Edge Interview: Saving Shooters

Tez Okano has some experience of cult classics: he’s the director behind the likes of SGGG, Astro Boy Omega Force and Gunstar Super Heroes. But in Sega HQ, in the appropriately named Ohta-ku south of Tokyo, he’s talking about a new business model. One that might keep a failing genre alive and, if Okano has his way, one that might see a few more classics revived. Edge sat down with the director of the PS2 title Thunder Force VI to discuss aiming for the core.