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Square Enix, Taro Yoko's SINoALICE Smartphone Game Slated for June 6
posted on by Karen Ressler
The official Twitter account for Square Enix's SINoALICE iOS and Android smartphone game announced on Tuesday that the game is slated to launch on June 6. The tweet noted that June 6 is creative director Taro Yoko's birthday, and also "butsumetsu" (an unlucky day associated with the death of Buddha).
Pokelabo (Senki Zesshō Symphogear XD Unlimited, Senran no Samurai Kingdom) is developing the game. monaca's Keiichi Okabe is composing the music and jino is designing the characters.
The cast includes:
- M.A.O as Alice
- Reina Ueda as Snow Whyte
- Ayaka Imamura as Akazukin (Little Red Riding Hood)
- Kaede Hondo as Ibarahime (Sleeping Beauty)
- Shizuka Itou as Kaguyahime (Princess Kaguya)
- Yūko Sanpei as Pinocchio
- Eri Kitamura as Cinderella
- Maaya Uchida as Hansel and Gretel
The game's story revolves around popular fairy tale characters trapped in the world of "Library." Their only wish is to bring someone back as their author.
The game is slated to launch this spring. Basic gameplay will be free, but some items will be available for purchase.
Pre-registration is available now, and the game is offering in-game items as rewards depending on how many people follow its social media accounts. The game has more than 300,000 pre-registrations.
[Via Hachima Kikō]
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