Miyazaki had wanted to create a game set in such an era as those novels, but he wanted everything to be as detailed as possible, and felt that such a game was only possible on eighth generation hardware.
Mijazaki je želeo da stvori igricu koja je postavljena u doba kao ti romani, ali je želeo da sve bude što detaljnije, i smatrao je da je takva igra moguća samo na osmoj generaciji hardvera.