Fantasy Life developer says it struggled with "compatible platforms and new hardware," but now the long-awaited 3DS game sequel is "shaping up to be an outstanding RPG"

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time trailer screenshot showing a a cyan ghost-like female figure floating as light glows behind her, her expression sorrowful or worried
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After 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a two-year delay, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time appears to ♚be on schedule for its planned April 2025 release♕ date on the Nintendo Switch, though developer Level-5 notes suspiciously that it's been toying with "compatible platforms and new hardware."

That's why "there has been a slight delay in the release of major news," CEO Akihiro Hino says on Twitter, Japanese gaming site Gematsu. Hino doesn't expand on what new hardware he's been busy brawling with, though his announcement has a peculiar smell to it… it almost sounds like Fantasy Life i could maybe, possibly be an 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming Switch 2 game.

show Fantasy Life i could be coming to Sony's console, too.

While the game hasn't yet been announceꩲd on any console other than the Switch, Hino says in another that some additional screenshots he posts are "still from the Switch version" – implying 𒀰other versions.

In an♊y case, Hino more plainly shares a crucial milestone for the life-sim RPG: "Theཧ game content has become significantly more enjoyable."

The last and only other Fantasy Life game released in 2012 for the 3DS, so while, truthfully, any cute call back to that time in Ni🍨ntendo's history would be enough to satisfy me, I'm glad to hear that Level-5's sequel will also have "enjoyable" content on offer.

Hino also boasts th🌊at Fantasy Life i's twee, rainbow cereal "visuals have evolved," and that, overall, the game is "shaping up to be an outstanding RPG."

"New information will be released soon," Hino shares, "so please look🤪 forwa🐭rd to it!"

Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time looks like the RPG take on Animal Crossing: New Horizons that I've been waiting for.

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