What led to the Pipeworks games being made?

[SG-17]

I'm a bit curious. There was no film to promote, 98 was a laughing stock and 2000 only had a limited release. The rest of the Millennium series would lag behind in DVD releases. There was nothing major going on in the franchise in the West. So why and how did Pipeworks end up making these games?

[Chris55]

I'm a bit curious. There was no film to promote, 98 was a laughing stock and 2000 only had a limited release. The rest of the Millennium series would lag behind in DVD releases. There was nothing major going on in the franchise in the West. So why and how did Pipeworks end up making these games?

Arbok and Simon would have more info but I think a lot of it had to do with Kirby Fong (Atari Producer) being a Godzilla fan

[Arbok]

Arbok and Simon would have more info but I think a lot of it had to do with Kirby Fong (Atari Producer) being a Godzilla fan

From what I understand, this is correct. Kirby Fong was a champion around the idea of making a game around the character... and was pretty damn successful since Atari (Infogrames when this first started) went on to make 5 games for the character, 3 console and 2 handheld.

Fong was very passionate and involved during the DAMM days, to the point he was very aware of message board conversations around the upcoming titles even.

[SG-17]

Its pretty incredible that one man could get the ball rolling on something like the Pipeworks games.

[Shadd21]

Where is Kirby Fong today?