Silicon Knight is making another Konami Game

[Nyceane]

EGM: What are your thoughts on the next generation of consoles? Do you think there will be a waiting game to see who has what software?

DD: I think that the next generation of consoles will be more competitive. The differences between the different platforms will become smaller and smaller. Nintendo has always de-emphasized technology, so the GameCube can do some things better than the Xbox can, but you've never heard our group saying we're better than the Xbox. We're focused on quality games, and other groups are talking about their technology and 'self-healing hardware', and I think that's all meaningless. I think it's going to come down to consumers reaching a perceptual threshold, where they're no longer able to tell the differences between the hardware systems. I think it's inevitable that there will be no perceivable difference between them, in fact. It's going to come down to who makes the best games and who tells the best stories. It's going to become 100% a software race.

If people are searching for how Nintendo is being really aggressive in the future, look to how we're reaching out for collaborations. Domination isn't going to happen overnight. Kojima says that he wants to do another collaboration, so after we finish our prospective projects, we're going to get together again and make something great. The industry is changing -- the merger of western and eastern developers is the future. The developers in North America just don't have the history that Japanese ones do, and I'll tell you, working with these guys... they know some really great stuff, and I'm blown away by their attention to detail. In some ways, American developers act like they're rock stars, and anything they touch must be cool. I don't know if they analyze what makes their games good or not, but a lot of them have one huge hit and never repeat it again. Then, five years later, they go out of business and people are, like, what happened? Meanwhile, in Japan, the developers have been able to continue franchises and innovate with them.

EGM: Since you've now cut your teeth remaking one of the greatest games ever made, what would be your dream remake candidate for the future? Super Mario Bros., maybe?

DD: Ooh... A dream remake? Honestly, I think this is it. I've done it. Certainly, a lot of franchises are out there that I'd like to do. I'd love to do a realistic, mature take on Zelda... Ahh, I shouldn't talk about this. There's a lot of stuff. We always want to do original stuff, but this has been so successful that I want to do it again.

Silicon Knight might be the one thats making next Castlevania or MGS4 =)

also, realstic zelda, hmm, he shouldnt be talking about that =P

[DarkLink]

Here's hoping for a realistic Zelda game. SK is a great company and I trust them. Since they'd like to work with Konami again I'm pretty sure it'll be MG related because Hideo said that he wants to do another collaboration and he's the man behind MG.

[Nuckles87]

Man, all these people and they're "realistic Zelda". Either way it's still Zelda..

[RobotRob86]

Here's hoping for a realistic Zelda game. SK is a great company and I trust them. Since they'd like to work with Konami again I'm pretty sure it'll be MG related because Hideo said that he wants to do another collaboration and he's the man behind MG.

But they've also said they want the next title collaboration to be original. So, Castlevania, MG and the like are pretty much out. I think Capcom would be entirely :):):):)ed if they collaborated on a Zelda game, as Capcom has been faithfully making the GBA games for a good few years now. SO I am truly baffled as to what game they'd be collaborating on next.

[Nyceane]

http://web.njit.edu/~pm44/zeldademo.mpeg

it feels different

[DarkShadow]

Wow I thought that movie had really good graphics.. now that I look at it.. its not that good, thats what everything else looks like now..

[blackfaded]

That movie was CG graphics.

And plus, even though Nintendo and other companies are concentrating on the new Nintendo console, they should still do like they did with N64 and end Gamecube's life with a huge BANG