Thread by @gosokkyu

G-MODE's Koichi Takeshita discusses his early work history at Hudson and other studios, joining G-MODE, their early releases under his tenure (including KUUKIYOMI) and the establishment of G-MODE Archives gamemo.confidence-media.jp/873🇯🇵

https://twitter.com/GmodePR/status/1351699673052966915

on G-MODE Archives: bc G-MODE built its name off keitai & i-mode, they feel it's their mission to maintain that legacy, including games from other companies

re: overseas releases, the majority of games are JP-dependent, but they're considering releasing text-light games overseas

(this interview was conducted about a month ago—since then, they've already announced plans to release games from other companies (Zanac, Sorcerian) and they've released the first international G-MODE Archives title, TOPOLON nintendo.com/games/detail/g…)

Takeshita hopes to release 200(!) G-MODE Archives titles within 2 years—he's confident their engineering framework can make it possible, & that rapid pace is essential to justify their budget

G-MODE Archives hasn't sold to expectations, but he believes they'll have a long tail

(for reference, G-MODE Archives launched in Japan last April and they'll be releasing game #28 this week, so their current pace is around one game a week)

a tidbit about Takeshita's time at Hudson: they were one of the very first JP studios to commit to iOS dev & while most of their games have disappeared due to OS compatibility & so on, their Momotaru Dentetsu game not only survived but still shows up in the top download rankings

(that is to say, downloads spike like crazy every so often & have been high for a while off the back of the mega-successful Switch game)

the interviewer, former Ignition Entertainment head Kaz Takeshita, had a similar recent experience when El Shaddai recently trended on twitter