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From my perspective, Miyazaki is a rather unique, yet extremely serious game developer. His career did not begin in the game industry. In fact, he didn’t become a game developer until he was almost thirty years old. Even among developers of my generation (those of us born in the 1970s), I think it’s remarkable that someone who wasn’t even a game developer during the dawn of the polygon era eventually became one of Japan’s most representative game creators. (In other words, compared to the rest of us from the same generation—including myself—his career path is exceptionally unusual. Most notably, unlike many of us, he was not working at one of the major development studios that held a significant technological advantage during the early polygon era. That, more than anything else, is what makes his path so unique.) Next, regarding my impression of Dark Souls. People often focus on its difficulty as a game, but I believe Miyazaki’s true creativity shines through in the world he created. (By the way, I personally think Dark Souls has fairly simple action mechanics, and I don’t actually consider it to be an especially difficult game.) If you look into my own career, you’ll see that I was personally involved with the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring as the General Manager overseeing both production and marketing (Just to clarify, I wasn't part of the development team itself. My involvement was simply as the General Manager of the publisher-side department overseeing production and marketing). From that perspective, I can say that Dark Souls didn’t suddenly become a massive success overnight. It was the result of everything Miyazaki and his team had built up through their previous titles. Today, he receives offers from all over the world, but when I think back to the days when he and his team were struggling the most, many of those offers seem like they’re coming from people who only know who they are today. Some of them almost feel like complete reversals in attitude. Well, that’s just my personal perspective. Personally, I had grown tired of people who would simply compare games by saying things like, “That title cost X billion yen to make and sold Y million copies,” and then use nothing but those numbers to judge them against other games. There were so many people who couldn’t appreciate the journey or the growth of the developers themselves. Anyone can look at the current numbers—they’re available to everyone. Whenever I heard those kinds of opinions, I always thought, “That’s exactly what you’d expect from someone who’s never actually developed games.” What surprised me even more was that, even if people couldn’t properly evaluate that journey, almost nobody even seemed interested in trying to understand the process of how those developers gradually reached where they are today. (I'm NOT talking about the fan community). Now, going back to Miyazaki, there are two things about him that have always stayed with me. The first was back when I was developing Summer Lesson for VR, around the time it was generating a lot of buzz. One day, he came to try an early build of Summer Lesson along with people from several other game companies. While everyone else was laughing, chatting, and having fun with it, Miyazaki alone played it with incredible seriousness. Then, after everyone had finished and started discussing their impressions, he remained completely silent, staring intently at the preview monitor, deep in thought. Everyone became curious and finally asked him, “Miyazaki, what are you thinking about?” He suddenly smiled and said, “Oh… I got completely absorbed in thinking about what I would do if I were making this, and what kind of game I’d create.” What he talked about after that was, in the best possible sense, completely insane. It was one of those rare moments when I caught a glimpse of what I’d call his “mad scientist” side—his deeply serious, obsessive approach to creativity. The other thing that left a strong impression on me was that he generally dislikes video interviews (including live streaming). I once asked him about it by email, and he replied with quite a long explanation. After reading it, I completely understood where he was coming from. Simply put, he doesn’t like watching himself moving around on video. (Psychologically speaking, it’s actually a bit more complicated than that.) But there was another reason. According to him, there are naturally many people in this industry who know games far better than he does. Whenever he listens to those people speak, he realizes that his own understanding is still shallow, and it makes him feel that he’s not yet in a position to be the one talking about games. I mean… it’s common for well-known developers to say, “I still have a long way to go.” But whenever someone like him says that, my reaction is always, “Come on… if you say you’re still not there yet, then the rest of us won’t feel qualified to talk about games at all.” (laugh) Anyway, that’s one of the reasons why video interviews with Miyazaki are extremely rare. And conversations with him on camera—especially long-form discussions with another developer—are even rarer. They almost don’t exist at all. By the way, the other game developer in that photo is Masahiro Sakurai. If you ask me, he’s basically: “A Saiyan who genuinely believes he’s just another ordinary human.” Every now and then, when the rest of us are struggling with some problem, he’ll say something that sounds exactly like Goku saying, “Well… why don’t you just fly?” And I’ll reply, “Because we humans can’t use Flight Technique.” Then he just stares at me with a completely puzzled look. To put it in terms of Demon Slayer, I’d describe him as: "Like Muzan Kibutsuji casually showing up at a drinking party where all the Hashira have gathered, genuinely believing he's just another ordinary guest". That’s the kind of person he is.

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3 months ago

@Harada_TEKKEN Harada-san, I always wondered your impressions of Miyazaki-san and his Souls series? Both total icons and inspirations I’d be super eager to hear 🥋⚔️ #Tekken #DarkSouls #EldenRing

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告知が遅れましたが、最新更新日はムーア編準備のためお休みをいただいております！ そして遠き狭間の律も終わりが見えてまいりました。特別編も数回に分けて掲載予定なので最後までどうぞお付き合いいただけたら嬉しいです！

@Ludens_Hypo Thank you for the info, Ludens-san! I had never heard of 黄泉醜女 before researching her today 😅 I saw she was sent after someone who broke a promise. It makes sense for 醜女 to just be archaic phrasing. Though I do like the insult / mythological creature combo in the EN script!

I completely forgot this line existed... poor Malenia. In Japanese, the spirit calls her 欠け身の醜女. 欠け身 is from "Malenia the Severed" (欠け身のマレニア), just like the English script. 醜女 means "ugly/unattractive woman" (maybe a loose reference to Shikome from myth idk)

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4 months ago

The spirit at the shaded castle calling Malenia a “severed harpy” is a bit peculiar. Its such an ugly, loaded phrase but its one of the only moments where we’re given something resembling a negative opinion of Malenia from within the world itself.🧵

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being shy online is embarrassing because what do u mean i’m scared of pixels

I think I'm going to share what I've worked on with Reddit and Tumblr tomorrow. I'll probably get bullied :') I wish I didn't find other people so intimidating lol

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NIGHTREIGN、1周年おめでとうございます！ 遅くなりましたが、1年前に見たあの追憶の衝撃のままに描いたものを完成させることができました ナイトレインに出会えて良かった、執行者に出会えて良かった！

【更新！】『ELDEN RING 遠き狭間の物語』 中間管理職レダ編・後半戦、更新ですー！連載再開に伴前編ではあたたかいコメントや感想ありがとうございました☺️ 後編でも懲りずにレダさんの鎧をコテコテに描きまくっていますので眼筋よろしくお願いします。 リンクはツリーへ↓ #ELDENRING

I've also included my translation catalogue for EN speakers as well! There's new sections - such as tables of the first person pronouns each character uses, as well as the second person pronouns they call the Tarnished! (on pages 68 and 69) Dropbox link: dropbox.com/scl/fo/j8ivz3g…

I realised I forgot to share the full PDF for the accent guide so far! If you'd like to see everything, there's a link below!

Section 4 - West Country English (ウエストカントリー英語) x.com/TwoBitBroker/s…

Gambit Soul @TwoBitBroker

5 months ago

A guide for non-native speakers about the different types of English spoken by Elden Ring characters! Section 4 - West Country English (ウエストカントリー英語) The JP localisation is made by @FarEastForest! ありがとう! #ELDENRING #エルデンリング

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Characters in Elden Ring speak with different accents or dialects of English, depending on their family, home region, and background. The start of guide for JP fans and fans who aren't native English speakers! #EldenRing #エルデンリング

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I think these are the only dialogues where a third person noun in Japanese conveys something slightly different than what can be conveyed in English. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any others.

Happy 1 year anniversary Nightreign✨!!! Made many fun memories playing with friends🫶!

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I won't post anything like this again, but I wish talking to people or being perceived didn't make me feel so anxious. I doodled this at 3 AM as some kind of self-affirmation, but I just ended up crying when I drew it, so I don't think it helped at all lol