Chiyomaru Shikura is the CEO of 5pb, an independent Japanese publisher of games and music. On the game side, the company’s been responsible for domestic visual novel titles like Chaos;Head, Prism Ark ~AWAKE~, and Skip-Beat!. According to an interview with 4gamer, Shikura says the company is stepping into the worldwide limelight with a single shocking partnership.
Shikura previously posted on Twitter about a lunch meeting with two Japanese industry greats: Kojima Productions’ Hideo Kojima and Grasshopper CEO Suda 51. He said that the meeting has resulted in tentative plans for a new adventure game from the pair. No further information on the project was released until today, when 4gamer posted its interview with Shikura.
When asked about 5pb’s future projects, Shikura replied, "With regards to the projects that I'm directly involved in, there's the third entry in that science series, and the project with Konami's Hideo Kojima. I think these are the two things that I should first put my full effort behind."
"Yes, Kojima said that he wanted to make an adventure game. We're still at the level of 'let's lock ourselves away in the mountains somewhere and work on the plot,' so the specifics haven't been finalized,” he told 4gamer in when questioned about the adventure game.
He was then asked if Kojima's input would push the project towards science fiction like the classic Snatcher; Shikura said that the site should ask Kojima directly.
Shikura noted that this project would be different from the company’s normal visual novel fair. "I personally love adventure games. To be honest, I'm not focused on gal games. I even think that it would be okay to have a classic style adventure game boom with nothing to do with bishojo or pretty boys,” he said.
The real question is which title will Kojima finish next: his project with 5pb or the next Metal Gear Solid title?
[Via Andriasang]
