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Attracting newcomers wasn’t the goal from the outset, however.

Yokoyama says that developer RGG Studios was, as always, focused on making a damn entertaining story.

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Now, he’s just a ‘wannabe pirate.’

Being newcomer-friendly was just an added bonus.

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