2002 Japanese documentary on (shmup?) Rez

[Seismic]

http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#http:// ... humb_watch

Thought that I would share this for any Sega fans... hopefully any that can understand Japanese. It shows Mizuguchi's UGA studio developing Rez (originally codenamed Project K), from the gameplay, to the soundtrack, to the dynamic music mechanics which were pretty groundbreaking at the time.

It also shows Sega making the announcement that they're calling it quits on Dreamcast, and going 3rd party. No, nobody's cutting onions.

I watched this on TV a while ago, and hoped that it would surface online eventually. Interesting video, whether you can understand JP or not.

[brokenhalo]

there's some pretty interesting info about rez over on the watmm forums here. the music tracks that were supposed to appear are quite different from the final tracks. stage 2 was supposed to be aphex twins' "come to daddy", for example.

[chempop]

Awesome! I'm a big fan of REZ dating back to 2001 when a friend called me from japan and told me about a REZ release party he attended. Later in 2002 I was able to visit him in Tokyo and met a number of SEGA employees at a small party where a cigarette smoking saxophonist accompanied a DJ playing experimental IDM. Members from Hitmaker and UGA where happy to hear about my enthusiasm for all things SEGA, although Jun Kobayashi (MEM), the director of REZ, did not speak any english and was very busy running the visuals at the party. Sadly all my footage was lost in a camera malfunction (D'OH!), but I'll never forget that experience.

I look forward to checking out that documentary, I do recall how they shifted the soundtrack to a more minimal techno vibe, which I think was the right choice. On a side note, when Child of Eden was released I was worried it wouldn't hold a candle to REZ, but the game ended up being quite incredible.

Here are a couple pics of the flyer from the REZ release party my buddy attended: