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The Biggest Game Dev You've Never Heard Of

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the busy-little-ninjas dept.

simoniker writes "Japan-based game developer Tose has 1,000 employees, and has created 1,100 game SKUs since 1979 (including Final Fantasy GBA versions, though they can't mention it in this interview!), but they're basically unknown, because they're 'game development ninjas', and 'refuse to put [their] names on the game'. Odd stuff."

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  1. Best response ever by flooey · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:
    GS: So how do you teach publishers that outsourcing is potentially beneficial? It seems like a lot of companies really want to keep things in-house.

    KS: We just beg them.
    1. Re:Best response ever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
      KS: We just beg them.

      Prease, prease, we velly good deveroper.

  2. Game development ninjas? by GroeFaZ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like, they can TOTALLY FLIP OUT and WRITE GAMES?

    I for one dig that.

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  3. Not sure about these guys... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do we really want somebody with this kind of power making our games?

  4. I know a bigger one... by dreddnott · · Score: 2, Funny

    Back in college there was this really TALL and FAT guy, I mean he was BIG!

    He's actually the biggest game dev I know, but nobody's heard of him...

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  5. At least they have history by Kabuthunk · · Score: 3, Funny

    As they said in the interview, they have a good portfolio. It'd be kinda nice to see WHAT is in their portfolio though. For all I know, they're the ones behind all those godawful Mary Kate & Ashley games, or Barbie Horse Adventure or some such. Might explain why they don't put their names on games :P

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  6. Could we get a look at their portfolio? by Opportunist · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean, I know a few games that would make me understand why someone refuses to put his name on the "I did it" list...

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  7. AH, that explains it! by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 4, Funny

    It makes sense now... Game Dev. Ninjas are at war with Software Pirates, YARRRRRRRR!!!

  8. Re:Mission accomprished by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mission accomprished. All SrashDot deveropers are berong to us...

    "ME SO SOLLY! AH SO!"

    Dude, it's the twenty-first century. Can we try to show a LITTLE respect for foreign cultures?

  9. Game development turtles: by wideBlueSkies · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a related story, the biggest game we've never played is described here.

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  10. Which is best? by Phat_Tony · · Score: 2, Funny

    So who would win, Game Developer Ninjas, Game Developer Pirates, Game Developer Robots, or Game Developer Monkeys?

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  11. Fresh and amusing excerpts from TFA... by dstone · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's a pretty funny, blunt interview. A few snippets, for those too lazy to RTF...

    GS: How come we've never heard of you until right now?
    KS: Well we're based in Kyoto, right? So we're ninja. You can't find us!

    KS: Our policy is not to have a vision.

    KS: We just beg them.
    GS: Seems like when you've made 1,100 games you shouldn't have to beg.

    GS: What's your stock value?
    SC: It's about 16 dollars now. We've had better days.