Mystery of the current Castlevania producer
Mar 31, 2020 8:48:07 GMT -6
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Mar 31, 2020 8:48:07 GMT -6
Something I've been pondering lately - the mystery of the current Castlevania producer (games/Konami). Who is this person, and why do they not want to have their name known? That's a bit more unusual than it used to be.
I ask because of the interviewing they did in the Anniversary Collection ebook. It was spotlighting Yamane, but gave him/her the opportunity to have it come across that they "get it" about the series and why the small things are important - like the unique flavor of the music and how it ties the games together, a deep appreciation of the difficulty and trial/error of getting better at the old games, and even the importance of perfection in the minutiae of sound design as discussed by Yamane that fans came to expect.
They know "what's up", I think, and could do great things for us if given the resources. I think Castlevania may be in pretty good hands here, as evidenced so far by how the collections themselves and Grimoire are pretty good products. But - who could it be, and why the hidden identity? Someone from Castlevania's past that prefers to not have expectations known for them? Someone else from the gaming industry that wants to keep their roots hidden to also avoid expectations? Just a private individual that doesn't want the spotlight (or perhaps more accurately, the hate from random upset Konami fans)?
I think in the case of the latter, we should make it more known to them/others that they things they have done lately have been pretty good (CV game wise I mean) and perhaps that will bolster their confidence as well as the motivation to keep moving forward and do something good. I really think this person gets it and I want to see what they can do.
I ask because of the interviewing they did in the Anniversary Collection ebook. It was spotlighting Yamane, but gave him/her the opportunity to have it come across that they "get it" about the series and why the small things are important - like the unique flavor of the music and how it ties the games together, a deep appreciation of the difficulty and trial/error of getting better at the old games, and even the importance of perfection in the minutiae of sound design as discussed by Yamane that fans came to expect.
They know "what's up", I think, and could do great things for us if given the resources. I think Castlevania may be in pretty good hands here, as evidenced so far by how the collections themselves and Grimoire are pretty good products. But - who could it be, and why the hidden identity? Someone from Castlevania's past that prefers to not have expectations known for them? Someone else from the gaming industry that wants to keep their roots hidden to also avoid expectations? Just a private individual that doesn't want the spotlight (or perhaps more accurately, the hate from random upset Konami fans)?
I think in the case of the latter, we should make it more known to them/others that they things they have done lately have been pretty good (CV game wise I mean) and perhaps that will bolster their confidence as well as the motivation to keep moving forward and do something good. I really think this person gets it and I want to see what they can do.
