Gouki.com had the honor to speak with Yoshinori Ono from Capcom while at EVO 2011. Check out this exclusive interview.
Few among Capcom’s developers are as well known as Yoshinori Ono, who has basically been the face of the Street Fighter series since IV. Now, he's leaving the company ad the brand.
Not sure if good or bad. SFIV was amazing, Capcom had a winner there they should have supported it. SFV is Ok. Fighting games are a niche thing, so they try to incorporate as much people as they can, but when the game is so basic and easy to execute, it becomes boring after a while. A good fighting game is a hardcore game.
What I want from Capcom for the future is another Alpha, with the same amazing art style and animation (that's key) but Hardcore don't make it accessible... if you want to be good, learn it.
Street Fighter V improved a lot from launch, but it really tainted the franchise for me. Maybe some new leadership will mean a better game next round from Day One.
He’ll be an asset wherever he goes. The last street fighter presentation was fantastic and makes it seem like replacing him was a good move though.
Not a bad Executive Producer, a pretty goofy dude, at least he didn't push his own personal agenda on people like Naughty Dog have, and if he did, it was subtle. Ono knew how to separate his personal feelings from business, I think he did well. His demeanor strongly indicates how he feels every time he's on stage, but it didn't exactly manifest itself in games in a pushy way, it was subtle and I appreciate that from him.
An interview on the lessons learned from Street Fighter's latest entry.
I feel like Street Fighter 4 and 5 were just a rehash of old characters that also became paid DLC. Are they good games? Yes. Street Fighter will never be the same unless they bring back the arcade style feel(stop just thinking of EVO players), stop reusing old characters other than Ryu/Ken and maybe chun li. Capcom needs to Evolve Street Fighter with all new characters like Street Fighter 3 did before. Bring back a cel-shaded yet upgraded art style. Street Fighter 2 will always be the peak of this series.
Yoshinori Ono revealed that Deep Down hasn't been completely given up on by CAPCOM. The game could still be made at some point.
It's not the most positive-sounding things though. "Not completely given up on" makes it sound like it could end up in development hell.
It'd be cool if this releases for the PS5. Announced during the beginning of the PS4 cycle only to release on PS5. Who knows but what I really want from Capcom is a Dino Crisis remake, Nemesis remake, Code Veronica remake and last but definitely not least Dragons Dogma 2! Imagine a sequel built for next gen consoles! It'd be incredible!
It has certainly been forgotten though...I was (and will be again if it comes out) so hyped for this game back in the day. I literally forgot this existed till I saw this article however.
This game went through some dev hell, which is unfortunate since it looked really cool. The re-reveal didn't look to hot with a focus on more of an online MMO style, but I remember that first reveal with the dragon fire and all the ash and stuff flying around... We could probably hit that visual fidelity next gen. Hopefully Capcom is still working towards it.