Skies of Arcadia 2 in the works?

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Posted by
Johnny Ruiz at 10:08:19 PM EST on 03.22.2004.


Kikizo games recently posted an interview with the powerhouse R&D heads at Sega. Those interviewed included Those present were Yu Suzuki of AM2, Tetsuya Mizuguchi of UGA, Smilebit's Takayuki Kawagoe, Yuji Naka from the Sonic Team, Noriyoshi Oba from Overworks, Toshihiro Nagoshi from Amusement Vision, Hisao Oguchi of Hitmaker, and Yukifumi Makino from sound studio, Wavemaster. You can check out the full interview here.

However, the truly interesting bits were in questions in regards to sequels. Noriyoshi Oba was asked about the possibly of a sequel to Skies of Arcadia and responded “The Skies of Arcadia sequel is in the planning stages at the moment.” Of course, plenty of games are “In the planning stages” but this raises hopes that a sequel could indeed be on the plate for the future.

As for Rez, Kikizo posed the question: “Would you make a sequel to Rez to improve any parts of the first game you weren't happy with?” to Tetsuya Mizuguchi who responded with “Maybe, yes! [smiles] In terms of sales figures, I wasn't satisfied with Rez, but we should give Rez more time. I need to trust myself.”.


Source: Kikizo.com

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Bah, just noticed the source interview is dated February 17, 2003 so who knows if the game will actually get made.