KaniPro Games founder Chris Stark aka the Ultra Healthy Video Game Nerd joins the pod to chat about indie game development in Japan. He shares his experience developing the action platformer Violet Wisteria in Japan, working with local artists, the challenges of making your game bilingual, and what it takes to bring a vision to life. I also chat about For The Frog The Bell Tolls, a fascinating Nintendo developed game that never left Japan. Plus news, leaks, and sneak peeks!
Be sure to follow our guest:
Violet Wisteria on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2018610/Violet_Wisteria/
KaniPro Games on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KaniProGames
Ultra Healthy Video Game Nerd on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ultrahealthyvi1
(0:00) - Intro
Feature
(1:50) - Indie game development in Japan with KaniPro Games
Games
(32:46) - For The Frog The Bell Tolls
News
(43:58) - Nintendo Live 2022
(46:06) - Final Fantasy X kabuki play in 2023
(46:59) - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave 2
(49:04) - Kirby’s Avalanche and Kirby’s Super Star Stacker on Nintendo Switch Online
(50:39) - Tactics Ogre Reborn coming on November 11th
(52:02) - Saturn Suchie-Pai games coming to Switch
(53:03) - Pokemon TCG: Incandescent Arcana and Eevee ice cream at Baskin Robbins
(53:51) - Japanese software and hardware sales
(55:26) - Japanese Gaming Phrase of the Week (初心者狩り shoshinsha gari)
(55:56) - Japanese Tweet of the Week: https://twitter.com/aruco_coo/status/1551503283021180929
(56:17) - Closing
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