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Granblue Fantasy: Relink Launches February 1, Persona 3 Reload February 2

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Aug 232023
 

(What is February trying to do to our wallets?)

Yesterday was the Gamescom opening night live stream, and while there weren’t a lot of announcements that stood out to me, the highlight of the show for me was Granblue Fantasy: Relink.

We’ve been waiting a long time for this game… a long, long time.

First announced in 2016, Granblue Fantasy: Relink is a full action RPG set in the universe of the Granblue Fantasy mobile game, and for a while it seemed like it might never come out. We last talked about it back in January, when it got a new trailer yet still had no release date despite a 2023 release window.

Now it’s been delayed to 2024, but with an actual release date this time! Granblue Fantasy: Relink will be out on February 1, 2024 for PS4, PS5, and PC, and preorders have opened up now. Deluxe and Collector’s Editions have also been announced.

My excitement diminished a little upon learning it will have a hub leading to stages, but it sounds like the stages still have exploration and things to discover, so I’ll be looking into that more. It does look beautiful, so I hope it will be worth the wait.

That was exciting enough, and then I woke up this morning to learn that the upcoming Persona 3 remake, Persona 3 Reload, also has a release date – February 2.

(With a $70 price for its standard edition.)

While the new trailer showcases the Xbox and PC versions, preorders have also opened up for the PS4 and PS5 versions. In addition to the standard edition, a special “Aigis Edition” was also announced.

I’m still conflicted about Persona 3 Reload, because it’s not quite definitive enough to be the clear choice for which version to play. On the other hand, it look fantastic in the new trailer…

Maybe I should play P3P first and then also play Reload? Although that’s a lot to put my backlog through.

Anyway, Granblue Fantasy: Relink comes out on February 1, followed by Persona 3 Reload on February 2, so February will be kicking off with a bang. Let’s not forget that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth are also set for early 2024, plus Metaphor: ReFantazio later in the year. 2024 is looking to be a good time for JRPG fans!

Granblue Fantasy: Relink News and Trailer Coming Tomorrow

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Jan 202023
 

It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for Granblue Fantasy: Relink.

This action JRPG was announced all the way back in 2016. In 2018, we celebrated its localization announcement. That was back when it was being developed by Platinum, which it isn’t anymore.

Then in 2020, we discussed the shift in developers and upcoming news. It already seemed like ages since it had been announced, and now here we are in 2023 still waiting for a release date.

Well, maybe it’s finally time. It’s been announced that a new trailer will be shown in the Granblue Fes live stream tonight at 10:45 PM PT / tomorrow at 1:45 AM ET. The live stream will also include Granblue Fantasy Relink announcements. Here’s hoping that includes the release date.

Several new screenshots have also been shown, which you can see here in Gematsu’s article about it. A demo is available at Granblue Fes as well, which people can play for 10 minutes, so some gameplay impressions have started to appear online.

It’s been so long since Granblue Fantasy Relink was announced, it’s hard to believe we might finally get something substantial.

Although at the same time, the wait could be worse. Looking back at those old posts about Relink, I mentioned Atlus’s Project Re Fantasy twice and also brought up Monolith Soft’s unknown fantasy IP. We still haven’t seen anything about either of those. Maybe their time will come this year as well.

For now, we know we have Granblue Fantasy Relink news to look forward to tomorrow. Are you excited, or has the long wait dampened your enthusiasm?

Update: Still no release date, but the new trailer looks fantastic.

Granblue Fantasy: Relink News Coming in December

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Aug 102020
 

We haven’t talked much about Granblue Fantasy: Relink since its localization was announced all the way back in 2018, partly because news about it only surfaces occasionally.

Back then, I was mainly interested in it because it was an action game being developed by PlatinumGames. Platinum is no longer working on it, but it’s never been quite clear if they simply finished their part on the game and departed or if something happened.

(It disappeared from their site, which was odd.)

Even though it’s no longer a Platinum game, it still has my interest as an action RPG and so I’ve been watching for news about it. Some new gameplay footage was shown off last year, but things have been pretty quiet.

A Granblue live stream was set for this past weekend, so I was hopeful we might finally see more from Granblue Fantasy: Relink at last! And… well, we didn’t, but at least Cygames mentioned it long enough to say when we will learn more. New information about Relink will be shared at Granblue Fantasy Fes 2020, which takes place on December 11-13.

An announcement of an announcement is better than nothing, right?

It feels like this game has been in development for a long time, but I’m happy to know we’ll learn more about it before the end of the year. Speaking of mysterious JRPGs we haven’t heard anything about for a while, I wonder when Atlus will share new details about Project Re Fantasy. And what about Monolith Soft’s mysterious fantasy IP?

I hope we hear about all of these games soon. In the meantime, are you interested in Granblue Fantasy: Relink?

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