Back on 1st April 2024, developer Inti Creates revealed a totally real trailer for a retro-inspired 2D action adventure called Divine Dynamo Flamefrit. The trailer turned out to be a cruel April Fools joke (who could have seen that coming?!) but there was enough promise that some couldn't help but wonder if there was a sliver of truth to the jesting.
As it turns out, there was! The developer has today revealed a full trailer for Divine Dynamo Flamefrit, confirming that it's real and it will be coming to Switch this Winter.
Inspired by classic Zelda titles and '90s mech anime, Flamefrit offers a combination of top-down action gameplay and first-person robot combat. You'll be fighting your way through a magical land with swords and spells, teaming up with allies along the way — assuming that attack/roll grunt doesn't become too annoying.
These pixel art Zelda-likes are a dime a dozen on the eShop these days, but we trust Inti Creates to deliver something solid — the mech combat looks like it could help Flamefrit stand apart from the crowd, at least.
The developer previously announced that Divine Dynamo Flamefrit would come packaged with copies of its next game, Card-en-Ciel, in Japan, though it has now pivoted to confirm a worldwide digital release later this year. There's still no firm release date outside of "this Winter" just yet, so keep watching the skies for an announcement in the coming months.
What do you make of this one? Think you'll pick it up? Let us know in the comments.
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This looks REALLY GOOD
Looks and reminds me of the mecha anime Mashin Hero Wataru.
Fun fact about Mashin Hero Wataru, the main character Wataru is voiced by Monkey D. Luffy herself, Mayumi Tanaka, and is one of her most iconic roles in Japan.
Love the art. I’ll be keeping an eye on this.
This is like a dream game to me, omg.
Hell yea. This is the team that does retro right. Loved blaster master zero and the curse of the moon games. This will no doubt be a banger
Inti just keeps on delivering.
Whoa, so it's like the adventure style Goemon games! They've got my interest then.
"Inspired by 90s anime" - I'd say! Thought it was a Cardcaptors game at first glance.
Looks interesting at any rate though!
One to watch.
Looks like they’re (re)using Blaster Master Zero’s engine for the top-down “dungeon” gameplay.
Not a bad thing but I see you, Inti
Game is looking off as always.
Love the 90s anime look. Inti Creates usually makes pretty fun games so might check this one out
The boss battles look exactly like the Impact battles from the Goemon games. Especially the Super Famicom ones.
The way the text appears after "Special announcement" is inspired by (or ripped straight from) Soul Blazer's opening, and I love it!
Oh yes, hook it up to my veins! Any time Inti does pixel art it's awesome and this looks really good. Hopefully we don't have to wait too long for the release!
An isekai story with a magic sword-wielding nekketsu young hero who hops into his trusty chibi talking robot to fight goofy enemies?
Inti, just talk to Sunrise and get the Wataru license already! With or without, I can’t skip this game. Sign me up!
Edit:
I looked up the Japanese trailer:
https://youtu.be/OGegtA9uG44?si=dGbo2jeKSL5_99At
The Japanese title is 精霊機フレイリート (“Spirit Machine Frelite,” kind’ve like a play on “flame + elite”).
Definitely a strong Wataru vibe here. 😁
Inti’s Japanese site says “Flameflit will be installed on their physical release of Card-en-Ciel, coming for Switch and PS5 on October 24. People who wish to play Flameflit earliest should take note!”
Personally, that card game doesn’t appeal to me, so I’ll be waiting for the winter 2024 standalone Flameflit release.
That dialogue window used in the cutscene looks straight out of RPG Maker. Look at the background gradient and the font. Not a good sign.
I want to be excited for this, but Inti Creates has a habit of releasing unfinished and incomplete games. They then spend months to a year finishing it with a lot of patches and, more recently, releasing DLC with the content that they held back at release.
I was already sold, and then they show Goemon Impact boss fights. Must buy
Looks great and will eventually get it for sure, so glad it ended up not being just an April Fools' joke!
I’m interested but I can’t gauge how fun it might be despite the SNES inspired stuff
Reminds me of how RGG revealed turn-based Yakuza gameplay as an April Fool's "joke" as well.
Anyway, this is way more interesting to me than most of their projects. Definitely keeping an eye on it.
Feel like inti creates is pumping out too many stylish but just slightly short of satisfying games
I love inti creates games. This looks fantastic.
This is a pretty interesting mix. Also they made a deck building roguelike??? GIMME!!!
Interesting... it reminds me of Secret of Mana with a little Mystical Ninja robot battling. Per all Inti-Creates games, I'll keep an eye out for this one.
I’m not sure I’ve ever played an inti creates game I didn’t enjoy. I just can’t keep up with them all.
This looks more like a SNES Goemon Game than Zelda, but still cool nonetheless.
If what I'm being sold is a Zelda-like and basically a long-lost Magic Knight Rayearth game, then this is an easy day-one for me.
I'd love to try it.
Whoa hold on a second, first-person pixel art mech combat? That immediately distinguishes it, so color me interested!
If it really was an "April Fool's Joke" at first, I wonder if Inti Creates was really using that as a cover to gauge public reaction to a demo they'd created, and see if it was worth proceeding with development or not. I'm glad they chose the former! I'll definitely be picking up this game.
Take my money!!.gif
Zelda and 90s anime? I'm so there. Actually would love a Zelda game in anime style too.
@jorel262 I'd love a Zelda in the style of the intro to Link's Awakening.
Yeah I'm into it, the mech boss battles give some nice Goemon vibes.
Looks great, definitely getting this
I like most of inti create games, especially blaster master zero series and gal guardians.
@WaveBoy Nice avatar pic. I adore the Splatterhouse games.
Flame Sabre! It would be great to play the entire game in boss-fight mode.
@WaveBoy I'm sure you know, but the 360 game has 1-3 on the disc.
...I should order that.
@WaveBoy Pixel horror is always unsettling. I wonder if that's because I grew up with a NES or something.
@WaveBoy Sweet Home, Life Force, Uninvited, Chiller. Pixel boddy horror is especially creepy.
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