Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5949188-20140704194818/@comment-2164259-20141019000929

Machomuu wrote: Roberto.zampari wrote: A funny notice: http://mynintendonews.com/2014/10/18/hino-says-he-wants-level-5-to-be-more-like-disney I get it...but I don't know if I agree. I mean, I love Hino and his games (Danball Senki, Inazuma Eleven, and I'm looking forward to Youkai Watch), but one thing that I've always known Level-5 for is their ability to make incredibly unique games. You won't find other games like Dark Cloud, Inazuma Eleven, or Ni no Kuni, and they're not only unique, but incredibly well crafted.

And I get what he means, but I feel that if someone really were to make other things than just games (not limited to shows, it could be anything really), I think it should be a derivative company. He's probably more worried about sales coming from animes and merchandise are much larger than that of the games, at a much lower cost and mainteinance. I understand his sentiment, given that aside from Layton, InaDan and YW, most of their stuff is really niche in the west and at best a moderate seller at home.

Makes sense they want to push their abilities as storytellers, but I feel we'll lose a big asset to the improvement of vidya.