The new Nomura?

[Amnmaat]

Let's keep it down to earth, let's talk that real ish; YoshiP hasn't done anything great since heavensward (maybe stormblood).

Is he just riding his initial success the same way Nomura rode his?
FFXVI being the latest victim of his game design philosophy

We gave him a chance to finally make a good mainline FF game where he didn't "Reborn" someone else's game and he blew it.

Has dawntrail showed you something that which gives you faith in his skill as a producer and director?

Personally I'd give the reigns to Banri Oda; a real LORE head who'd be focused on a deeper and richer narrative as a director. As for producer, I don't trust anyone in square enix, maybe Nier's producer, forget his name.

But what do you think? Have we given Yoship too many passes?

[AwesomeJr44]

Have we given Yoship too many passes?

Yes.

/10char

[Kazhar]

At least when people buy a game produced by Nomura, they already know the kind of insanity they're getting into.
Yoshi-P seems to have no real vision beyond catering to the lowest common denominator and chasing AAA trends.
While it wasn't scrictly a bad game, FFXVI dampened my enthusiasm for any future CBU3 product.

[Carin-Eri]

Possibly, although I prefer to wait until we know more about DawnTrail before I form any kind of opinion.

[Enkidoh]

Huh, my understanding was by all accounts FFXVI was being considered an overwhellming success, and that any concerns about sales targets was simply because of PS5 availability issues still lingering and nothing to do with the quality of the game itself.

Also, Yoshi is not the new Nomura, he scrapped belts.

[Carin-Eri]

Huh, my understanding was by all accounts FFXVI was being considered an overwhellming success, and that any concerns about sales targets was simply because of PS5 availability issues still lingering and nothing to do with the quality of the game itself.

Also, Yoshi is not the new Nomura, he scrapped belts.

Apologies for my ignorance.... but "belts"? Not familiar with this reference.

[purgatori]

Nomura almost made something great in VS (and I'd put XV itself WAY ahead of XVI). He has some inspired ideas. I'm not sure the same could be said for Yoshi P: he seems like a genuinely nice guy, but there's more perspiration than inspiration in his work.

[Enkidoh]

Apologies for my ignorance.... but "belts"? Not familiar with this reference.

It's an old meme - Tetsuya Nomura likes to design characters with lots of belts (along with black leather and zippers), sometimes excessively so (Lulu from FFX springs to mind, but also Squall from FFVIII), suggesting Nomura has a thing for them. Yoshi though removed equippable belts from FFXIV back when EW lauched, so... it's a little injoke to an old meme.

[Kazhar]

Huh, my understanding was by all accounts FFXVI was being considered an overwhellming success, and that any concerns about sales targets was simply because of PS5 availability issues still lingering and nothing to do with the quality of the game itself.

Also, Yoshi is not the new Nomura, he scrapped belts.

Sales in Japan are so far the worst of the entire mainline series (most of which weren't multiplatform entries), and it was beaten by Pikmin 4 in a single week.
Square Enix claimed the sales were strong after one week, but it barely sold any copy since. It seems the game hasn't convinced anyone who didn't already buy it day one.

[Carin-Eri]

It's an old meme - Tetsuya Nomura likes to design characters with lots of belts (along with black leather and zippers), sometimes excessively so (Lulu from FFX springs to mind, but also Squall from FFVIII), suggesting Nomura has a thing for them. Yoshi though removed equippable belts from FFXIV back when EW lauched, so... it's a little injoke to an old meme.

Ahh - thank you for explaining!