Level-5Forgive us this moment for subjective praise in a message, but Level-5 is really one of the best studios out there. They came up with our loving, mysterious solution, Professor Layton, As well as the rated gem Fantasy life, Somehow they were able to create too Ni no kuni, yo-gai watch, And this Inasuma is eleven All of the series in their 22-year career. This is a lot of great games for a studio!
However, the Japanese studio began re-sizing its US offices in 2019, and closed them completely in 2020, which means that Level-5 games will soon have “no future plans” for the West. The last level to finish it was the 5th Game 2018 title Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl, It came west earlier this year, and was a localized one Yo-Guy Watch4 Switch has been notified, but no release date has been provided.
Speaking to a Japanese gaming site, 4 Gamer, Level-5 Chairman Akihiro Hino spoke about the company’s plans for 2021. In the translation provided Gamer, Hino says Level-5 “produces new unpublished work” and talks about his positive experience with CD Project Reds Cyberpunk 2077. He has not yet released a CD. Spent 60 hours with Project’s game, and no serious misunderstanding, but he admits that not everyone is like that.
However, they are not ready to say more about the new game. “I can’t talk about the details yet, but we are making steady progress, so please look forward to it,” Hino says.
Since the new game – whatever it is – is unlikely to be translated into English, you can use that headstart to start learning Japanese. It can’t be that hard, can it?
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