Sohei Shinkawa, creator of the series DisgaeaFormer president of Nippon Ichi Software and current CEO of Superniche talks about usinggenerative artificial intelligence In video game development, explains why he doesn’t plan to use the technology for write your own story.
Shinkawa does not view artificial intelligence as a threat, but “a tool.” The director said it can be used to increase productivity as long as copyright infringement and other illegal uses are avoided. However, in his work, he prefers not to use it, especially when it comes to write script.
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“I think you can create a plot, feed it into artificial intelligence and let it complete the story, and I’m sure a lot of people do that today. I don’t want to deny this approach at all, even if it makes me think: Is it really interesting?” he declared.
So for Shinkawa, the point is not to determine whether AI is capable of producing content, but to understand how valuable the content creation process is to it. While he recognized that the technology could be used for large-scale manufacturing, he realized Industrial quantities of video games Not his goal.
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“I have a fundamental desire to create stories and characters that I personally want to see, so if I don’t manually model them one by one, it’s not fun. If I don’t connect every word myself, it’s not fun,” he explained.
Shinkawa admitted that he could use AI for more limited tasks, such as suggesting character names or retrieving certain information, but not commissioning it for actual writing: “I have absolutely no interest in having her write this story for me”.
The same principle applies to Find promising ideas for future projects. “For example, I don’t want to ask an artificial intelligence to give me ten best-selling stories. I find value in choosing topics that interest me personally and writing about them myself,” Shinkawa added, explaining that this approach didn’t suit his way of working.
The creative is currently busy working on several new projects, including Demon Night FeverSRPG focuses on speedrunning training, and Noi Ayai: The Infinity Weirda stealth horror adventure based on a time loop. According to Shinkawa, the concepts and scenarios for both games are entirely his.
Demon Night Fever is expected to be released on PC, PS5, and Nintendo Switch on October 22, 2026, while Nooi Ayashi: The Infinith Oddity will be released on PC, Nintendo Switch, and Switch 2 in 2027.
