Bushido Blade - 1997 Developer Interview (Patreon)

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These Bushido Blade interviews were originally featured in Playstation Magazine and Dengeki Playstation. Bushido Blade was the debut production of developer Lightweight, who went on to make several other unorthodox fighting games before being relegated to the world of smartphone development. Here director Kunihiko Nakata and two of his key team members discuss their ideas about fighting games, the challenges of designing the arena maps, and some surprising influences.