Konami's Koji Igarashi, better known as Iga, has been responsible for all the recent Castlevania titles, from Symphony of the Night on. In a recent interview with Game Informer, he discusses how he feels a little confused about the next gen console war, and doesn't quite know who to side with.

Iga admitted that working on the PlayStation 3 would be his first inclination but that ultimately the price may be a major barrier. "... I'm confused with all of this next-generation news. I don't know what to do. I was really leaning toward PS3 in the beginning," he said. "But then at the Sony conference they announced the price and I was like, 'Mmm, maybe it's too expensive.'"

As for the Nintendo console, he confessed that he's had a hard time thinking of something that would take advantage of the Wii's unique controls. "When it comes to Wii, obviously the controller has a unique feature, but I just can't come up with a good idea that utilizes it. I mean, clearly you can with a lot of time," he said.

Interestingly, Iga said that he doesn't really view the Xbox 360 in a negative way, but he still feels that Microsoft is a bit averse to titles that are very Japanese.

"I'm not really negative over Microsoft, but for some reason they tend to back off a little when it comes to something really foreign. But if Japanese developers would say they're working on Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest or Metal Gear maybe, then I guess Japanese consumers would take it seriously and consider purchasing it. There has to be some killer titles to move the consumers into the 360 market," he explained.

Japanese developers are in a weird position in the upcoming generation. Sony may be pricing themselves out of the market, Wii is too odd to make traditional games, and the 360 is still having trouble penetrating the group. I'd be willing to bet Iga isn't the only one feeling a little unsure of who to side with. This uncertainty may mean that we won't see a really solid list of killer apps coming out of Japan until it shakes out exactly which system consumers are backing.

Source: GameDaily