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Metroidvania Roundtable Discussion With IGA and the Shadow Labryinth Devs

ArtPlay Co-Founder and Bloodstained Producer, Koji "IGA" Igarashi, participated in a roundtable discussion on the past, present and future of Metroidvania games . Check out the article on Denfaminico's website!

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added"The guests included ArtPlay's Koji Igarashi, who worked on the Bloodstained series and has just announced his new title, Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement ; and Shadow Labyrinth development staff members Harada Katsuhiro and Toru Takahashi from Bandai Namco Studios, Seigo Aizawa from Bandai Namco Entertainment, and Tomoaki Fukui from Engines. Finally, we had Daichi Saito from Why So Serious, who has produced several Metroidvania titles produced by team ladybug. They spoke about the history and characteristics of Metroidvania."
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added"The guests included ArtPlay's Koji Igarashi, who worked on the Bloodstained series and has just announced his new title, Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement ; and Shadow Labyrinth development staff members Harada Katsuhiro and Toru Takahashi from Bandai Namco Studios, Seigo Aizawa from Bandai Namco Entertainment, and Tomoaki Fukui from Engines. Finally, we had Daichi Saito from Why So Serious, who has produced several Metroidvania titles produced by team ladybug. They spoke about the history and characteristics of Metroidvania."
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ArtPlay Co-Founder and Bloodstained Producer, Koji "IGA" Igarashi, participated in a roundtable discussion on the past, present and future of Metroidvania games . Check out the article on Denfaminico's website! https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/250723a

"The guests included ArtPlay's Koji Igarashi, who worked on the Bloodstained series and has just announced his new title, Bloodstained: The Scarlet Engagement ; and Shadow Labyrinth development staff members Harada Katsuhiro and Toru Takahashi from Bandai Namco Studios, Seigo Aizawa from Bandai Namco Entertainment, and Tomoaki Fukui from Engines. Finally, we had Daichi Saito from Why So Serious, who has produced several Metroidvania titles produced by team ladybug. They spoke about the history and characteristics of Metroidvania."

The article is in Japanese, but your browser should be able to translate it.

If you're interested in checking out Shadow Labyrinth, you can find it here:

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