I gotta say I'm surprised an outfit as small as Genki would have a couple foreigners working for them (or I guess they were a bit bigger back in those days?) How did you come to work for them?
This was before the Great Gaijin Influx, which only really happened about 5, 6 years ago. This was before then. They didn't hire me for my foreignness, I was just a dev with experience, willing to work. In fact, the other foreigner there put me forward, which really helps (or helped, in those days, though I guess even these days, personal referral is always a good in). They were very good to me (but also they knew I wasn't getting a very high salary). As I said, good bunch of guys in the team. Though overworked and grumpy at the time, I have fond memories after all these years.
They were big enough. This was before the pachinko company buyout. From what I remember there was the racing team, working on 2 orso titles at a time (or rather split into two game teams), and another team that was working on something historical Japanese, but for the life of me I can't remember what it was. Some interesting, juicy goss on cancelled projects too, but I really can't on here, sorry.
Though I am not into racing games myself, and my contributions were marginal at best, it's always nice to hear people enjoying those games. PSP Shutokou Battle is arguably the worst in the series (from what I gather from reviews).
