Eguchi’s Crossing / Edge
“It is 1986. Katsuya Eguchi, a young graduand of the computer graphics course at Japan Electronics College, is faced with the most difficult decision he may ever face in his life: the company to which he will pledge his allegiance. Since, in Japan, a ‘salaryman’ may stay with a company his entire life, this isn’t a decision to be taken lightly. Eguchi, who spends as much time in his local arcade as he does in class, isn’t sure he wants to go the traditional route and pick up the first job that comes along, allowing him to stay in his native Chiba.”
I’m Edge’s go-to guy when they need an important guy at Nintendo interviewed, I guess! First Koizumi and now Eguchi, it can only be a matter of months before I’m called up to interview Miyamoto (I wish.)
Eguchi was a great interviewee and it was absolutely my pleasure to talk to him at this year’s E3 - in fact, it was easily one of the highlights of my week there.
You can read this article in Edge 193, which should still be available on store shelves.