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Business Recorder
31-05-2025
- Sport
- Business Recorder
Arshad clinches gold in men's javelin throw final
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's star javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem delivered a sensational performance on Day 5 of the Asian Athletics Championship in Gumi, South Korea to win the gold medal in the Men's Javelin Throw final, registering a throw of 86.40 meter, the best of the season in Asia. The Olympic gold-medalist, outclassed his rivals with a powerful sixth-round throw that secured him the top podium finish, according information received here on Saturday. His earlier attempts of 83.99m and 83.44m had already kept him among the leaders, but it was his final effort that sealed the deal, pushing him ahead of India's Yadav and Japan's Sakiyama. Yadav earned the silver medal with a personal best of 85.16 meters, showing significant improvement in the final round. Meanwhile, Japan's Sakiyama claimed bronze, also achieving a personal best of 83.75 meters. Sri Lanka's Pathirage narrowly missed the podium with a commendable throw of 83.27m, followed by India's Singh at 82.57m. China's Hu recorded a season-best 80.93m to take sixth place, while Sri Lanka's Ranasinghe Mudiyanselage and Pakistan's Yasir finished seventh and eighth respectively. Arshad's victory marks a proud moment for Pakistan in track and field athletics, reinforcing his status as one of Asia's elite javelin throwers. His throw fell just short of the Championship Record of 86.72m and the Asian Record of 92.97m but set the bar for the 2025 season across the continent.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Konami spent over 5 years bringing an iconic JRPG series back to life as reviving Suikoden "would be over" before it began if they released a "half-baked product"
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Konami spent five years remastering Suikoden 1 and 2 because the devs knew their attempts to revive the iconic JRPG series "would be over" before they began if they "were to release a half-baked product." Speaking to Dengeki Online, producer Rui Naito reveals that planning for the remasters began in 2020 before an announcement came in September 2022. While an initial release window of the following year was missed, Naito says it was for a good reason. Even with a remaster, you only get one chance to make a first impression. "With Suikoden I & II HD Remaster, I told [Director Takahiro] Sakiyama and his team to 'make something solid' because it is the starting point for the IP's revival," Naito says (thanks, Automaton). "If we were to release a half-baked product, then [our attempt to revive the series] would be over." As for what took so long, it's partly down to the old data the team was working with – Suikoden was released in 1995, after all – and a desire to get it right. As Naito says, get it wrong, and we're done. "At the time, Murayama (Yoshihito Murayama, Suikoden series' original creator) and the other game designers who came before me put significant thought into how to express these games' stories in a limited number of bits," Naito explains. "Even the number of exclamation marks in their original dialogue is an expression of their thoughts and feelings. Therefore, I knew we must not lose these aspects of the games." Sakiyama adds that much of the development process involved deciding what needed improving and what needed to be left alone. The art style was one such thing to fall in the former's camp. Alongside the backgrounds, you've got 107 recruitable characters that join the protagonist to make the 108 stars of destiny. To tackle such a task, Sakiyama asked Suikoden's original character designer, Junko Kawano, to redraw the lot of 'em for their combat and dialogue screens. "I am very grateful to her for doing not only these portraits, but also the illustrations for the opening and various illustrations for the games' release," Sakiyama adds. I bet. Aside from that, the devs added other quality-of-life features like autosave but decided to keep the difficulty as is to respect the original's vibe. As for how Konami is likely to fair in the task, we don't have long to wait as the HD remasters are due to release on March 6. Hopefully, it'll be worth the wait. The underrated JRPG series is also getting an anime show from a Pokémon filmmaker right as the first game turns 30.
