P-Warrior Interview - PureGirl

[黒い灯影]

Just thought I'd scan this and put it through machine translation. An intervew from PureGirl the one with Cala on the cover.
Might scan the other section too, something under the Developer's Library section of the book.

I tried to upload this to the post itself, but it kept kicking back to the homepage, Scan

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シリーズの主みの輯
『RSR』シナリオ担当及びンニア社長

過去の「VIPER」作品のほぽすべてに携わり、 今回の「RSR」でもシナリオを手がけるP・ ウォリア ー 氏。 今回は「RSR」のことだけではなく、 業界のこと、 次回作のことなどをインタビュ ー してみた。

一今まではアニメメーション作がほとんどでしたが、
今回なぜ RPGになったのでしょうか？
 何でというか。 やりたいなーと思っただけなんですけ どね（笑）。

ー企画自俸は結構前からあ ったのですか？
 シナリオの根底はすでに5年以上前からありまして、さ らに作画に3年くらいかかってます。現在も進行中ですが。アニメーションに関しては、全部で350カット以上。総CG枚数が 5000枚以上。 全部合わせてCD3枚分くらいのボリ ュームになります。

一RPGのシステムはどう いっ たものになるんでしょうか？
基本的には2Dの RPGで、イベントがアニメーションすると行った感じになります。 30ダンジョンにしようという案もあったんですが、某大作RPGをプレイして、やっばり2Dのほうがよいと感じて決 定しました。

ー『RSR』は縛ファ ンクジーものというこ とですがなぜファン タジーになったのでし ょうか？
世界観を活かすには、やっばりファンタジ一世界が 一番かなと。今回も変わらず車の名前を使ってますが、そこらへん はできるだけ世界観を崩さないようなネー ミングにするように気を付けてます。

ー『RSR』のココをアピール するとしたら？。
もちろんアニメーシ ョンもそうなのですが、とにかくスム ーズで簡単にプレイできることを第 ーに制作してます。 というのも、今のゲームの多くが、マニア向けの方向に行ってるように思うんです。 これだと、初めてエロゲーをプレイする人がノリについて来れないんじゃないかなと。 システムを取っつきやすい2Dにしたのも、そういった背景があるためで す。

—細めてブレイする人を重鵬 した作贔なのですか？
 以前発売した『極楽VIPER』などもそうなんですが、ユーザの新規開拓をしていかないと、先が怖いというのがありますね。今、アニメもそうなんですが マニア 向けに作っちゃうと最終的に市場 自体がしぼんでしまうので、何とかしてその外にいる新しい人たちを引っ張ってこなくてはいけない。 以前はうちがその役割をする必要もなかったんですが。それに実際エロゲーを初めて買う人の大部分が求めるのは純粋に工口が際立つもの、もしくはちょっと暇つぶしができるゲームとかだと思うんです。 そういう人たちっていうのは、現実 には体験できないことを求めていると思うので、完全にフィクションの世界ットものになります。起用している原画さん は大っびらには言えませんが、私の師匠です。 もう一つヒントをいうとロボットといえばこの人でしょう、 といったくらいの方です。 あ とは『M33.2』が学園もので、『MS』 が妖怪ものになってます。企画としては、ちょっと恥ずかしいくらいの学園ラブコメものがやりたい、という声も上がってます。


一最後に罰者の皆さんに一 雷お願いします。
『RSR』は『VIPER』シリーズを知ってる人でも、またま ったく知らない人でも、本当に楽しめる作品なので期待してください。

一本日はどうもありがとうこざ いました。

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The main point of the series
"RSR" scenario responsible and President Ninia

Mr. P. Warrior who is engaged in all the past "VIPER" works and also scenario at "RSR" this time. This time I interviewed not only about "RSR" but also about the industry, about the next work.

Until now it was mostly animation work,
Why became RPG this time?
 Why? I just wanted to do it (laugh).

- Planning Is your salary a long time ago?
 The basis of the scenario has already been over five years ago, and it took me more than 3 years to draw. Although it is still under way. Regarding animation, it is over 350 cuts in all. The total number of CG sheets is 5000 or more. Together they will be 3 volumes of CD.

What is the system of one RPG?
Basically it is a 2D RPG, it makes me feel like I went animating an event. There was also a plan to make it 30 dungeons, but I played a certain epic RPG and decided to feel 2D better.

- Although "RSR" is said to be bound funny things, why did you become fantasy?
In order to make the most of the world view, the fantasy world is the best. I am using the name of the car this time as well, but I will be careful to make such a naming which will not destroy the world view as much as possible.

- What if you were to appeal the "RSR" coco? .
Of course it is also animation, but I am making the first thing that can be played smoothly and easily. I think that many of the current games are going for maniacs. If this is the case, it seems that people who play eroge for the first time can not come to Nori. This is because there are such backgrounds that made the system 2D easy to attach.

- Are you a heavy pens who made slender and braided people?
 It seems like "Gokuraku VIPER" which we released in the past, but there are things that you are afraid of if you do not develop new users. Now, although animation seems to be the case, if you make it for maniacs eventually the market itself will be deflated, so somehow you have to somehow pull the new people out there. Previously, I did not need to do that. And, in fact, most of the people who buy eroge for the first time see it is purely intelligent, or a game that can kill a little bit. I think those people are seeking things that can not be experienced in reality, so they will be fully fictional world things. I can not say a masterpiece you are wearing all the time, but it is my master. Another way to say a hint is speaking of a robot, this person. Oh, "M33.2" is a school studio thing, "MS" is a youkai stuff. As a project, there is also a voice that I want to do something about a little embarrassing school love comedy.


I would like to ask one of the penal institutions.
"RSR" is a work that you really enjoy, even those who know the "VIPER" series, even those who do not know well, please expect.

I thank you very much today for today.

[JG]

Here is a local copy of the interview scan, in case in the imgur link stops working.


I remember reading over some of that interview a few years ago and picking up on the "3 CD" part.  Remember that a few scenes were cut down to make it fit onto 2.  At the time of this interview, I don't think a plan for DVD release was in the works yet.

Despite a few translation errors, its a fascinating read to explain why Sogna branches out into so many genres over their last few releases.

[BremenDruid]

That's intriguing that they cut some scenes from it. Do we know what they were?

[JG]

Some they added back into the DVD version. You just about have to compare the two to know which ones.

There's also an image of a Julietta scene that was either cut, or never proceeded past the cel stage - she's face down and no such scene made it into either version.

[黒い灯影]

If you look at the numberings from the game files, you'd see they skip some frames,
but it could also mean they reused an earlier ANM file to save space.
the Julietta and Diabolos scene look heavily cut down.
if you look at the numberings around that scene, they skip some numbers/letters
Could have been due to time constraints,
seeing as they could have easily added in the cut scenes to the DVD edition, shame wish we could've had more Julietta.

[JG]

That's a good point.  Generally the scene numbers are defined by the storyboard. They are then drawn and animated out of order. At some point they must have realized they were going very long and decided to drop a few before they were ever animated. Some may have had a few base cels drawn, like the image I posted above, but my guess is very few or else they could marketed an album disc or new Island-type game to show off the missing art.

As far as the Julietta scene is concerned, I'm fairly convinced that it was originally meant to be at least two scenes, to show she's raped over and over like Cala.

[Rai]

On the other hand, they're all in the same number range, which usually means they're in sequence. I also feel like it was a major plot point that Diablo gives Julietta a ton of time to think over his proposal and only rapes her once Veloce's out of the picture. I think it was part of Diablo's characterization as a powerful ruler with a hidden soft spot that he would prefer not to rape her but he only needed to do it once to impregnate her.

[BremenDruid]

Interesting. It's too bad we never got a full version with all the animation sequences in it. I would have loved to see what else they originally had planned for the story.

[JG]

Or sequels. Its one of the few VIPER games that properly lends itself to continuing the story.