ニュース レトロリバイバルによるセガのリスク: プロジェクト センチュリーとバーチャファイター

レトロリバイバルによるセガのリスク: プロジェクト センチュリーとバーチャファイター

著者 : Jack アップデート : Jan 10,2025

セガのリスクを冒すアプローチが RGG Studio の野心的なプロジェクトを促進

Project Century and Virtua Fighter Project Showcase Sega's Boldness

龍が如く スタジオ (RGG スタジオ) は、複数の大規模プロジェクトを同時にやりくりする能力を強みとしています。 同スタジオによれば、これはリスクとイノベーションを積極的に受け入れるセガの姿勢の直接の結果だという。 「Like a Dragon」シリーズのクリエイターが今後予定しているエキサイティングな新しいプロジェクトを詳しく掘り下げてみましょう。

セガは新しい IP と型破りなアイデアを採用します

Sega's Support for RGG Studio's Ambitious Ventures

RGG Studio は現在、新しい IP を含むいくつかの主要プロジェクトを進行中です。 すでに次回作『Like a Dragon』と『バーチャファイター』のリメイクが 2025 年に予定されているにもかかわらず、彼らはさらに 2 つのタイトルをその印象的な開発パイプラインに追加しました。 スタジオ代表兼ディレクターの横山昌義氏は、これはリスクを冒すセガの積極的なアプローチのおかげであると考えています。

12 月初旬、RGG は同じ週内に 2 つの異なるプロジェクトの予告編を公開しました。 1915 年の日本を舞台にした新しい IP である Project Century が、The Game Awards 2025 で初公開されました。翌日、セガの公式チャンネルで新しいバーチャファイター プロジェクトのトレーラーが紹介されました (近々リリースされるバーチャファイター 5 R.E.V.O. リマスターとは別のもの)。 どちらのプロジェクトにも明らかな規模と野心は、スタジオの揺るぎない意欲を浮き彫りにしています。 信頼と新しさへの欲求が融合した、セガの RGG Studio に対する信頼は明らかです。

計算してリスクを取る文化

Sega's History of Innovation

「失敗の可能性を受け入れる姿勢がセガの重要な強みだ」と横山氏はファミ通に語った(Automaton Mediaが翻訳)。 同氏は、このリスク許容型のアプローチがセガの DNA に組み込まれていると示唆しています。 彼は例として『バーチャファイター』フランチャイズを挙げ、この IP と協力した後、セガは新たな地平を模索したと説明しました。 そこから「『VF』をRPGにしたらどうなるだろう?」という疑問が生まれ、『シェンムー』シリーズが誕生しました。

複数のプロジェクトにわたって品質を維持する

RGG Studio's Commitment to Excellence

RGG スタジオは、これら 2 つのプロジェクトの同時開発によって、特にバーチャ ファイター シリーズに関して品質が損なわれることはないとファンに保証します。 オリジナルのバーチャファイターのクリエイターである鈴木裕氏は、新しいプロジェクトへの支持を表明しました。 横山氏は、バーチャファイター プロジェクトのプロデューサーである山田理一郎氏とそのチームとともに、中途半端な製品を避けるという取り組みを強調しています。

山田氏はさらに、「この新しい『VF』では、革新的で幅広い視聴者を魅了するものを作ることを目指しています! 長年のファンの方も、シリーズを初めてプレイする方も、ぜひご期待ください。もっとアップデートしてください!」横山氏もこの意見に同調し、今後の両タイトルに対する興奮を表明しました。

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