Caltrops - Metroid: Other M





	[quote name="Fussbett"]<a href="http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178194" target="1up">http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3178194</a> [quote]Valhalla isn't in a position to discuss its new game project yet, nor to say when it'll be revealed or what platform it'll be on (Itagaki is taking a "flexible approach" to that). One thing's for sure, though: It's not going to be another fighting game. "I already made Dead or Alive, the best fighting game in the world, in my last company," the ever-modest Itagaki commented. "Trying to compete against my own daughter wouldn't be worth the fight. Fighting games are kind of at another dead end right now, but you could say the genre would've died ages ago if DOA wasn't around. We saw ourselves as a counterbalance to the fighting-game norm back then, and without that sort of presence in the genre, it's just going to keep shrinking in size. Someone needs to step up and change things." [/quote] <a href="http://www.valhallagamestudios.com/en/2010/03/thought-2010-03.html" target="val">http://www.valhallagamestudios.com/en/2010/03/thought-2010-03.html</a> [quote]<p> <br /> In this "<strong>Itagaki's Thought</strong>" section, I'll be writing my thoughts and sights down.<br /> Today, I'll talk about what has happened to me during these two years.<br /> "You seem to have become a photographer?" and "You started up a bar in Ueno?" seem to be common questions directed at me, and it's true I actually have become a pro photographer. At the same time, I'm also a pro at model railroading, and of course a professional game designer. I haven't started up a bar though - alcohol isn't something you serve to others, it's something you drink. Photographing has become a second job to me out of interest, just like games have. <br /> Professional model railroader was a childhood dream of mine, and although I promised myself that I would become a pro modeler by the age of 40, many things have happened along the way. Still, I may be 2 years late, but I finally have my own business @ 42.<br /> As far as games go, everything's smooth as usual. Searching for the seeds of the next game, stepping into the future, things like that.<br /> Going through things one by one - railway landscapes first. I'm not quite satisfied with the railroad diorama I assembled for lent. It was built over a 2-year period, but I plan to take it apart in the near future and rebuild it on a bigger scale. I'm always working on my diorama bit by bit, mumbling to myself, "This won't look nice without a big metal bridge ... Without tunnels, Kids in the neighborhood may complain ... Track layout assembled with modular track system lacks realism, it's better to rebuild with flexible rails." "Layouts can never be finished" is a common phrase in this world, but once you start working on details, there really is no end in sight. Perhaps it really is a bad idea to make your hobby a job.<br /> Photographing - mainly focused on portraits and railway diorama. I don't really take photos of landscapes or sights. At most, maybe a photo of a suburb town whilst walking. Actually, make that while drinking and walking. At any rate, sights don't really match my interests.<br /> Portraits are slowly coming into shape. I wonder how the feel of things right now will live on in my future pieces.<br /> On the other side, model railroad photos are hard. Taking them normally turns them into pictures you can't see anything but dioramas. My gauge is N (1/150), so under light physics, unless I use a 1/150 scale steel camera, I cannot have a real feel of depth. However, such a camera does not exist. So I thought of using something larger than N, the HO (1/80).<br /> It would be nice to be able to publish photos like these on the iPhone or digital albums.<br /> Video games.<br /> That's right, the most important thing of all. Although I said I was searching for the seeds of gaming, the truth is, I have been visiting people with the newest technology and entertainment, traveling the world. During this, I met a lot of people, and discovered just as many things. And that includes new game theory, which consists of world setting, scripting, new devices, elemental technologies, etc. A different understanding of history and sensitivity towards entertainment. Alcohol and gambling. Meeting with people who run at the top of the world. Oh and I managed to meet with railway modelers of the world. In other words, I have reconfirmed what is needed for entertainment.<br /> </p>[/quote] What?[/quote]