Suda and Mikami love EA

by JC Fletcher { Aug 15th 2008 at 10:52AM }

Nothing makes EA sound like a warm, welcoming place than two people used to dealing with Japanese publishers. 1UP interviewed Suda51 and Shinji Mikami about their new horror game with EA, and the two have nothing but good to say about their treatment from the mega-corporation. Suda was impressed with the communication:

"We actually don't even communicate that much when working with a Japanese publisher, but when something happens, we can always get in touch with EA and talk about how we both feel on an issue. Our relationship is extremely good."

This deal is four years in the making. Suda presented Mikami with his concept at the end of their collaboration on Killer 7, and the two decided that they work well together. "I mean, Grasshopper has experience in creating action games," said Suda, "but Mikami is one of the top three action game creators in the world." They described how Mikami balances out Suda's weirdness for the audience, and how Suda delivers amazing visuals. Last June they brought ideas, including this horror game, to EA.

No concrete information about the game was revealed, but Suda proffered two sources of inspiration (though there is a note in the translation that these are guesses): the Takashi Miike film Crows Zero and the Japanese drama Rookies. So something about high school gangs?

Tags: action, ea, horror, mikami, suda-51

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Aug 15th 2008 11:10AM

Wait, before I get any more excited, this game has been confirmed as a Wii title, right?

hvnlysoldr @ Aug 15th 2008 11:19AM

Multiplatform but yes one version is for Wii.

SegaPleaseMakePanzerDragoonWii! @ Aug 15th 2008 11:29AM

Ugh, multi platform. Let the dissapointment begin.

samfish @ Aug 15th 2008 12:41PM

To be honest, I have a bad feeling about the Wii version. It's sort of just tacked on to the end of the sentence in the press release, like an afterthought...

I hope they make the Wii the lead platform. A good Wii Game would still be a good PS360 game, but a good PS360 game, as we've seen, doesn't usually equal a good Wii game.

That said, Mikami is apparently a huge Nintendo fan, so I would hope that means he won't let the Wii version get the shaft.