interviews Archive

The post title isn’t a question. Dan, Tony, and I were guests on the interview show “Sup, Holmes?” last year. We talked about Legends of Localization, Starmen.net, Fangamer, EarthBound, old Rev3 Games shows, and tons of other stuff that I forgot I even said, haha.

Got 2 hours to spare? Give it a watch!

Mato & I have been playing Yakuza 0 recently and it’s quickly become one of my favorite games ever. It’s our first Yakuza game and now I want to play the entire series. Good thing Yakuza 1 just got a remake and Yakuza 6 is coming next year!

I found an interview with Scott Strichart over on michibiku.com. He’s currently heading up the localization for the new Yakuza games, and he previously worked on favorites like Persona 4, 3D Dot Game Heroes, Ni no Kuni, and some Final Fantasies. He covers interesting topics in the interview like:

• How he and his coworker took Yakuza 0‘s localization to the next level
• Walking the fine line between a gritty crime drama and over-the-top humor
• Why he recommends new players start with Yakuza 0 instead of Yakuza 1
• How he became a walking Yakuza bible
• The challenge of rewriting stuff like the Mahjong tutorial so that western players could understand how the heck to play Mahjong

It’s a great read, so check out the whole interview here!