>>44989487Gamefreak has a reputation of snatching away the ip for licensing after a developer has proven themselves; case in point: Hal labs, Genius Sonority, Spikechun. It doesn’t help the fact that they poached a few developers. The one who heads Genius is Manabu Yamana, the most significant developer in Japan as he’s the brains behind DQ’s battle system and has been part of armor project every time a DQ game has been released. Genius thrives under Nintendo when Yamauchi was in power but the moment he left, the team really struggled. Pic related
