Video games based on Japanese anime are a dime a dozen. One of the most recent titles to garner a lot of attention online wasDragon Ball Z: Kakarot, which is still seeing support since it released in January through updates like atime machine allowing players to re-experience story events. Today, the Sony subsidiary anime and music production company Aniplex announced thatKakarot’s developers, CyberConnect2, are working on a new game calledDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hinokami Keppuutan.
The game, based on last year’s popular anime series adapted from a manga created in 2016, is being made with Unreal Engine just likeDragon Ball Z: Kakarotand will be available in 2021 on the PlayStation 4 in Japan. Its developer was also responsible for theNaruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Trilogythat released on Nintendo Switchin 2018.Demon Slayer’s first foray into the interactive medium will be published by Aniplex, rather than Bandai-Namco as was the case withKakarot.
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Aniplex’s reveal trailer is just about the definition of a teaser, showing a brief cinematic ofDemon Slayer’s protagonist Tanjiro Kamadoin what looks to be an appealing cel-shaded style doing what he does best: Slaying a demon in the hot-blooded pursuit of revenge. The original trailer has been made unavailable in America, but was re-published on YouTube for English audiences by the online publication Gematsu.
Though not much has been revealed about what the newDemon Slayergame will entail, CyberConnect2 has a track record that suggests it will at least be worth looking into for fans of the anime. That being said,Dragon Ball Z: Kakarotplayers are still waiting on its season passto be released, so hopefully, the developers have not put too much on their plates.
Upcoming DLC for the recent action role-playing game based on Toei Animation’s classic anime series is set to include an entirearc about characters fromDragon Ball Super, the long-running franchise’s latest iteration.Dragon Ball Z: Kakarotis one of many games to be released based on the property in recent years, including the popular fighting gameDragon Ball FighterZ.
Fans ofDragon Ball Z: Kakarotshould keepDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hinokami Keppuutanin mind come 2021, if the game releases in the west around the same time as in Japan.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hinokami Keppuutanwill be available for the PlayStation 4 in 2021.
