Staff Asobi says that whereas “nearly 100%” of its most-wishlisted iconic Sony characters made it into Astro Bot, it finds it “troublesome to remark” why Sq. Enix characters had been lacking.
Speaking to journalist Stephen Totilo, Staff Asobi studio head Nicolas Doucet stated that regardless of hoping that “perhaps half” of the characters the group approached could be greenlit, most “companions simply raised their hand and stated, “Completely'”.
Nonetheless, not all characters on the record made it in. When requested why there was no Closing Fantasy 7‘s Cloud cameo, for example – or certainly, anybody from Nier or Kingdom Hearts – Doucet merely stated it “actually respect[s] the selection of every writer”.
“It is troublesome to touch upon [why Square Enix didn’t approve any cameos],” Doucet defined. “We actually respect the selection of every writer.”
Acknowledging the fragile stability between accessible characters that the majority gamers would recognise and “deep cuts” that fewer individuals could bear in mind, Doucet stated that the group accepted that “at that time, you are speaking to much less individuals”, however needed to incorporate extra obscure characters as a result of the gamers that know them “could have the fondest reminiscences”.
Sony and Staff Asobi just lately gave us our first peek at Astro Bot’s upcoming – and free – DLC add on.
This DLC will embrace 5 new on-line speedrunning ranges, in addition to 10 new bots to rescue. Whereas Staff Asobi hasn’t revealed all of them, we did get a have a look at the bot-version of Stellar Blade‘s Eve (a bot we suspected could be making an look) and a Helldivers 2 Helldiver within the new teaser trailer.
For extra on Staff Asobi’s pleasant platformer, a few of us at Eurogamer have collected our favorite Astro Bot moments right here.
