Nerd Mentality

One more reason to watch out for Platinum Games...

Posted February 18th 2009 by Jordan Mammo.

... It looks like Yasumi Matsuno has shown up there.

The only game I've played by him is Final Fantasy XII (though I hear only good things about Vagrant Story and Tactics Ogre), but if FFXII is any indication then the man has ideas. I don't know if anyone remembers, but at one of these past E3's he showed up on a video reel saying he was interested in working on the Wii, and, well, I guess he sort of is now.

Apparently he's working on the scenarios for Mad World, which sometimes I think looks cool and similar to God Hand and other times I just don't feel interested.

I don't know if he's part of the staff at Platinum Games or if he's just helping 'em out on Mad World, but if he becomes a regular there then that studio's got some serious muscle behind it. Bayonetta looks crazily over-the-top and Shinji Mikami's still cooking up something fierce I'm sure. I know a lot of people feel as if many Japanese-developed games haven't really held up this generation, but if there's a studio in the country to keep an eye on it's probably this group of guys.

And Team Ico. Yeah.

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