Daily Briefs (March 16): Masahiro Sakurai’s thoughts on NieR: Automata / RPG Maker Fes
Today’s Daily Briefs: Masahiro Sakurai’s thoughts on NieR: Automata, but also…
- RPG Maker Fes
- XSEED
Masahiro Sakurai’s thoughts on NieR: Automata
As you probably already know if you’ve been reading about him, Masahiro Sakurai is quite the avid gamer. And even though he’s been mostly working with Nintendo since his beginnings, that doesn’t mean he only sticks to Nintendo platforms… quite the opposite. In fact, in his latest Famitsu columns, he shares his thoughts on NieR: Automata.
But perhaps more interesting than those thoughts is what he has to say about fourth-wall breaking and meta elements.
Here’s an excerpt about manga panels specifically:
Way back in the day, a common visual storytelling technique employed by the masters Tezuka-sensei and Akatsuka-sensei were panels where characters would tear through the boundaries of the panel. Someone who was shocked would jump up and through the “ceiling” of the panel, for example. This style of comedic gag manga isn’t very common these days. I think nowadays it would feel a bit dated. In manga, the panels are the boundaries, the silent rules of the genre. Like kuroko in stage plays, their role is to be forgotten. They should be unnoticed, or at least outside the conscious perception, of the audience. But you are allowed to break the rules! I think that the methods you use to express your story should be more creative and varied.
Click here to check out the full translated interview over at Source Gaming!
RPG Maker Fes
Remember the Limited Edition for RPG Maker, that went live on the NIS America online store earlier this week? Well, it’s now available on the NISA Europe Store: click here to check it out, and pre-order it if you’re interested (it costs £44.99).
Here’s a reminder about its contents:
- RPG Maker Fes
- Softcover Art Book (36 pgs.)
- 1-Disc Original Soundtrack
- Collector’s Box
Here’s what it looks like:
XSEED
Yesterday, DualShockers published an interview with Ken Berry (Executive Vice President) from XSEED. It doesn’t have much about Nintendo platforms, but it still makes for a pretty interesting for those of you interested in the company.
There is a small tidbit about Corpse Party on the Nintendo 3DS, which apparently worked very well for XSEED (more speciically, the LE package with the figurines):
However, on the plus side of last year we did release Corpse Party on the 3DS with figurines. That’s the one thing that people have been asking about for a long time and that one did work out very well. Maybe we’ll work out more extravagant LE packages in the future.
Click here to check out the full interview!
