I absolutely adored the original Fantasy Life on 3DS. Loved Ever Oasis, too. For some reason, I always kinda viewed the two as a pair, even though they had nothing to do with each other.

Anyhow, I read a couple months ago that there’s a new Fantasy Life game coming to Switch later this year, and it really got me looking forward to it. I’m a little worried that there hasn’t really been much in the way of promotion for the title, but what I’ve seen looks promising.

Anyone else got this game on their radar?

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    1 year ago

    Yes, this is the first I’ve heard of a second one and it’s the best news I’ve heard all day. I loved the first game and have been hoping to find something like it on the switch. It’s just good, cute fun!

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      1 year ago

      Absolutely! I’m looking forward to it, and also hoping a port of the original. I’d love a port and or/sequel of the spiritual sister game, Ever Oasis, too.

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    1 year ago

    I still haven’t played the original, despite it sitting on my shelf and that I purchased the DLC for it before the eShop went dark… 🤦

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      1 year ago

      Are you planning on buying the sequel? And if so, are you planning on playing through the first game before you play the sequel?

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        1 year ago

        I hope to play the original game before I ever play the sequel. Whether or not I purchase the sequel will depend how I enjoyed the first game. If I can’t get through enough of my 3DS backlog to get to it before the opportunity to buy the new game goes away - I may just purchase it (assuming the reviews are good) and add it to my backlog as well.

        Having a family really eats into any video game time I might have had… Someday I’ll get to play these games!

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          1 year ago

          I know the feeling. At some point, you just have to decide what to prioritize in the backlog, and what to let go.

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            1 year ago

            Or be like me, and don’t let go of anything. There are game series where I have to play more than 6-7 games to play the current game, but I am still going to play them from the start.

            But I agree with you. If the game is not fun, I won’t waste too much time on it. I have learned to leave the game midway if they aren’t fun anyway. Not every game needs to be finished. Though if I am enjoying a game, I don’t mind playing it as much as I can. Hence, playing more than half a dozen games to get to current one. 😀

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              Sounds like I’m (at least) already there, I’ve been gaming since I was a kid and can count on one hand the number of things over the years I’ve let go. Including all the cardboard from every game and system I purchased.

              I’m also with you on your philosophy regarding finishing games. I play to play, and it doesn’t matter if the game is over or I get 100% completion. And if I come across a game in my library that I don’t enjoy… I still don’t get rid of it, I may come back a year or two later and find that it clicks with me then. 🤷🏻

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                1 year ago

                Yeah, sometimes you just aren’t in the right mood. So, re-visiting the game can make you like it more.

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          1 year ago

          Family tends to do that. But I heard when the little ones enter teenages,you get a lot more free time. Haven’t reached that stage yet myself though, so it’s just anecdotal.

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    1 year ago

    I have the original and bought the DLC before the eShop closed. I love the game, but got about half way before I got distracted and lost my place. I know that I can replay cut scenes (and the story is not that important), but I feel like it would be better for me to restart from scratch. I just need to get it back to the front of my game queue.

    If I ever manage to complete it, I will probably get the sequel to celebrate.

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    My kid played the hell out of it on the 3DS when she was little. Now she’s not so little and she’s dying for a new version.

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    1 year ago

    Yes! The first one was a hoot. The online one for the phone was so shit, stupid gacha crap.

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      Yeah, I never played it. As far as I know, it was only officially released in Japan, and AFAIK the hacked versions you could play outside of Japan were pretty broken by the lack of proper online functionality. I sit in this weird grey area of being disappointed that we didn’t get it released in the US, but also being aware that we probably dodged a bullet with that, and we might not be getting Fantasy Life i at all if the mobile game damaged the franchise here.

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        1 year ago

        The mobile version did come out in the US at the end of 2021. It was shut down last February.

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          Wow. It can’t have been good at all for it to have flown completely under my radar. I just remember a lot of disappointment when it released in Japan that it was a gacha game that had next to nothing to do with the original gameplay-wise.