MAGES. President Makoto Asada Says New Titles and Revivals in the Works
Asada's public talk of unannounced new titles and revivals puts MAGES.' adventure game catalog back in play, with the president himself naming the genre as his reason for joining the company.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
In a Game Spark interview, MAGES. president Makoto Asada says the company is preparing new titles and revival projects. Asada, who became president in January 2025 and joined MAGES. in 2013, discusses his remakes of YU-NO and the Famicom Detective Club games, and explains how the YU-NO remake was approved quickly by then-president Chiyomaru Shikura.
Asada became president of MAGES. in January 2025, and he has spent much of the time since on adventure game remakes. He joined the company in 2013 after working at Cave, where he made the adventure game Instant Brain.
The YU-NO remake, he says, was negotiated with the rights holders in about two weeks, and Chiyomaru Shikura, then president, approved the budget for a nine-month extension. Asada also describes calling the ratings board one item at a time to argue against cuts.
He says the company has new works and revivals in preparation but gives no titles or dates.
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