So Yamagiwa Masaaki may already be able to help Team Nin develop Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin.
Yamagiwa worked at Sony Interactive Entertainment Japan Studio until the end of February (so he quit Sony’s studio a little earlier before it was finally closed; he was essentially replaced by Team Asobi) and worked as a producer on several games. Bloodborne (PlayStation 4-exclusive; developed by FromSoftware, released: 2015), Deracine (PlayStation VR-exclusive, FromSoftware, 2018), and Tokyo Jungle (PlayStation 3, Crispy’s / SIE Japan Studio, 2012; 2013 He also held this position for the PlayStation Vita Tokyo Jungle Mobile).
Yes, but after he left Sony’s declining studio at the end of February, we didn’t hear exactly where he was going to work. We learned new details about this as part of a rather unusual activity, which is quite common in ambitious Japan, when Yoshida Shuhei, the person who recently connects Sony with indie developers, On Twitter shared a picture Hungarian time yesterday afternoon shortly after two o’clock. That equates to nine o’clock in the evening, so in the way that is accepted in the culture there, there is a good chance that after work they went to relieve the tension with a drink or two. (Or maybe karaoke… who knows?)
Plural? Yes: Yoshida did not go alone: she was joined by Yasuda Fumihiko, the director of the Nioh series, and Yamagiwa Masaaki. Since Yasuda is also an employee of Team Ninja, it’s no surprise that Yoshida said Yamagiwa also joined “the ninjas”. Of course, it is still questionable exactly what it will deal with, but in time we may hear about it as well.
If we’ve already mentioned Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, let’s mention that Team Ninja will be released by Square Enix on March 18 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PC (it’s almost out of the question not to ), PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It won’t be as hardcore as, say, Nioh, but the fix is that we can expect an action RPG.
Source: Gematsu
A fun evening with Team Ninja’s Yasuda-san and @giwamasa, who joined Team Ninja @TeamNINJAStudio pic.twitter.com/WQTb6As0o2
— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) October 8, 2021
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