"The games I personally find to be the most influential are 'Xevious' and 'Geometry Wars.' 'Xevious' is the game I was most taken with during my childhood, and it is the title that led me to want to work at Namco. On the other hand, 'Geometry Wars' made me very interested in the Xbox hardware, which I didn't really care about before it was released. Both of these games had a big impact on 'Pac-Man C.E.' and 'Galaga Legions.' In these days where people only can make million-dollar budget games that are reality-centered, I was encouraged a lot by the fact that many people from all over the world respect these kinds of symbolic-style games. Both titles have none of the futile visual effects, and are titles that have beautiful balance between its symbolic style and game balance."
-- "Galaga Legions" and "Pac-Man C.E." team director Tadashi Iguchi via e-mail telling me about his influences when revisiting Namco Bandai's classic games
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