Oh, and if you haven't listened to it yet, here's a rough idea of what's in it.
00:16 - Surprised that you talked about Ouendan 2 at all 00:45 - Ouendan 1 did better than people think 01:40 - EBA Touch Generations game? 02:15 - Who do you make music games for? 03:10 - "How can you not like music games?" 03:40 - General appeal of music games - Guitar Hero - You either get it or you don't 04:35 - Bringing Ouendan to America 05:35 - EBA/Ouendan exaggerated culture - stereotypical on purpose 06:50 - EBA influences Blues Brothers, Ghostbusters, Men in Black - "Mission from God" 07:45 - Gitaroo Man is great on the PSP! 09:20 - Tetsuya Miziguchi and Yano are drinking buddies 10:30 - Music people stick together 11:00 - Q or iNiS first to Wii? 11:55 - "Spread the love" 12:15 - The first pitch to Nintendo, the game that sucked is "an ongoing project" 12:45 - Picking music in Ouendan 14:00 - Picking music in EBA 15:00 - Looking for songs in Ouendan 2 15:55 - Oudendan 1 beginner guy looking for a job in Ouendan 2 16:30 - Ouendan 2's soundtrack good for importers? 17:30 - Music alone may suck, but playing it works well 18:15 - The secret of the spinners! 19:45 - Inspirations? - Gears of War 20:20 - Music games have game design too 20:52 - Matsuda and Parappa the Rapper, Alex Rigopulos and Harmonix 22:00 - Wanted to put more in for Ouendan/EBA? 23:00 - These issues are addressed in Ouendan 2 23:45 - Online functionality for music games
Title: RE:INTERVIEWS: GDC 2007: The Keiichi Yano Interview
Post by: Nephilim on March 12, 2007, 03:49:02 PM
err whats the login & password *scratches head*
*edit: fixed yay
Title: RE: INTERVIEWS: GDC 2007: The Keiichi Yano Interview
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on March 12, 2007, 05:05:36 PM
Not to pat our own backs, but I think this is a pretty awesome interview
Title: RE:INTERVIEWS: GDC 2007: The Keiichi Yano Interview
Post by: ShyGuy on March 13, 2007, 07:12:40 PM
Wow, his English is better than mine. He's originally from Japan, right?
Title: RE: INTERVIEWS: GDC 2007: The Keiichi Yano Interview
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on March 13, 2007, 08:41:46 PM
Yes, but he went to school here in America. I don't remember if that includes high school or not, but I'm pretty sure he attended college here in the states.
Title: RE: INTERVIEWS: GDC 2007: The Keiichi Yano Interview
Post by: TheYoungerPlumber on March 29, 2007, 12:17:37 PM
SHAMELESS BUMP - If you want to read the transcript, it is up now.
Title: RE: INTERVIEWS: GDC 2007: The Keiichi Yano Interview
Post by: Smoke39 on March 29, 2007, 02:04:30 PM
Thanks for that. I skipped it the first time 'cause I don't like to listen to audio interviews and the like.
