Square Enix is no stranger to unconventional game names, and that tradition has continued with their HD-2D titles on Switch – those being Octopath Traveler and Triangle Strategy. In a recent interview, producer Tomoya Asano shared some insight into the team’s thinking.
Asano told Inversus that Square Enix considers “if the player can imagine what kind of game it is based on the title.” With Triangle Strategy, you play it from three angles and it’s a strategic experience. Square Enix initially included “Project” so that there would be “a little bit of room to be able to change the name”. Since it was well-received by fans, the “Triangle Strategy” name stuck.
Asano’s full words:
With more and more companies around the world from a variety of backgrounds, philosophies, and talents merging and being bought up, making sure content offerings are plentiful while still remaining strategically available and accessible is becoming more and more important. Since 2020, the pandemic has completely changed the way we consume media on just about every platform and device available, whether it’s your Kindle, smart TV, mobile device, Xbox, or just about anything that has a screen on it these days. Formerly closed and proprietary devices such as Xbox, for example, have gone on to create their own Xbox Game Pass subscription service that has been wildly successful, seeing millions of active users and subscribers each month not only on Xbox devices, but allowing games available on the service to be played outside of the console as well. The Xbox experience has become more accessible than ever, and it’s through this strategy that is allowing Microsoft to pave the way forward for innovation within games distribution and consumption without borders.
This week, Nintendo dropped a new Switch firmware update with significant functionality. Version 14.0.0 has introduced something called groups, which is a way for system owners to organize their games and other content on the home menu. It’s the closest thing we have to folders at the moment.
With groups, you can organize things in pretty much any way you’d like. Some are choosing to create them based on their favorite games, different games in a particular franchise, and more.
We’re curious to see how you’ve arranged your groups, so feel free to share screenshots below. You can also tell us about by writing a comment.
Following its arrival on Switch this week, gameplay has come in for the interactive poem A Memoir Blue. The video showcases just under 10 minutes of footage.
Here’s a bit of information about A Memoir Blue:
Imp of the Sun made it to Switch this week, and we now have plenty of gameplay. A new video showcases 22 minutes of footage.
Learn more about Imp of the Sun in the overview below:
Today, Idea Factory announced a final release date for its otome visual novel Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei in the west. North America will be getting the title on June 28, 2022. It will be followed by July 1 in Europe.
We have the following overview for Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei:
The western version of Dusk Diver 2 is still planned, and we’ve got some news from the game’s publisher. Idea Factory has announced that the title is slated for this summer in North America and Europe.
Dusk Diver 2 was already confirmed for 2022 overseas. Previously, the game made it to Switch in Japan and Asia back in February.
Here’s some information about the game:
Publisher Annapurna Interactive and developer Cloisters Interactive have readied a launch trailer for A Memoir Blue. It provides a final look at the their new interactive poem, which just came to Switch.
We have a bit of additional information about A Memoir Blue in this overview:
Bandai Namco is planning a physical version of Pac-Man Museum+, it’s been revealed. We’ve got a look at the boxart above.
Until now, there was no word on whether the package would be sold at retail in the west. But thanks to a listing on Amazon, we now have proper confirmation.
