Surprise, RPG followers! Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes has an precise launch date. The upcoming RPG from Yoshitaka Murayama, the creator of the Suikoden collection, is launching on Nintendo Switch and different consoles on twenty third April 2024.
Today’s announcement throughout the Nintendo Direct got here as a little bit of a shock to us. Accompanied by a brand new trailer, this launch date comes simply virtually two months after Rabbit & Bear Studios needed to delay the sport to Q2 2024. April falls proper in that window, in fact, however we’re nonetheless shocked to get a date so quickly.
In an official weblog publish on the Eiyuden Chronicle web site, Rabbit & Bear studio lead Murayama mentioned that the staff was “thrilled to lastly announce the discharge date” of the upcoming RPG, stating:
“Having our recreation featured at Nintendo Direct this 12 months is an actual testomony to the laborious work of our staff, however extra importantly, to the endurance of all our improbable backers who’ve had the religion in us to ship the Action JRPG they’ve been ready for.”
Let’s dive into that new trailer, then. Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes seems fairly gorgeous, proper? Those Suikoden roots are shining proper by way of, and have accomplished from the beginning, however the trailer additionally confirms a widely-loved side of the Konami RPG collection that is additionally getting some love on this “religious successor” — city constructing. In the Suikoden collection, you get your personal base to construct, increase, and handle as you recruit extra heroes. And in Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes, that expands to an entire city which incorporates your headqaurters.
Of course, that is fairly evocative of the sport’s 2022 prequel, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, which was set in a single city and that modified as you progressed by way of the story and did extra sidequests. There are additionally one-on-one duels akin to these from earlier Suikoden titles. So it is bought the cult basic collection’ DNA throughout it.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes follows three heroes — Nowa, Seign, and Marisa — who’re every dragged into conflict after the Galdea Empire has discovered magical expertise that reinforces the ability of Rune-Lens magic.
While we did not love 2022’s prequel, we will say that it bought us intrigued in regards to the world of Eiyuden Chronicle, and this turn-based RPG has been extremely anticipated by followers for a very long time.
