Little Town Hero

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.

Little Town Hero
Little Town Hero icon
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)
EngineUnity
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

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 reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.[17] 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."[18] 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."[19]

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)

References
  1. Vazquez, Suriel (September 13, 2018). "Pokémon Developer Game Freak Working On Town, A New Turn-Based RPG". Game Informer. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  2. Woog, Blake (August 14, 2019). "Game Freak Files For 'Little Town Hero' Trademark". Game Informer. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  3. 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. "LITTLE TOWN HERO Switch". Metacritic. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  9. "Review: Little Town Hero". Destructoid. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  10. "Little Town Hero Review - Brat Country". GameSpot. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  11. "LITTLE TOWN HERO REVIEW: "TELLS A FORMULAIC STORY SET IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE"". GamesRadar+. October 16, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  12. "Little Town Hero Review". IGN. October 16, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  13. "Little Town Hero 2019". Nintendo Life. October 16, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  14. "Little Town Hero (Switch) Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  15. "Little Town Hero Review". RPGamer. November 11, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  16. "Little Town Hero Review: I Can't Be Your Hero Baby". USgamer. October 16, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  17. "Little Town Hero for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  18. Little Town Hero Review - IGN, October 16, 2019, retrieved October 30, 2019
  19. Review, Jordan Gerblick 2019-10-16T10:00:43Z (October 16, 2019). "Little Town Hero review: "Tells a formulaic story set in a beautiful place"". gamesradar. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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