Akinori Nishiyama
From Sega Retro
For its sequel, however, he acted as Writer & Director (under another alias, Chiemushi) -- Eh?? what's the source for this??
- http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,130522/
- http://shmuplations.com/phantasystar/
--Hydao (talk) 02:53, 18 April 2015 (CDT)
- This is incorrect. There is a long-standing error indentifying PSII's director as Akinori Nishiyama, who was not even a full employee of Sega until 1989, the year of the game's release, and certainly not director/writer at this early stage! Look at his other roles at the time. He wrote much later for PSIV, not II. The writer and director for PSII is actually Chieko Aoki, AKA CHIEMSHI. https://w.atwiki.jp/game_staff/pages/472.html (Nishiyama's history) Many sources are also available on the English-speaking internet that make clear that it was Aoki who had a huge role on PSI and II. Even this Schmuplutions link clarifies that it was Aoki, not Nishiyama, who was doing the writer. Zanza (talk) 17:39, 12 December 2021 (EST)
Also, I'm not sure if this makes sense at all: "Sorcerian (Mega Drive Version) (1990) — Special Thanks (as both Works Nishi and Locky P)" -- as both Works Nishi and Locky P? Sorry but this sounds weird. --Hydao (talk) 03:10, 18 April 2015 (CDT)
- It's seeming way more likely to me that Nishiyama is not Works Nishi, with Locky P getting a separate credit and Nishiyama joining Sega in 1989, 2 years after Works Nishi showed up. GameStaff@Wiki, which is generally pretty accurately, even says that Putter Golf was the first game he worked on, which kinda tracks with an article about PSIV from Beeo! Megadrive that listed it as one of his notable works. I have no idea if there's any source on Works Nishi being Nishiyama or if it's the usual "these names sound similar" guess work.
- I think it's much more likely that Works Nishi is Akira Nishikawa, since he's a known tester, one of the leads of Sega's test team since the 90's at least. But of course there's no way to know about that since he's never really made himself known to the public. Nicolaas Hamman (talk) 17:39, 12 December 2021 (EST)