Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, the non secular sequel to Suikoden, lastly has a launch date. Introduced throughout immediately’s Nintendo Direct, it is slated to launch April 23.
First introduced again in 2020, Eiyuden Chronicle is a lovely-looking 2D RPG in which you’ll be able to recruit a lot of characters. It is being developed by a workforce led by Yoshitaka Murayama, who was one of many chief architects of the unique Suikoden — a beloved sequence of Japanese RPG recognized for his or her sweeping battle epics, quite a few characters, and one wonderful cooking mini-game.
Eiyuiden Chronicle sparked great pleasure when it was first introduced and rapidly reached its varied crowdfunding targets. It was subsequently delayed as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, however the workforce launched a derivative titled Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising in 2022, which we known as an “pleasant journey that stands up by itself deserves.”
Other than Eiyuden Chronicle’s launch date, immediately’s Nintendo Direct additionally included a reveal for Unicorn Overlord, a brand new ways RPG by Vanillaware, in addition to a Paper Mario: Thousand-12 months Door remaster. Suffice to say, RPG followers are consuming proper now.
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