Topic: 1UP Interviews Mikami and Suda About New Game

[NWR_Neal]

The two acclaimed developers say they work well together because Mikami makes games "play good" and Suda makes "visuals good."
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=16575

 Shinji Mikami and Goichi Suda, also known as Suda 51, recently signed a deal with EA to publish an unrevealed game. In an interview with 1UP, they discussed the genesis of the upcoming game and their relationship with EA.    

Apparently Suda had the idea for the game back when he was working on Killer 7. He showed it to Mikami who first thought "wow, this is amazing." According to the two developers, they complement each other very well with Mikami in charge of the action and Suda defining the visuals. EA completes the pair's skills by providing them with funds and staff. When asked about their relationship with EA, Suda said that "(their) relationship is extremely good."    

They talked with other publishers but eventually settled with EA because they "understood the game and understood (their) approach to it." Suda added that since "EA produced Rock Band, they (understood) the 'soul of rock.'"    

The interview concluded with a question asking if there will be an appearance by a "zany dude named Travis" like in Killer 7 and No More Heroes. "Travis? A secret, sorry," was all Suda had to say.

[NWR_Karl]

When No More Heroes was first shown, I suspected that Travis Bell (Killer7) and Travis Touchdown (NMH) might be the same person, seeing as how they both have very stylized fashion sense and a similar hairstyle. There are a lot of ties between the two games (including an assassin in the latter that looks very much like Garcian Smith), but I think their similarities were only a coincidence. Still, it's nice that Suda ties all of his games together with some common threads (the hotel in Michigan appears in Killer 7, ZaKa TV appears as a channel across all of Grasshopper's recent games, etc). I'm interested in seeing how this new game will relate to the others.

[NWR_Neal]

I'm just interested to see what this new game will be.

[Stogi]

HOLY ****!

MEGATON

It's about PIRATES

LOOK

[Bill Aurion]

If the game doesn't involve pirates, I'm considering you personally responsible, Kashogi... >=|

[Stogi]

Fair enough.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

The mature!

[AV]

i don't need a new game I want "No More Heroes 2" that damn ending really got under my skin, and with Wii Motion Plus it could be really cool and fun.