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Nintendo published a few messages from the developers of Octopath Traveler on its website. Composer Yasunori Nishiki, director Keisuke Miyauchi, and producer Masashi Takahashi all had a few words to say as the game launches today.

Below are the full transcripts:

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Nintendo has published a new overview launch trailer to celebrate Octopath Traveler’s release on Switch today. View the video below.

Hello everyone! Octopath Traveler recently delivered a fantastic demo. I put more than eight hours into it but I can’t help but wonder: is it behind the eight ball when compared to Final Fantasy VI? Well in some ways, yes, but that might just be what makes this a great game.

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Square Enix has one more commercial up for Octopath Traveler with the game releasing this week. Check out the advert below.

Eurogamer put up a new Octopath Traveler piece today featuring comments from producer Masashi Takahashi. Takahashi discussed the name, why the RPG is releasing on Switch, and the game’s potential future.

Below are those comments:

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With a day to go until launch, Nintendo has lifted the review embargo on Octopath Traveler. We’ve rounded up some of the early verdicts below.

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With just a couple of days until launch, Square Enix sent out another batch of Octopath Traveler details and screenshots. The latest update covers battle jobs, secret jobs, and party chat. Everything has been rounded up below, courtesy of Gematsu.

YouTuber ProJared visited the Nintendo of America offices to get a hands-on preview of Octopath Traveler. Among other things, we learned that you can toggle between Japanese and English voices throughout the game. You can watch ProJared’s video below.

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The North American Octopath Traveler website is now open. You can find Nintendo’s site for the Switch RPG here.

Some of the pages haven’t gone live yet, but there’s still plenty to see. The site houses a few different videos, information about the playable characters, and more.

At Japan Expo earlier today, producer Masashi Takahashi and composer Yasunori Nishiki stopped by for a special session. Four new jobs were revealed at the event.

They are as follows:


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