{"id":112314,"date":"2020-05-01T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/33_years_later_japanese_famicom_rpg_hoshi_wo_miru_hito_is_being_rereleased_on_switch"},"modified":"2020-05-01T10:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T10:30:00","slug":"33-years-later-japanese-famicom-rpg-hoshi-wo-miru-hito-is-being-rereleased-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/05\/01\/33-years-later-japanese-famicom-rpg-hoshi-wo-miru-hito-is-being-rereleased-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"33 Years Later, Japanese Famicom RPG Hoshi wo Miru Hito Is Being Rereleased On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d33672811219\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d33672811219\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resize\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YtR5EI0u_4U?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\" type=\"text\/html\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen>[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/hoshi_wo_miru_hito\">Hoshi wo Miru Hito<\/a><\/strong>, an RPG which was only ever released on the Famicom back in 1987, is set to be given a new lease of life on Switch this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The game is a sci-fi RPG which is known for being a particularly difficult game, partly thanks to a lack of instruction on what to actually do. It&#8217;s set in a cyberpunk-style future where everyone has a sort of sixth sense, and these powers can be used in battle to fight off a variety of monsters.<\/p>\n<p>The new Switch port is being handled by City Connection, which has owned the rights to the game since 2016. It&#8217;s scheduled to launch this summer and appears to be getting a worldwide release, meaning those in the west will be able to experience it for the very first time.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Hoshi wo Miru Hito\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c45fa8c71b5eb\/hoshi-wo-miru-hito.original.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c45fa8c71b5eb\/hoshi-wo-miru-hito.original.png\" alt=\"Hoshi wo Miru Hito\"><\/a><a title=\"Hoshi wo Miru Hito\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/46ddd0a726b00\/hoshi-wo-miru-hito.original.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/46ddd0a726b00\/hoshi-wo-miru-hito.original.png\" alt=\"Hoshi wo Miru Hito\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Hoshi wo Miru Hito\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c089bd635c499\/hoshi-wo-miru-hito.original.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c089bd635c499\/hoshi-wo-miru-hito.original.png\" alt=\"Hoshi wo Miru Hito\"><\/a><a title=\"Hoshi wo Miru Hito\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50c38fb8a810d\/hoshi-wo-miru-hito.original.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/static.nintendolife.com\/blank.gif\" data-original=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50c38fb8a810d\/hoshi-wo-miru-hito.original.png\" alt=\"Hoshi wo Miru Hito\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We never expected to see this one on Switch. This console really is getting everything, isn&#8217;t it? (OK, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/reggie_is_glad_he_no_longer_has_to_deal_with_people_asking_him_about_mother_3\"><em>nearly<\/em> <em>everything<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em>Thanks to Greatsong for the tip!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Hoshi wo Miru Hito, an RPG which was only ever released on the Famicom back in 1987, is set to be given a new lease of life on Switch this summer. The game is a sci-fi RPG which is known for being a particularly difficult game, partly thanks to a lack of instruction [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}