Video game developers in general are very enamoured by the Switch—it makes sense. It’s just powerful enough to not limit them much, while also offering far more possibilities for what they can do and who they can reach thanks to its unique, modular form factor.

One developer who appears to be in love with the Switch is none other than Goichi Suda, better known as Suda51. The auteur game director and producer told Game Reactor in a recent interview that the Switch is basically the video game console, as far as he is concerned, citing the console’s unique hardware, as well as Nintendo’s embrace of indie developers as his reasons.

“I think Switch is great. Basically, I think that it is the video game console,” he said. “That is, you can start and play directly, plus they are giving a lot of support to independent games and developers, which I feel is great.”

Suda also explicitly said he isn’t done with the Switch yet. “I really want to do something more with the Switch,” he said.

To be fair, it’s hard to argue with anything he said. While PlayStation and Xbox have moved towards basically being closed box PCs for all purposes, the Switch is still unique and provides several possibilities that are flat out not available anywhere else. Combine that with the continuity of its home console and handheld hybrid experience, and you can see why Suda loves it. His first game for the console, Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes, is out now. A proper No More Heroes 3 could also be on the way.

“If I were to use a term it would probably be ‘beyond multiplayer’. Right now multiplayer is set to that we’re connecting together one person with another person, and I think with next-gen the opportunity is there to create something in addition to that. So you’re putting two people together and these people are just playing together, but what is the relationship between these people?

“There’s another layer to that you can add. To go beyond putting one person with another person. Not just the connection but having an actual… I want to say ecosystem. Placing two people together in a room is simple, but the type of relationship these people are going to have is completely different. I think having that relationship is an additional layer that next-gen is going to be able to provide.

“Right now, we are all connected, but with next-gen I think you are able to connect with pretty much anybody in the world, and maybe between just a handful of people there’s this group with a really emotional relationship, and you’re able create something so deep that it affects your gameplay as well. That’s something I think will happen with next-gen, and that could probably change the gameplay experience depending on who you play with.”

How will it play out, especially considering that Grasshopper Manufacture hasn’t been going great guns with the recent Killer is Dead bombing in sales and with critics? We’ll find out, especially since Grasshopper is developing Lily Bergamo exclusively for the PlayStation 4.

Goichi Suda is happy that his studio Grasshopper Manufacture got acquired and he believes he has complete creative freedom now. Does that mean, we will be seeing more games like Lollipop Chainsaw? That’s hard to say, really.

“This is a good thing because now I can focus more on the creative side. GungHo is providing me with complete creative freedom. I’ve worked with multiple publishers in the past, but I don’t think there are many presidents out there who will provide such freedom to their development team,” he told Polygon.

“Now I can focus even more than I could in the past, so I think this will be a good thing for Grasshopper.”

GungHo president Kazuki Morishita said, “The world that Suda has in his mind is something we can’t create at GungHo, so it’s about having something we don’t and working with that world.”

It’s nice that people who create games are happy so that we can see more awesome games from them in the future.

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Lets be honest here, EA partners program didn’t exactly help Goichi Suda’s, Shadows of the Damned. The game was a commercial failure worldwide. So their next project, Lollipop Chainsaw is going to be published by Warner Bros. Interactive. Yes, the ones that brought you Mortal Kombat and F3AR. The game puts you in the shoes of a spunky cheerleader who goes on a rampage killing  Zombies with the most exotic weapons imaginable.

Akira Yamaoka is composing the music again, after a wonderful job in Shadows of the Damned. “Our exciting partnership with Kadokawa Games allows us to try something new by bringing a very unique game like Lollipop Chainsaw to Western markets,” said Martin Tremblay, President of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

“Grasshopper Manufacture’s games have shown tremendous success with gamers around the globe and we are delighted to expand our portfolio of Japanese-developed games.” Will the game be more successful commercially than Shadows of the Damned? Tell us what you feel in the comments section below.