Update #43: Estimated release in 2018

Yes. I remember the other day when I was working alongside Michiru Yamane san making a theme for clock tower zone in the castle. Then Ippo Yamada san entered the room and told me he'd let me do the boss theme too. Then my wife broke into my bedroom, woke me up, then ordered me to put away the trashes and go to work.

Part of that sweet dream could seriously come true if I broke my piggy bank and go for "Igaventure" tier. I'd surely ask him if he can bring Yamane san over too. Atleast I'll get to meet them for real. =)

im completely ok with this, wouldve been a cool bonus if the ks required placeholder we bulldozed through on our way to 5.5mil had been doable, but a great game takes time and a good team, and Igas willing to take that time to let him and his team work their magic ^_^

I'm not saying they will acept everything that the feedback had. I'm saying that they will listen to what people said on the Demo feedback and will react accordingly.

IGA already said that he is open for opinions, discussions and new ideas, but that, in the end, the game will be based around his own, personal vision and that he really thinks that this is what most fans and backers want.

I think we don't need to worry about this. They will listen and will surely do some small changes on the game regarding the feedback, but nothing more than that. Even so, that requires more time to implement, wich also makes sense for the postponed release.

I'm sorry, but I just couldn't read that without thinking about the guy from Annie Hall who argues with an author over what their work was really about. Nobody played older IGA games and thought "Oh boy, moderate walking speed!"



I'd rather see IGA and his team make the game they wanted to make, even if it meant changing things from older games they worked on like the walking speed because they tested feedback and went "Oh yeah, this actually is better. I want this now."

I was going to post that myself. Every negative comment or "this is just like x thing!" has a reply that corrects against it with a bunch of likes. dimlitcandle

I felt for a fact this game was not hitting March 2017, and forget the notions this is a new IP. That was a target date for nostalgia, not a genuine release: March 2017 is the 20th anniversary of SotN, and that's the only reason it was pitched in the Kickstarter.

That said, I am surprised it's missing 2017 in full. You would have figured that by E3 they would have a floorplan of when features, systems, ideas, and implementations on how they're going about it and have a timeline available in some capacity. Being able to even showcase the opening location, almost as if it's complete, makes missing 2017 even more surprising to me. The current target date gives the impression something is weird with development, like a huge offshoot of issues, or they've finally hit an "oh shit" moment with having to make the game in full and its promised features. Especially as they've only announced they're aiming for it now. Adding apparently another development team only points in this way, as well...


I mean, consider how one of the goals was a fully-orchestrated soundtrack. We've heard no song yet that shows this. Things like that are going to add up, and I imagine they're now in the phase to really start seeing this.

Hey ya'll,thought I'd stop by and say howdy since I not been here in awhile
Just wanted to say I expected this delay in fact I am sure I wrote somewhere around these forums months ago I expected a delay,and unlike FF15 which notified people like me 6 weeks before release irritating me IGA has let us know months ahead and has even hired additional staff

With the Demo seen,I am confident this game is in good hands,Just be sure someone tells IGA to not let deep silver produce any game trailers for this game and I think we will be ok,if your confused by what I mean...well check out the mighty number 9 trailer they did and prepare to cry like an anime fan on prom night

Q4 2019 to Q1 2020 is my ideal release date. 2018 for me is the main campaign what with all the assets major and small having to be built from the ground up as well as a fluid combat system and a serviceable plot. Where as a 2019-2020 release will also include extensive game testing and major tweaks on the bonus content such as the asynchronous multiplayer mode, rogue like mode, the two extra playable characters and finally NG+.

Anything longer then Q3 2020 seems like the devs have wasted time in earlier years. Exceptions maybe scraping major components of the game but by year 4-5 I imagine the funds running dry. My head is budgeting around 1.2 mil per year being spent on this game.

I am also on the boat for "all in one package" on release date. So I may be a bit miffed at a 2018 campaign release followed by promised content down the road. The 4-5 year dev time is my personal timeline of how an extremely polished igavania will be created.

Geez, the stuff you miss when you're getting your soul sucked out by your Advanced College Writing professor. 

Anyways, yeah, I have to agree with most of the people here. I think its perfectly fine that its coming out in 2018. It was a pretty advanced announcement, about 6 months before the filler "March" release date, so it wasn't last minute or anything. I have to say, I'm kind of relieved they decided to delay it. The 6 month frame they were working with was starting to get me anxious.  It seemed rather "boxed" in to accomplish everything.

Also, this community...probably the best one I've seen. You guys are rare breeds.