Wada-san cites Batman: Arkham Asylum as proof the West can make games for the Japanese market; ”it caters very much” to them.
”That is one of the possible paths, but it’s not something that we would shift completely over to,” said Wada-san, asked by Edge if Square will ‘farm out’ IPs to Western teams.
”There is always a possibility that Final Fantasy could be produced with the input of our Western developers, overseen by our Japanese developers,” he explained, reports play.tm. It seems Rocksteady’s Batman, which hit the mark with everyone, won him over.
”Something like Batman: Arkham Asylum, for example, is something that is very like the Japanese taste in games, in fact it caters very much to the Japanese taste. Arkham Asylum is like the best aspects of Metal Gear solid, but evolved.” What Western developer do you think could handle the Final Fantasy series?
