Gundam Musou commemorative test play meeting
Game Watch, Famitsu.com, ITmedia +D Games, Gpara.com, and
DengekiOnline.com covered a press event held by Bandai Namco, Koei,
and Sony for Gundam Musou. Bigwigs appearing were Bandai Namco
Holdings president Takeo Takasu, Koei co-founder Keiko Erikawa, and
Sony Computer Entertainment president Ken Kutaragi. Erikawa
commented that the title represents for Koei the first
collaboration with another company in its 29-year history. She went
on to say she wanted the game to sell 2 million copies though
Bandai Namco's more modest Shin Unozawa says they're looking to
have worldwide sales of 1 million, an achievement that would still
make Gundam Musou notable even amongst the best-selling Gundam
games. As that implies, Kutaragi is quoted in the Dengeki article
as saying "Because Gundam is a work that has fans worldwide, I want
to release it overseas quickly."
Side note: Reports that the game has 2 player cooperative play may
have been based on the split-screen pics without further context.
An earlier Gpara article details the Versus Mode as having 3 parts:
1-on-1 versus battles, a competitive portion where you play to see
who can kill the most enemy units, and a Musou Match, wherein you
fight 1-on-1 after upgrading your MS with items.
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