One of the most successful Kickstarters of all-time
The curtain has fallen on thecrowdfunding campaignfor retro-infused RPGEiyuden Chronicle. From a $500,000 target, developer Rabbit & Bear Studiossuccessfully secured over $4.5 million USDin capital from just over 45,000 backers.
This incredible figure registers as the third-highest final total for a video game in Kickstarter history, behind Izanagi Games’Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night($5.5 million) and Ys. Net’sShenmue III($6.3 million). Backers have smashed through a slew of stretch goals, securing extra maps and fortresses, voice acting, multiple language support, extra characters, mini-games, and many other fun features for the base adventure.
In addition, passing the $4.5 million mark has secured a standalone “companion game,” which in this case will be a town-building/management sim co-created with Natsume-Atari. The companion title is expected to launch well in advance ofEiyuden Chronicle, and will not only star some of the main adventure’s cast, but will give players the opportunity to get a head-start on crafting items and armour ahead ofEiyuden Chronicle’slaunch, tentatively set for 2022.
Eiyuden Chronicleis a 2.5D RPG, to be hailed as a heartfelt homage to the long dormant-but-belovedSuikodenseries. Boasting a mammoth cast of over 100 characters,Eiyuden Chroniclewill see players exploring the troubled kingdom of Allran, recruiting friends and allies while traipsing the land, galvanising the local community, and engaging in turn-based battles with armies of enemies. Several key members of theSuikodenteam are involved inEiyuden Chronicle’sproduction, including artist Junko Kawano andSuikodencreator Yoshitaka Murayama.
Eiyuden Chronicleis penciled for launch on PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and “Nintendo’s next generation console” in October 2022.
