Midway through development, the success of Dynasty Warriors 2 inspired Shiba to push for the inclusion of ground battles. He consulted with Enix producer Yosuke Saito, who flew to Los Angeles to pitch the game to Sony at the E3 event when Saito arrived, the Sony staff on-site had gone through so many pitches that, out of exhaustion, they approved Drakengard without reviewing it. Taro worried that the dark tone of Drakengard's story would hamper the game's release. Yoko Taro had joined the project as art director, but his art did not impress the team since Iwasaki was too busy with other projects at the time, Taro was assigned to direct the game and write its script alongside Sawako Natori. īefore Drakengard, Iwasaki and Shiba had no experience with creative writing.

The development team assigned to Drakengard was named Project Dragonsphere. With Enix's support, Iwasaki quit Namco after completing Electrosphere and founded Cavia with Shiba. In 1999, during a night out at the bar, Enix producer Takamasa Shiba and Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere director Takuya Iwasaki brainstormed an aerial combat game with dragons.

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