“I was nervous at the start of development because I felt a great responsibility.”
With another big release on the way, Nintendo has commenced a new series of interviews as part of their Ask the Developer interview series. In this eight instalment, this time around Nintendo has been been speaking to four of the developers involved with Fire Emblem Engage.
From Intelligent Systems, we have producer, Masahiro Higuchi, and director, Tsutomu Tei. Then from Nintendo’s Entertainment Planning & Development Department, Production Group No.2, we have Kenta Nakanishi and Genki Yokota.
Together the four developers have been answering a variety of worthwhile questions and we’re on hand to pick out the most notable excerpts, starting with Tsutomu Tei speaking out on his involvement Fire Emblem Engage:
Tsutomu Tei on Directing his First Fire Emblem Game:
Tsutomu Tei: “As a director for this title, I was in charge of making decisions from setting the theme to deciding the general direction of the game.
I was nervous at the start of development because I felt a great responsibility for the series with such a long history that’s spanned over 30 years. But I am glad that we’ve finally completed the development and all our hard work has paid off. ”
For anyone who is keen to know more about Fire Emblem Engage, feel free to check out Part 1 of the complete interview here.
