{"id":101711,"date":"2019-10-12T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/feature_little_town_hero_director_on_stepping_out_of_pokemons_shadow"},"modified":"2019-10-12T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T17:00:00","slug":"feature-little-town-hero-director-on-stepping-out-of-pokemons-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/12\/feature-little-town-hero-director-on-stepping-out-of-pokemons-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: Little Town Hero Director On Stepping Out Of Pok\u00e9mon’s Shadow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You could say that developer Game Freak has form when it comes to turn-based battlers – the makers of the Pok\u00e9mon<\/a><\/strong> games have stewarded the largest RPG franchise on the planet for over two decades. Nice work if you can get it, although a never-ending cycle of Pocket Monster development can take its toll on a team. Game Freak have devised a scheme<\/a> whereby staff can filter out and stretch their legs on other projects before returning to the studio’s most famous franchise refreshed and rejuvenated.<\/p>\n

The latest fruits of ‘Gear Project’, originally revealed to the world as ‘Town’, launches next week on Switch. In comparison to the juggernaut PR build up to the upcoming Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield<\/a><\/strong>, Game Freak has kept a pretty tight lid on Little Town Hero<\/a><\/strong>, and we were lucky enough to have its director Masao Taya answer our questions about the game and discuss how he’s attempting to create an RPG that busy gamers might actually have a hope of finishing…<\/p>\n

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Nintendo Life: Firstly, please introduce yourself and explain your role at Game Freak.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Masao Taya:<\/em> I applied to be a programmer here at Game Freak 20 years ago with the hope of one day being able to make a game I came up with on my own. Since then, I\u2019ve been working mostly on the battle system in Pok\u00e9mon. I\u2019ve programmed all of the systems after Black and White<\/strong><\/a>. And the dream I had when I entered the company came true when I got to direct Pocket Card Jockey<\/a><\/strong>. Little Town Hero, too, was born out of the desire to make the type of RPG my friends and I have always wanted to play.<\/p>\n

Could you tell us a little about the story of Little Town Hero? Why is Axe so desperate to leave his idyllic village?<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s not trying to leave his village. He is just curious to know what the world outside his village is like. And that curiosity is only strengthened by the fact that he\u2019s \u201cnot allowed to leave.\u201d You\u2019ll find out more as you play but there is one more reason that Axe himself is not aware of. It has to do with his father.<\/p>\n