WILD BUNCH Productions, a company founded by the core team that created
Wild Arms, and
YUKIKAZE, a company founded by the core team that created
Shadow Hearts, have collectively announced spiritual successors
Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness and
Penny Blood. A “
Double Kickstarter” campaign to fund both of these “large-scale
Japanese RPGs” will be launched on August 29.
Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness and
Penny Blood will share a mutual funding goal of $750,000, which will secure a
PC release for each game, while a nearby stretch goal will secure ports to
PlayStation 5,
Xbox Series, and the newest
Nintendo hardware at the time. The “Early-Bird Combo” pledge level will allow early backers to pledge for both games at a highly discounted price.
The Kickstarter campaign will also integrate a “Combo Meter” that affects stretch goals across both games. A pledge for one game will not only add to that game’s stretch goal meter, it will also contribute to the shared Combo Meter that fills up with support from both games. The more the Combo Meter builds up, the more content that is unlocked across both games. By backing one or both games, backers will help build both titles and support other backers. Clearing goals will share content and talent across each game.
WILD BUNCH Productions and YUKIKAZE will also host a weekly community game in which one of the heroes from each game will face off against a monster. Campaign followers will see five different social media-based goals related to an attack, special move, or block, and each monster will have a set number of hits it takes to defeat them. Defeating a monster clears that community stretch goal and upgrades the rewards chosen during pledges. If one game’s team is not able to clear its goal by not hitting a monster enough times, any hits or cleared goals from the other game will carry over, allowing one community to help the other.
