Out of nowhere, Game Freak has released its brand-new RPG Little Town Hero on the Xbox One. Although the Microsoft Store launch date is listed as 23rd June, according to multiple sources, this version has only just been made available. It'll set you back £17.99 / $21.49 and requires 2.4 GB of free space.
If you're wondering what all the fuss is about, Game Freak is the same developer responsible for the mainline Pokémon series. Its latest title stars a boy named Axe who must defend his town from a monster invasion. The battle system is described as being "entirely unique" and almost all of the music in it was composed by Undertale creator Toby Fox.
Our sister site Nintendo Life gave the game seven out of ten stars when it was first released on the Switch in 2019 and described it as a scaled-back RPG for the time-poor player:
Game Freak proves that a ‘casual’ game can still have plenty of imagination, even on a smaller scale. It's far from essential, but if you love CCG-style combat and can't stomach another 100-hour RPG, there's much to like in Little Town Hero.
Will you be downloading this on your Xbox One? Tell us down below.
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[source microsoft.com, via gematsu.com]
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The only good thing people ever mention of this game, from the very little mention it gets, is the soundtrack. Even then they say it isn't Toby's strongest.
@Medic_Alert yes I've heard it's nothing special.
If it was on gamepass I'd have given it a try. I suspect a lot of people would have done the same.
The battle system is tedious and boring. They should stick with Pokemon, but even those games aren't amazing compared to the rest of the industry.
Guess they want all the sales they can possibly get at this point
I heard nothing but negative things about this game..
Haven't heard anything good about this game.
The game is incredibly mediocre...
That’s interesting....Giga Wrecker Alt has a pretty similar history as well.
@GunValkyrie really ?!? Most of GameFreak’s non Pokémon games are on Xbox, Giga Wrecker Alt and Tembo both are.
@Octane When you have a series that sells as well as Pokemon, you don't need to put too much effort into the games. If the sales suddenly began to slide then maybe they would be forced to put care and attention into it.
Interesting to see the negative views. I’d heard this game was charming with a unique battle system, but slow. I was interested when it was revealed, but there’s too much on my backlog to give it a shot.
@FragRed Yeah, and that's the main problem. They're the biggest media franchise, in terms of revenue. But all the games feel like budget titles. ''Good enough'' that it's playable, but nothing revolutionary or special. It's unfortunate though, because the franchise has a lot of potential. That being said, I don't think Game Freak are amazing devs either. If it isn't Pokemon, their games kinda suck for granted, and even the Pokemon games aren't that great. Quite overrated IMO.
if you ask me, Bandia Namco should start making the next gen pokemon games. Pokemon snap 2 looks amazing, and they did great with smash 4 and pokken tournament as well. game freak should pass the legacy onto bamco and retire from game development.
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