Ozaki and Tanabe on the other hand, were doing lots of stuff in later years. After looking through both games I can say that the bulk of the soundtrack was most likely done by both Tanabe and Ozaki, as those two are also both credited with scoring Duelists of the Roses (Naoko Ishii is absent as he was most likely working on the sound for Armored Core 2: Another Age).Īccording to Mobygames (take with a hefty grain of salt), Naoko drops off the map after doing sound for Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories in 2002. This gets a little more tricky.įorbidden Memories gives 3 people credit for the music in the game: Naoko Ishii, Hiroshi Tanabe, and Waichiro Ozaki. Seems a bit disappointing that someone who came up with such brilliant mechanics for two amazing games just dropped off the map like that, but Moby has a habit of never being updated, so if anybody else has information on anything else this guy has done share in the comments please! The last game credit I can find on Morikuni himself is from mobygames which was in 2004, as he is credited as a Line Producer for Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of Destiny. In Duelists of the Roses he was also credited with Specification Design but the credits are more blatant in saying he was responsible for "Card Rule Design", which probably means he made "Perfect Rule" for the game. With these credentials it wouldn't be hard to imagine he designed the overall rules and layout for the duels themselves. He led Planning and Specification Design and was also the lead director of the game itself (he's also credited with "Thought Logic Design" but I don't have a clue what that means). In Forbidden Memories, he was credited with the main course. Unsurprisingly the ringleader of both games was the same man, Morikuni Kubo. I'm going to start with the easy part, the lead designer of the games and their game rules. With some of the info I found, I descided to share it with this community in the hopes you guys might find it interesting!
So I decided to play the games again and read their credits so I could get specific information. Even the wikipedia for both pages are absolutely barren in terms of credits. Yet when it comes to these two games, not much information is known about the creators. The same goes for composers, like Nobuo Uematsu and Yoko Shimomura. In video games, a lot of people quote their favorite directors when it comes to Japanese video games. Who came up with the design and game rules ideas? Who did the amazing soundtrack? With that said, there are mysteries about this game I didn't know. It seems these two games have amassed a pretty heavy cult following over the last decade. Both games had, in my opinion, amazing gameplay, story, and a soundtrack to absolutely die for.Īs time has gone on I've met a lot of people who have the same fond child hood memories for these games as me. Spoiler alert: I'm a huge fan of the Yu-Gi-Oh! True Duel games (Known in America as Forbidden Memories and Duelists of the Roses).
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