iNiS’ Yano Talks Rhythm Game Madness Insanity

Over at Gamasutra yesterday, our new Features Editor Christian Nutt has settled comfortably into the wide-ranging Gama interview style, with the new article ‘Feeling The Elite Beat: Keiichi Yano On Crossing Over’, quizzing the iNiS founder about “…his work with Nintendo, the sudden rise of the rhythm game genre, and most vitally, how Japanese and American developers and technologies interact.”
As we extracted in a news story, Yano has also confirmed that the company is working on an unspecified game for the Xbox 360 - which is very neat! Not quite sure what it is, mind you - as we mention, “…the company’s nFactor 2 graphics engine, which is listed on iNiS’ official website as being Xbox 360, PC and Wii compatible, is public knowledge” - but the slightly Pikmin-like screenshots using the engine (pictured above!) are from 2005 or so, so it’s probably not that. Also, the parrot on […]

Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (Simon Carless) and software by Elliott Back