Make less-violent games: PaRappa creator

[Zeus]

The creator of the fun filled PaRappa game series has called for game developers to start making less violent video games and urged them to work more closely with musicians. He said that if developers make games like X-rated videos, then the industry will simply fail to significantly grow.



"Making good games that everybody can play is a very high priority for the game industry, because if we make games like X-rated videos, the industry won't grow," Matsuura said in an interview with GameSpot AU. "Nintendo is very smart to appeal to a much wider group of people because it is what's required now."

Matsuura said that while rhythm games are all the rage in Western nations like the US and Australia, the genre was becoming stale in his homeland of Japan. Matsuura said a lack of new rhythm game concepts and the widespread use of flat display screens in Japan were the root causes behind the decline.


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[sigma8]

make less violent games...says the guy who makes games about "rappas".

[GigaClon]

Amen, i endorse this statement wholeheartedly

[rbranma]

PaRappa was SO awesome back in time on PSX. i liked it so much. Most innovated game!

[sigma8]

PaRappa was SO awesome back in time on PSX. i liked it so much. Most innovated game!
"back in time on psx"?

??

Did you use a time machine to go back and play it?

[xllzerollx]

so they bring a non-violent rapper game? hehe
o well, less violence more cartoons, nintendos idea,
thats not what i want, i want some mature, bloody, violent games on my wii.:mad:
but it wont happen anytime soon, so i just w8 for brawl, thats the most violent game i think wii will ever have, and still cartoons

[Jesster]

That's pretty damn arrogant to try and dictate what types of games the industry should and should not produce. Personally, I can't stand rhythm games, but I'd never seriously try and tell developers to stop making them. Some people enjoy them, and that's fine. Some people enjoy violent games, and that's fine too.

-=The Jesster: Gatchaba Goose=-

[gonepostl]

Dude. You made parrapa the crapa. Nobody cares. Make something cool again and we'll talk. KICK! KICK! KICK! PUNCH! PUCH! PUCH! Now turn! Slap him in the face!

[Xenogears V]

Videogame are virtual...don't have anything to whether to do with the reality.:mad:

[StoneCut]

I agree. I'm bored with all the FPS and Fighting games. Someone should make some original games again. Violence is just cheap a cheap trick to distract people from realizing how crappy a game actually is, IMHO.