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Kentaro Hisai, Producer of Spectrobes: I was involved in this project as a producer and the development took one and a half year.

C3: What were some of the hurdles involved in working with a brand new IP such as this?

KH: The hurdle was to create new story and innovative game play most. Those are what players expected, I believe. But I was enjoyed this project very much at the same time.

C3: Was Jupiter brought on-board the project due to its past experience with Nintendo’s handhelds? And were there any problems encountered whilst working with the DS hardware?

KH: We knew Jupiter was a very good developer for hand held titles and we respected them so much. Of course we believed that they would develop the best game for us. Spectrobes was their first DS title and first 3D game. So there were a lot of technical problems that they overcame.

C3: Have you been pleased with the success of the game in the US and Europe so far? How about Japan, though, where the game certainly did not seem to sell in great numbers?

KH: Yes, I have been very pleased with the success of the game. I agree with you Japanese sales result was a little bit disappointing, but our marketing team is still trying to sell more units in Japan. I hope Japanese sales units will go up soon.

C3: What are your thoughts people comparing Spectrobes to Pok