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Capcom Teaming Up With Level-5 On Secret Project
In a recent interview out of Japan, Cacpom's Keiji Inafune and Level-5's Akihiro Hino confirmed that the two companies are working together.
Andria Sang has translated quotes from Japanese business site Diamond Online in which the two industry luminaries tease the mysterious project.
"This rumor is true," Inafune said. "Right now, the two of us, with our staff, are working together on some truly interesting things. Even though Mr. Hino is younger, he's someone I respect. I wanted to try working with him, so I contacted him."
Inafune seems particularly impressed with Level-5's sales numbers, stating, "The Professor Layton series has shipped 9.5 million units worldwide. The Inazuma Eleven series has shipped 2.7 million units domestically. Who wouldn't want to work with someone like Hino, who works hard and also produces results?"
In addition to announcing the partnership, Hino expressed an interest in exhibiting at E3 in the future as part of Level-5's recent push into the U.S. "Next year or maybe the year after that, we'd like to have Level-5 exhibit at E3," he says. "While it's recently become normal for us to exhibit at the Tokyo Game Show, to exhibit at E3 we feel that we have one more mountain to cross."
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