Square Enix is set to reveal a new RPG called Last Idea.
All we have so far is an official Twitter account, as well as a report from Gematsu that the account is following an artist who has worked on mobile games.
That makes it likely that Last Idea will be a mobile game, although we don’t know for sure. More information should be coming soon.
I’m just puzzled as to why they decided to call their new game Last Idea (are they running out of ideas? is it a comedy?), but maybe the name will make more sense once the game is revealed.
Despite my doubts, Square Enix is working on a lot of games I’m interested in (Final Fantasy VII remake, Project Prelude Rune, Babylon’s Fall, Oninaki), so I’m at least curious to see what Last Idea is. It does feel likely that it will be a mobile game, but I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt for now.
What do you think Last Idea is, and why did they go with that title?
The last Final Fantasy XV DLC, Episode Ardyn, now has a release date: March 26.
I’d expected it to be $4.99 like the previous character episodes, but judging by the Japanese price, it looks like this one might be a bit more expensive. Square Enix should announce the international pricing soon.
Hopefully the higher price means it will be longer than the others. There was a time when they thought they’d have an entire game’s worth of story for him, after all.
The woman in the key art was also revealed as Aera Mils Fleuret, the first Oracle.
Ardyn will have special abilities because of his nature, including “Shadow Move,” which lets him move around the map at high speeds, and the power to turn enemies into daemons that also enables a special one-hit kill attack.
As conflicted as I’ve been about Final Fantasy XV, I still plan to get Episode Ardyn, although of the original DLC episodes, I only ever got Prompto’s. Seeing more of Ardyn’s story is something I’ve wanted for a long time.
Speaking of which, the short prequel anime, Episode Ardyn Prologue, is available to watch online now. It’s about 15 minutes long and sets the stage for Episode Ardyn.
A book called Final Fantasy XV: The Dawn of the Future was also announced, with an English version planned as well. Since that was the original name for the second set of DLC, it sounds as though the novel will cover the stories originally intended to be in the cancelled DLC episodes.
Final Fantasy XV certainly has had an interesting life… I’m looking forward to Episode Ardyn, at least, and then I hope we can move on toward a brighter Final Fantasy XVI. What do you think?
The recent Nintendo Direct had some great announcements, and one of the biggest surprises was Astral Chain from PlatinumGames.
When the trailer started up, I wasn’t too interested at first. It just struck me as another action mech sort of thing.
Then as it went on, I realized there was more of a focus on the story than I expected. It started to look like a game I might enjoy. I even wondered at one point if it was some sort of Xenoblade Chronicles X thing, except the combat and buildings didn’t seem quite right.
Then the credits showed Kamiya’s name and PlatinumGames, and I was in.
Astral Chain is a new action game for the Nintendo Switch from PlatinumGames, set in a near-future world where a special police force is set up to fight mysterious creatures attacking the world.
It’s also coming out on August 30, so most likely before both Bayonetta 3 and Babylon’s Fall.
(PlatinumGames had also been working on Granblue Fantasy: Relink, but they’ve departed from that project under unclear circumstances.)
I’m a little disappointed that we still haven’t seen anything more from Bayonetta 3, and I keep expecting them to announce a Wonderful 101 port/sequel, but Astral Chain looks really cool and I can’t wait until they reveal more details about it.
The Nintendo Direct also included the official reveal of Dragon Quest XI S… or its full title, Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition, which will have the ability to switch between the HD graphics and the 16-bit style, as well as new content.
I have Dragon Quest XI for the PS4 and planned to start it as soon as I finished God of War, but I held off because I didn’t want to have it in progress when Kingdom Hearts III came out. Now I’m conflicted over whether I should wait for the Switch version or not.
It also turns out that the Rune Factory series isn’t dead! Rune Factory 4 is being remastered for the Switch, and Rune Factory 5 is in development. I’ve never played a Rune Factory game before. Should I?
And Tokyo RPG Factory is trying its hand at an action RPG with Oninaki. I’m a little disappointed they moved away from turn-based, but I’m cautiously optimistic.
What did you think about these games, and the Nintendo Direct overall? What are you looking forward to the most? And when will we learn more about Bayonetta 3?
Square Enix is set to reveal a new RPG called Last Idea.
