Morio Kishimoto Responds to Concern about his Frequent Tweets

As of late, Sonic Frontiers director Morio Kishimoto has been on a rampage frequently answering many questions and taking feedback from fans and the audience alike. He’s also been keen on revealing what may be in store for avid players in the 3rd DLC update scheduled to release later this year.

However, it’s become the concern of some fans that perhaps Kishimoto may be getting overwhelmed by the constant suggestions and criticisms. After all, he is simply one man.

That being said, in response to this concern, Kishimoto has stated (several times in fact) that he is fine and not annoyed by this at all. In fact, this is what he was hoping for when making himself known to the audience on Twitter.

“We had about 200 people doing playtests during development. For example, if the population of North America is 500 million people, we think if we could ask 20,000 people for their opinions on Frontiers, we would understand the response of the average North American person. That’s why using Twitter to gather your input is valuable to me.”

He actively encourages people to send him more suggestions and feedback so that he can shape his ideas for the next installment of the franchise. He also states that it doesn’t have to even be high level or in-depth critique, even simple feedback such as what you liked or didn’t like would be very helpful.

“…I wanted to lower the bar for opinions so that I could hear from as many of you as possible. Listening to as many opinions will set the bar for me in the next game.”

It’s understandable the concern one may have for Kishimoto, but he’s made it clear that he will take a break if he feels it’s necessary. In fact recently he has done so for a few days and upon return, replied to a whole slew of tweets he missed during the break.

He’s not obligated to do this, but he has consistently made the conscious decision to keep this going. He is serious about hearing out as many people as possible and the community should respect that. Concern is not unfounded, but there is merit to also realizing that Kishimoto is able to make his own decisions. If it is truly too much for him, we can trust that he’ll step away.

He’s also no stranger to receiving and collecting feedback in which he’s stated he even has a database of over 40,000 that he’s been building over 12 years.