Ask NAOKI anything... g'head!

Melvis at the Disco! · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 12:01 pm Post subject: Ask NAOKI anything... g'head!

Yes, the staff over @ DDRSpot is about to conduct an interview w/ Naoki Maeda, the man himself. We just finished wrapping up our second interview w/ Akira Yamaoka and he was able to secure us this upcoming one.

So Freaks abroad... I know fans such as yourselves have burning Q's you'd love to ask. Post any and all Q's you'd be interested in having him possibly answer, here in this thread. Can't guarantee we'll get every single one in, but we'll be sure to accomodate as many as we can.

Thanks for your help! Deadline is Saturday morning, so this thread won't last long!

-M

TheKatsurame · Trick Member Joined: 12 Feb 2004 Location: New York

Okay, here is my question: What gave you the idea for Max 300?

Shintaro · Trick Member Joined: 04 Jun 2004

Heres My Question:

If You Were A Rapper, Could You Give Us One Of Your Lyrics?

Pop'n Usagi! · Trick Member Joined: 17 Nov 2002 Location: Your mum

Why haven't you stabbed Paula Terry in the face yet?

Seriously though, I'd like to ask what it feels like to have been such a big part of a successful series, and has he worked on anything other than Bemani? I haven't heard anything of Maede-san anywhere else..
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I'm sure if it was sold for profit, Konami would clamp down on it (I'm sure it's a matter of time before they clamp down on ITG).[/quote]

Stimi · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 1:09 pm Post subject:

Why so many aliases?
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-Stimi

DJX · Trick Member Joined: 30 Jun 2003 Location: CA

Cha0sAnGeL · Trick Member Joined: 20 Jan 2004 Location: Springfield, VA

Are you currently involved in any projects including Dance Dance Revolution? If you aren't, do you think in the future you ever will be?

t3h 3d · Trick Member Joined: 17 Jun 2004

Do you play any bemani yourself? If so are you good? Have you competed in any tournaments?

Kaleigh · Trick Member Joined: 18 Dec 2002 Location: Whole New World

My questions:

How old are you? (though this has probably been answered before)

Are you married/seeing anyone? (don't take this the wrong way, I'm just curious)

Who is your favorite artist to work with? (Paula Terry, Riyu Kosaka, BeForU, etc.)

Are any of your DDR songs based off personal experiences of yours, or people you know?

Who is your favorite DDR character?

What is your least favorite song that you've made?
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~Reign~ · Trick Member Joined: 16 May 2002 Location: Berkeley, CA

Ever thought about coming out with a record label?
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My ultimate goal is to put hands on people...

Rara · Trick Member Joined: 02 Nov 2003 Location: Baraboo, WI

When you made the songs that are specifically for Bemani games, did you work with any people to create the patterns to go with the song?
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Cool sigs are overrated D:

Pantera · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject:

How about the obvious:

"Will there be another arcade DDR Mix?"
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nyssa · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:48 pm Post subject:

SO! loves Electroplankton · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 4:58 pm Post subject:

"What's your favorite bemani song producer that isn't you or your 5 million-or-so aliases?"

"What's your REAL name?"(though I'll doubt he'll answer that one. Naoki M. is an acronym for konami)

Edit: My god people, I've said the thing about the aliases at least 50,000 times! He uses them...
A. as a way of classifieing songs(REVENG=world, De-sire=drum n bass, Underground=Rave/techno and then every alias that he only uses like once is most likely hip-hop)
B. So not almost every freaking song is listed as by him on DDR!

Melvis at the Disco! · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 5:09 pm Post subject:

Tomo_kun · Trick Member Joined: 26 Oct 2003 Location: SE-WI.

Thomas howard said that Maeda Naoki is his real name.

Why did you put Let Them Move on DDR?

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FLCL, God of Gods wrote:

Uh... so when do we get the porn forum?

If you can't find porn on the Internet, you're not trying.

Mark · Trick Member Joined: 03 Jun 2002 Location: San Diego, CA

What are your plans after BEMANI?

HoobyJooby · Trick Member Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Location: Lake Oswego, OR

I heard Naoki is male, deny/comfirm?

Melvis at the Disco! · Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2004 9:35 pm Post subject:

Flarone · Trick Member Joined: 13 Feb 2004