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| show_name_2 = ''The Girls of the Playboy Mansion''
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| image = [[Image:The Girls Next Door.jpg|200px|The Girls Next Door promotional poster]]
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| runtime = About 22 mins.
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| starring = [[Holly Madison]] <br> [[Bridget Marquardt]] <br> [[Kendra Wilkinson]] <br> [[Hugh Hefner]]
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| first_aired = August 7, 2005
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'''''The Girls Next Door''''', also known as '''''The Girls of the Playboy Mansion''''', is an [[United States|American]] [[reality television]] series broadcast on the [[E!]] [[cable television]] [[television network|network]]. The series was created by [[executive producer]] [[Kevin Burns]] and [[Hugh Hefner]], founder and [[editing|editor-in-chief]] of ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine.
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{{nihongo|'''Yasumi Matsuno'''|松野 泰己|Matsuno Yasumi}} (b. 1965) is a former [[game director|video game director]] at [[Square Enix]] (previously called [[Square Co.|Square]]).


He has the honor of being one of two directors to have two games receive a perfect score by ''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine, which has to date only given perfect scores to eight games in its twenty-year history. Matsuno's ''[[Vagrant Story]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' were critically acclaimed by the magazine with a 40/40 score. Matsuno has been rated by the website ''[[Next Generation]]'' as the 13th most important and anticipated video game developer of 2007.<ref>{{cite web |author=Next Generation staff |title=The Hot 100 Game Developers of 2007 |work=[[Next Generation]] |publisher=[[Future Publishing|Future Publishing USA]] |date=2007-03-03 |accessdate=2007-04-02 |pages=p. 10 |url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4859&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=9}}</ref> In March 2006, the Japanese ''[[Famitsu]]'' magazine readers voted on their 100 all-time favorite games, and Matsuno's game ''[[Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together]]'' was named number seven.<ref>{{cite news | author=Colin Campbell | title=Japan Votes on All Time Top 100 | url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2401&Itemid=2 | publisher=Next Generation | date=[[2006-03-03]] | accessdate=2005-12-05}}</ref>
The fifth season of the show started airing on October 5, 2008.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-girls-next-door/the-girls-next-door-season-5-s-23323.aspx | title = The Girls Next Door: Season 5 Starts Tonight | date = [[2008-10-05]] | accessdate = 2008-10-09}}</ref> A sixth season was confirmed by Hugh Hefner.<ref name="ap-breakup">{{cite news | url = http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hDJOaKMoWhYgKsblT1QMM5EE-MJQD93MSJDG0 | title = Hugh Hefner opens up about Holly Madison breakup | first = Derrik J. | last = Lang | publisher = Associated Press | date = [[2008-10-09]] | accessdate = 2008-10-09}}</ref>


==Career==
The [[tuxedo]]-wearing [[Playboy Bunny]] [[mascot]] is the icon for the show, appearing in its logo.
===Early projects===
Matsuno began his career at the [[Japan]]ese [[video game]] developer [[Quest Corporation|Quest]], where he created the ''[[Ogre Battle]]'' series of [[tactical role-playing game]]s.


===Square Co. and Square Enix===
==Synopsis==
In 1995, Matsuno joined [[Square Co.|Square Co., Ltd.]] after quitting Quest. His colleagues at [[Square Enix]] usually called him by his nickname "YAZZ".
The series focuses on the lives of Hefner's three girlfriends who live with him at the [[Playboy Mansion]]: [[Holly Madison]], [[Bridget Marquardt]], and [[Kendra Wilkinson]]. Mr. Hefner is often on the show along with various Playmates and other celebrities. Kendra is also know as K-DUN on the show after appering in a magazine called DUB.


At Square, Matsuno oversaw the development of ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' for the [[PlayStation]]. Similar in design and gameplay to ''[[Tactics Ogre]]'', it was lauded for its highly intricate and convoluted story.
The series not only showcases events at the Playboy Mansion (e.g. Fight Night, [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]] celebration, the midsummer celebration etc.), but also sheds light on other ''Playboy'' related events such as the ''Playboy Jazz Festival'' at the [[Hollywood Bowl]], Playmate test shoots at [[Playboy Studio West]], ''Operation Playmate'', party night, birthday parties, but more significantly the personalities and real lives of each of the Girls.


After the release of ''Final Fantasy Tactics'', Matsuno and his team began development on ''[[Vagrant Story]]''. Smaller in scope than ''Final Fantasy Tactics'', ''Vagrant Story'' was still highly regarded by critics and has gained somewhat of a cult following since its release. It was also the first Squaresoft game and the only Playstation title to be awarded a 40/40 from Japanese gaming publication Famitsu.
The Girls Next Door have appeared on the cover of Playboy three times. To celebrate the success of the series, ''Playboy'' published a nude pictorial of Holly, Bridget, and Kendra in the November 2005 issue. The original eight-episode run of the series was expanded to fifteen episodes with the first season finale airing in early December 2005. The series' second season began on July 30, [[2006 in television|2006]]. To celebrate the launch of the second season, a second nude pictorial of the trio was published in September 2006. The third season of the show began airing March 4, [[2007 in television|2007]]. Their third Playboy appearance was in the March 2008 issue, celebrating them being voted fourth in Playboy's annual "Sexiest Celebrities" online poll.


Matsuno supervised Square's [[PlayOnline]] project prior to its first beta release in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | year=2002 | title=Yasumi Matsuno speaks about FF Tactics for the GBA | url=http://www.nintendogamenet.com/modules.php?module=article&id=484 | work=[http://www.nintendogamenet.com/ NintendoGameNet.com] | accessdate=2007-08-01}}</ref> He then produced ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' for the [[Game Boy Advance]] system, which shares the ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' system but has an entirely different storyline.
The show's theme song is Nasty Tales' remix of "[[Come on-a My House]];" words and music by William Saroyan and [[Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.]], who later, as David Seville, created The Chipmunks.


''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'' was written and directed by Matsuno, though his official credits are listed as "Story and Concept". Although he had to bow out of the game's staff, ostensibly due to health issues, he is still credited for much of the work. According to e-mail responses from the Square Enix Information Center, Matsuno left Square Enix on [[August 31]] [[2007]], following his step-down from directing ''Final Fantasy XII'' but a developer implies he had no longer appeared in the front of the team by the end of 2004.{{Fact|date=May 2008}}
==Episodes==
*'''Season 1''' [[E!]] 9:00 p.m.
*'''Season 2''' [[E!]] 10:00 p.m.
*'''Season 3''' [[E!]] 10:00 p.m.
*'''Season 4''' [[E!]] 10:00 p.m.
*'''Season 5''' [[E!]] 10:00 p.m.


===Season 1===
===Current===
It is unknown what current projects Matsuno has undertaken. However, he has most recently expressed interest in developing for the [[Wii]] console.<ref>{{cite web | year=2006 | author=Lee, Edwin So. | title=Yasumi Matsuno to Develop for Wii | url=http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153639 | work=[http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3153639] | accessdate=2007-08-01}}</ref>. [[Hitoshi Sakimoto]] has revealed that he is currently working on an undisclosed project with Matsuno<ref>{{cite web | year=2007 | author=Kennedy, Sam and Jeremy Parish | title=Final Fantasy XII Composer Hitoshi Sakimoto Interview from 1UP.com | url=http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=2&cId=3163748 | work=[http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=2&cId=3163748 1UP.com] | accessdate=2007-11-10}}</ref>.
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Number || Episode Title|| '''Airdate''' || Notable Guest Stars
|-
|00 || '''Hef's World''' (Unaired Pilot) || (Season 1 DVD) || Janett Munoz, Molly Walker
|-
|01 || '''Meet the Girls''' || 8/7/2005 || Mary O'Connor, Hank Fawcett, Val Tasso, Eileen Ruiz
|-
|02 || '''The New Girls in Town''' || 8/7/2005 || [[Audra Lynn]], [[Sara Jean Underwood]], [[Tiffany Fallon]], [[Raquel Gibson]]
|-
|03 || '''Happy Birthday, Kendra!''' || 8/14/2005 || [[Destiny Davis]], [[Don "Magic" Juan]], Jonathan Baker, Mary Wilkinson, Brian Olea, Colin Wilkinson, Patty Wilkinson.
|-
|04 || '''What Happens in Vegas''' || 8/21/2005 || [[Carmella Decesare]], [[Jeff Garcia]], [[Destiny Davis]]
|-
|05 || '''Fight Night''' || 8/28/2005 || [[Peyton Manning]], [[Keith Hefner (actor)|Keith Hefner]], [[Barbi Benton]], Dianne Wiley, [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Maria Sharapova]], [[Matthew Perry (actor)|Matthew Perry]], Anastasia Case, [[Michael Vartan]], [[Verne Troyer]], [[Ray Anthony]], Alfonso Gomez Jr., [[Garry Shandling]], [[Destiny Davis]], Hank Fawcett, [[Phil Fondacaro]], Dr. Diana Wiley
|-
|06 || '''Operation Playmate''' || 9/11/2005 || [[Destiny Davis]], [[Kara Monaco]], [[Audra Lynn]], Anastasia Case, Hank Fawcett, [[Jillian Grace]], Pat Lacey, Mary O'Connor, Brian Olea, [[Bryant]], Norma Maister, Joey Sylvester
|-
|07 ||'''Just Shoot Me''' || 9/25/2005 || Anastasia Case, Stephanie Morris
|-
|08 ||'''Midsummer Night's Dream''' || 10/2/2005 || Anastasia Case, FrazierArts.com Incorporated, Mark Frazier, Susan Frazier, Michael Frazier, Megan Frazier, Jonathan Baker, [[Jerri Manthey]]
|-
|09 ||'''Under the Covers''' || 10/23/2005 || Anastasia Case
|-
|10 ||'''Ghostbusted''' || 10/30/2005
|-
|11 ||'''Grape Expectations''' || 11/6/2005 || Anastasia Case
|-
|12 ||'''I'll Take Manhattan''' || 11/13/2005 || [[Rita Cosby]], [[Courtney Culkin]], [[Christie Hefner]], Pilar M. Lastra, [[Monica Leigh]], Mary O'Connor, Brian O'Lare, [[Keith Hefner (actor)|Keith Hefner]], [[Howard Stern]], [[Robin Quivers]], [[Tim Vincent]], [[Barbara Walters]]
|-
|13 ||'''My Kind of Town''' || 11/20/2005 ||
|-
|14 ||'''Clue-less''' || 11/27/2005 ||
|-
|15 ||'''It's Vegas, Baby''' || 12/4/2005 || [[Roberto Cavalli]], [[Carmella Decesare]], [[Jillian Grace]], [[Sara Jean Underwood]], [[Tiffany Fallon]].
|}


===Season 2===
==Miscellanea==
{{Original research|section|date=September 2007}}
{| class="wikitable"
{{trivia|width=full|date=September 2007}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
*As a tribute to his legacy, the development team included an optional boss in Final Fantasy XII called ''Yazmat'' (a play on his aforementioned nickname, '''Yaz'''umi '''Mat'''suno). In-game information about Yazmat (localized as ''Yiazmat'' in the North American version) is accompanied by a subtitle which reads, "Farewell to a Legend." [[Montblanc]], who assigns the player the task of slaying Yiazmat, tells a story of how he and his moogle siblings once worked with a wise leader and mentor with whom they did many wonderful things. Montblanc explains that Yiazmat came along and killed that master, causing them all to break up.
! Number || Episode Title|| '''Airdate''' || Notable Guest Stars
|-
|01 ||'''Here's Looking at You, Hef''' ||7/30/2006 || Jonathan Baker
|-
|02 ||'''Career Dazed''' || 8/6/2006 ||
|-
|03 ||'''80 Is The New 40''' || 8/6/2006 || [[Paris Hilton]], [[Donald Trump]], [[Ivanka Trump]]
|-
|04 ||'''Mutiny on the Booty''' || 8/13/2006 ||
|-
|05 ||'''San Diego or Bust''' || 8/20/2006 ||
|-
|06 ||'''Heavy Petting'''|| 9/03/2006 ||
|-
|07 ||'''Sleepwear Optional''' ||9/10/2006 || [[Kara Monaco]], [[Monica Leigh]]
|-
|08 ||'''I See London, I See France''' || 9/17/2006 ||
|-
|09 ||'''When in Rome''' || 9/24/2006 ||
|-
|10 ||'''Baby Talk''' || 10/1/2006 || Jonathan Baker
|-
|11 ||'''The 21 Club ''' || 10/8/2006 ||
|-
|12 ||'''Girls Will Be Ghouls''' || 10/15/2006 ||
|-
|13 ||'''The Age of Aquarium''' || 10/29/2006 ||
|-
|14 ||'''Rabbit Season''' || 11/05/2006 ||
|-
|15 ||'''We Can Work It Out''' || 11/12/2006 || Hector Echavarria
|-
|16 ||'''Playboys After Dark''' || 11/19/2006 ||
|}


*One of Matsuno's trademarks is to pay homage to the rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]] in his works. His first game was titled ''[[Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen]]''. Both ''Ogre Battle'' and ''March of the Black Queen'' are song titles from the album ''[[Queen II]]''. His next game was ''[[Tactics Ogre|Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together]]'', ''Let Us Cling Together'' being a song from the album'' [[A Day at the Races (album)|A Day at the Races]]''. His game ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'' had a chapter called "Somebody to Love", also a song title from ''A Day At the Races''. In the game ''[[Vagrant Story]]'', the lead character begins the game with a sword called [[Fandango]], which is a reference to a lyric in the song "[[Bohemian Rhapsody]]", from ''[[A Night at the Opera (album)|A Night at the Opera]]''. In ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', the earth elemental summon uses an attack called "Rock You", a nod to the song ''We Will Rock You'' from the album ''[[News of the World (album)|News of the World]]''. "Rock You" has been changed to "Roxxor" in the localized English game, a likely play on [[internet slang]].
===Season 3===
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Number || Episode Title|| '''Airdate''' || Notable Guest Stars
|-
|01 ||'''Snow Place Like Home''' || 3/04/2007 || Jonathan Baker
|-
|02 ||'''Let Them Eat Birthday Cake''' || 3/11/2007 || [[Sara Jean Underwood]], [[Monica Leigh]], [[Tiffany Fallon]], [[Cristal Camden]]
|-
|03 ||'''May The Horse Be With You''' || 3/18/2007 || Anastascia{{who}}
|-
|04 ||'''My Bare Lady''' || 4/1/2007 || [[Tamara Sky]]
|-
|05 ||'''Calendar Girls''' || 4/8/2007 ||
|-
|06 ||'''Snowboarded''' || 4/15/2007 || [[Shaun White]], Jonathan Baker
|-
|07 ||'''Hearts Afire''' || 4/22/2007 ||
|-
|08 ||'''P.M.O.Y. Not?''' || 5/6/2007 || [[Sara Jean Underwood]], [[Janine Habeck]]
|-
|09 ||'''Family Affairs''' || 5/13/2007 ||
|-
|10 ||'''Home, Sweet Suite''' || 5/20/2007 ||
|-
|Special ||'''Bedtime Stories: The Best of the Girls Next Door''' || 5/28/2007 || Special Hour-long clip show
|-
|11 ||'''Training Dazed''' || 8/12/2007 ||
|-
|12 ||'''Dangerous Curves''' || 8/19/2007 ||
|-
|13 ||'''Surely, You Joust''' || 8/26/2007 ||
|-
|14 ||'''Guess Who's Coming to Luncheon?''' || 9/2/2007 || [[Sara Jean Underwood]], [[Barbi Benton]]
|}


===Season 4===
==Published works==
*''[[Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen]]'': Director, scenario and game design
{| class="wikitable"
*''[[Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together]]'': Director, scenario and game design
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
*''[[Final Fantasy Tactics]]'': Director, script and game design
! Number || Episode Title|| '''Airdate''' || Notable Guest Stars
*''[[Vagrant Story]]'': Producer, director and battle design
|-
*''[[Ogre Battle 64: Person of Lordly Caliber]]'': Script, scenario design
|01 ||'''Patriot Dames''' || 12/09/2007 || [[Sara Jean Underwood]], Mary O'Connor, [[Victoria Fuller]], Jonathan Barker, Anastasia Case, Eddie Sandmeier, [[Keith Hefner]], [[Cristal Camden]]
*''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'': Producer, original concept
|-
*''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'': Original concept, scenario plotter, and supervisor
|02 ||'''Heavy Lifting''' || 12/16/2007 || Patty Wilkinson
|-
|03 ||'''Half-Baked Alaska''' || 12/23/2007 ||
|-
|04 ||'''Unveilings''' || 12/30/2007 || [[Paris Hilton]]
|-
|05 ||'''There's Something About Mary O'Connor''' || 1/6/2008 || [[Victoria Fuller]], Mary O'Connor
|-
|06 ||'''The Full Monte Carlo''' || 1/13/2008 ||[[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]], [[Chad Michael Murray]]
|-
|07 ||'''Every Day is Wednesday''' || 1/20/2008 ||[[Karen McDougal]]
|-
|08 ||'''Go West, Young Girl''' || 1/27/2008 ||
|-
|09 ||'''Jamaican Me Crazy''' || 2/10/2008 ||
|-
|10 ||'''Wedding Belles''' || 2/17/2008 ||
|-
|11 ||'''It's My Party And I'll Die If I Want To''' || 2/18/2008 || [[Barbi Benton]]
|-
|12 ||'''Surf's Up''' || 3/2/2008 || [[Kelly Slater]]
|-
|}


===Season 5===
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Number || Episode Title|| '''Airdate''' || Notable Guest Stars
|-
|Special ||'''House Bunnies''' ||8/18/2008 || [[Anna Faris]]
|-
|01 ||'''Hot Chocolate''' || 10/5/2008 || [[Pamela Anderson]], [[Kayla Collins]], [[George J. Maloof, Jr.]], Cooper Hefner
|-
|02 ||'''She Got Game''' || 10/12/2008 ||
|-
|}

* Note: Season Two Premiere was a special one-hour version of episodes #201 and #202 entitled, "Happy Birthday, Hef".
* Note: Episodes #212 and #301 were originally aired commercial-free.

== Future ==
In October 2008, it was reported that Holly and Hefner have broken up.<ref name="ap-breakup" /> He also acknowledged that his relationship with Kendra "will be ending when she moves out, probably by the end of this year."<ref>{{cite web | url = http://uk.eonline.com/uberblog/marc_malkin/b33112_hugh_hefner_on_holly_its_over.html | title = Hugh Hefner on Holly: "It's Over!" | first = Marc | last = Malkin | publisher = E! | date = [[2008-10-08]] | accessdate = 2008-10-09}}</ref> Despite this, Hefner also confirmed that the three girls are committed to a sixth season, though he will be looking for new live-in girlfriends.<ref name="ap-breakup" />

==DVD releases==
*The first season was released on DVD on August 15, 2006<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=5855|title=tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=5855 Release info on 1st season|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref>
*The second season was released on DVD on May 1, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=6447|title=tvshowsondvd.com/releaseinfo.cfm?ReleaseID=6447 Release info on 2nd season|accessdate=2007-03-18}}</ref>
*The third season was released on DVD on January 22, 2008.
*''"The Girls Next Door" Workout'' was released on DVD on May 15, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Girls-Next-Door-Workout-Playboy/dp/B000NO23X0|title=''Girls-Next-Door-Workout Video''|accessdate=2007-05-22}}</ref>

==Ratings==

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Episode # || Episode Title|| Airdate || Rating/Share (Adults 18-49) || Viewers || Notes
|-
|01 ||'''Meet the Girls''' || 8/07/2005 || 0.8/1 || 990,000 || Roughly double the average number that [[E!]] pulls in that timeslot
|-
|16 ||'''Here's Looking at You, Hef''' || 7/30/2006 || N/A || 1.6 Million || 3-year high for an [[E!]] series
|-
|32 ||'''Snow Place Like Home''' || 3/04/2007 || 1.8/5 || 2.17 million || Second-highest season premiere in [[E!]]'s 16-year history{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
|-
|47 ||'''Patriot Dames''' || 12/09/2007 || 1.6 || 2.0 million
|}

==Cameo appearances==
Since the show began, the three women have made cameo appearances in a variety of other films and television programs. They appeared in ''[[Scary Movie 4]]'', lent their voices to an episode of ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', and guest starred in an episode of the daytime drama ''[[General Hospital]]'' on August 29, 2008, as part of a [[Walter Mitty]]-like fantasy sequence by the character [[Damien Spinelli]]. The women have also appeared in a music video for the group [[Nickelback]], in their song "[[Rockstar (Nickelback song)|Rockstar]]". They also appeared, along with Hef, in the video for "[[Beverly Hills (song)|Beverly Hills]]" by the group [[Weezer]], which was filmed at the Playboy Mansion. Marquardt and Wilkinson also appeared on the November 5, 2007 edition of [[WWE Raw]] as the [[D-Generation X|DX]] dancers.

There have also been cameo appearances by many stars on the "The Girls Next Door". Many stars of different genres have been seen, and every [[Playmate of the Year]] since 2004 has appeared on the show: [[Carmella DeCesare]] (2004), [[Tiffany Fallon]] (2005), [[Kara Monaco]] (2006) and [[Sara Jean Underwood]] (2007).

On July 1, 2008 the Girls Next Door appeared on NBC’s new show ''Celebrity Family Feud''. They competed against Vincent Pastore of Sopranos fame. They did not win. They also appeared on the July 24, 2008 episode of ''[[Last Comic Standing 6|Last Comic Standing]]'' in which the comics read bedtime stories to them and they granted [[Marcus (comedian)|Marcus]] immunity.

Hef, Holly, Bridget, and Kendra appeared in the movie [[The House Bunny]] that was released in theatres on August 22, 2008.

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://ps2.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3148855 1UP.Com feature on Yasumi Matsuno's career]
*[http://www.eonline.com/on/shows/girlsnextdoor/ ''The Girls Next Door'' at E!]
*[http://www.square-haven.com/people/Yasumi-Matsuno/ ''Yasumi Matsuno''] profile, interviews, and photo gallery at the Square Haven People Database
*[http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertainment/features/girlsnextdoor/ ''The Girls Next Door'' at Playboy.com]
*[http://www.girlsnextdoordvd.com/ Fox Home Entertainment- Official DVD site]
*[http://www.hollymadison.com/ Official Website of Holly Madison]
*[http://www.bridgetmarquardt.com/ Official Website of Bridget Marquardt]
*[http://www.kendrawilkinson.com/ Official Website of Kendra Wilkinson]
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Yasumi Matsuno
Born1965
NationalityJapanese
OccupationFormer video game director

Yasumi Matsuno (松野 泰己, Matsuno Yasumi) (b. 1965) is a former video game director at Square Enix (previously called Square).

He has the honor of being one of two directors to have two games receive a perfect score by Famitsu magazine, which has to date only given perfect scores to eight games in its twenty-year history. Matsuno's Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy XII were critically acclaimed by the magazine with a 40/40 score. Matsuno has been rated by the website Next Generation as the 13th most important and anticipated video game developer of 2007.[1] In March 2006, the Japanese Famitsu magazine readers voted on their 100 all-time favorite games, and Matsuno's game Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together was named number seven.[2]

Career

Early projects

Matsuno began his career at the Japanese video game developer Quest, where he created the Ogre Battle series of tactical role-playing games.

Square Co. and Square Enix

In 1995, Matsuno joined Square Co., Ltd. after quitting Quest. His colleagues at Square Enix usually called him by his nickname "YAZZ".

At Square, Matsuno oversaw the development of Final Fantasy Tactics for the PlayStation. Similar in design and gameplay to Tactics Ogre, it was lauded for its highly intricate and convoluted story.

After the release of Final Fantasy Tactics, Matsuno and his team began development on Vagrant Story. Smaller in scope than Final Fantasy Tactics, Vagrant Story was still highly regarded by critics and has gained somewhat of a cult following since its release. It was also the first Squaresoft game and the only Playstation title to be awarded a 40/40 from Japanese gaming publication Famitsu.

Matsuno supervised Square's PlayOnline project prior to its first beta release in 2001.[3] He then produced Final Fantasy Tactics Advance for the Game Boy Advance system, which shares the Final Fantasy Tactics system but has an entirely different storyline.

Final Fantasy XII was written and directed by Matsuno, though his official credits are listed as "Story and Concept". Although he had to bow out of the game's staff, ostensibly due to health issues, he is still credited for much of the work. According to e-mail responses from the Square Enix Information Center, Matsuno left Square Enix on August 31 2007, following his step-down from directing Final Fantasy XII but a developer implies he had no longer appeared in the front of the team by the end of 2004.[citation needed]

Current

It is unknown what current projects Matsuno has undertaken. However, he has most recently expressed interest in developing for the Wii console.[4]. Hitoshi Sakimoto has revealed that he is currently working on an undisclosed project with Matsuno[5].

Miscellanea

  • As a tribute to his legacy, the development team included an optional boss in Final Fantasy XII called Yazmat (a play on his aforementioned nickname, Yazumi Matsuno). In-game information about Yazmat (localized as Yiazmat in the North American version) is accompanied by a subtitle which reads, "Farewell to a Legend." Montblanc, who assigns the player the task of slaying Yiazmat, tells a story of how he and his moogle siblings once worked with a wise leader and mentor with whom they did many wonderful things. Montblanc explains that Yiazmat came along and killed that master, causing them all to break up.

Published works

References

  1. ^ Next Generation staff (2007-03-03). "The Hot 100 Game Developers of 2007". Next Generation. Future Publishing USA. pp. p. 10. Retrieved 2007-04-02. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ Colin Campbell (2006-03-03). "Japan Votes on All Time Top 100". Next Generation. Retrieved 2005-12-05. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "Yasumi Matsuno speaks about FF Tactics for the GBA". NintendoGameNet.com. 2002. Retrieved 2007-08-01. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
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