Mahoyo Delayed Till 2010 Thanks to PS3, Cross Days Delayed As Well

So Type-Moon Ace Vol.3 was released a while ago, and what's the big announcement? Mahou Tsukai no Yoru has been delayed until 2010!

The official reason goes something along the lines of "The delay was in part due to being over-optimistic about recreating a 13-year-old work, and in part because we can't suppress to our desire to pursue new stories." There was also words of the entire company working hard together to get the game done blah blah.

Hmm, okay, fair enough, guess TM pulled a Blizzard, will just have to look forward to both Mahoyo and Starcraft 2 in 2010.

Unfortunately, according to sources online, the real reason behind Mahoyo's delay seems to be because Nasu has been playing too much Demon's Souls (a PS3 game). Huh?

Seems like there was some Q and A with the Type-Moon people on a BBS, and well...

－みなさんどんなゲームやってますか？

高山（アマガミ）：最近だと世界樹2かな

こやま(TYPEMOON)：僕も1やってたんだけどクリア直前で止まってます。色々鍛えてる所。

奈須(TYPEMOON)：私は両方25階制覇して終わっちゃってますね締め切りぶっちぎり気味だったんでこれ以上伸ばすのは許されないと（汗）

武内(TYPEMOON)：ははは・・・

So what games have you been playing?

Takayama (Amagami): Sekaiju no Meikyuu 2.

So TM's Koyoma responds immediately that he got stuck right before clearing the prequel. Nasu, likely with a smirk on his face, reveals that he cleared all 25 floors in both games.

-最近だと他にはどんなゲームをやってますか？

奈須：デモンズソウルですね！これオススメですよ！ずっとハマってました（笑）

高山：デモンズソウル！あれめっちゃ面白そうですよねえ！きのこさんは自キャラを３人も作ってたんでしたっけ。

奈須：あれはヤバイ。「魔法使いの夜」の製作、途中で製作が止まった事あるんですが、正直に言うとこのゲームをやっていたのが原因です。

武内：・・・嫌な事聞いた

奈須：御免！だって面白かったんだもの。あそこはどうやったら突破できるか経験を積めるかずっと考えていました（笑）

What games have you been been playing lately?

Nasu: Demon's Soul! Highly recommended, I'm addicted.

Koyoma: It's pretty fun, Nasu even made three characters.

Nasu: Mahoyo's development actually got delayed because I've been playing this game too much, so sorry, but it's just so much fun.

Errr okay, to quote an image from the Japanese blog:

In other news, The new Fate/Stay Night UBW movie will 90 minutes.

In more news, Cross Days has been delayed till the end of this year (November 20th)... remember back when the game was supposed to be out like, this spring?