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>Hideki Kamiya, famed Japanese video game developer, gave an exclusive interview with IGN regarding his popular Viewtiful Joe series (translated from Japanese). In particular, we wanted to know: whatever happened to Viewtiful Joe 3?
>"With any series, be it movies or video games or anything else, the producers and investors have opinions. This isn't a bad thing by itself. The bad part comes in when they try to tell you their opinions. Viewtiful Joe was popular and famous, but it made no money. This was good enough for me, but not for the people who actually pay to make the game."
>"For the third game in the series, they wanted it to sell a lot of copies, so I consented to hear some of their ideas. I don't really remember all of them, but they were so awful that when I refused to even consider them, they told me I wouldn't get funding for another game. I told them 'okay.' This is why Joe never finished his series. You might be disappointed at this, but I promise it was for the best."
>"The first person told me that talking animals test well with the under-14 demographic, and that colorful and stylized games also test well with the under-14 demographic, so he wanted a third playable character, in addition to Joe and Sylvia, to be a talking dog. Since Joe uses his fists and Sylvia guns, he suggested the dog would use a sword in its mouth. I told him I would consider it as a boss at the absolute most. I was lying."
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>"The only suggestion I honestly considered was basing a level on the 'Scary Movie' franchise, which even back then in 2007 was very popular, except because that franchise is so stupid and one-dimensional, the level would just be a cheap-looking set with people referencing pop culture, and all of the pop culture would be Capcom games, and there would be no jokes at any point in the level. I thought was actually sort of clever. In retrospect, I think I wouldn't have done it, though, because [Scary Movie] is much less popular in Japan."
>"At one point, someone insisted we base a level on Paranormal Activity, which back then was at the height of its popularity, and the level would be set in a haunted house while the player is implied to be a couple watching Joe and Sylvia via cameras they set up throughout the level. I said this idea was stupid."
>"One person felt acting is an important part of movies, so for a game satirizing movies, it should be an important part of this as well. He told me that our third game should have a famous voice actor play the villain, and market it heavily. He told me some options, but the only one I remember was 'That American with the scratchy voice, the English-language video game crowd loves him.'"
>"After hours of suggestions like these, I told them to let me make the game my way or to pull the plug on the franchise. I don't have to tell you which they chose."
http://www.ign.com/articles/2017/04/02/kamiya-joe
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Based.
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>>382672308
>Fake link
Why would you spend all that time writing up a fake interview? Get help.
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>a dog with a sword in its mouth
But why wouldn't the dog just bite people with its teeth?
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>>382673049
Sounds like okami
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>>382672308
>Someone suggested a 'Scary Movie' level
I knew this couldn't fucking be true.
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>>382672280
>the level would just be a cheap-looking set with people referencing pop culture, and all of the pop culture would be Capcom games
Fake or not this is amazing.
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>>382673049
Because that's not as cool, damnit.
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>>382674154
Yea the level sounds good but the lie is bad because Scary Movie isn't even known for pop culture references, its known for jokes about homosexuality, weed, retardation and sex.
If I walked into a level and people are quoting megaman games I don't think "Ha! These slick bastards are parodying scary movie! A parody of a parody genius!"
This idea is worse and worse the more I think of it.
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>"At one point some coworker said OP is a faggot who can't provide functioning links and I though 'Yes, I can put that into the thread!'."
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>>382672280
>they literally wanted Poochie
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