Publisher Clear River Games has revealed a new trailer for Omega 6: The Triangle Stars from developers Happymeal Inc and Pleocene ahead of its playable appearance at this year's Gamescom.
The trailer is the first English language showcase for the game, which is currently scheduled to release at some point in 2025. Boasting some lovely pixel art visuals, Omege 6 is the brainchild of ex-Nintendo developer Tayaka Imamura, who has taken the lead with its story and art direction. Shinobu Amayake, another ex-Nintendo dev, is composing the game's sci--fi-inspired soundtrack.
It certainly looks different, and we'll be keeping a close eye on this one as we get ever closer to its release window. For now, let's check out the official synopsis:
"OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars follows the adventures of Thunder and Kyra, two humanoids entrusted by their creator, Dr Victor Franklin, with discovering a new planet for the human race to inhabit after earth has become overrun with an influx of migratory extra-terrestrials. Journeying the cosmos onboard their craft, Omega 6, before our heroes can find mankind's new home, they must first traverse ancient ruins in pursuit of the ultimate treasure in order to pay off... a planetary loan?!"
What are your thoughts on this one so far? It's got some strong pedigree behind it, but will you be picking it up? Go on and tell us.
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Awesome! I was hoping this would get an English release.
Keeps on looking great so of course I'm looking forward to it and glad for those interested who don't know Japanese that it's getting also an English release!
Still gotta keep fingers crossed LRG doesn't completly bork the American release
It looks fun and made with strong sensibilities. Not sure if it’s my kind of game tho
"the straight man routine"...
Yes, this will be translated in the tradition of 16 bit games. So straight up literal translations without thinking about cultural idioms and how they... you know... don't translate...
@Daniel36 What do you mean? "Playing the straight man" is an English idiom.
I'm into it, this guy's art style is superb and the game looks deliciously retro.
@CazSonOfCaz Is it? I only ever heard it before in another poorly translated Japanese light novel. I'll have to look it up then.
Loving this art!
@Zeebor15 is Limited Run even involved?
I love what I see but I'm just not sure if I'm down with it yet. Looking forward to hearing more.
I imported the game/manga/soundtrack set from Japan, but it’ll be on the backlog for a while yet.
It just looked like campy retro fun, from the mind that brought us both Captain Falcon and Tingle. I’ll try it out on some rainy day, and get some Japanese practice.
@N00BiSH Clear River is Limited Run's, smarter and better looking younger European cousin. When Clear River is doing a game for Europe it now means we're stuck with Limited Run as the ESRB distributor. Because Clear River can pull rank on them as they're technically the founding company of Embracer, Limited Run normally give their games the "distribution" treatment which means "can be bought from a normal retailer" just to save face.
@Zeebor15 ah, got it.
Lose the borders and improve the combat and I’m in. As it stands, it’s a shame they went this route because the word building looks great.
@Daniel36 @CazSonOfCaz It definitely is a western term, but they are not using it correctly, it seems more like a bad translation to me.
@Poodlestargenerica Yeah, that's my suspicion, as I never heard of it outside of a Japanese fan translation. They even explained what they meant by it in the addendum, which lead to me thinking it was a Japanese thing.
So I DIDN'T know it was an actual English term...
So even as a teacher of English (as a secondary language, mind), even I learn something new every day.
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