Game Arts announces Picotto Knights for PS Vita

July 31, 2012 11:53PM PDT

By Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor

Newest game from Ragnarok Odyssey and Dokuro developer will be a free-to-play action-RPG featuring four-player online co-op.

Game Arts, the developers behind the Grandia and Lunar series, as well as recent fares like Ragnarok Odyssey and Dokuro, is working on a new action-RPG called Picotto Knights.

Japan's take on Castle Crashers will be on Sony's new portable system.

According to the official site of the game, Picotto Knights will be a free-to-play title and features up to four player online co-op play. Alternately, players can go solo and use AI-controlled versions of their previous co-op party members.

Actual combat will be real-time and presented in a side-scrolling perspective. Players control a soldier called a cocoroid who is highly customizable in terms of skillsets, appearances, and weapons-handling. The game offers up to eight different kinds of weapons for the cocoroid to wield, ranging from spears to bowguns.

The game will be out for the PS Vita. There is currently no release date announced for the RPG. For more information on Game Arts' previous effort, check out GameSpot's preview of Dokuro and Ragnarok Odyssey.

By Jonathan Toyad, Associate Editor

Born and raised from a jungle-laden village in Sarawak, Malaysia, Jonathan Toyad has been playing games since the early 90s. He favors fighting games, RPGs, and rhythm titles above every other genre, and occasionally spaces out like Pavlov's dog to video game music on his iPod.

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Leir_Bag

I don't know why is that doesn't sell on Japan. They get the good stuff and still boycot the damn thing. How ungrateful.

HatakeHyei

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WOW, Game Arts do 2 great games for the Vita and already a free game? Way to go GA.

mynameisram

Will this be released in the West?

pcty

@mynameisram It was not announced yet.

Ovirew

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Cool. If it's completely free and you don't need DLC to experience the entire offerings of the game, even better.

I like the graphics of this a lot better than Castle Crashers'.

TwighlightBlade

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@Ovirew Yeah I hope it's the same with PSO2.

maximumbarmage

Also announced at the same time was Guardian Hearts Online, another free to play, turn based RPG.

Looks like FTP is starting to take off on consoles at last.

Ovirew

@maximumbarmage Hopefully not for the worst.

3nd_Of_The_Lin3

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It reminds of Spiral Knights, at a first glance.

Facelord

@3nd_Of_The_Lin3 Yeah, that's what I was gonna say. It doesn't remind me of Castle Crashers, definitely reminds me of Spiral Knights.

Hm, that just makes me want Spiral Knights on the Vita.

Ovirew

@Facelord Idk, it really kinda does look like Castle Crashers at first glance. But I never played Spiral Knights so idk.

I get the feeling that this could actually end up being better than both games, but we shall see...

WolfGrey

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Sweet looks like fun but sounds almost EXACTLY like another certain game that came out on psn.

supermoc10

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@WolfGrey If it's as good as Castle Crashers then I'm getting this for sure. It's sounds awesome IMO.

itchyflop

@WolfGrey i think that's the point :)

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