A closed beta for Fantasy Life 2 will launch for iOS and Android in Japan on July 29, Level-5 announced during its Level-5 Vision 2016 event.
An official release is due out shortly, the company added.
In Fantasy Life 2, players can adventure throughout a vast world and battle monsters either alone in single-player or with friends in multiplayer. You can freely choose between 12 jobs when creating your character, which span three types (Battle, Harvesting, and Creation), and develop your own village to live in with your friends.
Game developer Level-5 announced Inazuma Eleven: Ares no Tenbin, a new game and television anime in its Inazuma Eleven franchise, during its "Level-5 Vision 2016 -New Heroes-" presentation on Wednesday. The company also streamed a short pilot film, animated by OLM and featuring the theme song "Teppen e Dash" by pugcat's.
In the story, protagonist Asuto Inamori's soccer club is disbanded after the school's soccer field is destroyed. He and friends go to Tokyo to attend Daimon-chuu (Daimon Junior High) to play soccer. The story is set after the first Inazuma Eleven, but will take place in a parallel world from all other Inazuma Eleven games apart from the first because the story has taken a different course.
The cast includes, from left to right in the image above:
• Hiroshi Kamiya as Ryōhei Haizaki
• Ayumu Murase as Asuto Inamori
• Jun Fukuyama as Yūma Nosaka
The television anime will premiere summer 2017 with plans for streaming. The series will also have an internet-exclusive anime spinoff titled "Locker Room," as well as behind-the-scenes program.
Level-5 also unveiled a wearable link device called the "Eleven Band" that will be compatible with the game. Manufactured by Takara Tomy, the device allows players to exercise to accumulate points to raise the statistics of in-game characters.
The Snack World launches in Japan for smartphones in April 2017, 3DS in July 2017
The Snack World will launch for iOS and Android in Japan in April 2017, alongside the premiere of the CG animated series on TV Tokyo, Level-5 announced during its Level-5 Vision 2016 event. The 3DS version will follow in July 2017.
The Snack World is Level-5’s fourth cross-media project following Yo-kai Watch. In addition to the anime and game, a manga for Monthly CoroCoro Comic will launch this winter, and a toy line from Takara Tomy is also planned.
The world of The Snack World is made up of the weapon shops and inns of traditional fantasy RPGs in addition to convenience stores, cafes, vending machines, and smartphones, earning it the title of a “hyper casual fantasy” world. Battles are in real-time and use simple controls. You’ll use real-world items called “Jara,” distributed by Takara Tomy, that are equipped with NFC chips readable by the 3DS or smartphone, to unlock the same item in the game.
Level-5 Announces New Cross Media Project Megaton-kyū Musashi
Game developer Level-5 announced a new cross media project titled Megaton-kyū Musashi during its "Level-5 Vision 2016 -New Heroes-" presentation on Wednesday. The project includes a television anime, game, collaboration with Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump, toys by Bandai, and an internet anime spinoff titled "After School." The company also streamed an animated preview.
The story takes place after 90 percent of humanity wiped out due to an invasion. Survivors live in a shelter where their lives are monitored, and memories of the invasion erased. Three teenagers from the shelter are chosen to pilot three machines that combine to form the Musashi robot, made out of a material named Megatronium alloy. The series will balance robot action with school life.
Each different medium—game, anime, or other—will tell the story from the point of view of a different set of characters.
The game will be an RPG with multiplayer features.
The project is slated to begin in summer 2017, though Level-5 did no specify if this is the anime, game, or some other aspect of the project.
Level-5 Unveils Lady Layton Game Starring Professor Layton's Daughter
Game developer Level-5 announced during its "Level-5 Vision 2016 -New Heroes-" presentation on Wednesday that the new game in its Professor Layton puzzle game franchise is Lady Layton: Fugō-ō Ariadne no Inbō (Lady Layton: Millionaire King Ariadne's Conspiracy). The game is slated for spring 2017 on Nintendo 3DS, Android, and iOS.
As previously announced, the game will have a new protagonist. The presentation revealed that this new protagonist is Professor Layton's daughter Katriel Layton. The story is set in London, where she will solve any incident, from missing cats to murder cases. Her initial purpose, however, was to look for her father, who has disappeared. Her assistant is a talking dog named Sharo.
The cast includes: (name romanizations not final)
Kazumi Arimura as Katriel, Kōji Yakusho as Sharo, Meisa Kuroki as Geraldine and Kentarō Sakaguchi as Noah.
Kuniaki Iwanami is designing the game's puzzles, replacing late puzzle master Akira Tago.
Level-5 announced Yo-kai Watch for Smartphone, an iOS and Android port of the original Yo-kai Watch game launched for 3DS, during its Level-5 Vision 2016 event. It’s due out in Japan in fall 2016.
The smartphone version will have an easier to play screen setup, high resolution graphics, original new features, and support for online battles.
Watch the debut trailer below. Visit the official website here.
Yo-kai Daijiten launches November in Japan, Yo-kai Watch Geraporhythm launches March 2017
Yo-kai Daijiten will launch for iOS and Android in Japan in November 2016, and Yo-kai Watch Geraporhythm will follow in March 2017, Level-5 announced during its Level-5 Vision 2016 event.
Yo-kai Daijiten is a free-to-play “quiz RPG” where players will explore the Yo-kai world and battle against yo-kai through quizzes.
Yo-kai Watch Geraporhythm is a free-to-play rhythm action game featuring familiar songs from the Yo-kai Watch games where players must tap and slide the touchscreen to match the beat.
Level-5 announced Otmé Hero, its first foray into the otome game genre, for iOS and Android during its Level-5 Vision 2016 event. It’s due out in Japan this winter.
The free-to-play game, a “full-fledged RPG,” tasks players with defeating the Demon King alongside 24 individual men known as Slayers. You’ll start the game by selecting a partner from among the 24 Slayers, before forming a team of three Slayers. Battles are in real-time and advance automatically, and the key to victory is to defeat monsters before your rivals and race to the goal. You’ll become the “Otmé Hero” and support the Slayers using items and skills. Additionally, by raising your relationship levels with a Slayer, you may be able to see a variety of other sides to him.
Otmé Hero features character design by Chinatsu Kurahana and animation produced by A-1 Pictures. An anime and comic are also planned.