Majesco Entertainment just announced that it will be bringing Mistwalker's DS dungeon-roaming RPG, AWAY: Shuffle Dungeon, to North America this autumn.
Developed by Artoon and published by AQ Interactive in Japan, AWAY is a collaboration between Hironobu Sakaguchi (of Final Fantasy and Mistwalker fame) for the scenario, Naoto Oshima (best known as the creator of Sonic the Hedgehog) for the character and art design, and Nobuo Uematsu (composer behind Final Fantasy and every Mistwalker game to date) for the soundtrack. The game features real-time, on-screen battles, and dungeons that actively "shuffle" during play (this is difficult to explain, you have to see it in motion to understand).
AWAY: Shuffle Dungeon has been the victim of several release delays in Japan, having recently been pushed back to October 16th in the land of the rising sun. With Majesco's announcement putting North America's release date right around the same time, I can't help but wonder how many of those delays were due to the decision to release the game in both regions at about the same time. Certainly seems probable.
AWAY is the story of a young adventurer named Sword who stumbles upon a town that has been sealed away inside of an ever-changing dungeon, and he sets out to free it (cue Soul Blazer nostalgia).
Though no solid date has been set, we are willing to bet the NA release date will fall sometime with a month of the Japanese release date of October 16th. We'll bring you more updates as we get them. In the meantime, check out exactly what a "shuffle" dungeon is in the trailer below.
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