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[sinonobu]

Title is Little Witch Academia : The Witch of Time and the Seven Wonders

Announced during today's broadcast.

Published/Developed by Bandai Namco

Coming to PS4 on 2017

 

[Eolz]

trailer/CM

Didn't expect that for sure

 

[TimmiT]

Low quality commercial for the game: https://twitter.com/pKjd/status/868849901118959616

EDIT: Oh, was posted in way better quality in post above mine. Anyway, looks pretty good. They seem to have translated the anime's style over to 3D really well.

 

[Creepy]

Awesome.

 

[cheesekao]

The graphics don't look half bad. Hopefully it isn't one of those cheap tie ins Bamco normally churns out.

 

[Antiwhippy]

Damn the 3D models really fit the art style actually.

 

[purseowner]

Looks Vanillaware-esque.

Doesn't look too demanding either, so surprised at lack of Vita.

 

[RetroDLC]

The game looks surprisingly close to its anime art style, I'm quite surprised. I presume it will get an English loc release.

 

[DNAbro]

trailer/CM

Didn't expect that for sure

I'm not interested in LWA at all but wow stylistically it looks great. Impressive how well they translated the anime style.

 

[salromano]

Looooks siiiick. Can't wait.

 

[Laplasakos]

Oh wow, graphics look good. Do we know the publisher/developer?

 

[Semblance]

They really nailed the look, damn.

 

[sinonobu]

Hope this sells well so that Trigger can make some money & they make Kill La Kill game later

Oh wow, graphics look good. Do we know the publisher/developer?

Bandai Namco

 

[Moaradin]

Wow, never expected this. Out of all the Trigger shows that could get a game lol.

Looks nice though.

 

[NotLiquid]

So it's a Vanillaware-styled Beat 'em Up/RPG with the whole Guilty Gear Xrd approach of 3D graphics emulating 2D anime?

Not bad. I'm interested.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

No idea what this is but it looks beautiful I'm in

 

[DriftingSpirit]

That looks pretty good.

 

[mcmmaster]

That art style is gorgeous.

 

[Rncewind]

pretty good at emulating the look of the anime

 

[TetraGenesis]

Damn, I hope this is actually good. LWA is so effin charming. I wouldn't mind playing around in that fun world.

 

[LordOfLore]

Looooks siiiick. Can't wait.

Do we have title?

 

[wapplew]

That's some fine looking cell shaded graphic, very faithful to original material.

 

[RetroDLC]

I just noticed Bandai Namco is publishing it. I hope that means a potential PC release.

 

[Laplasakos]

Bandai Namco

Thanks, i should have guessed XD

 

[MSMrRound]

All those Trigger fans clamouring for a Kill la Kill game and we got a LWA game instead, lol.

Hmm...kinda interested but I have to see more in motion, since Bamco IS known for churning out those cheap tie-in anime games..

 

[Takao]

I'm surprised it's PS4-only given it's running on Unity.

Given Bandai Namco's budgets for properties with smaller audiences, I'm not convinced this will be great. One of the screenshots has a character clipping through a chair lol:

 

[Mendrox]

looks awesome like the anime

 

[RetroDLC]

I'm surprised it's PS4-only given it's running on Unity.

Given Bandai Namco's budgets for properties with smaller audiences, I'm not convinced this will be great. One of the screenshots has a character clipping through a chair lol:

Where did you find out that it runs in Unity?

 

[Takao]

Where did you find out that it runs in Unity?

Every screenshot has the default "trial version" watermark from Unity on the bottom right.

 

[NahaNago]

Looks pretty good. I was expecting something a bit more 2d scroller like.

 

[RetroDLC]

Every screenshot has the default "trial version" watermark from Unity on the bottom right.

Ah, I didn't know Unity did that.

 

[chicagocubsfan]

Looks nice.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'm surprised it's PS4-only given it's running on Unity.

Given Bandai Namco's budgets for properties with smaller audiences, I'm not convinced this will be great. One of the screenshots has a character clipping through a chair lol:

She isn't clipping, it's a magic spell.
Yeah that's it.

 

[Ushay]

Damn the 3D models really fit the art style actually.

Yeh, I'm amazed how well it all fits the series.

 

[hosannainexcelsis]

Every screenshot has the default "trial version" watermark from Unity on the bottom right.

Ha ha, oh Bandai.

 

[Luminaire]

This looks cute, I'll have to keep an eye on it.

 

[Kresnik258]

I wondered where Bamco's cheap anime cash-ins would go in a post 3DS/Vita world (where they could at least keep costs down due to the hardware).

This actually looks better than the majority of their stuff.

 

[Tempy]

There better be a Sucy dream stage.

 

[BigEmil]

Looks good

 

[GhostTrick]

I'm surprised it's PS4-only given it's running on Unity.

Given Bandai Namco's budgets for properties with smaller audiences, I'm not convinced this will be great. One of the screenshots has a character clipping through a chair lol:

In Japan, it looks rather too demanding for Vita. And Unity is one more reason for it to not happen. Maybe Switch, but even then, maybe Bamco ain't so sure about this.

As for a western release, I don't see that happening, but if it did, maybe they'd add an SKU or two.

 

[StrangeRoboMemory]

As others have said, surprised this is PS4-only...seems like it would kill on Vita.

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

But we were supposed to get a Kill la kill game

 

[wwm0nkey]

Looks like they are using the Guilty Gear Xrd animation technique of purposefully limiting the animations to make it look more like 2D. Looks great

 

[DevilTakoyaki]

HOLY SHIT.... Now they need to make a KILL la KILL game after this.

 

[BRSxIgnition]

Surprised by this - hopefully it's good.

 

[Toa Axis]

This looks pretty wonderful, at least visually. They did a great job at capturing the aesthetic.

 

[Giga Man]

Is it just me or does the art style look very similar to My Hero Academia? This is the first I've heard of this franchise.

 

[Jawmuncher]

In Japan, it looks rather too demanding for Vita. And Unity is one more reason for it to not happen. Maybe Switch, but even then, maybe Bamco ain't so sure about this.

As for a western release, I don't see that happening, but if it did, maybe they'd add an SKU or two.

Eh, I don't see a western release being that much of a stretch. A western release with a PC version is more unlikely. This seems like something that'll get treated like JoJo does over here. It'll come over with no dub and maybe even be digital only.

 

[Skrams]

I hope we get this in the west. I'm a bit hesitant to believe we will, but the only thing making me think we wouldn't is the fact the Ippo game didn't come over. Maybe since it's been a few years it might happen. We got stuff like Saint Seiya, so it might be possible. This also has more of a western presence than Ippo so eh, maybe.

Wow, never expected this. Out of all the Trigger shows that could get a game lol.

Looks nice though.

Oh god fuck. We got a LWA game and not a KLK game. How the fuck does that work.

 

[Gunstarheroes]

Don't fuck this up, and get this to the US. Use some of that sweet Netflix money or something.