Failure didn't stop LocoRoco dev from trying

Posted Jul 26th 2007 12:45PM by Andrew Yoon
Filed under: News, Loco Roco

How many times did LocoRoco get rejected from Sony, before it became a heavily promoted, greenlit project? Two times. At Develop conference, Tsutomu Kouno revealed that rejected the idea of a tilting 2D platformer twice. Why did Sony finally give in on the third time? He provided them with a playable demo. "It is very important to make a demo and show something that moves," he said.

It looks like Kouno-san's persistence paid off ultimately, considering the dedicated following the PSP platformer has. Considering his success, Kouno will continue making games in the vein of LocoRoco. According to Next Generation, his future games will also be "peaceful," going against the increasingly popular trend towards violent games. He also added, "In the future, I want to invent new gameplay using physical calculations and crowd AI."

Tags: develop, kouno, locoroco, tsutomukouno

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7-26-2007 @ 1:31PM

required said...

There is moja violence in LocoRoco.

7-26-2007 @ 1:49PM

locoroconuts said...

It is a murder simulator.

7-26-2007 @ 1:54PM

micklol said...

ya!
what's more disturbing?shooting a bad guy in the face or seeing one of you/your kids eaten by monsters???

consider this fact: Bambi is the scariest movie ever made!

7-26-2007 @ 2:12PM

merc25 said...

micklo, obviously you have never seen The Sound of Music.

7-26-2007 @ 7:46PM

Shane said...

I hope the same strategy works for that little Galaxy's End game you showed us a while back.

7-27-2007 @ 2:16AM

Jeremy said...

OTOH, considering the game was pretty much a commercial flop (considering it's hype), it makes you wonder if Sony wasn't right to reject it.

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