Lawyers eat a lot of money, but what's the point of suing if we don't get any compensation from paparazzi? They have to compensate for the damage if we win.” “There are too many scandals in the game, almost every half minute. It serves both as an overarching plot and slowly introduces you to the mechanics of the game. Nemjen: Not at this time, try working your way through the story mode. ”Do you plan to release gameplay add-ons to the game? At the moment, the game has very little content, after a few hours it becomes very monotonous.” Nemjen: Don't worry I've got your back, one day Good Smile will return my calls. Samu: I'd love to make more Starnova, but since we've been working on it for a while, working on Sunrider will be a good change of pace “Sam: are there plans to revisit Starnova in the future, however distant?” The benefit there is it doesn't just have to be a game - you could also have illustrations, comics, short stories and perhaps even animations. Nemjen: For me I'd love to touch on some of the niche parts of the lore that are lightly referenced however just haven't had enough time within the current Sunrider titles to be explored. Samu: Oh hohoho, you'd think we'd make anime Breath of the Wild in space with an unlimited budget. "If you had an unlimited budget, what's one thing you'd do to the Sunrider series, either as a game (chaning it's genre to a JRPG, or something like Valkyrie Chronicles), it's merch, or it's marketing? If you want to give one for each thing then go for it." Revised: For Sam his favourite is Aki although the life drains from his eyes whenever the merchandise numbers comes up. Nemjen: Team Nattan here, I'm from the countryside myself so I have a particular soft spot for this type of character. Samu: I think I sent Nemjen my thoughts on the best girls in Idol Empire. “Sam, do either you or nem have a favorite idol in the starnova universe.” Nemjen: Because we got an Ava route, what more is needed? “Why is sunrider academy SOOO DAMN GOOD as a stand-alone!?!” However, later, we decided to add the Sunrider girls, so maybe she got a little bit redundant. Samu: We wanted to add a new girl, as Haruka was not recruitable and we still wanted to have 5 girls for 5 Battles of the Idols, and there was no soft spoken girl on the team, so we decided to go with a mysterious shrine maiden like Sola in Sunrider Academy. “How did the concept of Miss Mariko come to be?“ That and I don't think the world is just ready yet for for us to bring space, crusades and waifu together right now. Nemjen: Space is our surname but it is not an impossibility - just not something we would be looking at right now as our hands are quite full with polishing Idol Empire for the full release and then following that our next project Sunrider 4. However, since we are committed to delivering Sunrider 4, it seems we will be in the sci-fi genre for now Samu: I'd love to make a fantasy genre in the future. “Has LiS ever considered doing a medieval fantasy style setting for any of their works? Considering we have Sci-Fi, and modern settings already portrayed.” Samu: I don't know whether straight/bisexual/gay is that big of a distinction in the Sunrider universe, and look forward to potentially expanding the lore in the future If in a future project we decide it is best delivered purely as narrative then sure we could see more pure VNs so to speak. Nemjen: Success is only part of the equation, the story has to also suit the method. However, it sounds like most of our current fans wanted the next Sunrider so we focused on it. Samu: I'm sure that's up to visual novel creators. “Was Shining Song Starnova a big enough success to consider more "Pure VN" type titles in the future?” This is based on a running gag during my Brony years that people would rather go Buuuuuuuurd rather than Magpie. Nemjen: The third name is the holy trinity is still avian in being BurdPie. “What other nicknames have you considered using in the community besides Magpie and Nemjen?” However, Mariya has no association with Takeuchi Mariya Samu: I'm not fully confident on the kanji so I would consult with an expert first. Samu, what character is used for Aki's name? Is she named as 秋 (autumn)? Also, is Mariya possibly named after Takeuchi Mariya?” Samu: I think I might have mentioned it, but I remember really having liked Valkryia Chronicles when I made First Arrival, so some aspects of the active turn based system might have been inspired by it “What games inspired you when creating the gameplay aspect of the Sunrider series?”
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