EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap Available Now in the West
The Adventures of EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap to Delight Western Fans
DMM.com Ltd.’s Powerchord Studio and Brownies highly anticipated role-playing action game, EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap, is available starting today on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Initially released in its native Japan in April where it hit #2 on the App Store* and #1 in the RPG category*, the global release of the game allows audiences from all around the world to experience the magical world of Egglia in English. EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap can be purchased for $9.99 USD, available in North America, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Europe, Southeast Asia and beyond.
In celebration of today’s launch, the game’s creators shared a beautiful new trailer featuring the first full quest from EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap, introducing players to world and the game’s protagonist, Chabo. The quest, which serves as a tutorial, begins with Chabo hatching an egg to revive the land trapped within, then learning the basic mechanics such as the turn-based movement system, resource gathering and combat. We also meet some of the colorful inhabitants of Egglia and get a glimpse of the adventure to follow.
Trust Your Instincts as the World of Egglia is in Your Hands...
Players will explore the land of Egglia as a gentle boy elf, Chabo, who must navigate the world via a turn-based RPG system while hunting monsters for experience and gathering resources on a hexagonal grid, using a turn-based dice combat system. Players will uncover a series of mythical eggs that can be hatched to unlock different lands of the world of Egglia to explore and gather materials to grow their village – in doing so, players will evolve a variety of spirit companions that will assist in future battles.
In Chabo’s adventure through Egglia, a host of companions will be met throughout the journey and players will be able to build homes and grow a village for them. These homes can be upgraded and furnished with numerous fun decorations allowing players to customize and decorate as desired.
EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap delivers a memorable experience set in a new yet familiar setting. Players will find themselves instantly captivated with the beautiful world and amazing story that could only be told by the veteran team comprised of Shinichi Kameoka, Head Producer, Character Designer and President, CEO of Brownies Michio Okamiya, Head of Powerchord Studio; and Yoko Shimomura, Composer.
For news and information, follow EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap on their new English Twitter and Facebook pages at twitter.com/egglia_en and facebook.com/EGGLIAEnglish.
EGGLIA: Legend of the Redcap, a collaboration between PowercHord Studio and Brownies, is now available via the Apple Store and Google Play as a one-time purchase. For more information about the game please visit: http://egglia.jp/eng/
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese coming west in early 2018
GREE has announced a partnership with Crunchyroll parent company Sumitomo Corporation to localize smartphone games based on Japanese anime for North America and other overseas markets. The first title will be Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese, which will launch for iOS and Android in overseas markets in early 2018.
Here’s an overview of the game, anime, and partnership, via GREE:
Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese (hereinafter, Dan-Memo) is the first full-fledged smartphone game app for the popular TV anime Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (hereinafter, Dan-Machi).
A GREE Group app development studio began distribution in Japan in June 2017, and three million downloads were reached in the first month. The app has proved extremely popular, topping the sales rankings at both Google Play and the iTunes App Store.
Since first distributed on Crunchyroll in 2015, the anime version of Dan-Machi has become a very popular anime in North America and around the globe.
In distributing Dan-Memo overseas, GREE is responsible for managing copyrights and planning / developing / operating games, while Crunchyroll and Sumitomo Corporation provide game distribution, promotion and localization support.
Sumitomo Corporation in future will supplement its distribution of game apps developed and operated by GREE by distributing other apps overseas in cooperation with anime copyright holders and development companies delivering games in Japan.
Is It Wrong Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Memoria Freese is available now in Japan via the iOS App Store and Android’s Google Play. Visit the official website http://danmemo.com/