After the announcement of a Japanese release for Little Town Hero on PlayStation 4, the PlayStation Blog has now confirmed that the RPG from Pokémon developer Game Freak will be released in the US and across Europe. It'll launch in the US on 2nd June 2020 and three days later across Europe, while Japan gets the game a little bit earlier on 23rd April.
What's more, a physical edition from publisher NIS America will come packaged with a select set of extra goodies thanks to the Big Idea Edition. Those being an art book, poster, lapel pin set, and an official soundtrack CD from Undertale composer Toby Fox.
The former Nintendo Switch exclusive puts you in the shoes of Axe, "a young boy with big ambitions to venture outside his village and see what lies beyond. After finding a stone that mysteriously manifests his ideas, Axe must use his imagination to defend against and discover the truth of the sudden monster attacks in his town." The PS4 release will also include an all-new easy mode, which is said to lower the attack and defense of enemies and their special effects will be less common.
Is this a game you'll be interested in playing over the quiet summer months? Be the hero in the comments below.
[source blog.eu.playstation.com]
Comments 5
Wow, I had no idea it was coming to PS4. It’s strange, a Game Freak game coming to Playstation but I guess it’ll reach a wider audience.
@nessisonett GameFreak actually made a game earlier in the generation, that had nothing to do with ANY Nintendo system.
No one cared or really heard about it though. Tembo the Badass Elephant.
Yes really.
In fact, GameFreak's "Gear Projects" as they call them, are not only done by what they consider their main team (Really), and is used as training for Pokemon and new directors, but also often has nothing at all to do with Nintendo systems.
Little Town Hero. The Wonderful 101. Cuphead. Travis Strikes Again. Daemon X Machina. Ori And The Blind Forest. Disgaea 5. And Possibly Persona 5 and Horizon Zero Dawn.
If it needs to sell more, I think anything is up for a port these days.
@nessisonett Game Freak are not owned by Nintendo, they co-own the Pokemon IP and the Pokemon Company with Nintendo and also Creatures Inc which does a lot of the spinoffs like Pokemon Pinball or Puzzle League.
Guess that is why they largely continue to bet the house on Pokemon despite being technically an indie studio. If things hit the fan at Nintendo guess they have leverage with Creatures Inc to move it all over to Sony.
Some other Game Freak titles available on Playstation consoles:
Click Medic - PS1
Tembo the Badass Elephant - PS4
Giga Wrecker Alt - PS4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Freak
I do like the look of this game. I think I'll pick it up!
@CARBONFIBER Gamefreak nor Creatures can take pokemon to Playstation. They might co own the IP like Nintendo but Nintendo owns the Trademark and Copyright to the Pokemon IP themselves. Nintendo also owns part of Creatures so they technically own their portion of the Pokemon IP as well
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