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Pie-kun · 07-11-2009, 06:06 PM

Looked like a good conversation.

It would be nice if we had more American people working on these games, so we could directly talk to people like you did. I noticed, for instance, that most of the suggestions placed on DDROnlineCommunity were implemented into DDR Universe 3, but not really in the other games.

Sadly, it looks like these new games are being worked on almost exclusively in Japan. And I feel like those staff don't actively seek out American/European opinions. In fact, it doesn't really seem like they actively seek many opinions at all. I do remember that last year they held various DDR-Events all across Japan in which they sought player input, but IIRC, it was kind of a "closed" thing, only certain people were invited. Of course, then you have Location Test notebooks for the Arcade games, but I feel like the foundation of the game (songlist, stepcharts, theme etc.) is already set in stone by the time the location test is held.

Now that NAOKI is the producer, maybe it would be a good idea to start e-mailing him (they have a contact area on the official TERRA website). jun too maybe, I'm sure she is being tapped as the sound director for this game.

07-11-2009, 06:06 PM	#11
Pie-kun Core Staff Member Pie-kun is offline Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Los Angeles, California Pie-kun's Collection Posts: 1,374 Marketplace Rating: 0	Looked like a good conversation. It would be nice if we had more American people working on these games, so we could directly talk to people like you did. I noticed, for instance, that most of the suggestions placed on DDROnlineCommunity were implemented into DDR Universe 3, but not really in the other games. Sadly, it looks like these new games are being worked on almost exclusively in Japan. And I feel like those staff don't actively seek out American/European opinions. In fact, it doesn't really seem like they actively seek many opinions at all. I do remember that last year they held various DDR-Events all across Japan in which they sought player input, but IIRC, it was kind of a "closed" thing, only certain people were invited. Of course, then you have Location Test notebooks for the Arcade games, but I feel like the foundation of the game (songlist, stepcharts, theme etc.) is already set in stone by the time the location test is held. Now that NAOKI is the producer, maybe it would be a good idea to start e-mailing him (they have a contact area on the official TERRA website). jun too maybe, I'm sure she is being tapped as the sound director for this game. __________________ I don't speak Japanese but I can if you like OW Last edited by piepiepie75 : 07-11-2009 at 06:08 PM.