Those wishing to experience the strayegy-RPG The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- on the Nintendo Switch can now do so, as a playable demo has recently been made available to download onto the Nintendo eShop. A demo was previously made available on Steam (for Windows PC), and the full game is scheduled to be released globally on 24th April 2024 for both Nintendo Switch and Windows PC.
The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- is a strategy-RPG, with visual novel elements to help deliver the story, and comes from the creative minds behind Danganronpa and sees players in the perspective of Takumi Sumino after gaining the Hemoanima ability. In addition to the Nintendo Switch demo, a new gameplay trailer has been released that gives us a detailed look at the game and how its played.
When not defending the school from invading monsters, protagonist Takumi will have time to explore the academy facilities, including access to the Training Room to practice virtual combat and earn Battle Points, upgrade class weapons in the Garage, interact with classmates to deepen bonds and raise combat stats, and much more as players progress through their 100 days.
Whenever the school is attacked by monsters, Takumi and his allies will need to rally to defend it! During tactical combat, players will build up Voltage by attacking and defeating enemies, which can be used by the team to unleash a powerful Special Attack. Voltage can also be generated when an ally dies which, thanks to the advanced technology at the Academy, is only a temporary inconvenience as all students are revived following each battle. This opens up exciting new tactics where wounded allies can use powerful Last Resort attacks, sacrificing their life to deliver a devastating blow and generate Voltage for the team.
As a reminder The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- will be available digitally in both Standard and Deluxe Edition forms on both Nintendo eShop and Steam. Pre-orders will also grant access to a special novel. The Deluxe Edition will contain the base game, digital art book and digital soundtrack. In America XSEED Games will also release a physical edition (both standard and limited edition) with the product being sold through the XSEED Games store.
As it stands The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy- is only planned for a digital release in Europe, on both Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, with the game scheduled to release on 24th April 2025.
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