THE BORE
General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: MCD on March 17, 2014, 12:09:26 PM
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Koji Igarashi, best known for his work on Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, has left Konami. His last day at the Japanese developer was Saturday, March 15.
The producer departed the studio with intent to open a new development studio.
"I've decided to break out on my own to have the freedom to make the kind of games I really want to make -- the same kind I think fans of my past games want as well," Igarashi told IGN. "Leaving Konami was a big decision, and not one I took lightly – I’ve spent my entire career there, made many friends, and had a lot of great opportunities – but I hope all the gamers and fans who have supported me in the past will join me in being excited about what comes next. Wish me luck!”
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2014/03/17/castlevania-producer-koji-igarashi-leaves-konami
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Expert a Kickstarter for "Vampirevania" within the next few weeks.
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Mina-san...Kickstarta no kisama.
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Can't wait until Nintendo hires him to make a new Metroid game!
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Another legend leaves the former second best developer of all time.
Let's salute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqQPr3ZcbtE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfRfVdwlHF8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh1qqLbuBww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flxI_3fM5zE
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A link to the past:
http://www.thebore.com/forum/index.php?topic=2876.0
JONATHON!!!
CHARLOTTE!!!!
HOW BOUT U FUKIN POST SOMETHIN BOUT IT ON THE FRONT PAGE
I like how everyone who doesnt like PoR wants another god damn pokemon soul collectathon. Listen im a slave to the addictive qualities of that game element too, but god damn recognize when you've been made a free gamer. FREE TO NOT COLLECT!
:lol
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This will probably be the first vidya kickstarter I throw money at. :-[
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Can't wait until Nintendo hires him to make a new Metroid game!
wouldn't mind that. he'll have a huge new set of assets to recycle :rejoice
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MercurySteamvania forever :aah
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Don't make say something MEAN, Andrex. :maf :maf :maf
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MercurySteamvania forever :aah
:beli
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SAY IT.
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pre-rape Castlevania just isn't edgy or artistic enough for me.
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:what
:snoop
Can people who don't care about Castlevania or Iga not post in this thread? :snoop
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So that's why he finally got out of the dungeon.
good luck to him on his next endevour
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He's a good man. People give him crap for Metroidvania diverging from the original Castlevania and crap for making the same game over and over again without much innovation. But his games were really fun for the most part and I can't hate on someone who continually makes enjoyable games.
Since Konami won't let him make anything worthwhile, glad he's getting out.
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Ever watch The Brady Bunch movie where the dad keeps making the same house design over and over again?
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Ever watch The Brady Bunch movie where the dad keeps making the same house design over and over again?
Perhaps the same can be said of all architects.
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I'm down for the kickstarter. :-[
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He's got a GDC presentation on Friday about Metroidvanias. Expect the Kickstarter by the end of the week.
Pretty excited right now, not gonna lie.
same here. Finally he is freed from the shackles of Konami. He is probably going to get a higher budget from kickstarter than he ever had with Konami.
MercurySteam on the other hand (http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk143/faeini1/2dogshit.gif)
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:gladbron
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He's got a GDC presentation on Friday about Metroidvanias. Expect the Kickstarter by the end of the week.
Pretty excited right now, not gonna lie.
I'll definitely be hitting that GDC talk. I didn't know it was going to be possible but it's even more interesting now.
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but whose going to clean the bathrooms now?
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but whose going to clean the bathrooms now?
Kojima left too?
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He's got a GDC presentation on Friday about Metroidvanias. Expect the Kickstarter by the end of the week.
Pretty excited right now, not gonna lie.
I REALLY am too, but I'm not gonna lie...part of me is really crushed that we'll see more of his fanfic-y attempts to make the cv universe consistent. I enjoyed those way more than I should have.
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yeah, shame there won't ever be a game about 1999 where you'd (presumably) play as Julius.
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What is a good list of notable japanese developers who have been gooch'd besides Gooch and Igarashi?
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inafune ;_;
matsuno ;____;
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Inafune wasn't Gooch'd. Matsuno is debatable; really don't know what happened.
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Gunpei Yokoi
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Ahhh yeah, Gunpei is another good one.
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Kutaragi is a pretty big one.
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:obama Good pick
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Long day. :kobeyuck I'm disgusted in myself.
How did Iga get gooch'd exactly? Did HoD and Ecclessia not sell that well? Or did Konami just not see he was worth the investment despite his cheap titles?
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kojima is the worst westaboo ever
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Konami in the 80s and 90s = One of the top developers in the world.
Konami in 2000 and beyond = Shit in the toilet. Not even capcom has sunken this low.
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kojima killed konami
been saying it for years!
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kojima killed konami
been saying it for years!
Nah, Konami killed Konami. Kojima's been wanting to do different projects for years, but MGS is the only cash cow Konami had. Can't blame Kojima for the fact that when he attempts something new, Konami goes "the fuck is this shit? Go do Metal Gear!"
(Reason why we got Metal Gear Rising: Team wanted to do something different, Kojima couldn't let it be a new IP because Konami would probably have shot it down)
Then you have shit like Hudson where they just killed it.
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kojima is the worst westaboo ever
ftfy
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kojima killed konami
been saying it for years!
What? Konami clearly killed Konami. Konami politics pushed out every single famous or notable director and designer they've ever had. Every single franchise of note they've had gone to shit. Every single fucking one. Many of whom Kojima simply could not possibly touch.
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Why would Konami care? They got that mad gym/Yugioh money and gaming's going down the tubes so I'd say they're making out alright.
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I think you *could* make a case that Metal Gear Solid killed Konami, however.
Yes, you can.
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It's a shame I'll never get a ZOE3.
but it's not like konami has been relevant in the gaming field in years
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Why would Konami care? They got that mad gym/Yugioh money and gaming's going down the tubes so I'd say they're making out alright.
Oh my GODDDDD, Andrex, if you do not stop posting in actual gaming fan threads like this one I am going to go BLACK ON YOUR ASS. AUUUUUGHHHHHHHHH. The inner rage is CALLING ME.
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I think Kojima being chained to MGS is his own fault. That series is his baby and he refuses to let it go. He's also got Castlevania's blood on his hands.
The rest is definitely Konami, though.
Eh, LoS 1 wasn't totally him. IIRC, he just oversaw the project. Probably why it turned out better than LoS2 which didn't have his supervision on it.
I'll agree that MGS probably killed Konami though. That thing was WAYYY ahead of it's time and Konami's been trying to chase that "cutting edge" thing like George Brossaurd or however you spell his name from 3D Realms doing Duke 3D.
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Kojima "oversaw" the product? :heh
He was just figurehead executive producer to increase sales.
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Little bitch pussy won't come anywhere near Boston, who we kidding here. :hitler :gurl
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BOSTON DOES NOT HAVE SHIPLEY'S DONUTS
there is no reason to go
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BOSTON DOES NOT HAVE SHIPLEY'S DONUTS
there is no reason to go
Didn't you admit to not having DD or KK at all. :gurl
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Wait, what are Mass weed laws?
In 2008 Massachusetts voters decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. [1] Massachusetts became the eighteenth state to legalize medical marijuana when voters passed a ballot in 2012, [2]
(http://i.imgur.com/kWf9T.png)
YOU'RE DEAD, ANDREX
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BOSTON DOES NOT HAVE SHIPLEY'S DONUTS
there is no reason to go
Didn't you admit to not having DD or KK at all. :gurl
we only have like three DD locations in Houston. KK has been gone for eight years and recently started back up. There's no reason for a DD or KK when you have your own regionally popular donut chain.
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Kojima "oversaw" the product?
He was just figurehead executive producer to increase sales.
He supervised it, Drake. He went to MercuryStream a few times, saw the cutscenes mostly (of course</sarcasm>) and the gameplay. As far as the game-game itself, that was MercuryStream but Kojima had some input in how it went in regards to the game. I won't say it was "him" fully on LoS1, but I'll say him looking into it was a factor.
I think Kojima being chained to MGS is his own fault. That series is his baby and he refuses to let it go. He's also got Castlevania's blood on his hands.
The rest is definitely Konami, though.
Eh, LoS 1 wasn't totally him. IIRC, he just oversaw the project. Probably why it turned out better than LoS2 which didn't have his supervision on it.
I'll agree that MGS probably killed Konami though. That thing was WAYYY ahead of it's time and Konami's been trying to chase that "cutting edge" thing like George Brossaurd or however you spell his name from 3D Realms doing Duke 3D.
Dave Cox made a plea to Hideo Kojima who used his clout to get it approved. Apart from putting his studio's name on the box and giving a few story notes, my understanding is that is the full extent of his contributions. But that first thing he did pretty much cut IGA's throat and Castlevania's at the same time. It's going to be a long time before Konami lets the IP come back from selling 100k WW off a budget over $10 mill. Lords of Shadow was initially pitched to Konami and turned down.
I'm going to have to go look for those Kojima tweets from 2-4 years back, aren't I? I could swear he supervised about 40% of the title.
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we only have like three DD locations in Houston. KK has been gone for eight years and recently started back up. There's no reason for a DD or KK when you have your own regionally popular donut chain.
What a fucking ghetto :dead
Wait, what are Mass weed laws?
In 2008 Massachusetts voters decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana. [1] Massachusetts became the eighteenth state to legalize medical marijuana when voters passed a ballot in 2012, [2]
(http://i.imgur.com/kWf9T.png)
YOU'RE DEAD, ANDREX
First state to legalize gay marriage too. :mynicca
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Have you ever had Shipley's? It's not available in Mass, afaik. This is like calling Cali a ghetto, because you can go to In-N-Out instead of McDonalds.
As for gay marriage, I don't give a fuck. Weed however. (http://i.imgur.com/kWf9T.png) You're dead.
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What did Boondocks use for the Itis? Not fucking shitleys, that's for sure. :yeshrug
I thought your kind preferred the harder stuff (http://i.imgur.com/mNJcxk9.png) Weed is for burntout skater punks.
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Now he's disrespectin my peoples love for cannabis
guys
i can't
As for Boondocks' donuts thing, I'm pretty sure those distinguished black fellows live in LA. They sure as shit aren't in Htown. Of course, they're going to use a national chain and not a regional chain.
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They sure as shit aren't in Htown.
Well duh, show would be boring as fuck if it was set in that ghetto :dead
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Eh. The main setting of Boonies is a suburb, and Houston is a city made up of like 10-12 suburbs. So it could work. It'd make much more sense than a Boston burb because ain't no distinguished black fellows coming to fucking boston. But I meant that Aaron McGruder lives in LA.
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It'd make much more sense than a Boston burb because ain't no distinguished black fellows coming to fucking boston.
:gurl
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look at andrexs inner mick coming out :goty
on st pattys day no less :goty
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Who the hell is Mick?
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your grandpa
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Don't talk about my grandp-
Wait which grandpa? I have like four and one of them's pretty racist.
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Don't talk about my grandp-
Wait which grandpa? I have like four and one of them's pretty racist.
:what
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Andrex was the youngest child in a litter of one.
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Grandma was a strong independent woman who don't need no man :yeshrug
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You sure you're not counting great-uncles as grandpas? Or does your grandma actually keep a harem?
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You sure you're not counting great-uncles as grandpas? Or does your grandma actually keep a harem?
She divorced. Maternal biological grandpa lives in Florida, dunno if they were married. Second grandpa lived with us (well, still does back home.) She's been with Grandpa #3 for like 20 years now. We see them regularly.
Paternal grandpa kicks ass. :mynicca
He had a SNES which birthed my nintardism. :bow2 He never really played it though, his favorites are still Alpha Centauri and Masters of Orion II. Bit of RCT2 in there too.
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From one throwaway comment to making this entire thread about me, good job Himu :goty