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Masaya Matsuura - There are no music games, just rhythm games

by rawmeatcowboy
06 October 2011
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"Strictly speaking I do not believe that 'Music Games' as a genre really exists yet. We just have 'Rhythm Games. We can't really grow the genre until we have some games that explore areas of music other than just rhythm. I really want us to help overcome this deficiency. (I'd like to do) something that features extremely accurate musical performance animation. As an example, if we could zoom in and see lifelike fingerwork in an animated pianist, the opportunities afforded to uncover and develop new methods of playing beyond the capabilities of humans would be a crucial step in musical evolution. The ability of 'games' to allow us to take part in such advances is crucial." - Masaya Matsuura

I really love rhythm games, and Matsuura is one of the biggest stars of that genre. I can't wait to see where he takes things next!

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