{"id":166423,"date":"2015-06-16T22:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T02:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/star-ocean-4-was-nearly-the-end-of-the-franchise\/"},"modified":"2015-06-16T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T02:15:00","slug":"star-ocean-4-was-nearly-the-end-of-the-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/star-ocean-4-was-nearly-the-end-of-the-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Ocean 4 was nearly the end of the franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"so5-producer-on-how-new-game-came-to-be\">SO5 producer on how new game came to be<\/h2> <p>During an interview with Destructoid today,<em> Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness <\/em>producer Shuichi Kobayashi intimated the series was in a state of upheaval after the launch of <em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/destructoid-review-star-ocean-the-last-hope-123820.phtml\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Ocean 4<\/a><\/em>.<\/p> <p>Kobayashi told me &#8220;nobody would dare to get involved&#8221; with the franchise out of respect for former series producer Yoshinori Yamagishi, who departed the company following&nbsp;<em>Star Ocean 4<\/em>&#8216;s release.<\/p> <p>&#8220;I thought somebody had to do it,&#8221; Kobayashi said through an interpreter. &#8220;I had to force myself.&#8221;<\/p> <p>&#8220;I hope this isn&#8217;t going to sound arrogant &#8212; I thought if I couldn&#8217;t produce it, nobody else could.&#8221;<\/p> <p>Kobayashi remained committed to keeping the franchise alive, though. He worked on a pitch for <em>Star Ocean 5<\/em>&nbsp;in secret with his close friend and series creator Yoshiharu Gotanda until they were ready to take a shot at making&nbsp;<span>Kobayashi&#8217;s dream a reality.<\/span><\/p> <p>&#8220;If my CEO doesn&#8217;t like my proposal, if he rejected it, that would be the end of the entire franchise,&#8221; Kobayashi feared. Moreover, &#8220;if this hadn&#8217;t come about, I wouldn&#8217;t be working for Square Enix now.&#8221;<\/p> <div><\/div> <div><\/div> <p>Obviously, things worked out. Earlier today at Square Enix&#8217;s E3 media showcase, the publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/star-ocean-integrity-and-faithlessness-coming-to-na-eu-294172.phtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">confirmed<\/a> <em>Star Ocean 5<\/em> for a western release. The upcoming role-playing game is slated to debut in Japan this winter before coming to North America and Europe in 2016.<\/p> <p>Kobayashi also mentioned he and Gotanda have plans for the franchise moving forward, but wouldn&#8217;t go into any specifics. 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