A Helpful Q&A for Hopeful Ogre Battlers The Ogre Battle series is known for many things, including its diehard fan base and cult status. If you played The Knight of Lodis and enjoyed it, perhaps it’s time to delve deeper. … Read More
This interview was originally published as part of the “Summer Games Collection” in issue #37 of Nintendo Online Magazine (August, 2001). Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis was the final title developed by QUEST before being acquired by SQUARE ENIX … Read More
– What was it like making a game for a screen on a handheld device? Yuuichi: Well, on regular CRTs, you sometimes can’t see the corners of the screen because of how the monitor is made, right? Because of that, … Read More
– Did the character design progress concurrently with the systems themselves? Yuuichi: Yes. The characters are small and move quite comically, don’t you think? We had intended it be that way. One way in which things have changed greatly from … Read More
– Why was it decided that Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis would be made for the Game Boy Advance? Makoto: After hearing that Nintendo would put out a new handheld game console we had discussions within the company about … Read More
– Moving on, then. If you were to create a Panel de Pon sequel, what would you do? Hitoshi: Put it on the Nintendo 64, of course. – You must get a lot of requests from fans. Hitoshi: We get … Read More
– The game uses sound really well, doesn’t it? Like the fanfare that plays when doing chains. Toshitaka: That came up, actually. Just having a sound play every time you cleared out some panels wasn’t very interesting, so we decided … Read More
This interview was uploaded to Intelligent Systems’ official Panel de Pon website in October of 1997, celebrating the two-year anniversary of the game’s release. For the unfamiliar, Panel de Pon underwent a drastic visual change (switching from its original style … Read More
– Where did ideas like having Active Chains done by moving panels around or the garbage blocks in versus mode come from? Hitoshi: Well, we certainly didn’t have them from the very beginning. The base system–the idea of having panels … Read More
– Does anyone have any thoughts to share about the two-year anniversary of the game’s release? Hitoshi: Of course I do. Why isn’t the game selling better? Toshitaka: Huh. I was wondering the same thing. (laughs) Hitoshi: Since I’m over … Read More