i like to search for the favorite movies from movie directors i like
so why not do the same with game devs i like too? starting with Yoko Taro, the mastermind behind draken/nier franchise

it was a bit annoying to acess the website since the site's domain had expired, so i had to resort to the wayback machine on my own
the funny part is that weeks later, i discovered that they had a new domain and my search was in vain. i just needed to search for the page title :')

Rekka Alexiel, the author, is a writer/translator among other things, so i'm pretty sure it's almost 100% accurate

here's the source! (yes, i lied. my job wasn't completely in vain. same page, different domain)

https://web.archive.org/web/20170517085638/http://nier2.com/blog/2016/06/12/famitsu-issue-no-1436-top-40-and-more/
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https://firesanctuary.com/blog/2016/06/12/famitsu-issue-no-1436-top-40-and-more/

they're all shmups LOL
this explains lots of his game design decisions. i love that moon head