PlatinumGames on Astral Chain – origins, Kamiya’s involvement, how Legions changed during development, more
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Famitsu recently published an interview with Astral Chain director Takahisa Taura and supervisor Hideki Kamiya. While we posted some tidbits previously, we’ve taken another look at the discussion and have a bunch of additional information to share.
Taura knew that directing was a tough and lonely endeavor, but it was even tougher and lonelier than he expected. Since it was a new IP, it was hard to define what was right and wrong to do, so he tried out a lot of ideas during production. He gained even more respect for Kamiya since he’s been a director so many times before.
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PlatinumGames on Astral Chain’s sound effects that play a special role in the game
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Although Astral Chain has already been released, PlatinumGames is continuing its developer blog series. This time around, we’re able to hear from sound designer Naoki Hiraiwa.
In his piece, Hiraiwa discusses the little touches put into the sound effects. This includes choosing the impact of between the male and female twins, differences for the Slime-type chimeras, and effects used to help during gameplay.
Here’s the full piece:
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Astral Chain writer on how the game’s story was created
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Akiteru Naka, the designer in charge of the main storyline for Astral Chain, recently posted a blog on PlatinumGames’ website about the making of the game’s plot. He discussed the process of working with the likes of director Takahisa Taura and Nintendo, and talked about the overall process.
Here’s an excerpt from the piece:
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PlatinumGames thanks all players for making Astral Chain a success with special artwork
Posted on 5 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in Images, News, Switch | 0 comments
It seems like PlatinumGames is pleased with the response to Astral Chain – the developer shared the special artwork shown above on Twitter, which was drawn by Hajime Kimura, thanking players for making Astral Chain “such a success”. We don’t have any concrete sales numbers yet, but judging by its first-week performance on various sales charts in different countries as well as the eShop, it’s definitely been doing well.
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Astral Chain tech analysis
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Digital Foundry published its latest technical analysis today. Astral Chain, which was just released on Switch yesterday, is given the spotlight this time around.
Here are some of the highlights:
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Astral Chain Collector’s Edition unboxing
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In Europe, Nintendo prepared a special collector’s edition for Astral Chain that contains a bunch of goodies. Get a closer look at the full contents in the unboxing video below.
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Bayonetta character designer draws a special illustration for Astral Chain’s launch
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Astral Chain finally arrives in stores today. This marks the latest creation from PlatinumGames, the studio behind Bayonetta and other high-profile titles.
Speaking of Bayonetta, character designer Mari Shimazaki has created a special illustration to celebrate Astral Chain’s launch. Check it out above.
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Astral Chain update out now (version 1.0.1), patch notes
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Nintendo has announced a launch-day update for Astral Chain. There’s a surprising amount here, including an Item Sort function in the menu, the ability to sell multiple goods at once at shops, adjusted game balance, and more.
Below are the full patch notes:
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Astral Chain director shares a special message to celebrate the game’s launch
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Astral Chain is finally here. The game was directed by Takahisa Taura, who made his debut in that role for this project.
To celebrate Astral Chain’s launch, Taura published a special message on PlatinumGames’ blog. You can read his full message below.
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Astral Chain was in the works before NieR: Automata started development, original plan was for triplets, more
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This week, Japanese magazine Famitsu published a new Astral Chain interview with director Takahisa Taura, supervisor Hideki Kamiya, and producer Eijiro Nishimura. It was pretty in-depth at six pages long, but we’ll summarize some of the points here.
Astral Chain came into the picture after Nintendo contacted PlatinumGames to make a game with high difficulty. The game has been a long time coming, as they worked on the plans since before development on NieR: Automata started. To complete the entire project, it took a long time – somewhere around five years.
