Little Town Hero

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Little Town Hero
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Developer(s) Game Freak
Publisher(s) Game Freak [lower-alpha 1]
Director(s) Masao Taya
Producer(s) Masafumi Saito
Designer(s) Atsushi Terachi
Artist(s) Haruka Tochigi
Writer(s) Masao Taya
Composer(s)
Engine Unity
Platform(s)
Release
  • Nintendo Switch
    • WW: October 16, 2019
  • PlayStation 4
    • JP: April 23, 2020
    • NA: June 23, 2020
    • EU: June 26, 2020
  • Xbox One
    • WW: July 2, 2020
  • Windows
    • WW: July 9, 2020
Genre(s) Role-playing game
Mode(s) Single-player

Little Town Hero [lower-alpha 2] is a role-playing video game developed and published by Game Freak. It was first released for the Nintendo Switch in October 2019 before being ported to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows in 2020. It received mixed reviews from critics.

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Development

Game Freak announced the game under the working title of Town in September 2018. [1] The company shared no further information through August of the next year, when it registered a trademark. [2] The game was released for the Nintendo Switch on October 16, 2019. [3] The game's soundtrack was primarily written by Toby Fox, an indie developer better known for creating Undertale . [3] In January 2020, it was announced that the game would have a retail collector's edition, published by NIS America, in June 2020. [4] [5] That same month, it was also announced that it would be released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan on April 23, 2020, published at retail by Rainy Frog. [6] In addition, ports for Xbox One and Windows were respectively released on July 2 and July 9, 2020. [7]

Reception

Little Town Hero received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. [8] IGN's Tom Marks gave it a 7/10, saying "Little Town Hero exudes charm from every corner of its adorable little village, and couples that personality with an absurd and utterly unique combat system full of combos I loved discovering." [12] GamesRadar's Jordan Gerblick gave it a 3/5, saying "An exercise in battle strategy and patience for its flaws, Little Town Hero knows where its strengths lie, and thankfully you'll see more strengths than flaws if you invest in them." [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ NIS America published the retail Switch version in North America and Europe. Rainy Frog published the retail Switch and PS4 versions in Japan.
  2. ↑ リトルタウンヒーロー (Ritoru Taun Hīrō)

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References

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  2. ↑ Woog, Blake (August 14, 2019). "Game Freak Files For 'Little Town Hero' Trademark". Game Informer . Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Marks, Tom (September 4, 2019). "Game Freak's Little Town Hero Releases Next Month". IGN . Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  4. ↑ Doolan, Liam. "Game Freak's Little Town Hero Gets A Big Physical Release This Spring". Nintendo Life. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  5. ↑ Croft, Liam (February 19, 2020). "Little Town Hero Western PS4 Release Confirmed for June". Push Square. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
  6. ↑ Romano, Sal (January 21, 2020). "Little Town Hero coming to PS4 on April 23 in Japan". Gematsu. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ Romano, Sal (July 3, 2020). "Little Town Hero now available for Xbox One". Gematsu. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
  8. 1 2 "Little Town Hero". Metacritic . Retrieved December 3, 2023.
  9. ↑ Rumpelfelt, Adzuken (October 27, 2019). "Review: Little Town Hero". Destructoid . Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  10. ↑ Vazquez, Suriel (October 25, 2019). "Little Town Hero Review - Brat Country". GameSpot . Archived from the original on June 17, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  11. 1 2 Gerblick, Jordan (October 16, 2019). "Little Town Hero review: "Tells a formulaic story set in a beautiful place"". GamesRadar+ . Archived from the original on October 29, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
  12. 1 2 Marks, Tom (October 16, 2019). "Little Town Hero Review". IGN . Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  13. ↑ Reseigh-Lincoln, Dom (October 16, 2019). "Little Town Hero Review". Nintendo Life . Archived from the original on June 27, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
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