{"id":133622,"date":"2023-05-11T03:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T03:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-149254"},"modified":"2023-05-11T03:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T03:05:00","slug":"inti-creates-gunvolt-series-has-come-to-a-close-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/05\/11\/inti-creates-gunvolt-series-has-come-to-a-close-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Inti Creates&#8217; Gunvolt Series &#8220;Has Come To A Close For Now&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/220daed698e59\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/220daed698e59\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Azure Striker Gunvolt 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/220daed698e59\/azure-striker-gunvolt-3.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/220daed698e59\/azure-striker-gunvolt-3.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Azure Striker Gunvolt 3\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Inti Creates<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re eager for more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/azure_striker_gunvolt_3\">Gunvolt<\/a> games, you might be waiting a while &#8211; with Inti Creates CEO Takuya Aizu revealing the Japanese developer will be taking a break from the series.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a fan asking about future Gunvolt projects, Aizu revealed the series had come to a close &#8220;for now&#8221; while teasing a new project. Here&#8217;s exactly what he had to say, courtesy of a translation by <a href=\"https:\/\/noisypixel.net\/azure-striker-gunvolt-series-come-to-a-close\/\">Noisy Pixel<\/a> (along with some added clarification, reiterating how the developer is not entirely done with the series):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThank you very much! I\u2019m glad that you have been playing since Mega Man Zero. The Gunvolt series has come to a close for now, but I think it\u2019s time to start thinking about future developments. Although it is not Gunvolt, please look forward to our completely new project!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>TL Note: The word used here is \u4e00\u6bb5\u843d, which means \u201cto reach a stopping place, to settle down (before the next stage).\u201d This does not necessarily imply that the Gunvolt series has ceased entirely; it only means that he will be moving on from it for the time being. <strong>&#8211; Noisy Pixel<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t played <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/azure_striker_gunvolt_3\">Azure Striker Gunvolt 3<\/a> (released on the Switch last July), it&#8217;s well worth a look. We called it another cracking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/gba\/mega_man_zero\">Mega Man Zero<\/a>-like game, awarding it eight out of ten stars. Since its release, it&#8217;s <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/12\/azure-striker-gunvolt-3s-biggest-update-is-now-available-on-switch\">also received a number of updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:134230 @ 2023-05-11T07:18:40+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>How do you feel about Inti Creates taking a break from the series? Did you play the third Azure Striker Gunvolt game? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Inti Creates If you&#8217;re eager for more Gunvolt games, you might be waiting a while &#8211; with Inti Creates CEO Takuya Aizu revealing the Japanese developer will be taking a break from the series. In response to a fan asking about future Gunvolt projects, Aizu revealed the series had come to a close &#8220;for [&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-133622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133622","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=133622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}