Today
on Headline RePLAY: Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says that the
gaming community is never-satisfied, the producer of Final Fantasy XI steps down and a Resident Evil-themed restaurant
is “comig soon!”
In a
rather blunt commentary, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime
expressed his frustration with the “insatiable” nature of the gaming community
and how they are unable to differentiate between a “phenomenon” and a “ho-hum”
title.
“One
of the things that, on one hand, I love and, on the other hand, that troubles
me tremendously about not only our fanbase but about the gaming community at
large is that, whenever you share information, that perspective is, ‘Thank you,
but I want more,’” Reggie Fils-Aime told Kotaku on the last day of E3 2012. “‘Thank
you, but give me more.’ I mean, it is insatiable.
“And
so for years this community has been asking, ‘Where’s Pikmin?’ ‘Where’s Pikmin?’
‘Where’s Pikmin?’” he continued. “We
give them Pikmin. And they say, ‘What
else?’
Fils-Aime
adds how the latest Mario game and Nintendo
Land generated the same “So what’s more?” and “Ho-hum, give me more”
responses despite how those titles were in response to community demand.
The
Nintendo of America president also argued that the gaming community is “unable
to differentiate between a phenomenon and something that is ‘ho-hum’” until
they play it, experience it, friends ask about it or until it sells millions of
copies.
|Source:
Kotaku
At Vana
Fest 2012, Final Fantasy XI producer Hiromichi
Tanaka announced his leave of Square-Enix, citing health reasons and his desire
to return to game development as a single creator.
In a
mini-interview with Famitsu.com, Tanaka revealed that he suffers from a major
illness, to which he didn’t mention specifics, except it was a major cause for
his departure.
Tanaka
was employed with Square since 1983 and is known for his design work on the
first few Final Fantasy titles and as the producer of Xenogears and Chrono Cross.
|Source:
Andriasang
A Resident
Evil (Biohazard)-themed restaurant is “comig soon” to Shibuya, Japan, to serve
zombie treats marinated in Capcom’s bad spelling.
The
Biohazard Café and Grill not only has zombie-flavored cuisine for sale, but
limited edition Resident Evil items too.
It’s opening on July 13 at 11 a.m. and will only be around for a year.
|Source:
Kotaku
