neo2046
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now it is official....
http://www.ff12.com/spec/staff.html
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FF12: Executive proeducer - Akitoshi Kawazu
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Doom_Bringer
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Matsuno is still there!
SolidSnakex
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Ito and Minagawa took over as director so calm down.
Doom_Bringer
Banned
What's an executive producer? What is he responsible for? And what is Matsuno doing now?
JackFrost2012
Banned
DO NOT WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT
Matsuno's title is "Original Plan / Scenario Plot / Supervision."
Which is just three fancy ways of saying "not involved anymore."
Matsuno's title is "Original Plan / Scenario Plot / Supervision."
Which is just three fancy ways of saying "not involved anymore."
SatelliteOfLove
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belgurdo said:
GAFers am not cry; this means he's still there!
Granted...not as much...
Okay let's clarify everything now that the official word is out.
1) Matsuno was very, very sick and hasn't been able to work on FFXII. He is very sorry but he's better now and everything will be done by 3/16.
2) FFXII is still 100% Matsuno, he is credited with the original plan, the scenario and is the supervisor on the project.
3) Itoh and Minagawa have been bumped to director positions to keep the team together in his absense and he's 100% supportive of that.
4) Kawazu is simply taking over Sakaguchi's previous position on the FF games because he's the most senior staff at Square Enix working with the Square side at this moment. This doesn't mean the game is moving or has moved to any new direction, simply that Sakaguchi left and he's taking up the executive producer spot.
THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS, SO CALM DOWN!
1) Matsuno was very, very sick and hasn't been able to work on FFXII. He is very sorry but he's better now and everything will be done by 3/16.
2) FFXII is still 100% Matsuno, he is credited with the original plan, the scenario and is the supervisor on the project.
3) Itoh and Minagawa have been bumped to director positions to keep the team together in his absense and he's 100% supportive of that.
4) Kawazu is simply taking over Sakaguchi's previous position on the FF games because he's the most senior staff at Square Enix working with the Square side at this moment. This doesn't mean the game is moving or has moved to any new direction, simply that Sakaguchi left and he's taking up the executive producer spot.
THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS, SO CALM DOWN!
Doom_Bringer
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duckroll said:Okay let's clarify everything now that the official word is out.
1) Matsuno was very, very sick and hasn't been able to work on FFXII. He is very sorry but he's better now and everything will be done by 3/16.
2) FFXII is still 100% Matsuno, he is credited with the original plan, the scenario and is the supervisor on the project.
3) Itoh and Minagawa have been bumped to director positions to keep the team together in his absense and he's 100% supportive of that.
4) Kawazu is simply taking over Sakaguchi's previous position on the FF games because he's the most senior staff at Square Enix working with the Square side at this moment. This doesn't mean the game is moving or has moved to any new direction, simply that Sakaguchi left and he's taking up the executive producer spot.
THIS IS VERY GOOD NEWS, SO CALM DOWN!
awesome!
SatelliteOfLove
Member
Wait; didn't Nomura catch some kind of nasty flu last year, too? It's like a Squaregionnaire's Disease hitting their offices or something.
Where does he say this? He is still in a general supervisor role, but he is no longer directly involved is what I took from that messageduckroll said:
I can imagine squeenix employees sending him text messages about what they are planning to implement (or have accomplished) that day while he lays in a hospital bed with a bag next to him filled with thick bloody vomit
JackFrost2012
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duckroll said:
1) Matsuno went crazy.
2) Nobody at Square Enix can decipher the relationship flowcharts Matsuno scrawled in his own blood before snapping. It's easier if we don't change the story and just give him credit.
3) Crazy people can't direct games, so we put these two guys in charge. The chief warden of Matsuno's sanitarium signed a release supporting this decision.
4) We have taken severe measures to ensure this never happens again.
Hiroshi Minagawa was one of the three guys that Matsuno originally brought with him when he jumped ship from Quest to Square in the first place, so it seems like this game is still in decent hands. And Itoh directed FF9, which I liked, so it's all good.
Sucks about Matsuno going crazy though. It doesn't surprise me that "nobody could decipher his relationship charts", because Matsuno was just that hardcore of a story creator.
Sucks about Matsuno going crazy though. It doesn't surprise me that "nobody could decipher his relationship charts", because Matsuno was just that hardcore of a story creator.
Pudding Tame
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Zeo said:
Well, in Japan even if you are sick you still go to work as the culture kind of dictates that if you get sick, it's your own fault.
So he probably came to work while sick, got worse for it, and ended up having to go to the hospital.
or
He actually did have a nervous breakdown, thus making him unable to work.
JackFrost2012
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Pellham said:
DO YOU WANT ME TO DRINK VODKA STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE?! DON'T SAY SHIT LIKE THAT!
Wow, Matsuno was so sick he couldn't even take part in the FFXII? Must've been really serious then, considering how much of a vital role he has in the project. So this is the real reason behind all those FFXII delays? Man must've been really tough for him...not only because of his illness, but also because of the heavy, heavy burden that is FFXII...
JackFrost2012
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MadFuzzy said:
Jonnyboy117
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JackFrost2012 said:
There's another way?
Drinky Crow
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Awesome. Kawazu is the fuckin' man. Maybe we'll get some real DEPTH in our FF mechanics, keeping the plot and characters in the second fiddle role where they belong.
NUMBERS. STATS. UPGRADES. MASSIVE COMPLEXITY. These are what make RPGs good.
NUMBERS. STATS. UPGRADES. MASSIVE COMPLEXITY. These are what make RPGs good.
ronito said:Kawazu???
KAWAZU????!!!!!
You're going to take the bread and butter of Squaresoft and give it to a man who's games are among the worst you've made...ever?????!!!
Where's thegia.com when you need it to do a "SquarEnix goes CRAZY!" story.
That's Kawazy!!! (get it?!...sigh...)
does the executive producer even do much besides sign the checks and say "yes thats cool"?
JackFrost2012
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ronito said:
...making Matsuno-in-straitjacket Photoshops to post on GAF?
Drinky Crow
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I can't tell you how happy I'd be to get an FF title that EGM scores in the 3s largely because of complete design opacity and an emphasis on hardcore spreadsheet antics.
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