Marvelous officially revealed Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma during today's Partner Showcase. Previously known as Project Dragon, we now have a release window for the game — Spring 2025.
Taking fans to a brand new world — the land of the East, known as Azuma — you assume the powers of the Earth Dancer in the hope that you will restore the country and rid the world of Blight.
Guardians of Azuma's new combat introduces brand new weapons to the series, a whole new biome, and will allow you to rebuild entire villages. It's not just about fighting and farming anymore.
The game will be getting a physical launch, but alongside that, Marvelous has also announced the Earth Dancer Edition, which will come with a custom outer box, an original soundtrack CD, an exclusive artbook, a folding fan, DLC costumes, a Woolby keychain, and the Seasons of Love DLC bundle. Phew!
We're looking forward to seeing more from Rune Factory come 2025. Now, the question is — can we ride the dragons?
Let us know your thoughts on the newest Rune Factory game in the comments.
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Really should at least "finish" 4 Special first and foremost, but wow does the new Rune Factory keep on looking great and of course I'm looking forward to it!
Yeah I don't know how to feel about this one...because let's be honest...Rune Factory 5 on Switch....was flat-out terrible. So much lag and performance issues, barely even played it because I simply couldn't handle it anymore...
This looks amazing! It seems like the best combat, the most cinematic cutscenes, and some of the best characters I've ever seen from a Rune Factory! Absolutely day one! Also sensing a bit of MHRise and Legends Arceus in Guardians of Azuma. Switch is accruing a great collection of Japanese-themed games, and I'm all for it!
Looks promising but I was pretty bummed out by 5. I think I'll wait to hear some impressions first but it looks like an interesting direction they're taking
This looks really cool tbh! At least its a new direction!
Actually looks really good, from the footage. But yeah, like others 5 has made me hesitant to get too enthusiastic. We'll see how this turns out.
I'm hoping the framerate on this wouldnt be as bad as RF5 (that's the reason I haven't finished the game yet). Otherwise, I'm liking the visuals and the feudal Japan theme. I'm definitely looking forward to playing this
I'm looking forward to this. I couldn't really get into RF5, it's not terrible but nothing really worth keeping my attention. I think "a bold new direction" is what Rune Factory needs. It's competing with tons of other farming games these days so the usual farming game with monsters and dungeons isn't the fresh new idea that Rune Factory 1 was.
Alright, I like anime a lot, like to an unhealthy degree, but I think I've had my fill of this particular style. Can someone make me a game that looks like Mushishi? I'd play that in a heartbeat.
Is this the series were you have try to have relations with a Dragon? Asking for a friend. But from the trailer at least the combat looks alright.
This was my favourite trailer from the direct, along with a new Atelier game and a Trails in the Sky Remake, what a time to be a JRPG fan.
Hmm. I just might get this if a good demo comes out.
This one genuinely surprised me just by how incredible it looks based on the trailer compared to Rune Factory 5. Hopefully they've got this whole 3D thing figured out now.
Seems pretty decent but I'm rather cautious after the abysmal performance of RF5 on the switch. The new setting seems pretty good to me but I still prefer the previous world theme of the previous titles even though I'm a weeb myself.
Initially thought this a Genshin port and zoned out. Then I realized it was Rune Factory and got excited lol.
This was the highlight of the Partner Showcase for me. Hoping it runs as well on Switch as it looks.
Gameplay looks great but the new art style seems a little generic to me. I've played most of the others and liked that previous art style. But they might be trying to distance themselves from the poorly received RF5
One of my most anticipated games. Hoping it turns out to be fun.
I'm a big fan of all things Rune Factory but, yeah, after 5 I'm a little wary about performance. Hopefully it plays well
I can marry myself!? (As in, femMC)
This absolutely looks ***** amazing, but after RF5 ***** performance and random crashes, I hope they got this one under control.
Or at least release it multi-platform this time, because RF5 ironically was best played on PC.
I thought that tagline was thrown for RF5 which didn’t exactly leave the series at a good note (not talking about performance either since I wish that was the only issue.)
I’m all for gambling on new settings, art styles, combat, farming methods etc., but let’s be real on one thing: RF games thrive or flop based on how well writing, the amount, and most importantly VARIED (looking at you 5) the romance targets are. That is one of the main things RF has over most other farm sim games.
It’s anime farming that has battles and romances you can marry. Play to that as your main focus and everything else will work out.
I get so annoyed when fantasy series get put in Japan with samurai and whatever for no reason. Imagine if every American game series just suddenly was cowboys sometimes. Still, this one does look pretty charming so I'll probably pick it up.
Hopefully by then we'll have Switch 2 and no performance problems like the last game.
Is the girl on the ship adult Hina!?!?!
@UltimateOtaku91 Yes, those three trailers really shone didn't they. Very exciting.
Super excited for this. Love the world setting.
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