NWR: Published by Level-5, Guild 01 is a four-game collaborative effort between Suda 51, Yoot Saito (of Seaman fame), Yasumi Matsuno (Final Fantasy Tactics), and Yoshiyuki Hirai of the Japanese comedy duo American Zarigani. Each game brings distinct styles and ideas from each of the respective members involved, creating four unique experiences. At the moment, there is no word as to whether or not this game will leave Japan, but having sat down with it for a significant amount of time, I think gamers in the west should be on the lookout for Guild 01.
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Weapon Shop De Omasse is Level 5’s second entry in the Guild01 series, a collaborative effort by four of Japan’s zaniest creative leads to create unique, short games. The insanity of Yoot Saito and Suda 51 is well-documented, and their Guild01 games (Aero Porter and Liberation Maiden) certainly lived up to that standard. Yasumi Matsuno’s RPG short story Crimson Shroud was slightly more normal, save that all the characters were static figurines and combat involved collecting and rolling virtual dice. Still, of all the crazy choices for a lead designer, Yoshiyuki Hirai of comedy duo America Zarigani might just take the cake. I don’t think he’s ever designed a game before in his life, and it kind of shows, but the man knows comedy, and boy does that show too.
So happy to finally have the last Guild01 game. Lord knows why it took this long...
Level 5 will be announcing new games tomorrow on Nintendo's Direct Conference.
What will it be ?