Quote Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk View Post
I think we'd be fine with Yoshi P if he'd be allowed to just focus on the one game instead of also having to work on XVI. It feels like the game's focus is suffering from the split attention.
It feels equally as likely that more creativity is then able to fall through the cracks, into realization, with him distracted.... A pragmatics-first approach, let alone that in such a way that frequently misinterprets or misconstrues players wants, can only take a game's direction so far.

In either case, though, it'd be good to start putting some fresh eyes on the scene, even if not at the helm, to compensate for both XVI's distractions and Yoshida's more persistent blind spots (see, for instance, healer complaints).