Tanaka or Yoshi?

[Peregrine]

For all you guys know, this could still be Tanaka's roadmap. Yoshida might just be tweaking it here and there, and changing the priorities around.

Or better yet, perhaps Tanaka is working "behind the scenes" and Yoshida is here just to make people smile. ;D

OR... OOOOOR.... Perhaps Yoshida and Tanaka are girlfriend and boyfriend. ;D (okay, that might be going too far in the conspiracy)

If you were Tanaka, what are the odds that you want anything more to do with this? Thrown under the bus by your bosses. Pitchforked by the player base who doesn't understand the project's goals and doesn't really care to. I'd wash my hands and walk away with a few choice curse words then either go to Mistwalker or retire.

To me, you don't get Tanaka if you can't sit your ass down and shut up for a minute. And we clearly can't do that as "empowered gamers."

Tanaka doesn't make your game. He makes his game. He's done with this, man. Empowering gamers to call the shots as a generic collective is incompatible with Tanaka's style.

Tanaka would not have stood for a single update since he stepped down. Agro icons? MP regen? He would backhand whoever pitched those in front of everyone and make them sit on the floor in the development meetings.

Tanaka's the guy who added fatigue to everything to give most players a shot at keeping up with the teens and addicts, knew there would be utter riotting, and didn't care. He's not calling the shots any more. You can already tell he's gone.