40 Hidetaka Miyazaki Quotes for You to Enjoy

Hidetaka Miyazaki

Japanese Director

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Dont give up. Obstacles can be overcome through strategy and learning. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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Dark Souls is in some ways an incomplete game, and I like to think that it has been completed by players, by their discoveries, as they moved along. I'd love to say that the nature of this incompleteness was completely deliberate, but it is both deliberate and by accident in different ways. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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Utilising wit in the thick of battle will be your key to victory. Hidetaka Miyazaki

Battle Key Victory Will Wit Your Thick

Being a director, I've had the privilege of heading a PS3 launch title. Looking back, I think the PS4 has made the development cycle much easier. Hidetaka Miyazaki

Director Made Looking Looking Back Think Back Easier Launch Had Development Heading Privilege Being Title Much Cycle

I, as a gamer, understand passion to discuss favourite games. Hidetaka Miyazaki

Gamer Passion Favourite Understand Discuss Games

Now I'm president. I get to meet a lot of other company presidents. They're such weird people. I'm fascinated by them. I use some of them as enemy characters in our games. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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The main concept of 'Dark Souls III' is the first flame and its successors; the world has been in this cycle of reigniting the flame since the first game, but now it seems to be disappearing, almost dying. We're trying to draw out the aspects of this withering flame. Hidetaka Miyazaki

One of my favourite Japanese cartoons is 'Yasuragi no Yakata,' written by the famous Fujiko Fujio. Hidetaka Miyazaki

Favourite Cartoons Written Famous Japanese

I'm not one to restrict the potential that 'Dark Souls' has by insisting that only I can work on the titles. Hidetaka Miyazaki

Work Dark Restrict Insisting Only Potential Souls Titles

I think one of the studio's characteristics is to embrace wholeheartedly what we feel is interesting; what we perceive to be worthwhile, cool, or beautiful; and to place these ideals at the foundation of the games we make. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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The more time I spend working on 'Sekiro,' the deeper I sink into this zone of blood and gore and conflict. But if I want to get out of it, I can walk over to the other side of the studio and ease myself into a completely different feeling when I work on 'Deracine.' Hidetaka Miyazaki

I believe it's important for us to have a diverse and free approach to making games in the way that we like. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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I'm not very good at action games in general and find most action games to be hard. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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A shinobi embodies an archetype that is able to use everything at their disposal. They don't pick a fighting style; they use every means and everything they can get their hands on. They exploit every weakness. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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In 'Demon's Souls,' we tried to implement some features in a kind of experimental way, not being sure whether or not it would be popular, but we did it anyway so that we could see how people reacted. Hidetaka Miyazaki

From the initial design stages of 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice,' we had the idea of the player being able to move dynamically through a detailed, multi-layered map. We found that a 'shinobi' type character was the key to achieving this in a way that was both realistic and cool. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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There was a board game called 'Sorcery,' which is one of my favorites, and I would often revisit the game. It's not a video game, but it definitely stands out in my mind as a game that impacted me. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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We do need this diversity in the industry. Regardless of what From Software is doing, we need people making battle royale games and live services, and we need people making single-player focused experiences. We feel that this diversity is what will keep everyone going. Hidetaka Miyazaki

Battle People Will Diversity Live Software Everyone Focused Feel Industry Making Doing Going Experiences Regardless Games Keep Services Need

We always look back at our back catalogue for inspiration for new titles, but when it comes to very old things like the 'King's Field' series, I'm concerned about just mimicking the style of what Naotoshi Zin, the founder of FromSoftware, created for the PlayStation original. I would rather not go back to it simply out of respect. Hidetaka Miyazaki

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