
The turn-based RPG market has really soared on Switch this year and the Zelda-inspired title, Gale of Windoria looks set to capitalise on the genre's success when it releases on August 4th.
Apart from that Wind Waker-esque name, the game is rendered in a classical top-down pixel art style that immediately reminded us of Link from back in the good old days.
Gale of Windoria will have you travelling mysterious lands and exploring dungeons in order to free your world from a growing darkness. Although this may sound like a standard Tuesday in Hyrule, the game's turn-based battles promise to move it ever so slightly from the shadow of Nintendo's behemoth franchise.
Full details of the game's premise can be found below, as well as a few screenshots — see if you agree on where the game draws its inspirations!
The Tetra Quartzes, the source of all life, have become sullied, and there is a growing sense of foreboding across the world. Shan, a young boy from the citizens of the winds sets off on an adventure to purify the sullied Tetra Quartzes and save his childhood friend. With allies from different roots, slash away the dark clouds of death, and reach out to the future in a fantastic adventure.
Soar on the breezes around the world in your flying Beakle, upgradable with parts to spread your accessible areas. Make use of the elementals not only in turn-based battles, but in dungeon gimmicks as well by combining character abilities. Find also the Quartzes to strengthen your party, acquire skills and techniques. Not to forget the entire world drawn with nostalgic pixel artworks!
Now, we know we are drawn to nostalgic pixel artwork like moths to the flame, but the turn-based battles look to make this more original than it may seem. Pre-orders are now available ready for the game's release on August 4th.
What do you make of Gale of Windoria? Let us know in the comments down below!
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Kemco, no thanks then.
Hmm, what I don't really appreciate here is the clash between pixelart and the smooth text and menu items. It makes it look like a very cheap game, somehow
Zelda inspired?? Just like all of Kemco's other games, this looks exactly like a DQ-style RPG. I don't see the Zelda at all.
whats zelda like about it?
i may be in the minority here but i like kemco rpg games lol..
Another instant classic from Kemco that will surely be remembered and beloved for many decades.
How many times has NL used the term ‘Zelda-inspired’?
@Mattock1987
Sites using terms like "Zelda-inspired" or "Souls-like" are probably doing it because of search engine optimisation, or that it communicates a strong selling point to readers.
Every time there's a Kemco article on Nintendo Life, readers are pointing out how they feel like advertisements for products few people are interested in.
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Gale of windoria is indeed a wind waker-esque name, still Zelda isn't the first or the only top-down pixel art style game. I'll check this game on mobile
Looks like something made with RPG Maker, nothing "Zeldalike", not even if you look from afar.
Technically it IS coming out next month, but it's way more informative for you to say next week!
I'm getting more Amiga vibes from this than I am Zelda.
@Royalblues
Is that what Kemco are doing, publishing indie efforts?
I had always gotten the impression that Kemco were just churning out cookie-cutter SNES/PS1 era JRPGs like a factory.
I'm a fan of true zelda-likes (which isn't really well-defined but I guess you know it when you see it) but I was a bit confused hearing 'zelda' and 'turn-based'. The graphics do invoke older zelda, but also older rpgs.
These KEMCO games always look cute to me, but they tend to be a bit non-polished when you play them. I'll wait for reviews and throw this on my wishlist if the reviews are decent.
Personally my favorite Zelda-inspired game is Super Mario Bros. It has the same side scrolling perspective from Zelda 2, and even the title has a five-letter proper noun in it, just like Zelda.
@KayFiOS My favorite Zelda-inspired game is Doom. It has the same protagonist and all.
Aww man I was hoping it would be a Mario Kart inspired dating sim with beat em up mechanics.
Wow they hid that "Kemco" quite well... I see everyone throwing that name around but didn't see any mention of it. Now I do below the images.
I dunno... Ive never played a Kemco game on 3DS but I've always been tempted. I know the stigma is that they're non-exciting, basic AF, uninspired RPGs but really, that sounds kind of on the nose for RPGs. At the end of the day, we're still walking around a world map, still tapping A through swamps of text, and still leveling up.
I'll eat my words maybe someday when I finally give one of these a shot probably 😂 but I dunno... if I had an RPG itch, these would seem to scratch it.
EDIT: Zelda? I don't see it. The only thing Zelda about this is the fact they used the word Gale which was also used in BotW.
Would've love this more if it was Physical. Digital takes up valuable sd card Space.
@FishyS I'll recommend my fave Zeldalikes, perhaps some of them are new to you: Finding Teddy II, Phoenotopia Awakening, Treasure Adventure Game.
@johnedwin
I'm sure that pretty much 99% of the people complaining have played none of them.
stop writing articles about kemco shovelware.
Kemco do some good work, publishing games from indie developers. Thanks for helping to spread the word about the latest indie game they’re publishing. Not all of the games they publish are good, but there are some gems in there, so people calling their output shovelware is unfair. Something that people may not know is that Kemco also work on and publish indie visual novels sometimes. A notable one is the great Raging Loop.
Zelda inspired? Have the people at NLife hit their heads or something? Because it looks nothing like Zelda and everything like an SNES Square game. I mean it's a turn-based RPG for crying out loud, those images scream "Final Fantasy-like" if anything.
You guys seriously need to get over your Zelda obsession.
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