Noyd Arrington

Hi, I like video games | Show me your T-spins | FOOT-A-FOOT DIVE | Persona and Fire Emblem are neat | I'll make music eventually...

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

I get that ratio'ing can be indicative of "if someone is right", but pure numbers does not tell the whole story.

Please read very carefully and think about the context of what people are saying. This is why people fail at research and end up with clown memes lol

[Sugoi LITE @SugoiLITE]

TV Anime Adaptation for Fiok Lee's Harem Fantasy Manga "SEVEN SLEEPING BEAUTIES" (7-nin no Nemuri Hime) & scheduled for 2027

Animation Studio: Gokumi × AXsiZ SMASH

📖A wandering prince set off to break ancient curse bewitching kingdom by waking up princess w/ a true love's kiss

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

This is such a wild series of stories. Please read this. Both Harada and Miyazaki are awesome

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

From my perspective, Miyazaki is a rather unique, yet extremely serious game developer.

His career did not begin in the game industry. In fact, he didn’t become a game developer until he was almost thirty years old.

Even among developers of my generation (those of us born in the 1970s), I think it’s remarkable that someone who wasn’t even a game developer during the dawn of the polygon era eventually became one of Japan’s most representative game creators. (In other words, compared to the rest of us from the same generation—including myself—his career path is exceptionally unusual. Most notably, unlike many of us, he was not working at one of the major development studios that held a significant technological advantage during the early polygon era. That, more than anything else, is what makes his path so unique.)

Next, regarding my impression of Dark Souls.

People often focus on its difficulty as a game, but I believe Miyazaki’s true creativity shines through in the world he created. (By the way, I personally think Dark Souls has fairly simple action mechanics, and I don’t actually consider it to be an especially difficult game.)

If you look into my own career, you’ll see that I was personally involved with the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring as the General Manager overseeing both production and marketing (Just to clarify, I wasn't part of the development team itself. My involvement was simply as the General Manager of the publisher-side department overseeing production and marketing). From that perspective, I can say that Dark Souls didn’t suddenly become a massive success overnight. It was the result of everything Miyazaki and his team had built up through their previous titles.

Today, he receives offers from all over the world, but when I think back to the days when he and his team were struggling the most, many of those offers seem like they’re coming from people who only know who they are today. Some of them almost feel like complete reversals in attitude. Well, that’s just my personal perspective.

Personally, I had grown tired of people who would simply compare games by saying things like, “That title cost X billion yen to make and sold Y million copies,” and then use nothing but those numbers to judge them against other games. There were so many people who couldn’t appreciate the journey or the growth of the developers themselves. Anyone can look at the current numbers—they’re available to everyone. Whenever I heard those kinds of opinions, I always thought, “That’s exactly what you’d expect from someone who’s never actually developed games.”
What surprised me even more was that, even if people couldn’t properly evaluate that journey, almost nobody even seemed interested in trying to understand the process of how those developers gradually reached where they are today.
(I'm NOT talking about the fan community).

Now, going back to Miyazaki, there are two things about him that have always stayed with me.

The first was back when I was developing Summer Lesson for VR, around the time it was generating a lot of buzz.

One day, he came to try an early build of Summer Lesson along with people from several other game companies.

While everyone else was laughing, chatting, and having fun with it, Miyazaki alone played it with incredible seriousness. Then, after everyone had finished and started discussing their impressions, he remained completely silent, staring intently at the preview monitor, deep in thought.

Everyone became curious and finally asked him, “Miyazaki, what are you thinking about?”

He suddenly smiled and said,

“Oh… I got completely absorbed in thinking about what I would do if I were making this, and what kind of game I’d create.”

What he talked about after that was, in the best possible sense, completely insane.

It was one of those rare moments when I caught a glimpse of what I’d call his “mad scientist” side—his deeply serious, obsessive approach to creativity.

The other thing that left a strong impression on me was that he generally dislikes video interviews (including live streaming).

I once asked him about it by email, and he replied with quite a long explanation. After reading it, I completely understood where he was coming from.

Simply put, he doesn’t like watching himself moving around on video. (Psychologically speaking, it’s actually a bit more complicated than that.)

But there was another reason.

According to him, there are naturally many people in this industry who know games far better than he does. Whenever he listens to those people speak, he realizes that his own understanding is still shallow, and it makes him feel that he’s not yet in a position to be the one talking about games.

I mean… it’s common for well-known developers to say, “I still have a long way to go.”

But whenever someone like him says that, my reaction is always,

“Come on… if you say you’re still not there yet, then the rest of us won’t feel qualified to talk about games at all.” (laugh)

Anyway, that’s one of the reasons why video interviews with Miyazaki are extremely rare. And conversations with him on camera—especially long-form discussions with another developer—are even rarer. They almost don’t exist at all.

By the way, the other game developer in that photo is Masahiro Sakurai.

If you ask me, he’s basically:

“A Saiyan who genuinely believes he’s just another ordinary human.”

Every now and then, when the rest of us are struggling with some problem, he’ll say something that sounds exactly like Goku saying,

“Well… why don’t you just fly?”

And I’ll reply,

“Because we humans can’t use Flight Technique.”

Then he just stares at me with a completely puzzled look.

To put it in terms of Demon Slayer, I’d describe him as:

"Like Muzan Kibutsuji casually showing up at a drinking party where all the Hashira have gathered, genuinely believing he's just another ordinary guest".

That’s the kind of person he is.

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

I think it makes sense that a push to encouraging new IPs are good while balancing the legacy IPs make Capcom a catalog of great IPs. Made even more fun with Kamiya's touch of badass

[神谷英樹🍀 Hideki Kamiya🍀 @HidekiKamiya_X]

ほかの会社のことは分からないけど、カプコンは、優秀なスタッフがたくさんいることはもちろんとして、例えば近年のプラグマタを見ても特に思うんだけど、積極的に新規IPの創出に取り組もうという攻めの姿勢を、上層部のリーダー陣が持ち続けていることが、良い結果に繋がってるのではないだろうか…

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

I can't blame @HidekiKamiya_X for wanting a Leon retirement arc/epilogue. It's like watching his son go through hardships in life and deserves some peace.

[IGN @IGN]

Legendary game director Hideki Kamiya has described his vision for a cozy Resident Evil sequel starring Leon S. Kennedy in his retirement. https://t.co/CTNsGY8mKj

#IGNSummerOfGaming

[GoodSmile_US @GoodSmile_US]

GSC Figure Update!

Good Smile Company
VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Jill Stingray (1/7 Scale Figure)/POP UP PARADE Dorothy Haze L Size

Stay tuned for more information coming soon!
Wishlist Now: https://t.co/7iPzdGWP7C

#Va11halla #Goodsmile

[canola @canola0508]

#enderlilies
エンリリのコンサートに乗じて再掲します

[ENDER LILIES / ENDER MAGNOLIA【日本語公式】 @EnderLilies_JP]

🎻Orchestra Concert グッズ情報公開🎻
会場で購入可能なグッズを発表いたします‼️
※公演チケットをお持ちでない方も当日13時までは購入可能です✨

⏬詳しくはこちらをご確認ください⏬
https://t.co/xm43sIZU0N
#EnderLilies

[shar @shar_gamedev]

Big thanks for having me at your showcase @V3Expo!!!
Here's the trailer for my Touhou fangame again

#touhou #東方Project

[ENDER LILIES / ENDER MAGNOLIA【日本語公式】 @EnderLilies_JP]

📢明日6月6日～21日まで秋葉原ゲーマーズ本店"7F"でPOP UP SHOPが開催✨✨✨
お近くにお越しの際は、ぜひお気軽にお立ち寄りください‼️

⏬詳細はこちら⏬
https://t.co/GzAEmHqiWT

#EnderLilies #EnderMagnolia

[CoraruSakana @CoraruSakana]

The start of my Ender Lilies and Magnolia Shrine😊
I can't wait to add more with future merch!
#EnderLilies #エンダーリリーズ
#EnderMagnolia #エンダーマグノリア

[YOASOBI @YOASOBI_staff]

／
“THE BOOK”シリーズ その先へ📚
2026.6.26(金)
YOASOBI『THE BOOK for,』
CD/配信リリース決定💫
https://t.co/jkRqb8iKXu
＼

今作をもって、“THE BOOK”シリーズはひとつの節目へ🔖
これまで紡いできた作品を胸に、
YOASOBIは新たな物語、クリエイティブとの出会いを求めて、更なる挑戦を続けていきます。

これから先の景色も、ぜひ共に歩んでいただけたら嬉しいです🤝
#THEBOOKfor

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

There is some pain with this emoji. Don't blame you in the slightest

[Katsuhiro Harada @Harada_TEKKEN]

😵

[Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game @avatar_fighters]

@IKnight485 I dunno, he seems very honorable

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

I'm sorry, but I missed the part where 90's and 2000's kids were still being bullied for liking anime and games that weren't Madden.

I hate to say it, but the tourism problem runs deeper than many think

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

Even though I can't defend Yoshida because I don't know enough about the guy, clearly under Ryan's control, PlayStation is free falling off a skyscraper of trust and profitability.

Sony has to learn how to unscrew themselves on their own

[Genki✨ @Genki_JPN]

Shuhei Yoshida says he was fired from being head of PlayStation first-party by Jim Ryan because he didn’t listen to him!

“I helped Santa Monica to make God of War, Naughty Dog to make Uncharted and The Last of Us, and Sucker Punch to make the beautiful Ghost of Tsushima. Ghost of Tsushima was one of the last games that I worked on as the president of Worldwide Studios.

But in 2019, after 11 years leading the first-party development, I was fired from the role.

Jim Ryan wanted to remove me from first-party because I didn’t listen to him. He asked to do some ridiculous things, and I said ‘No.'”

https://t.co/V11Ry0XkT6

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

It's a fair sentiment that the Wii U is a decent console. But let's not pretend that it is polarizing because it was supported by the 1st party and basically dead 3rd party lol

[Adam Blade @Red_Mage23]

The Wii U was the opposite of the PS5. It had nothing but great games but no one wanted it because "uhhh... the name"

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

It must be exhausting for modern Tekken fans. Good luck to those who stay and good for you guys that left

[TEKKEN @TEKKEN]

🤜 #TEKKEN8 - Season 3

We would like to provide an update on the upcoming #TEKKEN8 Season 3 schedule and our approach regarding battle balance adjustments for Patch 3.00 and later.

Read the article here: https://t.co/v62wOVYBhR

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

@AkumaTenshika Devil May Cry on top of Ace Attorney, Puyo Puyo, and Disgaea is very based

[Noyd Arrington @NoydTheKnight]

What the actual fuck

[ライブドアニュース @livedoornews]

【発表】小学館の漫画『常人仮面』配信＆出荷停止 原作者の起用判断＆確認体制に問題で謝罪
https://t.co/c6EMCrUknG

原作者は『堕天作戦』作者と同一人物だと報告。同氏は2020年に逮捕・略式起訴され罰金刑を受けていたが、2022年にマンガワンは同氏の別名義の原作で新連載を開始していたという。