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New RPG From Xenogears and Chrono Trigger Writer Gets Switch 2 Release Date

One of the Japanese game industry’s most important figures has a new game coming to Switch 2 later on this year.

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Games like Chrono Trigger and Xenogears helped shaped Japanese role-playing games in the 90s, and the mastermind behind these games’ celebrated narratives has his next game dropping in just a couple of months.

Masato KAto has a new game called Anoter eden begins

Masato Kato is considered one of the all-time great Japanese video game writers for his incredibly influential work on 1995’s Chrono Trigger and 1998’s Xenogears, two games that are easy to find in most top 10 Japanese RPGs of all time conversations around the internet. Kato’s early career saw him work on some of the original Ninja Gaiden titles before having his legendary run at Square Enix where he worked on the two aforementioned masterpieces, as well as Final Fantasy 7, Final Final Fantasy 11, and Chrono Cross. Wanting to become a freelancer, Kato left Square in 2002 to continue his incredibly successful career working on the Mana series, and........

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