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A Reynatis Demo is Available Now

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Sep 132024
 

A demo is now available for Reynatis, the upcoming action RPG from Furyu.

According to the demo announcement on Steam, progress is not carried over to the full game but you can get some bonuses if you’ve completed the demo.

The demo is available for all platforms Reynatis is coming to (PS4/5, Switch, PC).

We’ve talked about Reynatis quite a few times now, not only because it looks like my sort of game on its own but also because of its collaboration with The World Ends With You.

I’m interested enough in Reynatis that I already have it preordered, so I don’t know if I’ll try the demo or not, especially since progress doesn’t transfer. On the other hand, it might be good to check it out (especially to see if the Switch version has any performance concerns).

Reynatis is due out on September 27 in a year so stacked with great releases that I’m nowhere near caught up on them, but it’s one I definitely want to play sooner rather than later.

(In completely unrelated news, Voltage has a big announcement coming on September 20, so that could lead to yet another game added to my list. The upcoming weeks could be crazy.)

Are you interested in Reynatis? Are you planning to play the demo?

The Reynatis – TWEWY Collaboration is Real!

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May 132024
 

Remember the fun April Fools’ Day joke from the Reynatis developers this year, in which they jokingly announced a collaboration with The World Ends With You?

Turns out it’s not just an April Fools’ Day joke after all!

Last week, it was officially announced that Reynatis will include a side story featuring Shoka and other characters from The World Ends With You.

From the details that have been revealed, it looks like the Reynatis cast will become part of the Reapers’ Game in this side story.

I was already planning to get Reynatis, but if I wasn’t, I would be now. Heck, I was excited enough when I thought it was an April Fools’ joke. An actual collaboration isn’t something I thought TWEWY would get.

In addition to the trailer, they also recently tweeted combat footage against Noise enemies.

The combat in that clip also looks a lot smoother than in their previous trailers, so that’s a good sign. On paper, Reynatis sounds like a game meant for me, exactly the sort of thing I’ll love. Not all of FuRyu’s games have been so well-received, however, so I worry it won’t live up to its potential. Still, I’m going to get it.

Reynatis will be out in Japan on July 25 and in the west on September 27. A Limited Edition is also available. Are you planning to pick up Reynatis? How do you feel about the TWEWY collaboration?

The Reynatis April Fools’ Joke is a TWEWY Collaboration

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Apr 012024
 

Video game news on April Fools’ Day can be frustrating, whether it’s because of fake announcements you wish were real or yet another developer using “we’re making a visual novel” as the whole joke.

But sometimes it leads to something genuinely cool, and that’s the case with the Reynatis joke this year.

I’ve been interested in Reynatis since it was announced and thrilled when its localization was confirmed. It’s an action RPG set in Shibuya…

…so what better game for a fake collaboration than The World Ends With You?

As detailed by Noisy Pixel, this April Fools’ Day joke began with tweets from the official TWEWY and Reynatis Twitter accounts about something occurring in Shibuya.

Although it’s since gone back to normal, the Japanese website for Reynatis then posted new art with the main characters of Reynatis added to the NEO: The World Ends With You key art.

Additional artwork, pictured above, later surfaced showing NEO: TWEWY’s Rindo and Reynatis’s Marin standing together.

Meanwhile, the two Twitter accounts continued to post messages in a back-and-forth conversation between Shoka from NEO: TWEWY and Sari from Reynatis.

This is a cool April Fools’ joke for many reasons, not only because the developers of Reynatis chose TWEWY to acknowledge, but also because even if the collaboration itself is fake, Square Enix clearly worked with them on it. Coming out of NEO: TWEWY’s launch, there were a lot of concerns about its sales numbers. But regardless of how it sold, it seems Square Enix still cares enough about the TWEWY brand to participate in a joke like this.

It also works as genuine cross-promotion; I’ve already seen TWEWY fans looking into Reynatis because of this, and I’m sure some people who were looking forward to Reynatis have been introduced to TWEWY now as well.

In short, while it might not be actual The World Ends With You news, it’s nice to see it still getting attention, and I’m even more interested in Reynatis because of it. Of all of this year’s gaming April Fools’ jokes, this one is my favorite so far.

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