(s) Archive
2003-03-02
Serving as planner and designer of the recently released fifth installment of the long-running Breath of Fire series, Makoto Ikehara and Tatsuya Yoshikawa have been integral parts of the game’s development team. Both joined Capcom more than ten years ago in 1992. Breath of Fire V – Dragon Quarter has sold 200,000 copies in Japan… Read More »
2002-12-02
Inon Zur is a game, television, and movie composer. Recently, Mr. Zur has composed the scores for Icewind Dale II and Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal. We spoke with Mr. Zur and had a few questions to ask him regarding his work on Icewind Dale II. RPGFan: So how are you doing today, Mr. Zur? Inon Zur: I’m… Read More »
2002-11-18
Noriyuki Iwadare is best known by most game fans in the U.S. for the musical work he’s done on the now classic Lunar, and classic in the making, Grandia series. However, his resume is much more extensive and encompasses roughly thirty different game soundtrack scores and arrangments, along with music for TV, stage musicals, amusement park attractions, and… Read More »
Noriyuki Iwadare is best known by most game fans in the U.S. for the musical work he’s done on the now classic Lunar, and classic in the making, Grandia series. However, his resume is much more extensive and encompasses roughly thirty different game soundtrack scores and arrangments, along with music for TV, stage musicals, amusement park attractions, and… Read More »
2000-01-21
Final Fantasy: Project Majestic Mix is a CD being released by a man named Stephen Kennedy. So far, tons of hard work has been poured into it. This enlightening interview tells a bit more about what this whole thing is all about. Patrick: So Stephen, how did you first get the idea to cover songs… Read More »
1999-11-24
During the recent unveiling of the Sakura Project 2000, Famitsu had the chance to interview two of the producers that are working on Sakura Taisen 3, Hiroi Ouji and Mr.Ooba. Hiroi Ouji is the head of Red Company, as well as the game’s General Producer, while Mr. Ooba is the Game Producer. Translation by WooJin… Read More »
1999-10-20
The following is a translation from the 10/8/99 Issue of Famitsu, in which they interview Yamagishi Yoshinorishi, the Producer of Valkyrie Profile, who also produced Star Ocean 2. Before the Interview, here is the translation of the text on the Valkyrie Profile Ad, which summarizes the main plot of the game. I Am Valkyrie. Commanded… Read More »
1999-05-23
This interview is with Working Designs’ President Victor Ireland from E3 1999. In this interview, you’ll find a lot of information about the various Lunar games, the mystery RPG, Detonator Gauntlet [Editor’s Note: Detonator Gauntlet would be renamed Vanguard Bandits after this interview] and much more. Lunar 2 and the Mystery RPG Rudo: Okay, I… Read More »
1998-06-04
This is an extremely awesome interview Rudo and Webber had at E3 with Victor Ireland of Working Designs. He covers a wide range of subjects; this first part mainly covers the slow death of the Saturn and the upcoming Sega Saturn RPG Magic Knight Rayearth. Webber: You don’t like to have your picture up anywhere, we’ve… Read More »
