12-30-2020, 11:08 AM
Level-5 Boss Teases 2021 Announcement, Says He Loves Cyberpunk 2077
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<p>Forgive us this moment of subjective praise in a news story, but Level-5 really is one of the best studios out there. They brought us our beloved, behatted mystery-solver, <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/feature-best-professor-layton-games-of-all-time"><strong>Professor Layton</strong></a>, as well as the underrated gem that is <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/3ds/fantasy_life"><strong>Fantasy Life</strong></a>, and somehow they also managed to develop <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/ni_no_kuni_wrath_of_the_white_witch">Ni No Kuni</a>, <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/3ds/yo-kai_watch">Yo-Kai Watch</a>,</strong> and the <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/3ds-eshop/inazuma_eleven">Inazuma Eleven</a></strong> series all in the span of their 22-year career. That’s a lot of great games for one studio!</p>
<p>However, the Japanese studio began to scale back its American offices back in 2019, and shut them down completely in 2020, with a source confirming that this meant <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/10/professor_layton_dev_level-5_has_no_plans_for_future_games_outside_of_japan_says_report">“no future plans” for Level-5’s games coming to the West</a> any time soon. The last Level-5 game to make it over was the 2018 title <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/snack_world_the_dungeon_crawl_-_gold">Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl</a>,</strong> which came to the West earlier this year, and a localised <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/yo-kai_watch_4">Yo-Kai Watch 4</a></strong> has been <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/07/level-5_announces_yo-kai_watch_4_western_release_at_the_2019_anime_expo">announced for Switch</a>, but no release date has been given.</p>
<p>Speaking to Japanese gaming site, <a href="https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20201217105/index_9.html">4Gamer</a>, Level-5 president Akihiro Hino spoke of the company’s plans for 2021. In a translation provided by <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/level-5-working-on-a-new-game/">The Gamer</a>, Hino says that Level-5 is “preparing an unreleased new work,” as well as speaking about his positive experience with CD Projekt Red’s <strong>Cyberpunk 2077</strong>. He’s spent 60 hours with CD Projekt’s game so far and hasn’t fallen foul of any serious bugs, but he acknowledges that hasn’t been the case for everyone.</p>
<p>However, they’re not ready to say any more about the new game. “I can’t talk about the details yet,” Hino says, “but we are steadily proceeding, so please look forward to it.”</p>
<p>Since it’s unlikely that the new game – whatever it is – is going to be localised into English, we might as well use that headstart to start learning Japanese. Can’t be that hard, right?</p>
<p>What would you like to see next from Level-5? Drop your favourite title in the comments, or tell us what new concept you think Level-5 might try next!</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/12/...punk-2077/
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<p>Forgive us this moment of subjective praise in a news story, but Level-5 really is one of the best studios out there. They brought us our beloved, behatted mystery-solver, <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/feature-best-professor-layton-games-of-all-time"><strong>Professor Layton</strong></a>, as well as the underrated gem that is <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/3ds/fantasy_life"><strong>Fantasy Life</strong></a>, and somehow they also managed to develop <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/ni_no_kuni_wrath_of_the_white_witch">Ni No Kuni</a>, <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/3ds/yo-kai_watch">Yo-Kai Watch</a>,</strong> and the <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/3ds-eshop/inazuma_eleven">Inazuma Eleven</a></strong> series all in the span of their 22-year career. That’s a lot of great games for one studio!</p>
<p>However, the Japanese studio began to scale back its American offices back in 2019, and shut them down completely in 2020, with a source confirming that this meant <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/10/professor_layton_dev_level-5_has_no_plans_for_future_games_outside_of_japan_says_report">“no future plans” for Level-5’s games coming to the West</a> any time soon. The last Level-5 game to make it over was the 2018 title <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/snack_world_the_dungeon_crawl_-_gold">Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl</a>,</strong> which came to the West earlier this year, and a localised <strong><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/yo-kai_watch_4">Yo-Kai Watch 4</a></strong> has been <a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/07/level-5_announces_yo-kai_watch_4_western_release_at_the_2019_anime_expo">announced for Switch</a>, but no release date has been given.</p>
<p>Speaking to Japanese gaming site, <a href="https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20201217105/index_9.html">4Gamer</a>, Level-5 president Akihiro Hino spoke of the company’s plans for 2021. In a translation provided by <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/level-5-working-on-a-new-game/">The Gamer</a>, Hino says that Level-5 is “preparing an unreleased new work,” as well as speaking about his positive experience with CD Projekt Red’s <strong>Cyberpunk 2077</strong>. He’s spent 60 hours with CD Projekt’s game so far and hasn’t fallen foul of any serious bugs, but he acknowledges that hasn’t been the case for everyone.</p>
<p>However, they’re not ready to say any more about the new game. “I can’t talk about the details yet,” Hino says, “but we are steadily proceeding, so please look forward to it.”</p>
<p>Since it’s unlikely that the new game – whatever it is – is going to be localised into English, we might as well use that headstart to start learning Japanese. Can’t be that hard, right?</p>
<p>What would you like to see next from Level-5? Drop your favourite title in the comments, or tell us what new concept you think Level-5 might try next!</p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2020/12/...punk-2077/