Aug 142019
Remember Town, the upcoming turn-based RPG from Game Freak?
Town was announced during the September 2018 Nintendo Direct, and even though it’s theoretically coming out this year, we’ve barely seen anything about it.
Now, however, it seems like it might have a name, since Town was only the working title. As reported by Japanese Nintendo, Game Freak applied for a trademark for the title “Little Town Hero.”
That’s most likely Town, so maybe this means new information about the game will be coming soon.
Meanwhile, people displeased with the direction of Pokémon Sword and Shield are railing against Little Town Hero, saying Pokémon died for it. While Little Town Hero does have good graphics, I think that’s going a bit far… and I really doubt the claims that Pokémon Sword and Shield will sell poorly as a result.
Here’s hoping we see more of Little Town Hero soon. What do you think? Will we learn more about it in the near future? Is it still due out in 2019? Does it deserve the hate it’s getting from Pokémon fans? Share your thoughts in the comments.
Oh, now YOU’RE writing filler articles about Town?
I don’t accept that this is the name until GAME FREAK starts saying it. Don’t trust these trademark trawlers.
I thought about you as I wrote this article.
The name seems likely to me, especially since it’s only a single title (unlike when Bandai Namco is getting ready for a new Tales game and they trademark like 5 or 6 names at the same time and then pick one).
I thought about me as I read the article! …And every other moment I’m awake, so it happens.
What if it’s another game or media property entirely?!
Wouldn’t it be strange for Game Freak to have two games in development at the same time about a hero in a town?
…No?
Literally every Pokémon protagonist could be described as a “Little Town Hero”, as could many other JRPG protagonists. Not strange at all.
Even with the emphasis on the town? If I picked up a JRPG called that, I’d expect either a single town or a lot of story emphasis on the protagonist being from some small town.