King of Pirates Details

Keiji Inafune has spilled the first details of his recently announced 3DS exclusive RPG…

• Keiji Inafune showed the game to AQ Interactive (now part of Marvelous AQL) early on, once the plot was created to a certain level

• Inafune chose the 3DS for this project since he believes it’ll expand its userbase

• Inafune admits that the 3DS is having some problems currently

• Inafune also said Nintendo makes a lot of kids oriented games, and he wants to make something at the same level of quality as a Nintendo game

• Mixes pirates with the Sangokushi story

• Inafune believes creativity isn’t creating something from scratch, but creating something new by mixing things together

• He wants to take typical Sangokushi/pirate elements and change them up somewhat

• Game won’t look like the CG concept trailer

• Inafune expects that the game will feature the same design style even with the visuals brought down to the system’s specs

• Hexpects to be able to deliver something playable that has the same image as the concept trailer

• Two broad types of combat in the game

• One combat type: ship to ship

• Second combat type: person to person

• 300 characters, some strong on their own and some strong in groups

• Selecting which character to use will be part of the gameplay

• Story may be too long to fit into three parts according to Inafune

• Each game will have its own conclusion

• Games will span hundreds of years

• Penguin is Liu Bei

• Liu Bei will even have kids

• Inafune understands that many fans probably want something more adult oriented with zombies and blood

• Inafune first wanted to make the game he wanted to make

• He has more on the way other than just King of Pirates

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