Nogami was sitting at his desk, being surprisingly productive for once.
Gills peaked over his shoulder to see what he'd been working on. The heading said "Squid Village" and depicted several cute little squid doodles happily running a city together.

Gills furrowed his nonexistent brow.
"What the hell is this?"

Nogami scoffed.
"What's it look like? It's concept art of our game. I'm pretty proud of this one."
"What are they doing? Why are they smiling so much?"
"Well our hero, Squiddo, is bringing a cake to Miss Squid for her birthday."
"This is bullshit!"
"What?!"
"What's with all this friendly crap?! It's a mockery to the tentacle! Who would want to play such a boring village-life game like this?"
"Hey, Animal Crossing is a big hit."
"So it's just Animal Crossing?!"

Nogami turned around in his chair.
"Tsk. What else do you expect me do with an idea like squids on land?"
"These tentacle beasts should be sowing discord among humanity."
"Squids aren't really known for doing that."
"I don't care. I won't settle for anything less than a game that includes the complete annihilation of mankind."
"How the hell does a game like that appeal to all ages?!"
"Figure it out, fool. These creatures should be locked in eternal strife. Peace would not please the tentacle."
"So you want enemies to fight? Like what?"
"Humans."
"They're not fighting humans! How about something that's the squids natural enemy, like whales or something?"

Gills considered the idea thoughtfully.
"Hmm. No. Not enough tentacles. Do octos."
"Octos? What, octogons?"
"Why would squids be fighting a bunch of octogons?!"
"…I'd play it."
"Octos is obviously short for octopi."
"It's actually octopuses, not octopi."
"Don't correct me, mortal!"
"So you want a game about a bunch of squids and octopuses fist fighting each other."
"Ha, who's stupid now? Squids and octopi don't have fists."
"I… Not really what I was getting at. How should they fight each other?"
"Squids and octopi have many weapons. Like tentacles."
"I know about the tentacles."
"Or beaks, or… or ink!"
"Which one made ink, again?"
"They both do, you fat idiot!"
"Okay. Okay. So a game about squids and octopuses spraying ink all over each other?"
"To the death."

Nogami rubbed at his temples.
"Don't you think you're asking for a bit much?! Squids just squirting ink everywhere. It's gross. No one wants to see that."
"Then what do you suggest?"
"Umm… I don't- What about guns? Yeah, guns would work."
"Guns that shoot ink?"
"Sure, perfect."
"But tentacles can't hold guns. I've tried."
"Then what if our characters were anthropomorphic? You know, human-looking."

Gills grabbed Nogami by the skull and pinned him to the wall.
"Are you mocking me, mortal? This game is not for the glory of humans."
"Wait, wait. You don't understand. They'll have a few squid features."

Gills gripped Nogami's face harder.
Nogami cried.
"Oww Owww Owwwww! Come on, wait. I have an idea. What if they can transform?"
"Transform?"
"Yeah, like, uh, like you do."

Gills dropped Nogami.
"I'm listening."
"What if the human form is just temporary? Just for when they're holding their guns. But the rest of the time, they're really squids."
"Hmm. Squids with a grocery form, but for holding guns instead of groceries. An interesting idea."
"You like it?"
"Yes. Just enough to not kill you immediately."
"Heheh…Great… So it's settled. Squid Village is a shooter game. Great..."