The mobile game 404 Game Resetwhich is officially written 404 Game Re:Set and is pronounced Error Game Reset, was entitled to his showcase promised a little earlier in the week. And unfortunately, the 7-minute video didn’t get us much further than the very cryptic teaser.
404 Game Reset can’t choose between known licenses and waifus
The small mistake of Sega allowed to know that Yoko Taro was the creative director of the project and today we learned that the character designer will be Yuugen that you might know for Mysterious Workshops (Sophia, Firis Or Lydie & Suelle) For example. And no, it will not redesign the iconic heroes of Sega since this gacha will not allow them to be used but will rather offer new characters inspired by the publisher’s licenses.
Kinda Hyperdimension Neptunia personifies the consoles parody or Sega Hard Girls more officially. Note that the first confirmed licenses are Afterburner, out run, Virtua Cop And Virtua Fighter and that it is not a coincidence since the goal is to put forward older games.
In an interview with the 4Gamer site, the producer Gosuke Nakamura explains that at the beginning of the project, the goal was to stop at the games that appeared around the year 2000. But that inevitably, if the success is there and that 404 Game Reset has a good longevity, they may well start to dip into newer titles.
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We are also promised the participation of other publishers, which would be even funnier given the principle of the game. Indeed, in the scenario imagined by Taro Yoko, Sega is an evil company which dominates the world, it will therefore be necessary to put end to their domination using their old brands and therefore certain competitors.
On the gameplay side, the developers remained very vague. They repeat that it is good toan RPG but which will have nothing classic since it also approaches the shooting game. We will find a “real” world and a cyberspace where our characters live, which probably explains why the rare images of the game showed 2D illustrations, 3D models but also pixel art of the characters.
Pre-registrations are now open on iOS And android to be entitled to the traditional bonuses if certain levels are reached. And obviously not a single word on a possible release outside of its country of origin. 404 Game Reset is planned for the spring 2023 in Japan.