To close our interview series with Yoshiro Kimura, developer on Romancing SaGa 2, Chu Lip, No More Heroes, Rule of Rose, Little King's Story, Million Onion Hotel, Dandy Dungeon, and so many others, we thought we'd look at the unique place Kimura-san holds in the industry. He was there, behind the scenes, as the medium took its first steps into large open worlds, then cutscene-driven narrative games, and now, towards the mainstream friendly, free-to-play mobile mega franchises that are dominating the market. With each of those steps on the way, Kimura-san was there to help steer the medium in unexpected, genuinely human directions.
Working for over 20 years in a field whose place in the larger culture is anything but consistent, and where even the biggest names often reject being called "artists," is not for the faint of heart. Risk is constant, even for veterans. Most cope with the resulting anxiety by clinging to whatever solid ground they find. Kimura-san, on the other hand, hired a talking, humming, self-deprecating onion to run his company Twitter account.
I couldn't wait to find out why.
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