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Yoshinori Ono appointed president and COO of Delightworks (they make Sakura Kakumei)
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That I didn't see coming, but hopefully he does well in his new job. They did the Fate mobile game, right?
Looking at their list of games on their website, they're also publishing the new Melty Blood as well.
Wow, completely unexpected.
DW has seen better days so curious to see how Ono will do in this position.
DW has seen better days so curious to see how Ono will do in this position.
Nothing specific came out. All we know is that he was a "my way or the highway" kind of producer at Capcom based on those in the know.
That makes more sense.Looking at their list of games on their website, they're also publishing the new Melty Blood as well.
I believe the current rumor is that there are plans for an IPO at some point in the future. So they are getting people on board based on that promise.
I wouldn't be too sure about that. It was pointed out in this week's Media Create thread that not only has their revenue plummeted(with Fate GO massively dropping off in the mobile charts) but they've lost a quarter of their workforce in the last year.
Media Create Sales: Week 15, 2021 (Apr 12 - Apr 18) Sales
It's not CC2, several Japanese developers work this way especially with Bandai Namco that has multiple partners. It's the basic reason we know from before if Switch will be skipped or not as target platform.
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I would NOT want DelightWorks even attempting to make a fighting game based off of Fate... or anything else. CyGames would have a much better shot at it (just purely based on their prior successes (or lack thereof)) and they decided to hand that off to Arc System Works (and probably correctly so).
The fact that they're involved with the new Melty Blood scares the crap out of, frankly (even with multiple staff members from French Bread coming out and saying they're handling all of the design decisions for the game)... and adding Ono as the President and COO is not a positive in that regard.
Would any investor look at their output (F/GO, which is in decline and something they probably don't see a large percentage of revenue from given Type-Moon's ownership and Aniplex's involvement... and a pile of duds) and go "yes, this is the developer that is going to moon in the mobile space"? Well, people keep giving them business (good job, good effort Sega there) so maybe there are enough morons to buy in to at least let management cash out and bail.
That was developed by 8ing (and published by Capcom, funnily enough), who at least have some experience in that space. It's actually kind of fun... but boy oh boy is it broken. It's basically HnK levels of stupidity.
There's FGO Arcade, I guess.
It's one of the most scummy arcade games ever made, but it brings in the big buxs.
Akihito Shoji, the founder and current president of Delightworks, will assume the role of chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) on the same day.
Mr Shoji was a squaresoft veteran and resigned sometime in 2014 i think , loving some of the games that he was involved
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i will give Mr Shoji and Mr Ono my support in their company's upcoming games
Mr Shoji was a squaresoft veteran and resigned sometime in 2014 i think , loving some of the games that he was involved
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i will give Mr Shoji and Mr Ono my support in their company's upcoming games
You might not want Ono responsible for a fighting game though
Best of luck Ono honestly a nice community representative very nice to the fans not sure how he is to work with though. I hope we get more of his English in the future.
FGO Arcade kinda is FGO fighting game that they still update regularly and they also have Melty Blood coming out so I don't see them making another fighting game anytime soon.
Maybe they might finally port the arcade game to console? But the ridiculous business model they use (and made them a shit ton of money) on arcade won't work on console so I don't think they will go through the trouble of porting it.
Hope they will finally use all those money on AAA Fate game.
Congrats to him. For those excited for the new Melty Blood though, does this make you nervous now?
Type-Moon is already building up their own development teams for console games. They don't need Aniplex or Delightworks for that.
Him and Hideo Baba seems like a match made in heaven, kii
Delight Works can keep pumping more Saber-faces and some Sakura Kaku-oh wait! lmao
Type-Moon themselves have been making/producing Fate action games and they are making a complete remake of Fate/Extra.
Delight Works can keep pumping more Saber-faces and some Sakura Kaku-oh wait! lmao
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My understanding was that (granted, they're rumors, but from DuskGolem) SFVI got screwed up by Ono and due to that they delayed the game internally by a year.
French Bread are the ones developing Melty Blood, they only need to answer to Type-moon who are the owners of the brand.
What happens with Delightworks doesn't really affect anything since they're only responsible for FGO.
That "they make [obscure game]" meme only really works when the studio is extremely well known like Squenix or Capcom. I looked up Delightworks and pretty much could find nothing more solid than they made FGO and are somehow involved in other Fate games?
Looks like no fighting game involvement there at least.
They should make a good one. Bonus points if it has characters from FGO too.
Looks like no fighting game involvement there at least.
Studio BB is not a large-scale production house. Their stated goals are small-scale games developed in-house while larger mid-to-large scale games are achieved via collaboration, not unlike the Extella games.
For what it's worth, as can be seen from the Meltyblood game, there's aspects of the Type-Moon IP where Delightworks and Aniplex see a continued desire to continue investing on their own end, separate from what Studio BB is doing.