Why did the creator of "Block Soul" leave: Don't want to be limited to working only with Japanese people

2025-03-23 21:13:13|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

Keita Takahashi, the creator of "Block Soul", revealed that he left Bandai Namco to not be "limited to working with...the Japanese."

Takahashi Keita, who left in 2010 after 11 years at Bandai Namco, recently announced his next project, To a T, which will be released by Annapurna.He stressed the importance of sharing skills and experience with developers from all over the world to “get creativity from different perspectives.”

"I left (Bandai Namco) because I didn't want to be limited to working with people there. I was wondering why I always make games with only Japanese people?"

“I think if I could develop games with more people from other countries, I could get creative from different perspectives.”

“I’m currently working on the game with all kinds of people from all over the world.”

Keita Takahashi also added that it is also valuable to understand the different customs and cultural expectations of different countries when making the game.

"American schools don't have the custom of changing shoes like Japanese schools. Once, a member of my team asked me what a school space full of shoe cabinets looked like. I tried to describe to them that there were a lot of shoes there and there was a special smell... but it was a phenomenon unique to Japan."

“I don’t know what the school culture in the United States looks like, so I have no choice but to adopt the Japanese element.”

Keita Takahashi finally stated that he is committed to "making games that satisfy himself, so if people want to play, I hope they can give it a try".

He added: "I think I should probably consider the target audience when making games, but I'll think about it again in the next life."

To a T will be released on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X platforms on May 28, and will be added to Xbox Game Pass.

A new Block Soul game has also been announced recently, which will be exclusively available to the Apple Arcade platform.

Block Soul: Scrolling Live will be the first original game in the series in nearly eight years and will be available on the Apple Arcade platform on April 3.Players will once again need to scroll the "Block Soul" to "scroll, stick and get bigger" to please the god of all things.

• 

  "Assassin's Creed: Shadow" M

• 

  New details of "Time Travele

• 

  "Light and Shadow: Expeditio

• 

  Ubisoft: The number of playe

• 

  "Battlefield 5" feels like d

• 

  "Silent Hill F" is banned in