#axeystuff

Uhhhh I've been playing a lot of Shovel Knight! Plague Knight is v cute, I love his story with Mona!

Logan is still a fat gremlin btw

immensely powerful!

Well, to say it was a bit of a shocker to come back from my trip and receive the news is a bit of an understatement!

I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that it actually exists and my mind’s kind of going a mile a minute trying to think about how it’s going to be.

I have a strong suspicion that this is not specifically Strelka Stories based on what little we’ve been told (Most notably the fact that they are still working on the story itself, whereas Strelka Stories was announced all the way back in 2010, very shortly after Solatorobo’s Japanese release).  Solatorobo had been dramatically rewritten and reimagined several times before the final story was conceived, going from a direct Tail Concerto sequel to what we have now.

I remember a very interesting quote from Hiroshi Matsuyama regarding Strelka Stories’ target demographic:

“Solatorobo was set in an imaginary scientific world, which targets the current generation of boys and girls. The content for this one [Strelka] will target ‘Adults who were once youths.’ I believe those who like Gurren Lagann and Evangelion will enjoy it. We actually didn’t get approval of the project from a client or publisher. It’s a title that we started because we wanted to make it.”

So whether I’m right or wrong about Fugue being resurrected from Strelka Stories’ initial concept, I have a strong feeling that the darker tone will remain the same.  I hope it does, in any case.  I would love a more adult-oriented game in this universe.  I also hope that this means the game will be a lot less hand holding than Solatorobo was and that we’ll see some good challenges in it.

Not sure exactly what to think about the SRPG, shooter, and rogue elements.  I think I’ll need to know more about it before I really give my opinion but if this is going to be something akin to Final Fantasy Tactics in the LTB universe than I’m all for it.  Or it could be something totally unique like Silent Bomber.  I trust CC2 in this regard, in any case.

Regardless, I’m absolutely positive that this is Little Tail Bronx 3, with the title being the biggest clue (Tail Concerto, Solatorobo: And then to CODA, Fugue of the Battlefield).  For this reason I’ve always been disappointed that Solatorobo’s subtitle got needlessly changed to the incredibly generic “Red the Hunter” for its English translation as the musical connection between the now three titles will be lost.  In any case before I get sidetracked, I think we’ll be seeing this one on a major console and not another mobile game like Little Tail Story.

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