This week’s Famitsu reveals that Shoji Masuda (Oreshika’s creator!) is partnering up with NIS and Pyramid to remake his 2007 mobile game Hero Must Die. It’ll be out on PS Vita in Japan in February. The official site opens on the 16th, but here’s a description from Gematsu:
The hero of Hero Must Die only has five days to live. This is following a bout with the demon king, through which he was killed. But even with the demon king’s defeat, the world still faced a number of problems. Thus, the hero is granted five more days to live, and as him, players can take on a variety of actions that result in different endings. New elements include:
New scenarios across every heroine, as well as two brand new heroines.
Music arrangement and new music by Kenji Ito.
A voiced main character.
Characters include: Hero (voiced by Tsubasa Yonaga) Yuria the Angel (voiced by Asami Imai) Devil King (voiced by Tsuguo Mogami) Princess Flora (voiced by Rie Murakawa)
Staff includes: Planning, Game Design, and Scenario – Shoji Masuda
Music – Kenji Ito
Character Design: Tetsu Kurosawa
Development: Pyramid
Producer: Moto Suganuma
