Ancient's Gotta Protectors was one of the last truly essential eShop games for the Nintendo 3DS, and we awarded it a much-deserved 9/10 back in 2016.
Koshiro revealed in 2018 that the next game in the Mamotte Knight / Protect Me Knight series – entitled Susume!! Mamotte Knight: Hime no Totsugeki Serenade – is coming to Switch, and the Ancient president has confirmed to us in an exclusive interview that the western version will be coming out early next year:
Now Ancient is developing a sequel to Gotta Protectors for Switch. We are planning to release the JP version by the end of this year and the English version by the next spring.
Koshiro-san also had very positive things to say about the Switch:
I think that Switch as a gaming platform is very attractive for small game development companies like us. Contrary to the old and unique consoles until 3DS, Switch has a relatively new and common architecture, like a PC. They also offer the development kit at an affordable price. It seems like Nintendo recently gives more importance to Indie games.
Ouritsu Anapoko Gakuen, Ancient's other Switch game, is also expected to launch in Japan this year.
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Great news, awesome! Can't wait to play it on my Switch!
I never did get around to beating the first game, but I did like what I played. I hope they bring back level editor and improve on it because I did enjoy making the couple levels I made on it.
the original game on 3DS is criminally underrated, and SO much fun.
a port to Switch would be nice, but a full sequel is even better ❤
For "one of the last truly essential eShop games for the Nintendo 3DS" it seems it never even came to Europe, I thought it was exclusive to Japan until seeing this...
If it was good, then that's a pity.
The Fact that Gotta Protectors for 3DS never came out in Europe still hurts a lot.
As someone who wasn't aware of the original game, this article's title really confused me.
Maybe if they release in Europe this time.
And here I was wondering why I never ended up buying the original.
>Lives in Europe
Ooooooh, right. That's why.
Why they never released the original over here is beyond me.
Am i the only one who just know about Yuzo Koshiro from Dance Dance Revolution Extreme 2 (PS2), but not from other games ?
Never played the first one but I heard it’s good. Looking forward to it!
Literally been checking the download updates for Europe in the last three years only in the hope that somehow we could finally get the first game here too.
I have the sad feeling I may have to give up on that hope now and start the next cycle of spending the next three-four years hoping that the sequel we'll be released in Europe.
Aaaaahhh so that's why I've never heard of it. Brilliant. I'm sure it's good but I guess I'll never really know unless they release it in Europe 😂
Guess I'll take a look, honestly the whole pixel art/NES-like games are kinda bugging me at this point, though...
Gonna look up a video or something on it...
ALL RIGHT! This proves the 3DS is still getting games, because it says right there it's coming to the West, and... Wait, SWITCH? But Switch is just a home console, I want the handheld version of it!! Give me the 3DS version already!! Come on, the 3DS is the handheld, while Switch is the home console!! That's what it says on Wikipedia, so that means that's how it is.
Would have been nice to get the previous release but it didn't come out here in Australia either.
May never get around to finishing it like the first game but if it has another catachy as Hell opening it I'll start the game over & over regardless.
Never heard of this, but looks really good, right down my alley. I'm almost inclined to break out my 3DS and download it Oo
I remember playing this on 3DS. Never finished it but I had fun on what I played!
Liked the soundtrack too!
More like "by next summer" am I right.
More like "by 2021" am I right.
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