But in order to make it unique, we went with completely different melodies over the top of those. So for example, we wanted to use the core rhythms that you would find in a lot of traditional Hawaiian music. The Alola region in Pokémon Sun and Moon is definitely its own thing, but also obviously inspired by traditional Hawaiian music styles. Masuda: We took inspiration from Hawaii specifically, but we wanted to do more than just copy the sort of music you’d hear there. You’re anticipating my next question! As the game’s composer, what styles and motifs were you going for this time? I think right now I’m able to scratch that itch by working on some of the music in the games. I wouldn’t want to just give up creating things. I think both roles are a lot of fun, and they both offer unique ways to make your mark on Pokémon. Making decisions about when to release for example the virtual console versions, or the Red and Green or Red and Blue original Pokémon games and how those would interact with the brand as a whole. When you work as a producer, you have more influence over the big picture, and the Pokémon brand as a whole. That’s a lot of fun as someone who likes to create things. When I was directing the games, I was directly involved in the creative aspects and really in the trenches with everyone else. Masuda: Recently I really have come to feel that both roles, producer and director, are a lot of fun in their own rights. Do you enjoy the higher-level view after directing so many of the earlier games? Masuda, you’re the producer again this time. That’s great for us, and I hope people will be interested in giving Pokémon Sun and Moon a go if they’re looking for a more in-depth experience. So Pokémon Go didn’t really affect any of the development decisions, though I do think that thanks to Pokémon Go there’s an increased awareness of Pokémon in general. With the main series games, we instead focus on catching Pokémon but also on raising them and adventuring with them and having a lot of strategically deep battles, where players can then use the Pokémon they caught in those battles. We wanted people to just enjoy going out and catching Pokémon. Our goal with Pokémon Go was to put the focus on the catching Pokémon element. Pokémon Go uses location-based information where you walk around in the real world to find Pokémon and catch Pokémon. Masuda: We began Pokémon Go‘s development as a project that would be different from the main series roleplaying games we create at Game Freak.
0 kommentar(er)
