It’s been a couple months since a trailer was shared for Ninja Slayer: Neo-Saitama in Flames, the upcoming game from developer Skeleton Crew Studio and distributors KADOKAWA (KADOKAWA Game Linkage) and ABC Animation. The game was previously just planned for PC via Steam, but now a Nintendo Switch version has been added along with a July 24, 2024 release date.July 24 is a big date for the series, because that’s also when the novel started being serialized on Twitter back in 2010. Ahead of launch, the game will be on display at Japan’s largest indie game event, BitSummit Drift, which is being held in Kyoto over the weekend of July 19-21 at the Miyako Messe Exhibition Center.You can see a few new screens below, starting with a look at the Ninja Dash feature:
Eight bosses await in stages that players can tackle in any order they like:
Defeating a boss unlocks a new special move:
Set during the “Neo Saitama in Flames” story arc, the Ninja Slayer game will be released in Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish and Portuguese. The Ninja Slayer novels by Bradley Bond and Philip Ninj@ Morzez have inspired manga and an anime adaptation titled NINJA SLAYER FROM ANIMATION, the latter of which was directed by Akira Amemiya and produced at anime studio TRIGGER. Source: Press Release
