Steel Diver

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Giles Goddard May 2021 Reddit AMA#

Question:

I've always been curious about the story of Steel Diver. I remember it being one of the first games shown for the original DS, but then it disappeared, only to resurface years later as a 3DS game. What happened with that? It seems like such a niche title to be stuck in development hell for so long. [...]

Answer:

Yeah Steel Diver was a bit of weird one.. it was basically Sugiyama san's idea as a way of showing off the DS touchscreen. So they made a basic demo, showed it off at some event and then forgot about it for a while. We came along and said we'll make that into a proper game with you and spent a year or so doing it. It was originally going to be a DSiWare download only game I think but then got rated really high internally so got "promoted" to a full blown cart game. Then the 3DS came along and they said it would be an awesome way of showing off the 3D screen. So we ported it to 3DS.. It was one of those games that just kept going on and on but only because it kept getting better.. Usually that happens because the game isn't good enough.