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Thursday18th Apr 2024
News Level-5's Next Vision Showcase Delayed To Summer 2024
Layton & co. will have to wait
If you cast your mind back to the Level-5 Vision Showcase November 2023, you might remember that studio director Akihiro Hino wrapped things up with the announcement of another event in April 2024. Well, that event is no more as it has been announced that the expected showcase has been pushed to this summer. The next...
Wednesday21st Feb 2024
News Fantasy Life i Finally Settles For An October Release On Switch
Worth the wait?
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, the sequel to the 3DS classic, has finally received a release date for Switch, and it'll be out on 10th October, 2024. The game had been delayed from 2023 at the last moment, but judging from the new trailer, it looks like the wait is going to be worth it, as the game will boast a total of...
Friday5th Jan 2024
News Fantasy Life Producer Keiji Inafune Says He Will Do His "Best" To Improve The New Entry
The Level-5 game was delayed last November
Keiji Inafune, best known for his work on the Mega Man as well as other projects like Azure Striker Gunvolt, has shared a minor update about the upcoming Level-5 project, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. Speaking to Famitsu for a New Year's column recently, the producer of the new Fantasy Life...
Wednesday20th Dec 2023
News Level-5 Submits 'Ghost Craft' Trademark In The US
What could it be?
Level-5 is slowly but surely ramping up its game output, with the likes of Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, and more all quietly cooking in the developer's metaphorical oven. Now, as spotted by X (formerly Twitter) user @DartsEnthusiast
Wednesday29th Nov 2023
News Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Will Bloom Onto Switch In Summer 2024
New trailer shows even more gameplay
Featured in today's Level-5 Vision Showcase, we got another look at Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time and a release window of summer 2024. This long-awaited sequel to the 3DS classic, Fantasy Life, looks to contain all of the same features that we loved so much about the former game — life sim-meets-RPG...
Sunday26th Nov 2023
News Level-5 To Share Release Dates For "Several Titles" Later This Month
Update: "The latest info on Professor Layton" as well
Update [Sun 26th Nov, 2023 02:00 GMT]: It seems there will definitely be an update about the new Professor Layton game at Level-5's upcoming Vision event, with the company sharing the following information in a post on social media earlier this week: "LEVEL5 VISION 2023 II" Streaming 9:00 PM...
Friday10th Nov 2023
News Level-5's New Fantasy Life Game Has Been Delayed Until 2024
Update: Level-5 wants to deliver a "better quality" game
Update [Fri 10th Nov, 2023 04:45 GMT]: Unfortunately, Level-5 has now officially confirmed the delay of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time. It will now arrive on the Switch at some point in 2024. Here's an official statement, explaining the developer wants to deliver a "better quality"...
Saturday28th Oct 2023
News Level-5 To Celebrate 25th Anniversary With Release Date Announcements
Scheduled to take place next month
Following on from the premiere of multiple Level-5 game trailers in September, today marks the 25th anniversary of the Japanese publisher and developer known for series like Professor Layton, Yo-kai Watch, and Inazuma Eleven. As part of this celebration, it's apparently planning to reveal "release dates" for...
Saturday16th Sep 2023
News Level-5 Premieres Multiple Trailers For Its Upcoming Switch Games
Inazuma Eleven, Fantasy Life and more
Update [Sat 16th Sep, 2023 12:00 BST]: Level-5 has now released these trailers for the new Fantasy Life game, the new Inazuma Eleven, and also DECAPOLICE. You can see them all below: Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time - 1st Trailer Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time arrives on Switch in 2023...
Saturday22nd Apr 2023
News Keiji Inafune Is The Producer Of Level-5's New Fantasy Life Game On Switch
He even created "a whole new life"
Apart from the initial reveal, we don't yet know all that much about Level-5's next Fantasy Life entry coming to the Nintendo Switch at some point this year. However, there's been a surprising discovery made about this new entry in the RPG simulation series. Japanese publication Famitsu has revealed Keiji Inafune...
Tuesday21st Feb 2023
News Level-5 Showcasing New IP & More In Upcoming March Live Stream
Professor Layton, too
Level-5 had a major comeback during the latest Nintendo Direct presentation - announcing the return of Professor Layton and even some new IP. If you are keen to know about the Japanese company's upcoming Switch projects, you'll be able to learn more in its "Vision 2023" showcase - airing on 9th March at 8pm JST. That's 3am PT...
Thursday9th Feb 2023
News Level-5 To Reveal Inazuma Eleven Game Details At Online Event This Month
Room for Fantasy Life and Professor Layton too?
Level-5 shocked us all with its surprise appearance at the February Nintendo Direct Showcase (where both Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam and DECAPOLICE were announced) and now the previously operation-reducing studio is back with more news as...
