Crunchyroll just added a new adventure to retro libraries with a brand new Gameboy release sending its own mascot on Hime’s Quest.
We hadn’t heard of Hime’s Quest before, but this retro RPG is getting a physical release.
In a marketing move that’s got to be more audacious than the recent Xbox Oreo crossover, anime streaming giant Crunchyroll has just dropped a new game. Rather than set out to publish and promote magical girl mobile games, the otakus behind this outlandish venture have teamed up with Limited Run games to offer Gameboy owners the chance to snap up Hime’s Quest. The news dropped over the weekend and this unexpected addition to your collection of cartridges will cost around $44.99 or the local equivalent. It is up for pre-order on the Crunchyroll website now, but that still doesn’t tell us what you’ll be buying.
Thankfully, anybody looking to find out if this tangerine-colored title is a rehash of awful eighties corporate tie-ins can try out the entire game for free over on the Crunchyroll website. Both a browser version and ROM are available for no money down and it looks like this is a fully functional RPG.
Set in the days before high speed internet and simulcasts, this pixelated throwback plunges Curnchyrll-Hime into the year 199, where a malevolent force has crept into New Crunchy City, wreaking havoc on its technology and tragically destroying the Anime Club’s DVD / VCR combo player. Enter Hime to save the day! From here you’ll explore a top-down world full of haunted forests and mirage-filled deserts. Many powerful foes will appear before you, but you’ll always be able to kick back at the anime club. For those of you too young to remember a time when we had to wait months to huddle around a tiny TV and try to work out what exactly was going on ourselves, this might even be a quaint look at what came before.
Hime’s Quest is due to drop a physical release in May 2023. Until then you can visit the Kitsune Shrine on the official website. Once there you’ll be able to watch thousands of anime shows for free, or dispense with ads and get all your Demon Slayer with a monthly subscription. find out more on the Crunchyroll website now.
