'As I thought more about how to appeal to a wider demographic, I decided that the character shouldn’t be too serious, but should instead evoke gentle, nice feelings. Some of these weirder camera angles have never been featured before in an action game, I think, so it was definitely something we were excited about doing.' 'Also, once we started playing around with camera angles, like tilting the camera upwards so players can get a clear view around them, it turned out to be really interesting. But with a 3D screen, if we place something interesting deeper in the visual field, it prompts players to consider what’s there in the background, and explore whether it can be interacted with.' For example, in a 2D sidescroller you’ve got to keep moving forward (to the right) to see what’s next. That’s where I got the idea for “information depth”. 'The idea for 3D backgrounds was there from the beginning, but I didn’t want it to be only for show-I wanted the 3D to have a purpose in the game. That’s why we decided to retain 2D controls, but with a 3D-ish feel.' 'Also, there were a lot of Playstation games with 3D fields you could freely walk around in, and those games tended to be confusing players often don’t know what they’re supposed to do. I wanted to make something that would fill that void.' When I sat down to think seriously about how to do that, and I looked at the PlayStation market, there weren’t a lot of games that were playable for both children and adults at the same time. 'The honest truth is that I simply wanted to make an action game.

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