{"id":39051,"date":"2018-08-09T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/haunted_dungeons_hyakki_castle_brings_real-time_dungeon_crawling_to_switch_this_month"},"modified":"2018-08-09T15:30:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T15:30:00","slug":"haunted-dungeons-hyakki-castle-brings-real-time-dungeon-crawling-to-switch-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/08\/09\/haunted-dungeons-hyakki-castle-brings-real-time-dungeon-crawling-to-switch-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle Brings Real-Time Dungeon Crawling To Switch This Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9b10037b8b479\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9b10037b8b479\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/08\/haunted_dungeons_hyakki_castle_brings_real-time_dungeon_crawling_to_switch_this_month\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Japanese publisher\u00a0Happinet has today announced that its <em>very<\/em>\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>happy looking game,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/haunted_dungeons_hyakki_castle\">Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle<\/a><\/strong>, will be making its way to Switch at the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring a slightly different approach to the traditional real-time dungeon RPG genre,\u00a0Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle\u00a0encourages players to split up with its &#8216;two-party system&#8217; (you can see it in action in the trailer above). Players must use unique skills and move-sets to destroy the genuinely creepy monsters throughout the game, facing distinctive attacks and behaviours from the various enemy types on offer.<\/p>\n<p>The game is set during the Edo Period of Japan, based on the eerie Hyakki Island &#8211; a place where prisoners are sent to live in exile. A mysterious castle suddenly appears on this island, bringing with it a terrifying group\u00a0of monsters known as Yokai in Japanese literature. Here are all the features you need to know:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Game details<\/strong>:<br \/>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Real-time RPG Action<\/strong>: Execute various tactics such as flanking, distracting, and more for your party in real-time as \u201cYokai\u201d appear throughout the castle to bring death upon players<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Twice the Possibilities<\/strong>: Split your group of assassins into two parties at any time to deal with traps, puzzles, and enemies for unparalleled strategy and party options<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Explore a Monstrous Castle<\/strong>: The enormous castle is filled with cunning traps\u2014some of which can only be solved by dividing your party\u2014and tough boss monsters, testing player instincts and judgement<br \/>&#8211; <strong>Explore Japanese Character Classes and Races<\/strong>: Choose to play as an Oni, Tengu, Human, or Nekomata with four distinct races on tap to add diverse skillsets to your party<br \/>&#8211;<strong>Tutorial Mode<\/strong>: Learn to survive and defeat the Yokai and bosses in a tutorial mode that provides an in-depth explanation on all the mechanics and tactics needed to survive<br \/>&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Redefined UI Experience:\u00a0<\/strong>Experience real-time gameplay with improved UI designed for console gameplay and beginners of the real-time dungeon RPG genre<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p>The game will be available to purchase directly from the Nintendo Switch eShop for\u00a0$13.99 \/ \u20ac11.99 \/ \u00a310.99. Will you be trying this one out for size?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content] Japanese publisher\u00a0Happinet has today announced that its very\u00a0not\u00a0happy looking game,\u00a0Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle, will be making its way to Switch at the end of this month. Featuring a slightly different approach to the traditional real-time dungeon RPG genre,\u00a0Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle\u00a0encourages players to split up with its &#8216;two-party system&#8217; (you can see it [&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-39051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39051","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=39051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}