There’s no mention of Zodiac in any marketing materials or story synopsis. Still, it’s an intriguing sensation to stumble into a new game that appears to be a previous game, reincarnated six years later. Kobojo doesn’t exist anymore was Artisan Studios started by ex-employees? Or did Nojima keep the rights to his work and shop them to a new company for a second try? The internet has no answers for me, as far as I’ve looked. But I do wonder how these games are connected, aside from the obvious names involved. Some of the characters even look practically identical, albeit in very different roles and stories. While there doesn’t seem to be a direct connection to Zodiac, both games are set in a world Nojima authored called Orcanon, and much of the games’ art direction is conceptually identical. Once again, we have a French/Canadian developer working with Nojima and Sakimoto on a Japanese-inspired and still side scrolling RPG. Related: A Bunch of New Indie Games Shadow Dropped at The Indie World Showcaseįast-forward several years later, and here we are with Astria Ascending. Unfortunately, I wouldn’t hear much more from Zodiac, and while it did release on mobile platforms, I never got around to playing it before it was delisted, and planned PS4 and Vita versions never came to be. Also, Kazushige Nojima and Hitoshi Sakamoto of Square Enix fame were involved, giving Zodiac hella street cred. It was a free to play mobile game, but a single player JRPG-inspired romp from a European developer (Kobojo). Despite the environment, Zodiac was fascinating. It was introduced to me at a wine bar, with a malfunctioning demo iPad. Zodiac is another game I stumbled upon, at E3 that same year. This game has roots, or connections, or is directly correlated to a 2015 mobile game called Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey. At first I couldn’t put my finger on it, but eventually the pieces fell into place. I had never heard of this game before, but yet I knew I had seen this game before. When Astria Ascending, a new side scrolling JRPG from Artisan Studios (Super Neptunia RPG), came across my desk I had a strong feeling of Deja Vu.
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