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PlatinumGames‘ boss has discussed how the hiring of a Nintendo veteran can “build an even stronger relationship” between the two companies.Takao Yamane is PlatinumGames’ new chief business officer having worked at Nintendo for over 20 years, and Platinum CEO Atsushi Inaba sees it as an opportunity for even greater collaboration in the future.Speaking to VGC, Inaba said: “Well obviously, Yamane didn’t leave Nintendo on bad terms at all and this partnership that we have with Nintendo is very important to us right now and will be moving forward.“I think with Yamane-san joining us here, PlatinumGames can definitely build an even stronger relationship with Nintendo moving forward.

Project GG director Hideki Kamiya has shared a few more details about the upcoming PlatinumGames title. When asked about Project GG in an interview with Famitsu, Kamitya shared that PlatinumGames co-founder Atsushi Inaba told him that “PlatinumGames will make this kind of game from now on.”“In response to that idea, I expanded it to the current large-scale projects,” shared Kamitya. This seems to tie into Inaba’s statement from earlier this year, which claimed the company would pivot to creating live service titles.Kamiya added that “personally, I didn’t expect [Project GG] to be a game like this”, suggesting the idea has changed significantly from its original concept.Kamiya mentioned that Project GG will have a core feature that’s distinct to it, akin to Bayonetta’s Witch Time and The Wonderful 101’s Unite Morph, although the project as a whole won’t be in the same vein as those games.

PlatinumGames CEO, Atsushi Inaba, has stated he sees NFTs as “frustrating” in a recent interview.In an interview with VGC, Inaba shared his thoughts on NFTs, also known as Non-Fungible Tokens, and he is not impressed. He explained that he sees “no positive impact on creators or users in any sense” adding that the studio had not “really been thinking about” them.Talking to VGC, Inaba explained that he understands “it’s a hot topic right now” and acknowledges it’s “[gaining] momentum”. However, he also points out that it has done this by focusing on “profitability for the company” rather than looking at benefits for players.“The people who are trying to promote NFTs and partner with gaming companies, their conversations seem extremely one-sided,” Inaba explained.

Sol Cresta, the retro-inspired shoot ‘em up from PlatinumGames, has been delayed until an unspecified date.The delay was announced during a live stream on Tuesday (via VGC) by creative director Hideki Kamiya.“Of course, a lot of things come up that you want to do during development and getting those things made, polishing them up and making sure that they’re of the quality that we need is a difficult endeavour,” he explained.“We really do apologise for delaying the game, but there are some schedule and quality issues that we want to focus on and make sure that everything is right.”Sol Cresta is a sequel to the 1980 arcade-style shoot ‘em up, Moon Cresta, as well as its 1985 follow-up, Terra Cresta.“When we started working on Sol Cresta,

massively inflated prices on the secondary market.The recent trend of record-setting auctions for vintage video games is a big part of the  preservation problem, according to Kamiya.

PlatinumGames has assured fans that “there’s no need to worry” about Bayonetta 3, although it still can’t confirm an official reveal.Back in January, PlatinumGames founders Hideki Kamiya and Atushi Inaba promised updates on Bayonetta 3‘s progress later this year, while Nintendo confirmed that the game “still exists”.But with three months of 2021 left to go, the developers said in an interview with VGC that “it’s not our decision what to say and when to say it,” in regards to a reveal, indicating that this ultimately rests with Nintendo as the publisher.“It was more of a not definitely ‘something will come out this year’, but if there is a year, then something should happen, right?” said Kamiya.