We'd forgive you if you'd forgotten about it after all this time, but do you remember when Level-5 announced Megaton Musashi back in 2016? Well, it looks like we're finally about to get some new info.
Megaton Musashi is a cross-media project which is set to include an RPG for unannounced platforms, a TV show, a range of toys, and more. Since its first reveal in 2016, all we've had to go on is a trailer and an info drop which was shared around a year ago. You can see that trailer for yourself above.
The info presented last year came during anime expo Jump Festa, where it was revealed that the game would feature "intense robot battles" and "a suspenseful story" in a world where 90% of the population had died. Thankfully, it has now been announced that the game will make another appearance at this year's Jump Festa, which is taking place on 21st - 22nd December, so we should hopefully hear a little more about it then.
Naturally, we'd like to think the game could end up on Switch - when the project was first announced in 2016, it was actually planned for a 3DS release - but we'll have to wait and see if it does arrive on Nintendo's platform.
Have you been waiting for more news on this one, or had it completely slipped you by? Let us know with a comment below.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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Interesting. I’ll be keeping an eye on this.
Looks very interesting. I'm finished with Daemon X Machina which was a bit of a disappointment so I'm ready for another game like this.
Is there any gameplay footage for this?
These sort of games mech me sleepy.
I really liked the look of the trailer though it doesn't show any gameplay at all. The music sounds very Nintendo though, which is definitely a good thing.
@matdub Bum dum tiss
"Megaton Musashi is a cross-media project which is set to include an RPG for unannounced platforms, a TV show, a range of toys, and more."
For an American company, I'd say that's being too ambitious, but this is Japanese so I say all that is business as usual unless the product really fails to reach a global audience. I think I'll give it a go after I buy that mech brawler coming soon.
Please support English...please support English...please support English. fingers crossed
@Dakotastomp Well Level 5 has done this same exact thing with their other properties. Yokai Watch being a big example.
I imagine what took this game so long to be made is that they had to switch development from the 3DS to the Switch. I mean Yokai Watch 4 has come out on the Switch, and that was in development after this game, which was in development before the Switch was even shown off. So maybe they kept working on the 3ds version throughout 2017, but then decided to scrap it at the last minute as they thought it would have been better to rework it as a Switch title.
Looks pretty sweet, Toys, video games, TV show, yes please.
@patbacknitro18 OH right I forgot this was the same company that made the best mon series in my collection. Then I'm sure this will become a smash hit.
Didn't even know this existed.
Looks promising.
You know what else were prospective multimedia franchises in their inception? Rise of the Robots and Mighty No.9. Just sayin'
Level 5 making a mech game? Consider me interested!
Yes! I want this! I just saw it today on this site and would like to play this on my Nintendo Switch Lite! Thank you Level-5 and Bandai and Nintendo! Thank you!
Where is Snack World?
Big-yet-chibi mechs with 3D anime is giving me a Sakura Wars vibe. Not a huge fan of 3D anime to be honest, but that's just my opinion. I kind of feel like someone needs to make a machine learning algorithm to help streamline 2D animation, because otherwise I can't help but worry that 2D animation will continue to be phased out.
Mmmh def. Interested!
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