"Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka joining Square Enix started as the chance for him to flex his genius muscles and ended with Balan WonderWorld, and a prison sentence." This line is perfect in so many ways. XD
Criminality aside, Naka was forced to release Balan WonderWorld before it was finished. I’ve played that game and can see what he was trying to do. Another year or more and that game could have been something to remember.
I remember a few years back Hideki Kamiya said he wanted to work on a Star Fox game, if Nintendo ever hires him, I'd love to see what he could do with that.
Star Fox zero had help from platinum but they clearly weren’t allowed to make the Star Fox game they wanted. Perhaps kamiya could pull it off now that he’s independent
I would recommend that the people wish to tell Nintendo to buy out Star Fox if Nintendo doesn't want to do anything with the franchise, just so they can make the games however they see fit. But again, as people who make creations for companies, you have to be "Really" careful with what you introduce to video game companies, and if you wish to make the best product, than introduce you're best one later in life and not early on....I would rather buy out a IP rather than go to the company who owns the IP in the first place.
He has a "game in the works" that he can't work on or some such. I'm assuming when he left Platinum he took Project G.G. with him so he could continue his Tokusatsu series.
I suppose this really boils down to a case by case basis. In terms of Nintendo, I think training the new blood to fill in the shoes of the roles passed down by others is a good example of “upholding the legacy”. Sega sorta does the same, but it’s more haphazard in most cases…especially with Sonic. But the difference is Nintendo has put this practice until it felt like second nature and they have the *experience* .
IF nintendo wants these types of video game "auteurs", they should make a specific division just for them. Nintendo works with a system of teams that make different types of games. They could have an extra one that does the creative excersies that these game developers are known for. Or quickly establish links and good relations with them if they create their own studios, give them the certainty that nintendo will treat them good.
Also, the strategy doesn't have to be universal, i've seen some other comments and i agree that, for example, someone like Kamiya should be more of a partner than get into nintendo itself, he's very.... Disruptive let's say. If i was nintendo, i would take in the other 2 into a special studio just for them.
I dont know about that. Nintendo was chill with just letting Takahashi and Monlithsoft make their Xenoblade games. And recently we saw Emio, just because Sakamoto wanted to make it.
I mean, I'm not surprised considering those born in the 1960s are going to be in their 60s and 70s, same with my parents, but that happens with each generation. We, as the people growing up in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, can lead the next generation of gaming in a different way than what our predecessors did...As a kid, being at age 7, and looking at movies I watched as a kid thinking "It would be really cool if I would take one of the video games I loved playing, and adopt it into a movie format that I can enjoy for decades to come, and basing it "Exactly" like what you would find in the video game itself but filmed in movie format". This way, why would I bother playing the same game over and over again, when I can watch a 6-8 hour video game movie of say "Mario Power Tennis, Mario Party 5, Kirby Air Ride, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit II, SimCity, Hamtaro Ham-Ham Games, Pokemon Channel", etc....I myself am not a good or great video game programmer or designer, but what I can do is take what I have played from the video game itself, through research to see what the game contains, and convert it into a movie format (that is not like the video game movies that Hollywood makes, but rather from the video game player's point of view, that's more personal and mature, compared to the kiddie running gag/dark humor/stupid comedy I consistantly see from Illumination, Walt Disney Company, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Universal/Columbia pictures to name a few...)....And this is what I thought of back in December 2002 when I was 6/7 years old mind you.
I think Nintendo should act fast and hire Davide Soliani and Hideaki Itsuno to join their studios. I don't know if Kamiya has started his own independent studio or been hired by another developer, but since Nintendo trusts Kamiya's work with Bayonetta and Astral Chain, they should bring him in as well. Nintendo did mentioned in previous articles that they wouldn't acquire any studio or any developer that doesn't possess "Nintendo's DNA" or philosophy. But, since Nintendo stepped in to save Bayonetta by funding and publishing Bayonetta 2 (And we got all other Bayonetta games) and Kamiya got to continue working on it they gave him creative freedom, I'm sure Nintendo would want Kamiya involved if they wanted to do an Astral Chain sequel since Nintendo owns the IP. Astral Chain is an awesome game! Soliani's dream was clearly to work with Nintendo and Miyamoto and we all saw him get emotional at E3 2017 when they gave him the spotlight being involved with Mario + Rabbids, and what was originally controversial at the time, ended up becoming one of the best new types of Mario RPG games ever. That was like a WW moment. Itsuno may not be someone that possess "Nintendo's DNA", but Nintendo would probably want to see what he would develop for them since he worked on DMC. Whether that be a new IP action game or work on any of Nintendo's IP's and put his own spin on it. These guys have talent, and whether or not they'll find work at other studios or look at making their own independent studios, They or Nintendo should look towards getting them on board to join NoJ and see where their talent goes.
I can see Mikami and Kamiya wanting to try one more new studio. Otherwise they might be freelance in the same way Sakurai was in the years between him leaving HAL and forming Sora. I think having all of them collab with Suda 51 on a new project could result in something special, provided it avoids a “too many cooks in the kitchen” scenario.
I am worried for this unprecedented brain drain of the Japanese market. These are all talented people that are leading some of the biggest gaming companies. Which puts those like Capcom and Square Enix in very rough positions. On the flip side Nintendo has been nothing but great to their employees. Usually when you get in, it’s hard to get out. And when you do they do get out, it’s usually nothing but good things with the only downside is working with underpowered technology. So if Nintendo is making moves, probably expect a whole new part of the company that is making original stuff.
Not the biggest fan of mario + rabbids but i hope they scoop up Solani. Hes clearly super talented and passionate about nintendo games. I bet without a ubisoft middleman hed make something even greater
Any one of these would be a great grab. Personally I hope Solani gets picked because he’s so passionate and some western perspective could broaden Nintendo’s already expansive creativity even more.
Compared to Kamiya, Solani is a probably an even bigger problem. Because of the cultural differences. Also, he was intrumental in UBISoft's obvious scummy plan to revive Rayman using Mario through the Rabbids crossover series. In contrast, the only issues with Kamiya's are his uncomromising approach in the game design and battling western idiots in social media.
@WhatIsMatter101 Scummy? Because that was probably the only way to get them to acknowledge Rayman. Then, you slowly build into getting a single-player game.
Not much effect on Nintendo. The only exception had been Fujibayashi, who had been tried and proven with the Zelda series for years since the Oracle Duology. He had probably also proven hinself to be a good match within Nintendo's hierarchy and culture. Yuji Naka, who anticipated an invitation from Nintendo, was ignored because of his tendencies to sabotage devs while in Sega. Can you imagine him butting heads with Miyamoto or Iwata at the time?
I've heard a few unsavoury things about Naka over the years. As much as I love his work on titles like S3&K, NiGHTS and Chu Chu Rocket, I suspect Nintendo were right not to go near him.
@@user-wb8iu1hl6iHe did insider trading (used private knowledge from Square Enix to invest in stocks), which isn't that bad, but he probably won't be coming to Nintendo with that on his track record.
Up until right before he quit Kamiya was vocal about how he has always planned Bayonetta to be a 9 game long saga. And there's proof that he was serious. There's a strange space station that is on screen for only half a second in the first game, and it's covered in an odd amount of detail despite being completely irrelevant. When asked about it he said he was setting up a future game in his long planned out plot. I feel like if he was forced out there's a good chance he would be vocal about it, but regardless the instant switch from saying he plans to work there for decades to resigning makes me suspicious. It's like if a politician was adamant about running for office and then changed their mind the next day or something. I hope he's not under some kind of NDA he's uncomfortable with
This happens a lot with creative people. They plan huge ideas then they leave. Look what happened to the creator of Rayman. He left as well for the same reasons. Companies are pretty scummy
He did talk about retirement a decade ago. Guess what happened? Nintendo stocks dropped, and Nintendo had to make an official statement that he wont be retiring anytime soon.
A lot of these devs are leaving because the company outgrew them, and games are designed by committee. They are striking out because they want to be free. Nintendo is particularly controlling of its first party devs, so they'd be particularly leerie of any offers from Big N.
@@nintendoforecast at the fiscal top, there's a lot of freedom, but actual in-house developers are under a lot of scrutiny and management according to worker reviews.
In Japan video game developers step down, in the west they get fired, It also made me think of how we crate or nurse video game devs into stardom or legend status here in the west, we have our fair share of talent...for now, but the way video game studios are being handled might put that into question within another decade.
02:30 Okay, the thing you mentioned here is what the average movie production is...But on my end of things, people shouldn't have to follow the same guidelines down by hollywood unless you're going to go for the corporations of filmmaking...For me, filmmaking is merely more of "Interpretations" of how you see the characters, story, everything as it is...But even a good director could easily just make a sequel to the film that has no connection with the previous film, and either makes a good film or a bad film altogether....The thing is, my creations are just as flexible as the video games, because in my head, with filmmaking, I can envision it however I see fit, but the scriptwriting is the one that makes or breaks your film....In term, short films is the one that allows you to make proof of concepts, and you can easily change things to however you see fit....At the end of the day, what the outfit and costume crew say to the director have their own "Interpretations" of the story, "Cinematographers" have their own interpretation, "Movie Companies And Producers" have their own interpretations of the same story....So I do think what causes films to be disastrous has to be with people and crew/cast members "NEVER, EVER" be on the same page as the Creator, Producer, or Director of the film. In terms of video games though is just as similar to TV Shows, Music, and Books. Books you can make it as vast or weird as you like it, but video games are more interactive...Hence why they're not given the same respect from both hollywood AND television companies compared to people who do play games....Again, for many Gen Xers and Baby Boomers in the past, they see video games as merely "One-Off" or "Fad" type of hobbies that you would play for a few hours, but that's about it...But for Millennials onward, they gobble that stuff up like its thanksgiving/christmas every year. So while yes, there will be errors, but it requires just as much teamwork and cooperation as video game crew/staff does....And let me tell you, much like movies and tv shows, there are many, MANY video games out there that are just as bad and awful as films and tv shows from before the 20th century....When leadership falls, the whole project fails and you are forced to either abandoned it, or release it as is and create tax write offs to cover your costs and liability of the project....But from my perspective, Video games are much harder and take more time to learn than DJaying and Filmography/Filmmaking combined.
@@DontKnowDontCare6.9 ??? Because it didn't star Nintendo characters and become a flagship title for a platform holder? Sales numbers =/= quality. Nintendo will probably do Smash Ultimate Ultimate for Switch 2 and there won't be a new game for like 10 years and Smash will need a new direction because it won't be able to out do Ultimate. You do raise a good point though that a lot of smash fans are pretty immature and don't like change.
I wouldn't mind seeing Itsuno bring some of his ideas to the Sonic series. Frontiers was a step in the right direction, but I think Itsuno would be able to help out with improving the combat, as well as maybe using his experience with the DMC series to help re-inject some of the style that the Sonic series used to be known for.
Just remember: Takeshi Iizuka learned well from his former boss, convicted criminal Yuji Naka. Whenever someone's about to make a better job than him or his Team, he sabotages them. Like Big Red Button, Pagoda West, Head Cannon and Whitehead with Boom, Mania and Origins.
Mario and Rabbids is a great series. I’m glad Davide decided to leave Ubisoft as they’ve got some true bombs right now. His talents are wasted at Ubisoft.
Not surprised how dei, esg, or the crazy toxic activists have infected the gaming industries that limits what the developers can do and results of that causing to leave these major companies. And as of now, the games are made by carting to these weirdos and causes not only many game downfall (and series) but the company itself. I already seen square enix and capcom are struggling with them pushing heavily on these dei nonsense that limits what games they can make and making it for everyone will just not making for everyone. Especially if the games are 99% for E and T for everyone and teen and no M rated games and those M rated games are censored to the point that it’s rated for E……….. What worries me that namco also got infected and may suffer the similar fate with the other gaming industries. As for Nintendo……. Nintendo of America is taking some toll from the dei nonsense, but the main company in Japan are safe for now with Kyoto bank blocking blackrock from buying any shares from the jp side as blackrock influences has been a major cancer to entertainment as their push for their political and their communist dictator beliefs turn into the propaganda they want to mind control the people, is a dead touch to anything that gets into their influences. My hope that the gaming industries will get back to their selves again as we are seeing the damage it caused in the us entertainment, especially with disney tanking so many hits with 2 movies made some money thanks to chapek early decisions before backstabbed by iger and paramount is pretty much shut down after reaching bankruptcy with skydance buying paramount…… My hope that Nintendo doesn’t change to who they are. What they do is a formula that never need changing at all.
@@justinyoon2840 NOA? Nintendo of America? Well blackrock owns small percentage of it. Only the American sections. And I don’t even know you and Kyoto bank again block them from investing the main JP. I am stating why these games are failing and with condead and dustdead in the flop bins (condead was the surprising part as sony made a full refunds to every players who bought it after announcing the will cancel the game) and just hoping the game companies will see this and course correct themselves before more damage is created. The reason I say Nintendo of America have issues is because of the translation issues they translate the games and censoring as well. And one of the best examples is the translation done for the Breath of the Wild which the mission logs were actually Links log which gives a perspective of Link when doing and completing the quests. I have no idea why they never translated properly as well as the further misunderstanding of vivi gender from thousand year door….
@@kamchikamchi2737 Yes. When I meant NOA, means Nintendo of America. Those games that you mentioned previously are destined to fail since the games were made by American devs. Another example of this is Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad. I also don’t know what Blackrock is. They don’t interfere Nintendo’s work? Nintendo is fine. The translation shouldn’t be that big of an issue. Why be so pissed about it? Nintendo’s games still sold well despite of that. TTYD still sold well too even though the Vivian issue still happened.
@@justinyoon2840 short term blackrock is a bad company that killing the us entertainment industries for their nonsense propaganda and have invested alot of various companies stocks. I not angry dude. I just worry the future of gaming and hoping Nintendo remain strong and don’t fall into this plague that infecting alot of the industries.
@@justinyoon2840 dude….. take a chill pill…. Why you think I am angry? Again, concern, worry, just plain old worry. Not angry, just worry and praying to God have mercy at these dire times. If I was angry I would be cursing or something extremely aggressive wording stuff… I was just only disappointed that we never get a faithful adaptation from the Japanese version. It is true and from other videos I watch and gone deep into the roots of these problems and it goes deep as the US entertainment, both tv, movies and games, have been infected by crazy toxic activists and man it goes deep…… Very deep. Like how limited run fire one employee from liking Hogwart legacy game and that warner won’t learn their lesson after the fiasco with that squad game I will not name for sanity sake (that was too predictable to know that game would’ve failed on day one). And given much info I received from other sources, Nintendo still remains vigilant and will clean house if things get out of hands that go against the company policy. So hoping that they still be who they are. I just hope nothing major will happens.
I think the best fit would be Nintendo and Shu Takumi, creator of the Ace Attorney and Ghost Trick games. Yes, he hasn’t left Capcom just yet, but I can see it happening soon. Guy hasn’t released a game since The Great Ace Attorney 2 back in 2017, almost 7 years ago. He also had little to no involvement in the remasters and ports of the older games.
I had an idea once of a sequel to Kid Icarus Uprising made by Platinum games. Now, I think if Sakurai and Kamiya could team up to make a sequel, that would be cool. Kamiya did want to make a Star Fox game and Platinum did help with Zero, so he would have experience with the flying segments. The ground segments in Uprising seemed like it had potential to be a DMC/Bayonetta style action game, but the controls of the 3ds probably held it back. Getting the creator of DMC and Bayonetta to make the ground combat for Kid Icarus sounds fun. If Bayonetta could somehow make her way into the game as a boss or something as a witch that has come to fight an angel, that would be a dream come true. As far as Itsuno and Soliani, I think your suggestion of having Itsuno around to take over Super Smash Bros if Sakurai wants to do something different (like focus on Kid Icarus!) is an interesting idea and Soliani could be great to have as a Nintendo fan that already has experience working with Nintendo's most important IP.
Hideaki Itsuno very likely left Capcom due to something to do with Dragon's Dogma 2. DD1 was his "dream game" and he had to petition Capcom for years to get it made, and to some degree, became their guy on DMC almost to get DD1 made. After DMC5 I think he wanted to give Dragon's Dogma one more shot, and he got that with DD2, which in many ways seems more like a remake of the first game rather than a true sequel or follow up. DD2 didn't seem to do super duper well financially, and both critical and player reception has been mixed, and I wonder if that middling result got Capcom to nudge toward letting him go, or if he felt constrained by Capcom during development which is what he might blame on leading to that result. Hard to say, but I don't think such results were conducive to him staying at Capcom anymore at the least. I tend to agree that of the three creatives mentioned in this video Hideki Kamiya is probably the one with the highest likelihood of working with Nintendo in the future. Though at what capacity is a big open question, since if he's a known firebrand with a big personality that doesn't necessarily fit with Nintendo's relatively quiet image.
I personally Platinum may not survive for very long. They've never been the best run or had the most financial luck. If tge company ever does sink than I hope Nintendo coaches some of the Astral Chain and Bayonetta devs
Nintendo has a ton of talents internally. So I don’t think they’d go out to recruit already established external talents. Nintendo also has a very unique culture that if you like it, you’d die with them, but if not, you’d hate it with a passion. The company is not for everyone or for anyone. Now for their subsidiaries like Retro, and others western studios they may have interest in external talents.
Yeah I'd like them to scoop up all of them. Imagine the ridiculous talent they'd be adding on. Not to mention how much better of a work environment this will be for all of them compared with their old studios.
Large dev studios and publishers going belly up and/or downsizing, can only be a good thing, the industry is stagnant and rotten. The devs who are leaving and/or losing their jobs should form new independent studios and make games that are truly creative and free from preaching narratives. In a mostly digital age, Publishers are a relic of a bygone era. Just look at Pal world and Larian.
Both Larian and Palworld are not good examples. Yeah we had fun with Palworld but lets get real. It is a meme game. I would be very upset if Palworld becomes base line for game quality. And Larian is essentially lying to people. They are partially owned by Tencent. Around 2020 Sven sold some portion of company to Tencent. Also they are not small and new. I played their games in early 2000s. It was called Divine Divinity. They are following the same trajectory with CDPR.
What's the point of speculating what Nintendo should/shouldn't do with their talent? It's not like they will watch these videos for advice and heed these opinions. It's fine for our personal information but it won't affect anything happening at Nintendo.
They've limited themselves to titles that make the most profit. They had to for a while. But I'm not sure if they recovered creatively after the company got back in good footing.
Monster Hunter World was Capcoms biggest success, & they focus on MH lately because of that. And the last RE games since RE7 are all high quality. Maybe Capcom has fallen of for you, but Capcom is doing incredible well rn, money-vise & consumer-vise.
Capcom fell off??? Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, SvC, and even MvC are all in the spotlight NOW. Do you play Capcom games or just talk about MM and DmC
It's kinda pathetic how many people think like you and don't realise that Nintendo is dodging the gaming crash by advancing their tech much slower than the competition.
Current gen consoles with 16gb ram and all that jazz cant maintain a stable framerate to save their lives. At least nintendo knows how to make a quality game on hardware weaker than some tablets
@@AgentXero2 Every rumour I've heard is either 8 or 12, and that's just not enough for a gaming device in 2025. If the Baldur's Gate 3 Series S fiasco is anything to go by, skimping on memory is going to make it difficult to port PS4/5 and PC releases to Switch 2, and being able to play those releases portably is going to a be a selling point for the Switch 2, especially when married with Nintendo's impressive catalogue of exclusives.
I hope they create more games with Platinum Games together. A studio with a strong focus on action games, could help Nintendo to get a audience, that like those type of games. Of course I hope for Astral Chain 2 and a new Star Fox. Star Fox is these action series from Nintendo and they did nothing with it since the Star Fox Zero and 10 years before that Star Fox Command (I did not count Star Fox 64 3D 5 years before Zero). But 2026 could be a new Star Fox, the 10 years are then over. 😏
"Sonic the Hedgehog creator Yuji Naka joining Square Enix started as the chance for him to flex his genius muscles and ended with Balan WonderWorld, and a prison sentence."
This line is perfect in so many ways. XD
Criminality aside, Naka was forced to release Balan WonderWorld before it was finished. I’ve played that game and can see what he was trying to do. Another year or more and that game could have been something to remember.
I remember a few years back Hideki Kamiya said he wanted to work on a Star Fox game, if Nintendo ever hires him, I'd love to see what he could do with that.
Star Fox zero had help from platinum but they clearly weren’t allowed to make the Star Fox game they wanted.
Perhaps kamiya could pull it off now that he’s independent
I would recommend that the people wish to tell Nintendo to buy out Star Fox if Nintendo doesn't want to do anything with the franchise, just so they can make the games however they see fit. But again, as people who make creations for companies, you have to be "Really" careful with what you introduce to video game companies, and if you wish to make the best product, than introduce you're best one later in life and not early on....I would rather buy out a IP rather than go to the company who owns the IP in the first place.
He has a "game in the works" that he can't work on or some such. I'm assuming when he left Platinum he took Project G.G. with him so he could continue his Tokusatsu series.
I suppose this really boils down to a case by case basis. In terms of Nintendo, I think training the new blood to fill in the shoes of the roles passed down by others is a good example of “upholding the legacy”. Sega sorta does the same, but it’s more haphazard in most cases…especially with Sonic.
But the difference is Nintendo has put this practice until it felt like second nature and they have the *experience* .
IF nintendo wants these types of video game "auteurs", they should make a specific division just for them. Nintendo works with a system of teams that make different types of games. They could have an extra one that does the creative excersies that these game developers are known for. Or quickly establish links and good relations with them if they create their own studios, give them the certainty that nintendo will treat them good.
Also, the strategy doesn't have to be universal, i've seen some other comments and i agree that, for example, someone like Kamiya should be more of a partner than get into nintendo itself, he's very.... Disruptive let's say.
If i was nintendo, i would take in the other 2 into a special studio just for them.
I dont know about that. Nintendo was chill with just letting Takahashi and Monlithsoft make their Xenoblade games. And recently we saw Emio, just because Sakamoto wanted to make it.
Most of the people who worked on video games in the 80s and 90s and 00s will be retiring in the next decade. Its going to be a weird time for games.
I mean, I'm not surprised considering those born in the 1960s are going to be in their 60s and 70s, same with my parents, but that happens with each generation. We, as the people growing up in the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, can lead the next generation of gaming in a different way than what our predecessors did...As a kid, being at age 7, and looking at movies I watched as a kid thinking "It would be really cool if I would take one of the video games I loved playing, and adopt it into a movie format that I can enjoy for decades to come, and basing it "Exactly" like what you would find in the video game itself but filmed in movie format". This way, why would I bother playing the same game over and over again, when I can watch a 6-8 hour video game movie of say "Mario Power Tennis, Mario Party 5, Kirby Air Ride, Need For Speed Hot Pursuit II, SimCity, Hamtaro Ham-Ham Games, Pokemon Channel", etc....I myself am not a good or great video game programmer or designer, but what I can do is take what I have played from the video game itself, through research to see what the game contains, and convert it into a movie format (that is not like the video game movies that Hollywood makes, but rather from the video game player's point of view, that's more personal and mature, compared to the kiddie running gag/dark humor/stupid comedy I consistantly see from Illumination, Walt Disney Company, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Universal/Columbia pictures to name a few...)....And this is what I thought of back in December 2002 when I was 6/7 years old mind you.
I think Nintendo should act fast and hire Davide Soliani and Hideaki Itsuno to join their studios. I don't know if Kamiya has started his own independent studio or been hired by another developer, but since Nintendo trusts Kamiya's work with Bayonetta and Astral Chain, they should bring him in as well. Nintendo did mentioned in previous articles that they wouldn't acquire any studio or any developer that doesn't possess "Nintendo's DNA" or philosophy. But, since Nintendo stepped in to save Bayonetta by funding and publishing Bayonetta 2 (And we got all other Bayonetta games) and Kamiya got to continue working on it they gave him creative freedom, I'm sure Nintendo would want Kamiya involved if they wanted to do an Astral Chain sequel since Nintendo owns the IP. Astral Chain is an awesome game! Soliani's dream was clearly to work with Nintendo and Miyamoto and we all saw him get emotional at E3 2017 when they gave him the spotlight being involved with Mario + Rabbids, and what was originally controversial at the time, ended up becoming one of the best new types of Mario RPG games ever. That was like a WW moment. Itsuno may not be someone that possess "Nintendo's DNA", but Nintendo would probably want to see what he would develop for them since he worked on DMC. Whether that be a new IP action game or work on any of Nintendo's IP's and put his own spin on it.
These guys have talent, and whether or not they'll find work at other studios or look at making their own independent studios, They or Nintendo should look towards getting them on board to join NoJ and see where their talent goes.
Soliani's only purpose was to execute Ubisoft's plan to revive Rayman.
Shinji Mikami also stepped down from Tango Gameworks last year. Perhaps some of the ex-Capcom staff will do something together.
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I can see Mikami and Kamiya wanting to try one more new studio. Otherwise they might be freelance in the same way Sakurai was in the years between him leaving HAL and forming Sora. I think having all of them collab with Suda 51 on a new project could result in something special, provided it avoids a “too many cooks in the kitchen” scenario.
We know the exact reason for his departure. Micro$oft
I am worried for this unprecedented brain drain of the Japanese market. These are all talented people that are leading some of the biggest gaming companies. Which puts those like Capcom and Square Enix in very rough positions.
On the flip side Nintendo has been nothing but great to their employees. Usually when you get in, it’s hard to get out. And when you do they do get out, it’s usually nothing but good things with the only downside is working with underpowered technology. So if Nintendo is making moves, probably expect a whole new part of the company that is making original stuff.
Not the biggest fan of mario + rabbids but i hope they scoop up Solani. Hes clearly super talented and passionate about nintendo games. I bet without a ubisoft middleman hed make something even greater
Any one of these would be a great grab. Personally I hope Solani gets picked because he’s so passionate and some western perspective could broaden Nintendo’s already expansive creativity even more.
Don't add people that probably won't work with Nintendo's philosophies. Kamiya is better as a partner. I would only take Solani
Agree. Kamiya is very talented but probably a problematic person.
Compared to Kamiya, Solani is a probably an even bigger problem. Because of the cultural differences. Also, he was intrumental in UBISoft's obvious scummy plan to revive Rayman using Mario through the Rabbids crossover series.
In contrast, the only issues with Kamiya's are his uncomromising approach in the game design and battling western idiots in social media.
@WhatIsMatter101 Scummy? Because that was probably the only way to get them to acknowledge Rayman. Then, you slowly build into getting a single-player game.
Not much effect on Nintendo. The only exception had been Fujibayashi, who had been tried and proven with the Zelda series for years since the Oracle Duology. He had probably also proven hinself to be a good match within Nintendo's hierarchy and culture.
Yuji Naka, who anticipated an invitation from Nintendo, was ignored because of his tendencies to sabotage devs while in Sega. Can you imagine him butting heads with Miyamoto or Iwata at the time?
I've heard a few unsavoury things about Naka over the years. As much as I love his work on titles like S3&K, NiGHTS and Chu Chu Rocket, I suspect Nintendo were right not to go near him.
@@nintendoforecastisn’t he literally a criminal didn’t he do some fraud thing
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Yeah, he was found guilty on 2 counts of Insider Trading while at Square Enix.
@@user-wb8iu1hl6iHe did insider trading (used private knowledge from Square Enix to invest in stocks), which isn't that bad, but he probably won't be coming to Nintendo with that on his track record.
@@user-wb8iu1hl6i Insider Trading during development of Balan Wonderworld.
Up until right before he quit Kamiya was vocal about how he has always planned Bayonetta to be a 9 game long saga. And there's proof that he was serious. There's a strange space station that is on screen for only half a second in the first game, and it's covered in an odd amount of detail despite being completely irrelevant. When asked about it he said he was setting up a future game in his long planned out plot. I feel like if he was forced out there's a good chance he would be vocal about it, but regardless the instant switch from saying he plans to work there for decades to resigning makes me suspicious. It's like if a politician was adamant about running for office and then changed their mind the next day or something. I hope he's not under some kind of NDA he's uncomfortable with
This happens a lot with creative people. They plan huge ideas then they leave. Look what happened to the creator of Rayman. He left as well for the same reasons. Companies are pretty scummy
@@NitwitsWorld Wasn't there a cancelled rayman game that was in a child's coma during world war 1? Did that have something to do with it? lol
@@vanilla8956 yes
Sakurai, Kamiya, Suda51, Swery and Mikami are all free agents and I'm sure they all are joining ps studio to make AAA ps5 exclusive games soon.
Hilarious comment to make in light of the absolute state of play rn, but totally possible if they realize they actually need to have games
@CapnShades ps5 has the most AAA third-party exclusive games so far
Where it's the proof? As far as i know, there isnt proof or even a rumor.
@@danielclemente1253 Nintendo tech is too outdated for these big devs
Concord sequel here we go
Excellent insight
imagine the outrage if Miyamoto somehow quit Nintendo
That will not be quit, it will be Retirement.
@@QuantumChrist Yeah most certainly.
He did talk about retirement a decade ago. Guess what happened?
Nintendo stocks dropped, and Nintendo had to make an official statement that he wont be retiring anytime soon.
Mario RPG fans would throw a massive celebration
A lot of these devs are leaving because the company outgrew them, and games are designed by committee.
They are striking out because they want to be free.
Nintendo is particularly controlling of its first party devs, so they'd be particularly leerie of any offers from Big N.
Are they controlling though? At the senior end, they seem to have an awful lot of latitude in the main.
@@nintendoforecast at the fiscal top, there's a lot of freedom, but actual in-house developers are under a lot of scrutiny and management according to worker reviews.
In Japan video game developers step down, in the west they get fired, It also made me think of how we crate or nurse video game devs into stardom or legend status here in the west, we have our fair share of talent...for now, but the way video game studios are being handled might put that into question within another decade.
great video!!! the part about yuji naka flexing his muscle only to drop balan wonder and then in up in prison was hilarious!!!
Creative endevours not company products. Respect
02:30 Okay, the thing you mentioned here is what the average movie production is...But on my end of things, people shouldn't have to follow the same guidelines down by hollywood unless you're going to go for the corporations of filmmaking...For me, filmmaking is merely more of "Interpretations" of how you see the characters, story, everything as it is...But even a good director could easily just make a sequel to the film that has no connection with the previous film, and either makes a good film or a bad film altogether....The thing is, my creations are just as flexible as the video games, because in my head, with filmmaking, I can envision it however I see fit, but the scriptwriting is the one that makes or breaks your film....In term, short films is the one that allows you to make proof of concepts, and you can easily change things to however you see fit....At the end of the day, what the outfit and costume crew say to the director have their own "Interpretations" of the story, "Cinematographers" have their own interpretation, "Movie Companies And Producers" have their own interpretations of the same story....So I do think what causes films to be disastrous has to be with people and crew/cast members "NEVER, EVER" be on the same page as the Creator, Producer, or Director of the film.
In terms of video games though is just as similar to TV Shows, Music, and Books. Books you can make it as vast or weird as you like it, but video games are more interactive...Hence why they're not given the same respect from both hollywood AND television companies compared to people who do play games....Again, for many Gen Xers and Baby Boomers in the past, they see video games as merely "One-Off" or "Fad" type of hobbies that you would play for a few hours, but that's about it...But for Millennials onward, they gobble that stuff up like its thanksgiving/christmas every year. So while yes, there will be errors, but it requires just as much teamwork and cooperation as video game crew/staff does....And let me tell you, much like movies and tv shows, there are many, MANY video games out there that are just as bad and awful as films and tv shows from before the 20th century....When leadership falls, the whole project fails and you are forced to either abandoned it, or release it as is and create tax write offs to cover your costs and liability of the project....But from my perspective, Video games are much harder and take more time to learn than DJaying and Filmography/Filmmaking combined.
smash bros in the style of power stone would be a cool new direction.
Smash Bros. : 5 games, 20 plus years
Power Stone : 2 games, 2 years.
Theres a reason almost no one emulated Power Stone gameplay aside from Capcom.
@@DontKnowDontCare6.9 ??? Because it didn't star Nintendo characters and become a flagship title for a platform holder? Sales numbers =/= quality.
Nintendo will probably do Smash Ultimate Ultimate for Switch 2 and there won't be a new game for like 10 years and Smash will need a new direction because it won't be able to out do Ultimate.
You do raise a good point though that a lot of smash fans are pretty immature and don't like change.
I wouldn't mind seeing Itsuno bring some of his ideas to the Sonic series. Frontiers was a step in the right direction, but I think Itsuno would be able to help out with improving the combat, as well as maybe using his experience with the DMC series to help re-inject some of the style that the Sonic series used to be known for.
Just remember: Takeshi Iizuka learned well from his former boss, convicted criminal Yuji Naka. Whenever someone's about to make a better job than him or his Team, he sabotages them.
Like Big Red Button, Pagoda West, Head Cannon and Whitehead with Boom, Mania and Origins.
How does he do it? Have you borrowed Hermione's time turner?
Maybe Nintendo could grab soleni and make like their own x com game? I think Nintendo would just partner up with most of them.
Nintendo should open a new studio and hire all of them with the freedom to make whatever games they would like to make.
Thats a great business idea.
Like Flagship perhaps? Where Fujibayashi came from.
Big copo don't want new game they want low risk with huge predictable return games.
Mario and Rabbids is a great series. I’m glad Davide decided to leave Ubisoft as they’ve got some true bombs right now. His talents are wasted at Ubisoft.
Yeah marvel and dc do have a strong hold on the industry... until you talk about over seas industrys
Not surprised how dei, esg, or the crazy toxic activists have infected the gaming industries that limits what the developers can do and results of that causing to leave these major companies. And as of now, the games are made by carting to these weirdos and causes not only many game downfall (and series) but the company itself.
I already seen square enix and capcom are struggling with them pushing heavily on these dei nonsense that limits what games they can make and making it for everyone will just not making for everyone. Especially if the games are 99% for E and T for everyone and teen and no M rated games and those M rated games are censored to the point that it’s rated for E………..
What worries me that namco also got infected and may suffer the similar fate with the other gaming industries. As for Nintendo……. Nintendo of America is taking some toll from the dei nonsense, but the main company in Japan are safe for now with Kyoto bank blocking blackrock from buying any shares from the jp side as blackrock influences has been a major cancer to entertainment as their push for their political and their communist dictator beliefs turn into the propaganda they want to mind control the people, is a dead touch to anything that gets into their influences.
My hope that the gaming industries will get back to their selves again as we are seeing the damage it caused in the us entertainment, especially with disney tanking so many hits with 2 movies made some money thanks to chapek early decisions before backstabbed by iger and paramount is pretty much shut down after reaching bankruptcy with skydance buying paramount……
My hope that Nintendo doesn’t change to who they are. What they do is a formula that never need changing at all.
Bro why NOA? They have NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. They are still associated with NOJ. Enough of this DEI already.
@@justinyoon2840 NOA? Nintendo of America? Well blackrock owns small percentage of it. Only the American sections. And I don’t even know you and Kyoto bank again block them from investing the main JP. I am stating why these games are failing and with condead and dustdead in the flop bins (condead was the surprising part as sony made a full refunds to every players who bought it after announcing the will cancel the game) and just hoping the game companies will see this and course correct themselves before more damage is created.
The reason I say Nintendo of America have issues is because of the translation issues they translate the games and censoring as well. And one of the best examples is the translation done for the Breath of the Wild which the mission logs were actually Links log which gives a perspective of Link when doing and completing the quests. I have no idea why they never translated properly as well as the further misunderstanding of vivi gender from thousand year door….
@@kamchikamchi2737 Yes. When I meant NOA, means Nintendo of America. Those games that you mentioned previously are destined to fail since the games were made by American devs. Another example of this is Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad. I also don’t know what Blackrock is. They don’t interfere Nintendo’s work? Nintendo is fine. The translation shouldn’t be that big of an issue. Why be so pissed about it? Nintendo’s games still sold well despite of that. TTYD still sold well too even though the Vivian issue still happened.
@@justinyoon2840 short term blackrock is a bad company that killing the us entertainment industries for their nonsense propaganda and have invested alot of various companies stocks.
I not angry dude. I just worry the future of gaming and hoping Nintendo remain strong and don’t fall into this plague that infecting alot of the industries.
@@justinyoon2840 dude….. take a chill pill…. Why you think I am angry? Again, concern, worry, just plain old worry. Not angry, just worry and praying to God have mercy at these dire times. If I was angry I would be cursing or something extremely aggressive wording stuff… I was just only disappointed that we never get a faithful adaptation from the Japanese version.
It is true and from other videos I watch and gone deep into the roots of these problems and it goes deep as the US entertainment, both tv, movies and games, have been infected by crazy toxic activists and man it goes deep…… Very deep. Like how limited run fire one employee from liking Hogwart legacy game and that warner won’t learn their lesson after the fiasco with that squad game I will not name for sanity sake (that was too predictable to know that game would’ve failed on day one).
And given much info I received from other sources, Nintendo still remains vigilant and will clean house if things get out of hands that go against the company policy. So hoping that they still be who they are. I just hope nothing major will happens.
I’m seeing a pattern… I wonder what’s going on inside of Nintendo…
I think the best fit would be Nintendo and Shu Takumi, creator of the Ace Attorney and Ghost Trick games. Yes, he hasn’t left Capcom just yet, but I can see it happening soon. Guy hasn’t released a game since The Great Ace Attorney 2 back in 2017, almost 7 years ago. He also had little to no involvement in the remasters and ports of the older games.
Interesting idea!
just an fyi, it’s pronounced KA-mi-ya, not ka-MI-ya
Oh, thank you!
Po-tah-to
Po-tay-to
Same thing.
@@DontKnowDontCare6.9If you don't wanna sound jank, no, they're not.
You know why they quit
ESG and DEI ruin creativity
I had an idea once of a sequel to Kid Icarus Uprising made by Platinum games. Now, I think if Sakurai and Kamiya could team up to make a sequel, that would be cool. Kamiya did want to make a Star Fox game and Platinum did help with Zero, so he would have experience with the flying segments. The ground segments in Uprising seemed like it had potential to be a DMC/Bayonetta style action game, but the controls of the 3ds probably held it back. Getting the creator of DMC and Bayonetta to make the ground combat for Kid Icarus sounds fun. If Bayonetta could somehow make her way into the game as a boss or something as a witch that has come to fight an angel, that would be a dream come true.
As far as Itsuno and Soliani, I think your suggestion of having Itsuno around to take over Super Smash Bros if Sakurai wants to do something different (like focus on Kid Icarus!) is an interesting idea and Soliani could be great to have as a Nintendo fan that already has experience working with Nintendo's most important IP.
Hideaki Itsuno very likely left Capcom due to something to do with Dragon's Dogma 2. DD1 was his "dream game" and he had to petition Capcom for years to get it made, and to some degree, became their guy on DMC almost to get DD1 made. After DMC5 I think he wanted to give Dragon's Dogma one more shot, and he got that with DD2, which in many ways seems more like a remake of the first game rather than a true sequel or follow up. DD2 didn't seem to do super duper well financially, and both critical and player reception has been mixed, and I wonder if that middling result got Capcom to nudge toward letting him go, or if he felt constrained by Capcom during development which is what he might blame on leading to that result. Hard to say, but I don't think such results were conducive to him staying at Capcom anymore at the least.
I tend to agree that of the three creatives mentioned in this video Hideki Kamiya is probably the one with the highest likelihood of working with Nintendo in the future. Though at what capacity is a big open question, since if he's a known firebrand with a big personality that doesn't necessarily fit with Nintendo's relatively quiet image.
I personally Platinum may not survive for very long. They've never been the best run or had the most financial luck. If tge company ever does sink than I hope Nintendo coaches some of the Astral Chain and Bayonetta devs
Nintendo has a ton of talents internally. So I don’t think they’d go out to recruit already established external talents. Nintendo also has a very unique culture that if you like it, you’d die with them, but if not, you’d hate it with a passion. The company is not for everyone or for anyone. Now for their subsidiaries like Retro, and others western studios they may have interest in external talents.
Yeah I'd like them to scoop up all of them. Imagine the ridiculous talent they'd be adding on. Not to mention how much better of a work environment this will be for all of them compared with their old studios.
wonder if Itsuno still wants to make character action games? only time will tell
任天堂さんが自分たちと似た哲学を持つ人々に焦点を合わせるべきだと思います。
People running out the industry in droves, the industry is done bruv, the crach is incoming
Large dev studios and publishers going belly up and/or downsizing, can only be a good thing, the industry is stagnant and rotten. The devs who are leaving and/or losing their jobs should form new independent studios and make games that are truly creative and free from preaching narratives. In a mostly digital age, Publishers are a relic of a bygone era. Just look at Pal world and Larian.
Larian is absolutely a large dev team they employ nearly 500 people
Both Larian and Palworld are not good examples. Yeah we had fun with Palworld but lets get real. It is a meme game. I would be very upset if Palworld becomes base line for game quality. And Larian is essentially lying to people. They are partially owned by Tencent. Around 2020 Sven sold some portion of company to Tencent. Also they are not small and new. I played their games in early 2000s. It was called Divine Divinity. They are following the same trajectory with CDPR.
Pal World? Is that supposed to be an example of a standout game?
@@seamusobrian9050 But they are still independent and self-published
Game publishing for consoles is not the same as publishing an app for Android.
Kamiya killed the bayonetta franchise, his departure was simply the final nail in the coffin
Power Stone was amazing but DMC story straight ass. He couldn’t do a good DMC story to save his life. We should’ve gotten a Sparta game but no.
What's the point of speculating what Nintendo should/shouldn't do with their talent? It's not like they will watch these videos for advice and heed these opinions.
It's fine for our personal information but it won't affect anything happening at Nintendo.
Makes for great UA-cam content.
A big reason could also be the ipad/brain rot gen entering the workforce leading to internal conflict and changes in how these companies operate
Capcom has fallen off imo. No new mega man and no new dmc is diabolical. Mega man 11 was 2018.
They've limited themselves to titles that make the most profit. They had to for a while. But I'm not sure if they recovered creatively after the company got back in good footing.
Monster Hunter World was Capcoms biggest success, & they focus on MH lately because of that.
And the last RE games since RE7 are all high quality.
Maybe Capcom has fallen of for you, but Capcom is doing incredible well rn, money-vise & consumer-vise.
Capcom fell off??? Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Street Fighter, SvC, and even MvC are all in the spotlight NOW. Do you play Capcom games or just talk about MM and DmC
SVC chaos is SNKs game not Capcom. CVS 1 and 2 are Capcoms
@@DANCERcow oh my bad I meant CvS bc of the new fighting collection 2 SvC chaos was fire too tho
It's kind of pitiful that Nintendo would release a console with less than 16 GB of RAM in 2025.
It's kinda pathetic how many people think like you and don't realise that Nintendo is dodging the gaming crash by advancing their tech much slower than the competition.
Not all RAM is created equal. 16 GB of DDR3 or LPDDR4 RAM is not the same as 12 GB of LPDDR5X RAM
Current gen consoles with 16gb ram and all that jazz cant maintain a stable framerate to save their lives. At least nintendo knows how to make a quality game on hardware weaker than some tablets
It hasn’t even came out yet 😭
@@AgentXero2 Every rumour I've heard is either 8 or 12, and that's just not enough for a gaming device in 2025.
If the Baldur's Gate 3 Series S fiasco is anything to go by, skimping on memory is going to make it difficult to port PS4/5 and PC releases to Switch 2, and being able to play those releases portably is going to a be a selling point for the Switch 2, especially when married with Nintendo's impressive catalogue of exclusives.
I hope they create more games with Platinum Games together. A studio with a strong focus on action games, could help Nintendo to get a audience, that like those type of games. Of course I hope for Astral Chain 2 and a new Star Fox. Star Fox is these action series from Nintendo and they did nothing with it since the Star Fox Zero and 10 years before that Star Fox Command (I did not count Star Fox 64 3D 5 years before Zero). But 2026 could be a new Star Fox, the 10 years are then over. 😏