Triangle Studio's blockbuster new indie ga: ow ow lody
A light, relaxing rhythm ga featuring a mischievous cat as the protagonist. Players follow the beat and gleefully wreck a room. Produced by Oto-chan, the ga was instantly loved upon release for its adorable visuals and stress-relieving gaplay.
anwhile, legendary producer Kazuma Yumiyose's fad series Ninja Project launched its latest installnt.
With enhanced graphics, a developnt team of over 500 people, and a production cycle spanning over three years, this entry is a culmination of everything the series has built. To better cater to Arican audiences, the ga is now set in New York City.
In this story, the protagonist travels through ti, arriving in early frontier-era Arica and eventually fighting alongside modern-day allies.
The series had already spanned over ten titles, covering almost every narrative possible. This newest ga serves as a temporary grand finale—and with its strong fan base, it sold over 1 million copies in its first week. Surpassing 10 million is well within reach.
This is also the first ga in the series to utilize Takayuki's open-form, systematized developnt model.
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This new model prioritizes massive content and player retention, perfectly suited to gars who were freshly enamored with open-world design.
Historically, even Ubisoft only began shifting gaplay styles after years of exhausting the open-world formula.
Elsewhere, Roppongi Studio launched a lineup of ani and film-based gas.
Their strength lies in their abundant ani IPs—just slapping a popular na on the box guarantees tens of thousands of eager fans. Even if the ga's quality isn't outstanding, fans still flock to buy them.
But with the industrialized developnt model, even the weakest of these gas will hit at least a 3-star quality baseline. No more utter disasters.
With Gastar Electronic Entertainnt pumping out top-tier first-party titles, and third-party partners supporting with solid companion releases, Gastar stord the video ga market like a juggernaut.
MicFort was hoping to pivot toward the personal computing market, looking to expand into portable and desktop devices.
Unfortunately, in this world, they were never given a chance.
Under Takayuki's guidance, the Morgan Group moved swiftly, rolling out operating system upgrades and new features to cut off every attempt MicFort made—outmaneuvering them at every step.
In Takayuki's original world, Apple rose to dominate global markets thanks to its surprise ascent. Back then, many rival companies underestimated Apple—until it beca a behemoth too late to stop.
In this parallel world, MicFort might've had the sa potential... if not for the inconvenient existence of a cheat-code-level ti traveler who kept staying two steps ahead.
Myron Case felt deeply frustrated—every ti he tried sothing, Takayuki smashed it before it could begin.
Eventually, by the end of 2010, MicFort's ga division was in full retreat. They gave up on personal computers and shifted their focus back to smartphones, where they still held so dominance.
But under the relentless bombardnt of dozens of top-tier ga titles, MicFort didn't stand a chance. The trend-chasing gaming crowd had stopped choosing MicFort altogether.
They now wanted Facebook Phones and, of course, the ultra-cool Switch.
Despite early skepticism from analysts, the Switch handheld console beca a breakout hit in 2010. The second half of the year was wholly dominated by Switch.
In hindsight, 2010 was unanimously rembered as the year of Gastar Electronic Entertainnt—a title that held for many years, as no other product would match its influence for a long ti.
Within gaming circles, players affectionately dubbed 2010 "The Year of Takayuki."
Takayuki's influence kept growing—it seed like he had no rivals.
By the end of the year, the annual Ga Awards ceremony was held as usual. After years of building prestige, this awards show had beco second only to the Milisen Film Awards, the Oscars of that world.
This year, however, ca with a twist.
Kazuo Murakami, the show's producer, made a special decision:
Gastar Electronic Entertainnt would participate.
From Best Soundtrack, Best Action, Best Narrative, and more, Gastar's gas swept all the major categories. Only categories like Best Indie Ga, which Gastar didn't participate in, gave other studios any room to shine.
Gastar secured a complete sweep—a grand slam across the board.
This would also beco the only ti Gastar ever attended the Ga Awards. After all, inviting a god-tier company like Gastar essentially made it impossible for other developers to compete.
Murakami explained that the Switch's success had driven the entire industry forward in such a aningful way that it had to be recognized.
And surprisingly, all the other studios were completely chill about it. They remained quiet during the ceremony and later, during press interviews, agreed in unison:
"Gastar deserved it."
So even joked that just being nominated alongside them was already an honor.
As for Takayuki himself, he received an extraordinary distinction:
The Video Ga Industry Lifeti Achievent Award.
He hadn't known about the award until that very mont. Sitting in the audience, he heard Kazuo Murakami call his na and announce the honor—and was briefly stunned.
But everyone else seed to think it was the most natural thing in the world.
Even Ueto Hayakawa, who'd made ti to attend, gave Takayuki a look of full approval from his seat.
Takayuki had earned this achievent.
In fact, this would be the only ti the award was given to soone for the entire ga industry. All future recipients would only receive the "Ga Awards Lifeti Achievent," not the whole industry's.
That was Takayuki's uniquely exclusive legacy.
At the end of the ceremony, Takayuki sat at his table, surrounded by trophies and awards, looking around with a sowhat helpless smile.
"Maybe... winning too many awards all at once has its downsides too."
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