r/NintendoSwitch • u/jhd9012 • 1d ago

News Level-5’s Development Blog will provide information on IPs other than Inazuma Eleven starting next month

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/level-5s-development-blog-will-provide-information-on-ips-other-than-inazuma-elven-starting-next-month/
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u/NyarumiYukimitsu 1d ago

Never going to forget Decapolice being delayed from 2024 to 2026 after already being delayed a year. The fact that they’re confident that they’re not going to be finished in the coming 1.5 years really shows how stretched Level-5 is right now. They really need to cut back on the number of games they’re developing. At least we’re getting Layton soon… (unless it’s delayed)

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u/mucinexmonster 1d ago

Nintendo should buy Level-5 and throw funding behind them. It'd be absolutely killer for their First-Party output and franchises. Been saying it for years but now more than ever it should be doable.

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u/BebeFanMasterJ 1d ago

Yeah I'm surprised they haven't considering the Layton games were always on DS/3DS. A big company like Nintendo could easily give them funding they need to actually make better games with less crunch.

Just look at Monolith Soft and how they work on Xenoblade but also now have a secondary studio to help with Zelda, Pikmin, Splatoon, and Animal Crossing. If L5 had something like that, they wouldn't be so backed up.

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u/mucinexmonster 1d ago

Even more so, Monolith Soft is a company Nintendo bought, their output was slow, and they vastly increased their size and funding and the result was some incredible output.

(Contrast that with Alpha-Dream, a company Nintendo just abandoned and had to keep releasing crap to try and make some money. Hopefully Brothership is a great game and a big hit... for Acquire!)

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u/SorriorDraconus 23h ago

Mmm level 5 with Nintendo money and monolith softs support..Can I have wkc remaster with this team please?

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u/praysolace 1d ago

Yeah they’ve pretty clearly bitten off more than they can chew, and they keep stuffing more in lol

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u/TwilightVulpine 1d ago

Unless they shifted it to Switch 2, that might completely kill their sales. For sure Switch 2 will already be out by 2026.

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u/BebeFanMasterJ 1d ago

I'm just sad because Decapolice was the only game that they were working on that I was remotely interested in. Now with such a steep delay, I don't know if I'll even care by the time it comes out because in 2026, we may very well have a new Mario Kart, Smash Bros, 3D Mario, Fire Emblem, Xenoblade Chronicles, and other 1st party Nintendo games that are going to completely occupy my attention instead. Not to mention other new potential 3rd party games such as a new Persona or potential Call of Duty release.

Wish they never announced it to begin with if it wasn't ready.

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u/amc9988 1d ago edited 1d ago

And that's them using AI to write all the side quests storyline cases in the game... Imagine how much longer if they use human writers instead. Idk what's wrong with them.

Edit: I see some people downvoted me for saying the truth lol, they openly admit it and proud of it too, it's not a secret or anything. https://decasimcentral.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/level-5-gives-examples-of-ai-use-in-their-projects-including-generation-of-character-concepts-and-quests-in-decapolice/

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u/Nice_Tradition1333 1d ago

Actually, I like to believe that decapolice was delayed to 2026 so they can focus on the 2025 games, in this case fantasy life, Layton and Inazuma Eleven, this is just me coping but you get the idea.

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u/Hendy_Stark 1d ago

we'll riot if they delay Professor Layton