Almost webbed: GT PSP could've been 'GT Spyder'

Posted Jun 8, 2009 at 8:42PM by Mabie A. Listed in: News, Titles, Games Tags: Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Digital
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Time for some fun facts! Did you know that the PSP Gran Turismo was supposed to have a different moniker? Yep, they actually considered calling it "Gran Turismo Spyder", revealed Polyphony Digital's prez, Kazunori Yamauchi.

So why didn't they go with that one? Sounds might cool than just plain "Gran Turismo", yes? That's because he said he didn't want the game to give the impression that the PSP GT title is anything less than a "fully-specced Gran Turismo."

And that's it for today's fun facts. Speaking of Yamauchi, I suddenly remembered his now-famed translator. No offense to the game, it did look great and all, but he just stole the show.

What could he have been so busy scribbling down on his notepad?





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Via Kotaku

 
 
 

Comments [refresh]

by rollypoly - 2009-06-08 17:51
» maybe it's just me...

spyder sounds fully "specced"...



PSP to me says neutered for a handheld, no actually it screams it.

by NarooN - 2009-06-08 20:39
» .

Yeah, what *was* he writing? I didn't get it. It's not like he had short-term memory loss or something. Unless he did. It's an enigma. Almost as big of a mystery as to whether or not MGS4's Sunny Eggs scene was CGI or not.

by mr.x256 - 2009-06-09 17:55
» -

I'm glad they didn't call it GT Spyder, it would just remind me of how Toyota ruined MR2's by creating the MRS.

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