Board 8 > Rumor: Yasumi Matsuno now an employee of Level 5

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http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/29/yasumi_matsuno_level_5/

Yoshida and Sakimoto are freelance, right? Reunion?

Level 5 - Taking over the JRPG market one game at a time.

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Hmm...

I guess this does mean no new Ogre battles though >_<

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which is kind of sad, actually

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maybe level 5 games won't be terrible now

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maybe level 5 games won't be terrible now

What the

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they are kinda bad! besides Layton, what have they done that's been good? Rogue Galaxy? White Knight Chronicles?

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Dragon Quest 8 and 9.

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not in any kind of creative way. that's all Yuji Horii and his team.

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Interest increase in Level 5: 500%

Matsuno's works are always good, wonder what they'll put him into.

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Good Level 5 games

Ni No Kuni
Laytons
Dark Cloud 1 + 2

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Dark Cloud, Layton, and Dragon Quest are all that I need to make Level 5 exciting to me.

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Looks like this is confirmed btw. There is an article in the latest famitsu. I guess Hino tried recruiting him while he was working on the PSP version of TO

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I misread this as Yasunori MItsuda for at first for whatever reason.

Yeah.

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is this what it has come to for matsuno

I guess it's an improvement over writing storylines for platinum games

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not like it matters, like the article says he's only making small games that his nieces and nephews can play.

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this is good news. I'd rather him be employed than on the outs at square

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They make other games beside Layton? Honestly, news to me.

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SHINE GET 64 posted...
not like it matters, like the article says he's only making small games that his nieces and nephews can play.

this is square's fault somehow

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SHINE GET 64 posted...
not like it matters, like the article says he's only making small games that his nieces and nephews can play.

Came in here to say this. All we can really hope for is that such games are temporary and eventually he gets to do something more meaningful.

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