I don’t think this is something unique just to me. When I’m confronted with the magnificence of nature, I’m sometimes literally moved to tears. On the Onion Games website, there’s a saying attached to you: “I feel that indie games are a part of the beautiful nature of the Earth.” What does that mean to you? Yoshiro Kimura: It was either Mugen no Shinzou 2 (AKA Heart of Fantasy), Black Onyx or Ultima III. VICE Games: Do you remember the first RPG you played? You should read the whole thing, too, and like me, anxiously wait for the chance to start playing moon ASAP. So let's fix that, shall we? At one point, I was going to edit this interview down and just share some quotes, but once I started reading Kimura’s answers, I couldn't stop. That more people, myself included, don't know who Kimura is seems a shame. And you don't get the supremely popular Undertale without moon. They're also responsible for one of the quirky and overlooked Chulip, a game about kissing, and a truly bizarre survival horror game, Rule of Rose. The developer's JRPG credentials go way back, having been part of several Romancing SaGa games at Square. I did, however, have a chance to conduct an interview with the thoughtful and fascinating writer of moon, Yoshiro Kimura. I haven't had a chance to play it yet, because the developers have been working on the game up until the very moment it goes live on the eShop, but as someone who spent their youth picking up whatever JRPG they could find at the local rental store, regardless of quality, I'm really excited to revisit that time of my life through moon. This week, that changes, with moon arriving on Switch in English for the first time, 22 years after being released in Japan. It was supposed to be localized into English, and was even shown at trade shows back in the day, but for reasons still unknown, that release was cancelled. There's a reason it's genuinely rare in video games, which makes it all the more surprising to learn that moon was released all the way back in 1997 for the original PlayStation. "Don't be a hero," reads the game's tagline.
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