Two RPG classics are again in non secular kind

The creators behind two RPG franchises are becoming a member of forces to crowdfund. Wild Arms and Shadow Hearts are teaming up for a “double Kickstarter” to fund non secular successors to each collection.

Shadow Hearts creator Matsuzo Machida and Wild Arms creator Akifumi Kaneko introduced the information immediately. The double Kickstarter marketing campaign is for 2 video games: Armed Fantasia and Penny Blood.

The primary, Armed Fantasia, is a follow-up to Wild Arms set in an analogous Westernpunk world. Kaneko will deal with lead sport design and situation writing, whereas Tomomi Sasaki is on the character design. Music for Armed Fantasia will probably be by Michiko Naruke, Noriyasu Uematsu, and Components Backyard. From the screenshots they launch, it’s positively bought some Wild Arms type, mixing expertise and the wild, wild west.

The opposite sport is Penny Blood, a darkish story set within the Nineteen Twenties. It follows an investigator who takes on darkish evil throughout a time of worldwide unrest. Penny Blood appears to be like very very like its predecessor in Shadow Hearts, with character design from Miyako Kato and music by Yoshitaka Hirota. And boy, does it appears to be like darkish.

Going again to the classics

The 2 groups are combining forces in a single concerted effort. And I imply, if you wish to make a play for the hearts of old-school JRPG followers, these are two good picks. Wild Arms and Shadow Hearts are two collection that definitely stand out due to their mechanics and settings, and each may see a giant revival via these successors.

As for funding, the Double Kickstarter will help each crew’s initiatives. Backers can have the choice to fund Penny Blood, Armed Fantasia, or each. The shared “Combo Meter” for the marketing campaign will proceed to unlock new content material for each video games because it goes up.

The Double Kickstarter will launch on August 29 with a minimal mutual objective of $750,000 for each initiatives. Every pledge will contribute to whichever sport is backed, whereas additionally including to the shared Combo Meter. It’s a novel concept, however I’m fairly intrigued by it. Traditional video games getting non secular successors has been profitable on Kickstarter, as we’ve seen from the rollout of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes and its associated content material. And I may very well be actually taken with successors to each these collection.