{"id":68893,"date":"2018-12-14T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/12\/old-school_rpg_chronus_arc_arrives_on_switch_next_week_pre-purchase_now_live_at_10_percent_off"},"modified":"2018-12-14T09:45:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T09:45:00","slug":"old-school-rpg-chronus-arc-arrives-on-switch-next-week-pre-purchase-now-live-at-10-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/12\/14\/old-school-rpg-chronus-arc-arrives-on-switch-next-week-pre-purchase-now-live-at-10-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Old-School RPG Chronus Arc Arrives On Switch Next Week, Pre-Purchase Now Live At 10% Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d02f8a16e5ca9\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d02f8a16e5ca9\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g-TbnGw0pzk?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507]<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Kemco has shared the news that RPG <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/chronus_arc\">Chronus Arc<\/a><\/strong> is now available for pre-purchase on Nintendo Switch. It launches just next week on 20th December.<\/p>\n<p>The story of this one follows Loka, a young boy who is training to become a Sorcerer Knight. Loka is heading off to find the Chronus Fragments, which are needed for the ceremony of &#8216;Time Rewinding&#8217;, but the sudden appearance of a mysterious man intent on stealing the Fragments changes everything. He soon finds himself on a quest with his childhood friend, Princess Sarna, in a fight for the Chronus Energy.<\/p>\n<p>The game actually released on 3DS just a few years ago; we have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/3ds-eshop\/chronus_arc\">full review<\/a> of that version available if you&#8217;d like to learn more. Essentially, we felt that it has the potential to appeal to fans of old-school RPGs, especially those who are mostly concerned about the mechanics traditionally found within them, although we couldn&#8217;t help but feel disappointed at the story&#8217;s lack of charm.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Chronus1\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/20b41b359bea6\/chronus1.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/20b41b359bea6\/chronus1.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Chronus1\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Chronus2\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50c6f4e3085f0\/chronus2.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/50c6f4e3085f0\/chronus2.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Chronus2\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col\"><a title=\"Chronus3\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d254fb979f16e\/chronus3.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d254fb979f16e\/chronus3.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Chronus3\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Chronus4\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a82397da3debe\/chronus4.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a82397da3debe\/chronus4.445x245.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"245\" alt=\"Chronus4\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Standard pricing for the game is set at $12.99 \/ 12.99\u20ac \/ \u00a311.69, but you&#8217;ll be able to pick it up at 10% off during the pre-purchase period (before it launches on the 20th).<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think? Are you sold enough by the classic feel to make a purchase? Let us know if you&#8217;ll be getting this one with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g-TbnGw0pzk?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Kemco has shared the news that RPG Chronus Arc is now available for pre-purchase on Nintendo Switch. It launches just next week on 20th December. The story of this one follows Loka, a young boy who is training to become a Sorcerer Knight. Loka is heading off to find the Chronus Fragments, which [&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-68893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68893","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=68893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}