The Pokémon World Championships 2023 are underway in Yokohama, Japan, and the return home for the franchise has already begun to capture the attention of its audience. As part of Worlds coverage, Screen Rant was invited to discuss the Pokémon TCG with Creatures Director Atsushi Nagashima, a veteran of game design and of card game itself.
While Nagashima certainly didn’t unveil the inner secrets of the long-running Pokémon TCG’s success, he shed some light on the team at Creatures’ design philosophies and approaches to keeping the game accessible to its extremely varied demographic. He also doesn’t lack for confidence – during one question, Nagashima plainly stated that he generally knows where a competitive meta is going ahead of a set release.
What is the process like of when you put out a really good card, and how you deal with that? And do you specifically design ways to deal with that strong card? – IGN
I’m curious about how your team handles the introduction of new Pokemon. How early in the process are you involved in that? And do you have any influence over maybe the design or any aspects of new Pokemon? – TheGamer
I was wondering if there were ever any designs that the team really loved that just didn’t quite fit into a set, what the process is when that happens? And if you’ve ever had that and then brought a set or brought a design from the previous one that got discarded and put it into a new set once it fit? – Screen Rant
2023-08-11 01:00:05
Source from screenrant.com
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