On the latest Nintendo Direct, Square Enix announced thatChocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!will launch on March 20 for PS4 and Switch, which is also theJapanese release date of the game.This is great news for fans of the series, who won’t be waiting months for the game to be localized.
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!is the latest game in theChocobo’s Mystery Dungeonseries, known in Japan asChocobo no FushiginaDungeon.TheChocobo’s Mystery Dungeongames are roguelikes with the same gameplay and systems as otherMystery Dungeon-like games, such asShiren the Wanderer, Etrian Mystery Dungeon,orOmega Labyrinth.Levels are randomly generated, and basically, as long as you don’t move your character, nothing else moves. If you take a step or any kind of action, all enemies will move once as well.
Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!has players controlling a dungeon-exploring Chocobo, who can change jobs. Each job gives the Chocobo different abilities, and the randomly generated dungeon will adapt to the job you’ve picked too. You’ll also be able to befriend monsters and use them as partners.
Every Buddy!isn’t technically a brand new game, and is actually a remake ofFinal Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon, released on Wii in December 2007 in Japan and then in July 2008 in the west. This probably explains whyEvery Buddy!is getting a worldwide simultaneous release, as the localization team surely had a bit easier job than usual seeing the game was already translated once. One of the new additions inEvery BuddyisAlpha, the Chocobo fromFinal Fantasy XIV,who will be one of the new selectable jobs.
A very short gameplay sequence ofChocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Every Buddy!was shown during the Nintendo Direct, during a slightly longer segment featuringFinal Fantasygames.Final Fantasy VIIwill be coming to Switch in March as well, andFinal Fantasy IXis available right now.Final Fantasy VIIIwas still unaccounted for, which will probably once more fuel the rumors that Square Enix lost the game’s source code or/and FMV data, something which actually happens very often in the game industry.
A gameplay trailer was published by Nintendo once the Direct ended, you may find it below.
