{"id":99708,"date":"2019-09-05T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/japan-only_anti-rpg_moon_is_getting_a_worldwide_switch_release_22_years_later"},"modified":"2019-09-05T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:00:00","slug":"japan-only-anti-rpg-moon-is-getting-a-worldwide-switch-release-22-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/05\/japan-only-anti-rpg-moon-is-getting-a-worldwide-switch-release-22-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan-Only &#8216;Anti-RPG&#8217; Moon Is Getting A Worldwide Switch Release 22 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24cca63614c42\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24cca63614c42\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/24cca63614c42\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6832gkaqkpk?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>Yesterday&#8217;s Japanese Nintendo Direct was slightly different to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/09\/round_up_everything_announced_in_the_september_2019_nintendo_direct\">the one we received<\/a> in the west, and amongst the differences was the news that cult classic <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/moon\">Moon<\/a><\/strong> is making a very welcome comeback.<\/p>\n<p>Described as an &#8216;anti-RPG&#8217;, the game originally released on PlayStation back in 1997. It stars a boy who is initially seen playing an RPG called &#8216;Moon&#8217; before being sucked into its in-game world. From there, players must explore the game&#8217;s world while on a mission to recover its missing moonlight by collecting &#8216;Love&#8217;. <em>It&#8217;s basically like Inception, but more moon-y<\/em>. It has some pretty intriguing ideas behind it, for sure, and could be a great game for anyone interested in Japanese-only releases.<\/p>\n<p>You see, the game was supposed to arrive in North America around the same time as the original Japanese release, but publisher ASCII US eventually <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/1997\/10\/08\/ascii-drops-rpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">decided against it,<\/a> despite the game being heavily promoted at that year&#8217;s E3. 22 years later, and here we are with a western release on a Nintendo console.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a list of key features, straight from indie dev studio Onion Games:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>[KEY FEATURES]<br \/><\/strong>\u2022 Conquer a game with a clear conscience in this Zero-Battle RPG! Free monsters\u2019 souls!<br \/>\u2022 Collect dozens of \u201cMoonDiscs\u201d containing original songs, and choose your own favorite background music!<br \/>\u2022 Follow the real-time daily lives of Moon World\u2019s NPCs, day and night, all week long!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s true! Onion Games is bringing the cult-classic &#8220;anti-RPG&#8221; MOON to the Nintendo Switch&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; in English for the very first time!<\/p>\n<p>The game will be out in Japan on October 10th, and available in English worldwide&#8230; not too long afterward!<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GCvU7ND4nv\">https:\/\/t.co\/GCvU7ND4nv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MwMb6upTkQ\">pic.twitter.com\/MwMb6upTkQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Onion Games (@oniongames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oniongames\/status\/1169393628520861701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As you can see in the tweet above, Moon is set to launch in Japan on 10th October, but the worldwide English-language release is also coming soon after.<\/p>\n<p><em>Intrigued? Let us know if you&#8217;ll be keeping an eye out for more on this one with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6832gkaqkpk?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1&#038;w=900&#038;h=507] Yesterday&#8217;s Japanese Nintendo Direct was slightly different to the one we received in the west, and amongst the differences was the news that cult classic Moon is making a very welcome comeback. Described as an &#8216;anti-RPG&#8217;, the game originally released on PlayStation back in 1997. 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