What was it like to work with Gainax, the famous animation production company?
Yoshimoto: Gainax has created really exciting, fast-paced movies, which is why we asked them to do the animation for us. I’m really not worried about relying on Gainax for production of the animation. 1UP: When you steal enemy techniques, does it work as in the first game, or are there new features? Yoshimoto: The abilities are completely new. There’s no relation to the abilities in the previous Musashi. We call this system “duplication” in English, but our original idea was ” Migiri,” which has an effect where the time stops and Musashi learns enemy movements. In terms of gameplay, time will freeze and the player enters a command, then he can learn enemy techniques. It’s a totally new system compared to the previous game. 1UP: Can the player have only one technique at a time? Yoshimoto: You can learn a lot of abilities, but this time you select technique to use. 1UP: It looks like you can’t attack when carrying someone. Yoshimoto: No. You can attack even when carrying someone. 1UP: Ho
