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Yeah please do, I would like a new game to look forward to on the switch. I am very happy that the artist life was added (obvious reasons) but with how you're describing their advertising...oof that is rough. Really hoping this game doesn't suffer from the EarthBound effect where that game flopped in the U.S. because of its marketing campaign, which would be a shame bc from what little I played on the 3DS, it is super charming and cute.

Fantasy Life (3DS) bangs, so when i saw that it was getting a Switch sequel, i was very happy.

Like happier than if a Tomodachi Life 2 was announced and Gay "Miitosis" babies were real. (I am normal and ordinary.)

So a friend and i have been following along with updates pretty closely, and when she sent me a link to the worst – and let me make this clear, the WORST – presentation from Level 5, i watched it and started giving timestamps of when things we haven't seen were shown...

To the Japanese viewers (no English subs, my friend sent a youtuber reacting who could normally translate) this was promised to be "A big show about 40 minutes long that would talk about new updates like a new Life (aka class)!". I was definitely interested, this series is one of my Autistic special interests, as well as a favorite childhood game, so i watched.

It ended up actually being 50 minutes of two comedians rambling while a lead developer showed screenshots that most of the people interested in the game would have already seen via their website, or their most recent trailer.

The youtuber (Shoutouts!) who seems to know enough Japanese to get by, was pretty much groaning and uncomfortable the entire time and was struggling to say much besides "they're rambling", "they're just talking about..." and "i don't know what's really going on", while reading the Japanese comments in chat (which he was saying they were losing interest as well 😬).

To save any fellow Fantasy Life fans the trouble, i will compile the new information we did get, along with linking the previous English trailers and the English website!

Keep in mind, i did not played Fantasy Life Online, so this will be new information from a 3DS-only player's perspective.

(Feel free to ignore and just watch for the trailers, but i did break down the new information in those two!)

Teaser shown in the Feb. 8th, 2023 Nintendo Direct:

A pretty standard, as expected, basic trailer one would expect from a game like Fantasy Life in this day's culture. Besides some super minor plot details – story takes place 1,000 years in the past, they're trying to restore the future – there's nothing new or interesting here for anyone who's played the 3DS game, BESIDES a new game. 2023 release date.

Level5's version of the Teaser:

A different version of the trailer that reveals an Animal Crossing: New Horizons-style island terraforming mode. (An easier/faster looking method shown in the Sep. 23rd presentation)

First Trailer:

Mostly just an extended version of the teaser to make it feel like a more marketable trailer. Some interesting new details are that:

There are WAY less hairstyles and colors... So i HOPE there will be more unlocked throughout, instead of just being available at startup? (Or maybe i'm missing something?)

Items on the ground are auto-collected upon walking over them

New Paladin Master, likely new Masters for other Lives (Lifes??) too

Two mystery Lives revealed in the selection of ones we've seen before (as of September 23, we know which Lives they are)

Town Builder Mode? (Gameplay shown of a different feature or updated version shown in the Sep. 23rd presentation)

Four character parties now, as opposed to the 3DS' three

Combat dodge roll

Combat UI Shown

Damage indicators look bigger and more defined

Combat button prompts

(Button prompts: L to Lock-on, R to Sheath weapons, X to Use shield, A to Attack, Y (Upper left of screen) to Use pouch item, X+A for SP using attacks (i assume like the X attacks when shield is unequipped/the attacks when using the other weapon-types?)

The website:

FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

FANTASY LIFE i: The Girl Who Steals Time

A new chapter of Fantasy Life that transcends time!（Nintendo Switch）

The website has actually been pretty useful as for getting new information with stuff that might be being teased as well!

The avatars they use as defaults seem to be wearing a sailor outfit and a safari/explorer outfit in multiple screenshots. (Personal belief is that they're for a story-driven Life that hasn't been revealed yet. More on that below!)

Avatar creator screenshot that reveals a lot less eye options, looks like hair isn't the only choice being gutted, probably every option is

New Farmer Life! It has a Hoe icon! It's a gathering one!

"Battle" Lives are categorized in Blue, "Gather" are Green, and "Create" are Pink

The other mystery Life is after all the pink, Create Lives, so spoilers, it's one of those!

...Aaaand the website was updated! So even though the section showing the full choice of Lives has one grayed out with a question mark... The next section has right there in the Create section with a big, red "New!" symbol! Wow! It's the Artist! With a Paintbrush icon! I am so excited to make more furniture, instead of having new ways to fight/make myself stronger! 🥲 (If we can't at least use this to create weapon charms or armor decorations or something...)

A section with one screenshot for House customization, Town Planning Mode, and Island Restoration, respectively.

A section teasing how to unlock new NPCs in your town/game

A section with scrolling screenshots that show the Sailor and Safari outfits multiple times

Here are the list of Lives we know are in because of the website!

And the full Sep. 23, 2023 JP-only presentation, if you wish (please read below!):

Here's the original stream, it is entirely in Japanese, with no English subs. I do not speak Japanese so i watched a Youtuber who knows a lot more than i do reacting to it, the link to that is below.

Shoutout to King Goose!

YouTube

🔴The BIG REVEAL! RELEASE DATE?! - Community Stream - Fantasy life i

It's finally time for Level5 big reveal! special game show for fantasy life i can we get a release date? Join the community stream with the

This presentation sucks. So i will give timestamps to the interesting parts!

PLEASE READ: All timestamps provided are from the Ming Goose reaction video, i do NOT have timestamps for the original stream. The timestamps are [Minutes:Seconds] FYI.

At 27:30: They show some gameplay of a new town editor that seems to have all or most of the Island Restoration (The terraforming feature) built in as well

At 28:45: They show the town center being restored from some ruins we've seen in previous trailers

At 33:00: There's a screenshot of new plushling characters (and King Goose talks about Real Plushling Plush Toys being shown on a couch or couches! Fantasy Life merch real??)

At 34:20: They announce they will be playing the game.

At 35:40: They actually start showing gameplay of the cooking minigame (keep in mind the times look close together, and you may watch through, but it is actually unbelievably painful with how much time is being and has previously been wasted to this point)

At 37:45: Goose starts explaining that the gameplay is just the Japanese Event demo, and that there will be another presentation the next day. Gameplay showing the characters walking around the hub world available in the demo happens around 37:40

At 39:00: A combat tutorial appears, followed by a combat demonstration at 39:35

At 43:10: A fishing tutorial appears, followed by fishing gameplay at 43:55

At 50:50: The New Life is finally revealed as Artist. (King Goose heard Designer however, but that may just be the Japanese name for it!)

At 55:00: The original Japanese stream ends.

Throughout the stream they announce there will be another stream tomorrow (time listed on the website)

I will probably add a new section for the presentation happening tomorrow if people want it, so reblog, save, whatever and let me know if you're interested in seeing that.

My Sailor/Explorer is a Life theory: (Feel free to skip!)

In reference to Lives and the Sailor and Safari Explorer outfits, my theory: (because the presentation section had very little to actually show, considering the attention it demands).

There have been a LOT of screenshots of the avatars in the starting, leather outfit, them in the Safari Explorer outfit, and them in the Sailor outfit. I don't know if that's just all we'll have at the beginning, or if the latter two will be part of a story-driven Life.

The reason i'm leaning on Life, especially for the Sailor fit, is because of a screenshot that i saw in the 3 minute trailer that shows multiple Lives, with their icons, Life Names, and Life Titles/Ranks, where the Sailor is shown, but is the only one that doesn't have a unique icon or name (the ranks are all very likely just "Novice or Fledgling").

I'm wondering if that's because it is a placeholder, because Level5 is terrified of giving us information or something...

Probably cringe but i marked the Life icons/names of the second screenshot to show what i'm rambling about. Red are the Lives that have a unique name and icon, Green are the Paladin (Top Middle), and the "Sailor/Explorer" (Bottom Middle) name and icon, and Blue might be the Life Ranks? They may also be the characters above next to the smaller icon, and maybe what i highlighted is actually the character's name?

Regardless, it is strange how often these outfits are shown, including in cutscenes and promotional material/art...

(Image ID: A screenshot of the final section on the website, showing a screenshot of an avatar with the Safari outfit, running from some enemies above some text, and another screenshot of the same avatar in a cutscene looking up from the ground, shocked below the text. Text below it says "Why not start a new Life?" End ID)

Of course this also could just be this "default" player avatar's signature outfit... That seems to be a common trope happening lately with gaming companies.

Regardless, Level5 do better!

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Print ad in the 2003 "Who Are You?" Nintendo ad campaign whereby Nintendo characters were presented as taped over live action scenes, featuring Mario.

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having a resting bitchface is so funny because i'll be doing something relaxing, and really enjoying myself and my face will look like this

My one dream car I'll never have.

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Y'all talking about how sus his speech is meanwhile my idiot ass thought he was missing a hand in the first half

Early concept art sketches for the Steam Gardener NPCs from the Wooded Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey, seen in the Art of Super Mario Odyssey book.

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Bonus points if you talk like you have an audience!

Talking to myself out loud like a point and click protagonist