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Showing posts with label Grasshopper Manufacture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grasshopper Manufacture. Show all posts
Sunday, April 15, 2012
PAX East 2012: Black Knight Sword
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
MMV Producers move to Grashopper
Two of the higher development leads from MMV (otherwise known as Marvelous Interactive) have announced that they will be moving to key positions at Grasshopper Manufacture, the development company led by Suda 51.
Yasuhiro Wada and Yoshiro Kimura were two lead directors at Marvelous Interactive. Wada-san is perhaps best known for creating the Harvest Moon franchise, which he has helped produce since. Kimura-san, meanwhile, is the creator and lead director for Little King's Story, one of Marvelous's biggest productions this generation.
After the move, Wada-san will become the Grasshopper's Chief Operating Officer and Kimura-san will be the company's Chief Creative Officer. This is not necessarily the first time the two have worked with Grasshopper: in fact, the No More Heroes franchise is published by Marvelous in Japan. As for what the two are doing specifically, it is too early to know.
Marvelous Interactive is a smaller publisher which is best known for being the Japanese publisher of Harvest Moon and other franchises related to the series. This generation, it started its focus on heavily supporting the Wii with brand new IPs, including No More Heroes from Grasshopper, Arc Rise Fantasia from imageepoch, and Little King's Story with the help of Cing. The company has been having poor activity as of late, and it is retracting its focus on smaller projects to survive.
Grasshopper Manufacture, run by Suda 51, is best known for having developed the No More Heroes franchise, but it has also produced a number of smaller projects, including DS's Contact and Flower, Sun and Rain, as well as Killer 7 last generation. The company is currently working on Shadows of the Undead with Shinji Mikami and EA as well as Codename D for Kinect.
SOURCE: Famitsu and NintendoLife
Yasuhiro Wada and Yoshiro Kimura were two lead directors at Marvelous Interactive. Wada-san is perhaps best known for creating the Harvest Moon franchise, which he has helped produce since. Kimura-san, meanwhile, is the creator and lead director for Little King's Story, one of Marvelous's biggest productions this generation.
After the move, Wada-san will become the Grasshopper's Chief Operating Officer and Kimura-san will be the company's Chief Creative Officer. This is not necessarily the first time the two have worked with Grasshopper: in fact, the No More Heroes franchise is published by Marvelous in Japan. As for what the two are doing specifically, it is too early to know.
Marvelous Interactive is a smaller publisher which is best known for being the Japanese publisher of Harvest Moon and other franchises related to the series. This generation, it started its focus on heavily supporting the Wii with brand new IPs, including No More Heroes from Grasshopper, Arc Rise Fantasia from imageepoch, and Little King's Story with the help of Cing. The company has been having poor activity as of late, and it is retracting its focus on smaller projects to survive.
Grasshopper Manufacture, run by Suda 51, is best known for having developed the No More Heroes franchise, but it has also produced a number of smaller projects, including DS's Contact and Flower, Sun and Rain, as well as Killer 7 last generation. The company is currently working on Shadows of the Undead with Shinji Mikami and EA as well as Codename D for Kinect.
SOURCE: Famitsu and NintendoLife
Thursday, September 16, 2010
TGS: Kinect Gets Some Japanese Surprises
At Microsoft's press conference yesterday for Tokyo Game Show, the company revealed five specific Kinect-based games developed by Japanese third-party developers.
Coming from Grasshopper Manufacture (Killer 7, No More Heroes) is a unique thriller, codename D. While only shown in a teaser trailer, the game's premise is fairly understandable. Your character enters a crazed carnival filled with a multitude of twisted beings, including people who seem to always wear animal heads. Thankfully, you have a baseball bat and exploding baseballs in your arsenal.
Grounding Inc., the company formed by Phantom Dust and Panzer Dragoon-director Yukio Futatsugi, is bringing a new dragon-filled product to Kinect, entitled Project Draco. Taking designs which will remind you of Panzer Dragoon, the game is a 3D shooter, but at the same time, players will need to move and communicate physically and verbally with their dragons in order to help survive the onslaught of enemies on the horizon.
NanaOn-Sha, best known for the Parappa the Rapper series as well as a number of other unique titles such as Vib-Ribbon, is bringing an altogether "fun horror" title to Kinect, Haunt. In Haunt, players move along the game's set paths deep into a haunted mansion, and they will have to outsmart ghosts and escape the many traps within the spooky landscape. Keep a look out for those pesky ghouls!
Capcom and From Software are collaborating to create a very "gamer-centric" project through Kinect, and one that seems odd without buttons: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor. The original Steel Battalion titles for Xbox had players control large mechanical war machines using a special controller, using 40 buttons, levers and even three pedals! With the switch to no controller at all, how this game compares will certainly be something to see.
Finally, Sega has announced a unique IP for Kinect, an on-rails horror title called Rise of Nightmares. The game promises to provide a spine-tingling experience unseen before, all while using your whole body to feel the terrors around you. Not much else has been provided.
Other products were shown using Kinect, such as Body and Brain Connection and Child of Eden, though the latter does not require Kinect to run.
This press event was the same in which Microsoft announced Radiant Silvergun's XBLA debut, as well as a look at Metal Gear Solid: Rising and a new Fire Pro Wrestling using Avatars. So, from the looks of things, those looking for a unique way to play Japanese-developed games, Kinect may be something to look toward.
Kinect is a peripheral for the Xbox 360 in which players do not use controllers, but rather, make movements in front of a 3D camera. The Kinect was originally called Project Natal when it was unveiled at E3 2009, and it will be launching this November with an assortment of titles from a number of developers.
NanaOn-Sha, best known for the Parappa the Rapper series as well as a number of other unique titles such as Vib-Ribbon, is bringing an altogether "fun horror" title to Kinect, Haunt. In Haunt, players move along the game's set paths deep into a haunted mansion, and they will have to outsmart ghosts and escape the many traps within the spooky landscape. Keep a look out for those pesky ghouls!
Capcom and From Software are collaborating to create a very "gamer-centric" project through Kinect, and one that seems odd without buttons: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor. The original Steel Battalion titles for Xbox had players control large mechanical war machines using a special controller, using 40 buttons, levers and even three pedals! With the switch to no controller at all, how this game compares will certainly be something to see.
Finally, Sega has announced a unique IP for Kinect, an on-rails horror title called Rise of Nightmares. The game promises to provide a spine-tingling experience unseen before, all while using your whole body to feel the terrors around you. Not much else has been provided.
Other products were shown using Kinect, such as Body and Brain Connection and Child of Eden, though the latter does not require Kinect to run.
This press event was the same in which Microsoft announced Radiant Silvergun's XBLA debut, as well as a look at Metal Gear Solid: Rising and a new Fire Pro Wrestling using Avatars. So, from the looks of things, those looking for a unique way to play Japanese-developed games, Kinect may be something to look toward.
Kinect is a peripheral for the Xbox 360 in which players do not use controllers, but rather, make movements in front of a 3D camera. The Kinect was originally called Project Natal when it was unveiled at E3 2009, and it will be launching this November with an assortment of titles from a number of developers.
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codename D
Project Draco
Haunt (skip to 1:40)
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Rise of Nightmares
codename D
Project Draco
Haunt (skip to 1:40)
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Rise of Nightmares
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
TGS: Mikami and Suda 51 Unveil Joint Project
At the Electronic Arts Pre-Tokyo Game Show Press Event, the company officially unveiled the collaborative project between Shinji Mikami and Suda 51: Shadows of the Damned.
Shadows of the Damned follows Garcia Hotspur, a demon hunter, as he ventures into the underworld to retrieve is beloved from the demonic inhabitants' grasp. By himself, he can create quite a lot of chaos for the undead. Garcia is not alone, however; he is accompanied by a former demon which can transform into a multitude of destructive weaponry though which much destruction can be wrought.
The game's press release states that players will have to use light and darkness together in order to face the onslaught of the undead and pass through a variety of unique puzzles and locales located within the City of the Damned.
Shadows of the Damned is a major collaboration between Shinji Mikami, Suda 51, and Akira Yamaoka. Suda 51, the Director behind Killer 7 and the No More Heroes franchise, is the Executive Director, and his developer Grasshopper Manufacture is the team behind the title. Shinji Mikami, Director of Resident Evil 4 and Platinum Games' Vanquish, is the Creative Designer. Akira Yamaoka, the Audio Director for the Silent Hill series until recently, is involved with the game's music. This collaboration is certainly something not to be missed.
Shadows of the Damned will be releasing Summer 2011 for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.
Shadows of the Damned follows Garcia Hotspur, a demon hunter, as he ventures into the underworld to retrieve is beloved from the demonic inhabitants' grasp. By himself, he can create quite a lot of chaos for the undead. Garcia is not alone, however; he is accompanied by a former demon which can transform into a multitude of destructive weaponry though which much destruction can be wrought.
The game's press release states that players will have to use light and darkness together in order to face the onslaught of the undead and pass through a variety of unique puzzles and locales located within the City of the Damned.
Shadows of the Damned is a major collaboration between Shinji Mikami, Suda 51, and Akira Yamaoka. Suda 51, the Director behind Killer 7 and the No More Heroes franchise, is the Executive Director, and his developer Grasshopper Manufacture is the team behind the title. Shinji Mikami, Director of Resident Evil 4 and Platinum Games' Vanquish, is the Creative Designer. Akira Yamaoka, the Audio Director for the Silent Hill series until recently, is involved with the game's music. This collaboration is certainly something not to be missed.
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Saturday, August 21, 2010
Grasshopper Gone Gunning
*That's a horrible title. Bad, News Minion!*
Hungarian developer Digital Reality and Japanese development house Grasshopper Manufacture have recently announced a collaboration for a new line of games, the first of which was just announced this week.
Sine Mora is a side-scrolling shooter with a focus on time-manipulation, and the product will allow for those with 3D displays to see a more spectacular experience. The game is slotted for release on both XBLA and PSN, and Suda 51, the main man behind Grasshopper, he will not be directing it, although he is providing a supervisory role. It has a "loose release window" of about a year, so expect it before the world ends in 2012.
While no concrete footage or screenshots have been provided, a poster was recently found and posted by Destructoid.
Digital Reality is best known for its PC releases, although it shifted to download content for consoles as of late. Grasshopper Manufacture is best known for the No More Heroes series of games for the Wii, along with the releases of Killer7, Contact, and a flurry of mystery games on the DS.
Suda 51, director of Grasshopper, is currently working alongside Resident Evil creator Sinji Mikami and EA Partners on a large horror adventure product. It is rumored that it will arrive at this September's EA Tokyo Game Showcase event prior to the Tokyo Game Show.
SOURCE
Hungarian developer Digital Reality and Japanese development house Grasshopper Manufacture have recently announced a collaboration for a new line of games, the first of which was just announced this week.
Sine Mora is a side-scrolling shooter with a focus on time-manipulation, and the product will allow for those with 3D displays to see a more spectacular experience. The game is slotted for release on both XBLA and PSN, and Suda 51, the main man behind Grasshopper, he will not be directing it, although he is providing a supervisory role. It has a "loose release window" of about a year, so expect it before the world ends in 2012.
While no concrete footage or screenshots have been provided, a poster was recently found and posted by Destructoid.
Suda 51, director of Grasshopper, is currently working alongside Resident Evil creator Sinji Mikami and EA Partners on a large horror adventure product. It is rumored that it will arrive at this September's EA Tokyo Game Showcase event prior to the Tokyo Game Show.
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