Nintendo is aiming to have a big back half of 2019. It all starts in June with Super Mario Maker 2, then Fire Emblem Three Houses and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 in July. And in August, a big 3rd-party exclusive in the form of Astral Chain by Platinum Games.
Yes, they are still making Bayonetta 3 (which is also a Switch exclusive) but they decided to double dip and bring this fresh action experience to the system. And for studio head Atsushi Inaba, that what really is the point of the game, to be a truly fresh action experience from Platinum.
“For ASTRAL CHAIN there are two things that we really wanted to focus on. We’re used to doing single-player character action games, but in this particular game you as the player also control a monster at the same time, so you have to split focus between control of two characters. That is really an evolution of some of the action games that we’ve built in the past.
To get from where this project initially started several years ago to now, we have had to face many different pitfalls and challenges along the way. But now it’s finally at the point where it’s a very unique, original experience and exactly what we wanted it to be with the core idea of ‘Synergetic Action’. Separate from that, we really wanted this project to push Taura-san as one of our new, up-and-coming directors and get him recognition. Because Platinum isn’t a studio with just one or two directors: it needs to be a studio of multiple directors who all have their own flavour.”
Well, this game definitely looks to have flavor, and we’ll hopefully see more of it when E3 2019 rolls around. Are you excited for this game? What are you hoping to see from it in the next trailer? Let us know in the comments below!
