Encyclopædia SR

Encyclopædia Strangereal exists to preserve official Ace Combat related material, as well as offering English translations of lost and/or Japanese-only content.

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Been a while, huh?

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Kouno Kazutoki gave a talk about how he sees Ace Combat as a series a few days ago. This is our annotated translation of some press coverage about it. Nothing groundbreaking, but we thought it'd good context for AC8 when it's actually announced https://t.co/HovonSVSns

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CORRECTION: He did not work on AC4 – he left Namco before then. He was director of AC2 and 3.

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"Thank you all for tuning in. I’m so grateful.

As you have seen, we’ve begun on a new project. The next Ace Combat is in production.

Please continue to lend us your support.

Thank you very much.

(It was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it stream)"
https://t.co/npeTvRXepb

[Kazutoki Kono : 河野一聡 @kazutoki]

ご視聴くださった皆様ありがとうございました。感謝です。

ご覧いただいた通り新プロジェクト始動ということで、

次のエースコンバットを制作しております。

引き続き、皆様のお力をお貸しください。

よろしくお願いします。

（あっと言う間に終わったな配信

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>A tiny team like PA can't keep up, so they're teaming with ILCA, which was founded by Takuya Iwasaki – who worked on AC2, 3, and 4 (they talk about how a bit).
>It'll be nice to have young people taking the lead on the project ("but we're young too, RIGHT?")
[CONT]

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(this may come off as worrying to some, but it seems importantly different from the ACAH approach of changing the gameplay loop itself, plus the figures for AC7 show the AC audience is very different in 2021)

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At that point, he was worried that just iterating on AC2 would attrit the audience down to the core fans, so he decided to take AC2 and build outward, bringing on Dai Sato, Prod. IG, trying to do a cyberpunk story without falling into 80s cliches, etc.

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@Aldo1136 Ah, our workflow is:
1. I do a translation.
2. Another jp speaker gives it a once-over to make sure I didn't do anything stupid.
3. A few other people associated with the site take a look and make any style suggestions.

1 is done, 3 is also actually done, but 2 is pending.

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@Aldo1136 Sorry, what part are you confused about?

We're (slowly) working on the rest of X. I'm not sure what our plans are for Xi.

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Speaking for myself, I'd have liked to have seen Tsutomu Mizushima and Masato Kanno up on that stage too. They're both quite detail oriented in their own ways and might've had genuine insight into each other's works.

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Oh neat, the Kotobuki Squadron producer and military advisor got together with Kono and Shimomoto.

[⚡Game*Spark⚡ @gamespark]

『エースコンバット7』×「荒野のコトブキ飛行隊」の“空戦コンビ”を語る！「立飛のコトブキ航空祭」トークショーレポート https://t.co/Ux1VnfVfwO

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Mostly they just kinda talk about how they like each other's work. They do briefly mention the possibility of an Ace Combat (implied 3DCG) movie in the context of something that would be neat and not out of the realm of possibility, but isn't on the radar at the moment.

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Hey, we've got a new Front Line article translation based on the DLC missions! This one's about how the Alicorn ended up in Erusean hands via General Resources, and how GR is slowly expanding to fill a world burning hollow.

It's pretty cool.
https://t.co/yJCIB6mEEj

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@einherjarvalk It hasn't been updated with the final edits yet; that's why I haven't posted it yet

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@Task_Force23 Yeah, I've been there too lol.

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New translation over at the blog! This one's Famitsu's summary of a presentation by Kosuke Itomi and Masahide Kitou at CEDC about the tools and techniques they used during AC7's production – especially those related to storytelling.

It's p. neat.

https://t.co/7k2HccsBwl