Metal Slug Team Revives Lost GBA RPG Navinosuke for 2027 Release

AUTOMATON West interview with Navinosuke: The Yo-kai Buster director and programmer Shinano Ishiguro (Seki Ryota).
Original headline at AUTOMATON WEST: “Navinosuke: The Yo-kai Buster is a faithful rebuild of Metal Slug developer’s long-lost game. We ask the director what it took to bring back the obscure creature collector from over 20 years ago”
Key facts
- Release Date
- 2027
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam)
- Developer
- Kohachi Studio
- Publisher
- Happinet
Tags
- #Happinet
- #Interview
- #Kohachi Studio
- #Navinosuke
- #Nintendo Switch
- #RPG
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