I'm a psychic who can zero in on someone's deep innate bias against Nintendo. The only reasonable explanation for either mentality would be that I myself am biased. If you truly couldn't see the irony before, you should now.

Umm... okay. You seem to have some pretty colorful fantasies, my friend, so I'll just leave you alone with them.
 
Logan Cano said:
Well, you COULD have read the article before posting, you know? :p
Who reads entire articles anymore when we have OP's with "quotes" and bold?

ethelred said:
Hence my response: people should try reading stuff before immediately switching into Systems War mode.
"Systems War mode"? Sheesh, you're one sensitive guy if a question like that equates to system wars with you.

ethelred said:
Umm... okay. You seem to have some pretty colorful fantasies, my friend, so I'll just leave you alone with them.
If literal interpretations of your posts are to be considered fantasies, then your head must be some sort of stoner afterlife. That's my two cents, and I'm out.
 
PolyGone said:
I disagree. If you think about it, gameplay wise, there really isn't much room to improve railshooters with a typical controller. Basically you'll still be moving that targeting reticule around, slowly chaining enemies.

this kind of thinking, or lack thereof, is the problem with many of today's games and designers.

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fascinating interview. glad he's moving on; sad MS won't do internal development there anymore.
 
pj325is said:
Man, nintendo fans need to chill the f out

yep x 1000.


Phantom Dust is one of the greatest games in the last decade. Everyone needs to stfu and respect this man.
 
soco said:
this kind of thinking, or lack thereof, is the problem with many of today's games and designers.

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fascinating interview. glad he's moving on; sad MS won't do internal development there anymore.

gameplay does not equal game design

of course there are things you can implement design-wise that would shift the gameplay around a bit, but if you've played railshooters much (and I have) you know that there's some things that stay the same control-wise (analog stick controlling your aim) that could be drastically improved with the wiimote's accuracy as a pointing device. That change alone would start a domino effect on the rest of the game's design.
 
Zeed said:
Who reads entire articles anymore when we have OP's with "quotes" and bold?

Maybe I'm old, but I used to remember the days where in order to give an opinion on an article, you actually had to read it. :lol
 
Logan Cano said:
Maybe I'm old, but I used to remember the days where in order to give an opinion on an article, you actually had to read it. :lol
That was sarcasm. And I never expressed an opinion about the article. Ever.
 
KiticanaX said:
What happened to that Sakura Taisen chick Segata?
Shit got real. :(

She showed up at my house with a toothbrush that she wanted to keep there. Well, Segata Sanshiro will be chained down by no one! So first I grabbed the toothbrush and threw it out the window, then when the building rattled from the explosion, I accidently pushed her over and she explodo'd.

I lose more lady friends that way.
 
Wow. I think the reactions to what this guy is saying speaks volumes.

True or not, he must have hit the nail on the head as to what the greatest fear (or most irksome misconception) for Nintendo fans is...
 
KiticanaX said:
I'm sorry I can't respect a dick. However he did explain that the Wii situation may change. Actually speaking of dicks.

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In one single post you bashed Futatsugi and Itagaki, both very passionate developers. I really hope you wont last long here.

pj325is said:
Man, nintendo fans need to chill the f out


Good interview
True, but the same goes to all fanboys.
 
Segata Sanshiro said:
Shit got real. :(

She showed up at my house with a toothbrush that she wanted to keep there. Well, Segata Sanshiro will be chained down by no one! So first I grabbed the toothbrush and threw it out the window, then when the building rattled from the explosion, I accidently pushed her over and she explodo'd.

I lose more lady friends that way.

:lol :lol :lol

Oh, the imagery.
 
Zeed said:
That was sarcasm. And I never expressed an opinion about the article. Ever.

You aren't very good at it, then....you know, with all of that admitting to read little more than the thread title. LOL.
 
godhandiscen said:
In one single post you bashed Futatsugi and Itagaki, both very passionate developers. I really hope you wont last long here.

Like I said I don't respect anyone who doesn't respect others in their field especially if those they reticule create technically better games in the genre they work on *Tekken*.
 
d[-_-]b said:
This is another case of who is this guy and why should we care what has to say again?

So, what, are you guys trying to make the point that the only developers out there of note are the ones who've dedicated themselves completely to Nintendo machines?

Why should you care what he has to say? I don't know, try reading the interview. He says a lot of interesting stuff and it speaks for itself.
 
godhandiscen said:
In one single post you bashed Futatsugi and Itagaki, both very passionate developers. I really hope you wont last long here.
Been praying the same for you :D, but guess god doesn't hear us :(.
ethelred said:
Your lack of awareness of him and his games speaks more of you than it does of his career.
So is he important :D?
 
Segata Sanshiro said:
Shit got real. :(

She showed up at my house with a toothbrush that she wanted to keep there. Well, Segata Sanshiro will be chained down by no one! So first I grabbed the toothbrush and threw it out the window, then when the building rattled from the explosion, I accidently pushed her over and she explodo'd.

I lose more lady friends that way.

Ehhh I feel ya.
Wanna go to the club I could invite the girl in my avatar?
 
I agree with the Wii part, but things should change with SSBB, Mario Kart and Mario Galaxy.
 
KiticanaX said:
Like I said I don't respect anyone who doesn't respect others in their field especially if those they reticule create technically better games in the genre they work on *Tekken*.
That bolded part is your opinion, and there is a fine distinction.
'd[-_-]b' said:
Been praying the same for you :D, but guess god doesn't hear us :(.

So is he important :D?
There are people who dont read the articles in the OP, but obviously you did not even read the title.

edit: also, dont generalize, I pray to no one.
 
I think Phantom Dust is one of the finest games ever created, but I'm not sure what his angle is in commenting on the Wii.
 
godhandiscen said:
That bolded part is your opinion, and there is a fine distinction.

There are people who dont read the articles in the OP, but obviously you did not even read the title.
Panzer Dragon <hmm relatively important to people who've played it, if you haven't noticed i'm not one of them>, Microsoft Japan <such a place exists? also down the shitter if you catch my drift.> it's an interview, he made some comments about the Wii so I was making sure if he's an important person or is he another joke character like most people on this board :D?
 
Speevy said:
I think Phantom Dust is one of the finest games ever created, but I'm not sure what his angle is in commenting on the Wii.

Simple, he is saying once you beat or have fun with a game, your Wii will be sitting alone, collecting dust.

happened to me after beating Zelda: TP, then i played Mario Strikers Charged for few days till i got bored.

i think what he is saying is that with the 360, you just keep coming back, whether it's for the games, the market place or whatever else you do on the 360.
 
godhandiscen said:
That bolded part is your opinion, and there is a fine distinction.

No Tekken is technically more advanced then DoA. It is more balanced with characters and combat system. If you mean fun well that's your opinion, but in skill and combat system Tekken IS the better game.
 
KiticanaX said:
No Tekken is technically more advanced then DoA. It is more balanced with characters and combat system. If you mean fun well that's your opinion, but in skill and combat system Tekken IS the better game.
Technically as in the omision of online play, lack of 60fps, or other features which Tekken lacks in comparison to DOA? Because those are the only tangible differences that can be stated as a fact. Balancing and combat system fall in the category of opinions unles you reverse engineer the source code and can show me "technically" how is that the combat in Tekken is better than the one in DOA.
 
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