Square Enix Announces Project Octopath Traveler For Nintendo Switch

Square Enix bringing the AAA as usual. Where's Final Fantasy or Kingdom Hearts?

Demake of Bravely Default?

I like the art style.

Off-topic, but I'd love to see a sequel to The World Ends With You on Switch.

Other companies get FF and KH.

Nintendo gets 16bit OCTOPATH!

Nintendo fans never get the nice things ;_;

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
Being saved for E3 week probably.

It is being developed by the Bravely Default team if I recall hearing. It is definitely a AAA game in my books if that is true

Id like to know a bit more about the game before i decide to get it or not.

@Radixxs Half the gaming world would want a TWEWY sequel, period. On anything.

I thought at first that this was a new FF Tactics, still looks interesting, I hope it's an exclusive.

It's amazing how comfortable SE seems releasing traditional RPGs on Nintendo consoles, seems the wounds are really healing

I wanted KH3, FF7, and FF15. C'mon, we even have Cloud in Smash... Freaking X Box gets these, haha.

I have... mixed feeling about this.
On the bright side, the sprite-polygon mix looks downright gorgeous.
On the other hand... well, @SLIGEACH_EIRE beat me to it. I hoped the first Square game would be a Kingdom Hearts Any-point-any HD Remix port (or, more ambitiously, a Final Fantasy XV port), but instead, it seems Square prefers to play it safe and lock Nintendo consoles in a "let's rehash the classics" limbo.
Square, if you can hear me, I think Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III also coming out on Xbox One is a sign you don't have to be a total suck-up for Sony; Nintendo gamers' money is still money, you know!

I liked the look of this. Unique art style and typically Square Enid in one package.

Looks a hell of a lot more interesting than the latest Final Fantasy.

I love the 2.5D style of games and I thought they were long gone from larger publishers after the DS.

This looks good, a classic JRPG I can look forward to play on the Switch is nice.

@AlexSora89 if that was the case wouldn't they have not released both DQ10 and 11 on the Switch?

This RPG has that nice Final Fantasy Tactics, SaGa Frontier, and Bravely Default feel to it which is awesome cause those are exactly my ingredient of a great epic RPG. Colorful sprites, 2D gameplay, massive world to explore, in-deph story progression, tactical battle system, I'm totally crossing my finger for this. A nice homage to the glorious Squaresoft RPG days of the Super NES and PlayStation.

Aside from Shin Megami Tensei and the new mario title, this was one that caught my eye.

Well if Switch is going to succeed the 3DS it better have some RPGs and so far it is delivering in that front at least.

I enjoyed what I saw of this game so far.

@Ernest_The_Crab
Are they going to? Because the lack of any mention so far today seems to indicate that's not the case.

All that needs to be shown for it to be a hit in Japan is Monster Hunter Switch, MAKE IT HAPPEN CAPCOM!

@AlexSora89
It was in the presentation. Though it did mention in Japan. Maybe Nintendo or someone else will release it in the West.

The art style alone warrants taking a look at it for me.

This looks better IMO then FFXV. Sure FFXV has nice graphics but the game is one of the weaker entries in the series.

@SetupDisk
Well, orb-shaped object-related explanation.
Here's hoping Square-Enix will bring some big guns to Switch... eventually.

So far so good!

So basically "GTFO" to those who don't own multiplatforms/consoles like me who's forever stuck with 3DS (I love my 3DS, don't misunderstood) and not yet purchased Switch. My only hope again is that my sister or her boyfriend will start liking FF games enough to buy it for their PS4. They love RPG games and Overwatch though so there is a small percentage of it possibly happening.

FF on Nintendo may be a long forgotten history, but SE please try to bring some awesome game over Switch that's not done in retro (2D) style! I love 2D games, but Switch is not a retro console they need some kicking-butts games too!

@SLIGEACH_EIRE Final Fantasy hasn't been good in years

@Timppis true indeed but I'm glad we get exclusives though. Makes having 2 or more systems worth while.

@cheonsacz let the Switch sell well first then games will start getting ported. would be nice to get FF XV GOTY edition with all dlc and fixes included

@jaymacx Of course Switch needs to sell well first, but I don't really need ports. I new exclusive game from SE that's not in 2D and is for Nintendo would be a nice treat. I know this game includes some 3D aspects as well, but I hope Nintendo first party games and Skyrim (which is still with a question mark) aren't the only "fully 3D" games we are getting in the near future.

So, octopath as in, many paths? I would like to see a well done non-linear game that wasn't a chore. One I remember from my childhood was Ephemeral Phantasia. If it didn't have a music-game component, I might have enjoyed that one moreso.

@AlexSora89 They straight up said that both games were coming in the presentation. I guess you must have missed that part.

@Ernest_The_Crab
I have yet to see the full presentation, I've only seen bits and pieces (translation: trailers) so far.

Sleeper game of show

Why not Final Fantasy or a Chrono Trigger remake?

What's with all these 16-bit RPG's?
I was hopping for FF7 remake and FF15... oh well X2 will be enough I guess

Could be interesting, but like a lot of things announced, I'll need to see more gameplay to know whether it's any good.

Looks good.

I did not mind what we got as to be honest i was more surprised with project Octopath. As for the ports well they did focus on new and upcoming titles then any of the rumored and expected ports that will be ready at launch.

lol wtf? srsly? square? nintendo? wtf were you smoking guys?

Got high hopes for this.

Most interesting title of the conference IMHO

Looks good but story gotta shine like diamonds.

It looks very nice to say tge least

This game looks interesting to me.

Yes! Let's hope the Switch gets more RPGs, the Wii U's lack of them was a pain.

And not action RPG stuff, I'm glad they keep with the classic formula of turn based RPG too! Now Nintendo, we need a new Golden Sun.

now this is how you do pixels in this generation!!! Just based on the graphics this game has me excited!!

Aside from Zelda, this was the most exciting game of the night IMO. Can't wait to see more of it!

I'm too psyched for this and ultra street fighter two for it to make sense

Wow, those sprites are incredible.

This game looks unlike anything I've seen... will probably pick this one up.

Don't worry though, I still think Nintendo will announce FF15 or KH3 at E3.

This interests me far more than FF15 (and on par with KHIII), I think it's better to announce something unique and potentially exclusive. The fact that the Bravely Default / Second team is working on it is a plus in my book.

Hope it's a boxed product.

Potential killer app for me.
Dig this one a lot .....so far!

Square Enix is back with Nintendo finally? I like that the Switch games aren't retreads and actually look interesting, like there is some life left st the old company after all.

Just want KH3, don't care that it is a sequel, I must have it.

Rather have Final Fantasy tbh.

I'm happy to see some RPG's/JRPG's coming back to a Nintendo home console. Don't get me wrong, the DS and 3DS are a haven for amazing RPG's but I miss playing them on a big screen like I did with FFII, FFIII, DQVIII etc.

Does Square just use a random name generator? That Octopath name is a doozy hehe.

FFVI vibes, I'm all in.

This was my fave looks great

This game is my most-anticipated game... ok this and Mario. ....ok this, Mario, and Zelda.

Really, when I saw this come on last night I almost lost it. Looks GREAT and the ad was deliciously throw-backish to the original 80s Nintendo ads for RPGs.

Honestly looked like one of the better games for the system. I expect this will come out on ps4 and xbone in time though.

It looks interesting but I don't think it's a system seller by an means either.

Overall I think that Japanese studios are definitely keen on the Switch. This particular game may not be a system seller, but Dragon Quest XI and Shin Megami will be. Even if DQ XI is also on PS4, many Japanese gamers will prefer to play it on a portable system.

This is the kind of games I want on the switch. no need for high end graphics just great rpg's. As long as it continues what the Gameboy started I'm good.

Looks pretty cool. Between this, I Am Setsuna, DQ10, DQ11 and DQ heroes 1&2 I think Square Enix are firmly onboard the Switch train. FF7 Remake is still a long way off but I do expect a Switch version.

Look, another Bravely default! It looks pretty nice, but I am not a fan of the Bravely games.

@Radixxs I dunno, while I love TWEWY, I really can't imagine it working without dual-screen gameplay

I really love this trend of video games going back to looking like video games. 2d style is wonderful and with the HD visuals, this is gonna be great to look at, hope it plays as good as it looks.

Looks like something that really could have benefitted from stereoscopic 3D on the 3DS. Hope they can come up with a better name. Though we all said that about Bravely Default to be honest.

I'm really torn. On one hand I'm really interested to see what atmosphere Octopath goes, the other hand is screaming "But, portable Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5+2.8!"
Then again, it's only January and if I remembered correctly didn't Kimishima-san mention something about 80+ third-party titles?

@ZeroKero
Exactly my thoughts as well.

This game does look good, and I'm happy to see Switch get RPG's right off the bat, but I can't help but ask, "Where's my Final Fantasy XV???

But as you said, it is only January, many more Switch announcements are on the way, and e3 will surely have surprises in store as well. So I'm still feeling pretty good about it