Role-Playing Games of the 2020s, Part 3 Codexery

Loop8: Summer of Gods

Relive August 1983 to save a town from demonic Kegai.

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The game follows protagonist Nini and his classmates as they try to defeat demonic entities known as the Kegai.[1] Loop8: Summer of Gods is a coming-of-age time-travel RPG set in a rural Japanese town in the year 1983.[2] The game is a story-heavy JRPG featuring turn-based combat and a calendar-based time management system.[3]

Making and release

During a Japanese Nintendo Direct in February 2022, the Nintendo Switch version of Loop8 was initially revealed.[4] Sieg Games is the developer, while XSeed Games and Marvelous Entertainment are the publishers.[4] Yoichi Miyaji, the producer, has prior experience working on the Lunar and Grandia series.[4] Designer and scenario writer Yuri Shibamura put significant effort into recreating the nostalgic feel of 1980s Japanese culture.[4]

Noriyuki Iwadare composed both the game's soundtrack and its theme song "Love's Sweet Sorrow".[4] Seven of those chapters were translated into English and included as a booklet with physical copies.[5]

What the cited sources add

The Digitally Downloaded article describes Loop8 as a coming-of-age adventure where Nini was raised on a failed space station called Hope.[1] Nini returns to earth to spend his summer at one of the few remaining human sanctuaries.[1] The RPG Site interview states that the game takes place in the beautiful coastal village of Ashihara.[2] Shibamura explained that in the early 1980s, Japan had many old buildings because earthquake resistance standards were not yet defined.[2]

The Digitally Downloaded article notes that the game can loop, allowing players to rewind time to a certain point while retaining their current state.[6]

References

  1. "Loop8: Summer of Gods launching this June in the west – Digitally Downloaded", February 2023. facts only, no text reused. digitallydownloaded.net
  2. "Marvelous Europe shares Locales Trailer for Loop8: Summer of Gods; interview with game designer Yuri Shibamura | RPG Site". facts only, no text reused. rpgsite.net
  3. Wikipedia, "Loop8: Summer of Gods" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Loop8 Introduces Protagonist Nini AKA Novus Nemo", 7 January 2023; "New RPG LOOP8 Will Launch in Japan in 2022", 9 February 2022; "Loop8 Introduces Protagonist Nini AKA Novus Nemo", 7 January 2023; "Loop8 Introduces Protagonist Nini AKA Novus Nemo", 7 January 2023; "New RPG LOOP8 Will Launch in Japan in 2022", 9 February 2022; "New RPG LOOP8 Will Launch in Japan in 2022", 9 February 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Loop8: Summer of Gods" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "The catch-up coffee: Monday, February 14, 2022 – Digitally Downloaded", 15 February 2022; "Loop8: Summer of Gods Gets a New Trailer and Release Date", February 2023; "Loop8: Summer of Gods is a Time-Travel RPG from the Producer of Lunar and Grandia", 20 September 2022; "Loop8: Summer of Gods is a Time-Travel RPG from the Producer of Lunar and Grandia", 20 September 2022; "Marvelous Europe shares Locales Trailer for Loop8: Summer of Gods; interview with game designer Yuri Shibamura | RPG Site"; Agossah, "Loop8, The Centennial en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Loop8: Summer of Gods" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "New Trailer for Loop8: Summer of Gods Reveals March 16th Release Date in Japan | RPGFan", 24 October 2022 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "The catch-up coffee: Monday, February 14, 2022 – Digitally Downloaded", 15 February 2022. facts only, no text reused. digitallydownloaded.net

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Loop8: Summer of Gods (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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