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Phantasy Star Staff Video Interviews

Posted:
Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:55 pm
by IndispensablePeaGuy
Reiko Kodama (PSI & IV):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGqQ76diNuQ
Kaunari Tsukamoto (PSIII):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT8taQwOZ3Q
Tohru Yoshida (PSII):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDu91KHugtA
Takao Miyoshi (PSU):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDc-evZJPaE
Here's a recent video interview of Reiko Kodama from the Sega Ultimate Mega Drive/Genesis Collection. More will follow. Enjoy.
I've added interviews of other Phantasy Star series collaborators for those who haven't viewed them on Sega Mega Drive Collection releases from past and present.

Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:02 am
by Wing-0
Me likes.
I have the same collection, and saw the interviews. Interesting how they remember. The PS3 guy is creepy as hell, though...

Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:23 am
by augmentedfourth
Awesome! I don't have the Collection (though I think my friend does), so this was my first time seeing this interview. Thanks for sharing!

Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:00 am
by IndispensablePeaGuy
More interviews added.

Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:03 am
by Wing-0
Just noticed...
Peaguy, you got the lady's name wrong. It's not Reiko. It's Rieko. A completely different name. It's like calling Joe a man named John. The kanji are different, except for the last one. "Ko".
I'm afraid that if you get caught by the naming police, they'd have a case, even if a small one against you... =P
Re: Phantasy Star Staff Video Interviews

Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:47 am
by Zucca
Wait... Rieko wasn't involved in creation of PSII?
Re: Phantasy Star Staff Video Interviews

Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:51 pm
by IndispensablePeaGuy
Zucca wrote:Wait... Rieko wasn't involved in creation of PSII?
She was somewhat, but she's mainly known for her work on PSI & IV.
WING-0 wrote:Just noticed...
Peaguy, you got the lady's name wrong. It's not Reiko. It's Rieko. A completely different name. It's like calling Joe a man named John. The kanji are different, except for the last one. "Ko".
I'm afraid that if you get caught by the naming police, they'd have a case, even if a small one against you... =P
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG

Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:23 pm
by BenoitRen
I already told PeaGuy about it a couple months back, but he has never typed Rieko Kodama's first name right.
Kodama wasn't that much more involved with PSI than PSII. She's credited with Executive Design for PSI, and just Design for PSII. It's for PSIV that she took on a lot more responsibility.
Re: Phantasy Star Staff Video Interviews

Posted:
Sun Jan 09, 2011 6:17 pm
by Wing-0
IndispensablePeaGuy wrote:
YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG
I swear I flushed the toilet! I swear!

Posted:
Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:05 pm
by IndispensablePeaGuy
BenoitRen wrote:I already told PeaGuy about it a couple months back, but he has never typed Rieko Kodama's first name right.

Kodama wasn't that much more involved with PSI than PSII. She's credited with Executive Design for PSI, and just Design for PSII. It's for PSIV that she took on a lot more responsibility.
I already know that, hence the PSIV theme tune.
In case people don't know who the PSII and PSIII guys are, the PSII guy was known as "Yoshibon", who was the Character Designer of the game. The PSIII guy was the producer called "Tsukapon". (You guys are probably already aware that staff didn't use their actual names back in the old days of Sega.)

Posted:
Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:01 pm
by Wing-0
Like Phoenix Rie is a normal Japanese name...
That was Rieko Kodama's nickname.

Posted:
Fri Jan 14, 2011 8:55 pm
by IndispensablePeaGuy
WING-0 wrote:Like Phoenix Rie is a normal Japanese name...
That was Rieko Kodama's nickname.
Maybe it's part of the security protocol.

Posted:
Fri Jan 14, 2011 9:15 pm
by Wing-0
Security from society that in those times considered videogames something akin to "diarrheic shit".
Re: Phantasy Star Staff Video Interviews

Posted:
Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:08 am
by zio_falz
Would love one with Tokuhiko Uwabo (Bo)