Compile Heart has announced Villion: Code, s new “school RPG” by Megami Tensei and Persona series co-creator Kouji Okada. It will launch for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and Switch 2 on May 25 in Japan. The PS4 version will be a digital only release.
The following versions will be available
- Standard Edition
- PlayStation 5, Switch – 8,580 yen
- Switch 2 – 9,680 yen
- Limited Edition
- PlayStation 5, Switch – 10,780 yen
- Switch 2 – 11,880 yen
- Collector’s Edition
- PlayStation 5, Switch – 17,380 yen
- Switch 2 – 18,480 yen
Villion: Code is set in a near-future university town built on a floating island in Tokyo Bay, where students and teachers mutated into monsters roam. The dungeons are procedurally generated and take on the form of tube-shaped environments with no ceiling, allowing 360-degree movement in every direction in a mannersimilar to the classic arcade game Gyruss, while combat features “real-time speed action.”
The staff working on the game includes:
- Project Producer: Kouji Okada (ATLUS co-founder, Megami Tensei and Persona series co-creator)
- Scenario: Tadashi Satomi (Persona: Revelations and Persona 2: Innocent Sin / Eternal Punishment scenario writer)
- Sound Composer: Tsukasa Masuko (Megami Tensei, Megami Tensei II, Shin Megami Tensei, Shin Megami Tensei II, etc.)
- Character Design: Ilya Kuvshinov
- Theme Song: FRAM
- Voice Cast: Kengo Kawanishi, Aimi, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Atsushi Tamaru, Aoi Nagatsuki, Asami Shimoda