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Famitsu Interview with Platinum Games

bbb7002004 | May 21, 2008 | News | Playstation 3 Wii 
At the recent event hosted by SEGA, Platinum Games, an independent studio housing members of the now defunct Clover Studios of Viewtiful Joe and Okami fame and several key Capcom developers, was interviewed by the famed Japanese video game magazine, Famitsu. In this interview, they discussed Platinum's choice to go with SEGA as publisher, among other things.
SEGA sent the Platinum Games staff across the great Pacific Ocean for the full unveiling of the hot-shot developer's first three games this past week. It seems that the editorial staff of Famitsu.com followed them, and managed to return to Japan with a lengthy interview. Here's a recap of the Famitsu question and answer session with Shigenori Nishikawa, Hifumi Kono, Tatsuya Minami, Atsuhi Inaba, and Hideki Kamiya.

The site first asked Team Platinum, whose core staff originates from Capcom and the now defunct Clover Studio (Viewtiful Joe, Okami), why they went with SEGA as a publisher. Minami shared that the company was in talks with a number of publishers, but the biggest reason that they ended up going with SEGA is because the freedom offered to them would be high. "Looking at the current game industry, there are a lot of sequels, and many publishers want these," explained Minami. "If we were to make sequels, we wouldn't have left our previous company. We just wanted to make original titles, and SEGA was best for realizing that desire."
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    Zero and X | May 22, 2008
    This is awesome, Sega made a great choice of taking Clover under their wing.
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    DusktoDawn | May 22, 2008
    Wow the Ds game looks good
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    Zeon I | May 29, 2008
    Yay, Sega is coming back! Jet Set Radio sequel, plix.

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