Marvelous Interactive's Yoshiro Kimura is perhaps best known as the name behind cult Japanese title Chulip, an unusual adventure game in which players play a small boy who must kiss all of the inhabitants of a small town in order to kiss the girl of his dreams.
However, he's working on a new game, and Kimura sat down with Gamasutra recently to talk about his work on the title, and upcoming Wii title Ousama Monogatari (King's Story), an almost Pikmin-styled RTS for which a teaser trailer was revealed at Tokyo Game Show last year.
We spoke with creator of Black Bird about his creative process, the uncertainty of the Japanese indie scene and his desire to make another roleplaying game.
If you’re craving a little bit of weird in your life, look no further because these will keep you occupied and confused for a long while.
EB: There are hundreds of games that would be solid candidates for PC ports from virtually every console. It’s unrealistic to think that every great game will someday have a shiny new page on Steam, but a little wishful thinking never hurt anyone. Below are a handful of games that not only deserve PC ports, they actively need them to remind the entire industry of their importance.
