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Marvelous Unveils Trailer, Spring 2025 Release, Title for Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Game
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Marvelous revealed during the Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase on Tuesday the first trailer for the newly titled Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma game. The company also announced that it will release the game for Nintendo Switch and PC via Steam in spring 2025.
Marvelous describes the story:
Guardians of Azuma takes players on an all-new adventure in the never-before-seen country of Azuma. Here, players will assume the role of an Earth Dancer destined to return hope—and life—to the once-thriving land. Choose from one of two protagonists whose fates are closely tied together, and experience reimagined and expanded Rune Factory gameplay; as Earth Dancer, players will farm with grace, restore and build entire villages, and fight with new weapons like the Bow and Talisman. Azuma is a vast world to explore with majestic villages to uncover, each taking inspiration from Japanese culture and each with a seasonal theme. In addition to exploration, combat, and village-building, players will also cultivate relationships with the locals, recruiting them to your side in battle or to help manage the villages. Wield sacred treasures of the gods and the Earth Dancer's power of dance to purify the land and return Azuma to its former glory. The adventure of a new world awaits.
The game will get an "Earth Dancer Edition" that includes the physical game, a custom outer box, an original soundtrack CD, an art book, an Azuma-inspired folding fan, the "Seasons of Love" DLC bundle, additional DLC costumes, and a plush Woolby keychain.
The game was formerly known as Rune Factory: Project Dragon.
Marvelous is developing both Rune Factory: Project Dragon and Rune Factory 6 as new games in its Rune Factory RPG/farming game franchise.
Rune Factory 3 Special, the remake of Rune Factory 3, launched for the Switch in Japan in March 2023. XSEED Games released the game in the West in September 2023 for both Switch and PC via Steam.
XSEED Games released Marvelous' Rune Factory 5 game in July 2022 for Switch and PC via Steam.
Source: Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase livestream
