Infinite Space: The Story of PlatinumGames & Their Handheld Space Opera | Gaming Retrospective

 

In this retrospective gaming documentary, we’ll be taking a look at PlatinumGames and the Nintendo DS exclusive sci-fi RPG, Infinite Space.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:59 Human Entertainment

01:41 Steel Battalion & Capcom Production Studio 4

02:05 The Death of Human Entertainment & The Birth of NudeMaker

03:01 Clover Studio

04:13 Creating Viewtiful Joe

04:49 Okami & God Hand

05:35 The End of Clover

06:07 Why did Clover Close?

11:33 A Brand New Studio

12:40 Early Struggles

13:05 The Studio’s Strategy & Goals

15:04 PlatinumGames is Born

15:51 PlatinumGames’ Partners with SEGA

17:40 Reuniting with NudeMaker to Create Infinite Line

18:47 Infinite Line’s Original Concept & Inspirations

19:37 How NudeMaker Approached Development

20:16 Why did They Choose the DS?

21:40 Producing Art 22:14 World Building and Storytelling

25:10 Character Design Changes

26:13 Tuning the Gameplay

29:27 Composing the Soundtrack

30:09 What had to be Cut?

31:06 A Name Change & its Japanese Debut

31:50 Infinite Space’s Western Release

32:03 Critical Reception

33:54 How did it Sell?

34:34 What Went Wrong?

36:04 Epilogue