Nintendo Dream, Vol. 119
September 21, 2004.

Famicom Disk System: The More You Play It, the More You'll Want to Play [Disk 2]

Introduction | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8

Nintendo Dream is a popular Japanese gaming magazine that interviews developers from time to time. When the Famicom Disk System Selection (the Japanese equivalent of the NES Classic Series) was released, they were able to interview some of the developers at Nintendo who were instrumental in the production of games for this system. The original interview appeared in two parts in Vol. 118 and Vol. 119, released in September 2004. You can read the MDb's translation of the first part of the interview, regarding Metroid and Kid Icarus here. The second volume mainly concerns Famicom Tantei Club, the detective series released only in Japan for the Famicom Disk System and written by Yoshio Sakamoto, the creator of Metroid. It also has some closing thoughts on Metroid, particularly regarding the never-produced Metroid movie. This interview was scanned and provided to the MDb courtesy of VGMStudios. The interview was translated by CapCom. Please contact us before reproducing this translation.

NOTE: The title of this interview is the advertising slogan used for the Famicom Disk System. It plays at the end of each commercial. Thanks to Glitterberri for helping translate the title!

Famicom Tantei Club: The Missing Heir and The Girl who Stands Behind

Famicom Tantei Club Cursed?

Bizarre phenomena from 16 years ago revealed!

On August 10, the Disk System Selection* was released. In this issue, we present an interview with the games’ creators asking about four of the ten titles in the series. The last issue mainly concerned stories on the development of Metroid and Kid Icarus, but this time we pressed them for secrets about the development of Famicom Tantei Club. Is this a ghost story suitable for reading on a midsummer’s night? Many enjoyable stories leap from the page! Please read with care.

*The Disk System Selection is a series of games from the Famicom Disk System that were re-released on the Gameboy Advance in Japan. They are the equivalent of the NES Classic series, though many games remained exclusive to Japan.

Readers beware!

Introduction | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8