The following info comes from an interview with Falcom CEO Toshihiro Kondo and Nippon Ichi CEO Sohei Niikawa...
- Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA is playing in portable, TV, and tabletop modes
- Niikawa believes the Switch's playstyles are the reason why the system is popular overseas
- Niikawa has been hearing that Japanese players prefer portable mode, while western players prefer TV mode
- Niikawa talks to Kondo often when he wants to consult things
- when Niikawa became the president of NIS America, he would help Falcom in the latter’s overseas expansion
- when NIS asked Falcom if the latter can bring one of their games to Switch, they give them Ys VIII
- Falcom is not a very large company and 80% of their staff are developers
- they prefer to find a partner and let them handle overseas expansion plans
- Kondo says newcomers to the series should be able to jump in with Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA without problem
- its an important fact to know are that the protagonist (Adol Christin) in Ys never changes
- the story in Ys games always starts with a new encounter and ends with a farewell
from GoNintendo
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