Until then, he had felt he was the only crazy person in the world. The two producers everyone was familiar with finally joined together. Things gradually began to move little by little.Ī source of encouragement was that Kono-san’s former colleague started coming back to the team. Ace Combat 7 had become a large scale project and even outsourced help was involved. Then around Christmas 2017, things started to be rearranged. “I lowered my head many times, created a huge amount of materials, convinced, asked, explained, presented, always running around and talking to people simply to move forward. That’s why he decided to “reset” things, although it troubled the fans, the company, and all the people involved. Neither Kono-san or the team could see the goal. In the meantime, the possibility of VR came up, but it was a disappointment at first. “Will it really fly?” It was made into a joke. At times the continuous appearances at PlayStation Experience even were laughed at.
When the game was finally announced at PlayStation Experience in 2015, the cheers of the fans were echoing in Kono-san’s ears. This was very difficult and painful for Kono-san, but he didn’t want to just quit. While the fans had been waiting for a long time for a new numbered Ace Combat, the team could not deliver that. Unfortunately, the project was started once and then suspended without seeing the light.
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After devising the project, he had to sit on it for two years because there was a large emphasis on free to play as the top priority within Bandai Namco.įortunately, Ace Combat Infinity was supported by the fans for four and a half years, but Kono-san and the team were convinced that with a new hardware Ace Combat 7 could be made a reality.
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Kono-san mentions that Ace Combat 7 is the return to the numbered series after twelve years. While ultimately successful, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown is one of those games, as explained today by Producer Kazutoki Kono via a heartfelt chain of tweets. Gamers often aren’t aware of the struggles and hardships developers go through to release their games especially when development faces issues.