Inti Creates has come through with a release date for Card-en-Ciel, its new card-battling RPG. It’ll head to Switch on October 24, 2024.
The Gunvolt developer first announced its latest game back in March. The reveal did not include any information regarding release timing. Now we know that it will be a later 2024 release.
In addition to the release date news, Inti Creates provided a new batch of details. Find the latest information below.
An in-universe game becomes real! “Divine Dynamo Flamefrit”
Inti Creates is turning fantasy into reality, creating a playable version of a game invented for Card-en-Ciel! Stay tuned for more details on “Divine Dynamo Flamefrit” !
About Divine Dynamo Flamefrit
Divine Dynamo Flamefrit is a 2D action game modeled after the styles of robot anime popular in the 90s.
“Divine Dynamo Flamefrit” is a 2D action homage to 90s fantasy and robot anime. Players are invited to adventure through the fantasy world in top-down view as young man summoned from another world, Yuuto Hino. When he encounters a boss battle, gameplay switches to 1st person action aboard his robot companion, Flamefrit.
Story
In the world of the “full-dive” VR game Rust Tactics, characters from other video games have started
to appear, complete with wills of their own. When a member of the dev team, Ancie, reaches out for help,
“Gaming Chair Detective” Neon springs into action to solve the mystery in the digital world. Venture through the games turned into dungeons, encounter heroes and heroines, make friends and save the gaming world!
Characters
- Neon (Voice: Aleks Le): A talented hacker who solves crimes that take place in full-dive VR worlds, also known as the “Gaming Chair Detective.” When he takes on Ancie’s request to help her in the world of Rust Tactics, he discovers what appear to be sentient characters from other games, kicking off an adventure across the game multiverse.
- Ancie (Voice: Christina Vee): A developer with Helios Interactive, makers of Rust Tactics, who reaches out to Neon for help when an incident occurs in the game world. Ancie supports Neon’s dungeon crawling in various ways, such as analyzing enemy data to create cards.
Game Outline – Point 1: Delve into roguelite virtual dungeons!
Freely roam around each dungeon to conquer it at your own pace. Defeating each enemy adds a powerful new ally to your deck of cards, but you’ll be able to skip battles and run straight to the boss when you’re ready to battle.
The number of turns you take in a dungeon will determine your score, so be sure to go fast when you’re aiming for a top score! When you enter a normal dungeon, your deck will be reset, allowing you to try out new strategies each time. But don’t worry, that doesn’t mean you lose the cards you gathered in the dungeon!
You’ll be able to use your collecting cards by bringing them with you into dungeons, as trump cards during critical moments, and in special Grand Battle Dungeons you’ll unlock while playing the game.
Point 2 – Each card is its own character!
Card-en-Ciel includes over 300 different cards featuring characters from in-universe video games, each with their own personality. Every card is fully voiced, from when you first earn it to when you use their special abilities in battle. They’ll even react when you’re doing well or in trouble, and talk to their friends and enemies while idle! The characters on your cards come alive thanks to the “Link Etude System” in Card-en-Ciel. In addition to in-universe game characters, Inti Creates game characters are also featured on cards!
Point 3 – Powerful Muses offer their support with 50 unique songs!
Special cards featuring “Muse” characters will begin singing in battle when you meet their requirements, providing powerful effects on top of your normal card abilities. The Muses’ songs were created as if they were featured in their respective games, down to the style of the era! 50 songs are included, from opening themes, endings, and hot-blooded battle songs. You can bring multiple Muses into battle, where their songs swap in as you meet their conditions, keeping the action lively.
Point 4 – Enjoy the full-fledged story!
The story unfolds across more than 10 dungeons, each with its own unique encounters, cards to collect, and Muses with new songs. Your dungeon dives culminate in a challenging boss fight against the featured game world’s heroes and heroines, with twists that tie into the games themselves. After clearing a dungeon, you’ll gain access to 10 additional difficulty settings. These hard modes not only power up enemies, but add new rules that you might even be able to use to your advantage to take on the tougher foes. In addition to the story mode, you can battle other players in real-time PVP, or challenge a daily dungeon to rank on the online leaderboards!
