• Daisuke and Mori at World Game Cup. Reconfirms BBCS2 will be DLC, no date. New Guilty Gear in the future

    BlazBlue producer Toshimichi Mori and Guilty Gear producer (and BlazBlue soundtrack composer) Daisuke Ishiwatari were at World Game Cup last weekend in France and they answered some fan questions.
    http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/12954543
    Thanks to Achoral for this set of translations

    Q: Is the BBCS2 DLC for console coming ?
    Mori just answers "Kimasu" (coming) in the mic, and then mutters something that the spokesperson translates into "It's definitely coming, but he just doesn't want to say when. It will be either really cheap or free."

    Q: Will there be a new GG ?
    -Yes.

    Q: Is a Guilty Gear x BlazBlue planned ?
    Mori: Right now there's no plan about it.

    Q: Will BlazBlue's chara design continue being as over-the-top as it as been so far, or is it going to favor a more serious tone in the future ? Because Makoto and Platinum are just "fun-looking" characters, just like Taokaka. (He then says that these characters remind too much of fan-service, and are closer to Arcana Hearts and loli-style than a serious style.)
    Mori : What is planned right now is that more loli-like characters won't appear, and starting from now on, there'll be a lot more serious-looking character. But it doesn't mean that a character with pink cat ears and tail will never come out.
    (He then asks "Who likes Kokonoe here ?!", and the spokesperson translates that into "Who likes that kind of character ?"...)

    Q: Will Tager ever be a good character ? That's the third episode he's the weakest, is there any way you make him broken in the next game, please ?
    Mori: No.



    Non-Blazblue related questions
    Q: What about Hokuto no Ken 2 ?
    Mori : Please ask Sega. *giggles*

    Q: What are your favourite video games of all times ?
    Ishiwatari : Hard to choose, but I'll say Donjon Master and Tomb Raider 1.
    Mori : Vampire Hunter (Darkstalkers), Gears of War and Tekken.

    Q: In Capcom & SNK games, the new characters are more focused on original moves and gameplay, while in GG & BB, characters are more focused on being original, things that we have never seen before. Where do you find inspiration ? Are you getting your inspiration from other things ?
    Ishiwatari: When we create a new character, the first thing we think about is the character's range, and choose either the character will fight close or far form the opponent, and then the "type of character" is defined. Then there's a lot of inspiration from anime and mangas from the time being.
    Mori: I'm just going under Ishiwatari's influence.

    Q: In your opinion, what's more important : the design or the gameplay ?
    Mori: We first focus on the fact that the character has to fit the physics and the system of the game. Then we think about the design.
    Ishiwatari: It's still hard to tell which one arrives first when we think about creating a new character. (He means that sometimes it happens that he has a character design idea before even knowing how he'll fight)

    Q: How do you feel when you are in a French tournament, if you compare it to Japan ? Are you happy to be here ?
    Ishiwatari: I was surprised by the atmosphere. The fact that players are teasing each others is fun.
    The spokesperson translates then "There's that in Japan too, but here, the atmosphere is top tier".
    Mori: In SBO there are similar matches where there's a lot of motivation and when everyone's yelling and etc.
    And then the Stream went down.
    Comments 30 Comments
    1. mr.mortified's Avatar
      mr.mortified -
      huh....
      mori as a gears head?

      who would have thunk it?

      also hooray new gg and not ripping our assholes a new one for a patch for CS2
    1. Jais's Avatar
      Jais -
      Best fighting game news I've heard all year! And it's on dustloop articles first <3
    1. Koopa_Klawz's Avatar
      Koopa_Klawz -
      i'm still disappointed he won't make tager good. >_>
    1. SolBroken's Avatar
      SolBroken -
      New GG?! -tears of joy-
    1. Ramiel's Avatar
      Ramiel -
      Quote Originally Posted by Koopa_Klawz View Post
      i'm still disappointed he won't make tager good. >_>
      The question was if he'd make Tager broken, which shouldn't be happening for ANY character in a competitive fighting game (I say this as a Tager player).
    1. Gorehound's Avatar
      Gorehound -
      Awesome news indeed, but it sucks that we won't see a new GG until WAY WAY later since HD sprites are not easy to do. Just look at how long it took them to create 10 BB characters and imagine the horror in creating the whole GG cast plus new characters.

      We are going to see another BB installment before we see a new GG.
    1. Sasame Kiryu's Avatar
      Sasame Kiryu -
      New GG = NEED NOW!!
    1. Dr.Ragnarok's Avatar
      Dr.Ragnarok -
      It better not be another "strategy game"
    1. cookiehours's Avatar
      cookiehours -
      Ooooh. :o
    1. KirbyMorph's Avatar
      KirbyMorph -
      I hope GG stays 2D. I remember talk about howt hey wanted to try 3D because SF4 did well with the move to 3D, but it just wouldnt be the same without the beautiful sprites to me.
    1. PhantomLight's Avatar
      PhantomLight -
      Quote Originally Posted by KirbyMorph View Post
      I hope GG stays 2D. I remember talk about howt hey wanted to try 3D because SF4 did well with the move to 3D, but it just wouldnt be the same without the beautiful sprites to me.
      Well, technically they did it first with Battle Fantasia. I think it was Ono that mentioned that they decided to try 3D with SF4 because of how well Battle Fantasia looked with it, despite the game not selling as well.

      That said, I think I'd prefer Guilty Gear to be 2D as well.
    1. Sharakonta's Avatar
      Sharakonta -
      New GG, awesome!
    1. rei-Scarred's Avatar
      rei-Scarred -
      New GG finally gives me a chance to get into the series, I can't wait. The Tager comment was funny.
    1. shtkn's Avatar
      shtkn -
      please keep in mind that the GG question is pretty vague: i'm sure they plan ot make another GG fighting game, but i'm pretty sure it's going to take a few years before we hear anything more of it.
    1. St1ckBuG's Avatar
      St1ckBuG -
      New GG will be an MMO or cellphone game.
    1. factory's Avatar
      factory -
      Quote Originally Posted by PhantomLight View Post
      Well, technically they did it first with Battle Fantasia. I think it was Ono that mentioned that they decided to try 3D with SF4 because of how well Battle Fantasia looked with it, despite the game not selling as well.

      That said, I think I'd prefer Guilty Gear to be 2D as well.
      I feel like MvC3 definitely shows some of the potential for 3D models. They're smooth, animate nicely, and have a very pleasing style to them.

      As much as I love some HD sprites, I wouldn't be too upset if they switched to 3D models, whether it looks like GG2:O or they give them a different art style.

      That being said, if they do HD sprites, it would be great if they didn't cut corners on animation. I would be so happy if they could animate as well as Capcom did with VS or 3S.
    1. dragontamer's Avatar
      dragontamer -
      Hmm, I always figured Brawl was the game that displayed the potential of 3D models (despite being on such a weak system like the Wii)

      That said, there's a specific art that you can only get from hand-drawn 2D models, and that style has always been above par in the GG and BB series. I hope to see more 2D Sprites from them if only because no other company is doing it anymore.
    1. Medic Haus's Avatar
      Medic Haus -
      New Guilty Gear? Hell yes. Tager still being really weak? Hell no. Less loli-like characters? Well, at least there's Platinum.
    1. Kujikawa's Avatar
      Kujikawa -
      Why didin't no one ask for a Blazblue anime !? :O
    1. AleXander's Avatar
      AleXander -
      I hate it when he doesn't specify if the new GG game will be a fighting game or not. @_@