Kazunori Yamauchi Interview ( APRIL 4 2008 ) PART 1

[GTP_ENERGIYA]

SOME REFER TO GT5 PROLOGUE JUST A £25 DEMO, HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THAT CRITICISM?

KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI - I fully understand the pain of the people that were expecting a full GT to be released, but it took us three years to get this far and it has not been simple. It's been very difficult to do, we just hope that everone understands that we are trying our best.

WILL THE US GET THE CONTENT THAT WAS ADDED TO THE UK VERSION?

KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI - The japanese version was updated to match the UK version on the day of the UK release, so they are now the same, and the US version that's coming out is going to be pretty much the same as the UK version.

WHAT SORT OF CONTENT CAN WE EXPECT FROM THE UPDATE?

KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI - The major things that we're planning for the update will be to add community building features such as communicating between players and also damage for the cars.

 

[GTP_ENERGIYA]

DAMAGE? AWESOME. AND THE ONLINE PART OF THE GAME WILL BE IMPROVED TOO.

KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI - Yes. there'll be a focus on the online mode.

WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS WITH GRAN TURISMO MOBILE FOR PSP AND GRAN TURISMO FOR BOYS ( ORIGINALY ANNOUNCED FOR PS2 )

KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI - I donk think gran turismo mobile will make this year, but we are hoping to make the PSP version a satelite game, like an addition to GT5.

I have to apologise because so much of our effort and energy is going into making the PS3 version that it's making it very difficult for us to work on the PSP version. The same goes for gran turismo for boys, but we're hoping to make that a feature within GT5.

SO INSTEAD MAKING IT A SEPARATE GAME, IT WILL COME AS A SIMPLIFIED MODE FOR GT5.

KAZUNORI YAMAUCHI - Yes

 

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