The people responsible for Moon came from a background of Super Mario RPG, Romancing SaGa, Chrono Trigger, Secret of Mana, and Chrono Trigger.
They went on to split up and make Chibi-Robo, Chulip, Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, Contact, Little King's Story.
Somehow, this makes sense.
They went on to split up and make Chibi-Robo, Chulip, Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, Contact, Little King's Story.
Somehow, this makes sense.
though not all of them worked on all of those previous games, the point is that collectively they came up through the industry in Square's heyday. They SAW the peak of the JRPG genre.
And then they left. And made their own games, all pointedly atypical RPGs.
And then they left. And made their own games, all pointedly atypical RPGs.
so learning that Taro Kudou, one of the lead designers of Moon, has been writing/directing the Paper Mario games since Sticker Star... yeah. That explains a lot, actually.
if you'd like to learn more, I made a thread about it:
