Update [Wed 13th Sep, 2023 17:15 BST]: After being announced for Japan earlier this week, Sega has today confirmed that the Demon Slayer's upcoming party title, Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board!, will also receive a Western release in 2024.
The game will see you taking on the role of some familiar faces including Tanjiro Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibira and moving around a board containing several nods to the popular anime and manga series. Much like Mario Party, there will be minigames a-plenty and the game offers up to four-player multiplayer either local or online.
Have a peek at the following screenshots for a closer look at the game, or head over to the official Demon Slayer website for more information.
Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- Sweep the Board! will receive both its Western and Japanese release in 2024.
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Original article [Mon 11th Sep, 2023 15:30 BST]: The hugely popular anime and manga series Demon Slayer is going all Mario Party on us next year. Publisher Aniplex has announced Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Mezase! Saikyou Taishi!, a board game-style game, for Switch in 2024. Only a Japanese release is on the cards right now.
Despite the franchise's huge popularity, it only received its first video game adaptation in 2021 with the fighting game Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles, which came to Switch in 2022.
Mezase! Saikyou Taishi! looks to be a bit more amicable in the competitive department — depending on how you play Mario party-type games, anyway. Not many details have been revealed about the game just yet, but you can check out the announcement trailer up top or head on over to the official Demon Slayer website.
We had a good time with last year's fighting game, awarding it an 8/10 in our review for its lovely art style and compelling story — it's one Demon Slayer fans shouldn't miss, and we reckon this party game will be much the same. Hopefully we'll see a western release, too...
Are you a Demon Slayer fan? Do you want to check out this board game-style title next year? Let us know in the comments.
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Um... what? lol I'm interested.
Didn't you guys watch the Board Game arc? This is clearly an adaptation of that smh
Tanjiro is Mario, Nezuko is Peach, Zenitsu is Luigi and Inosuke is Wario. It all makes sense!
theyre bringing back the day/night cycle from mp6 that nintendo is too scared to
but this actually looks nice, im so used to these kinda anime only getting fighting games
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I can’t believe they would do this to Demon Slayer!
Demon Slayers the anime with the dragon balls right?
If you have not played them yet, try the RICHMAN series of games. They are sort of a light mix of Monopoly and Mario Party or Fortune Street.
Oh my god I will still play this even if there is no western release
This is wacky as hell, but it's nice to see an anime game that isn't a fighting game or an RPG.
Is is just me or do the videos never load anymore on NindendoLife's website?
finally! a worthy opponent against Mario Party and Momotaro Dentetsu.
jokes aside, i will definitely get it day 1.
I don't care what hoops I have to jump through, I will find a way to play this game. My wife and I are big fans of both Mario Party and Demon Slayer, so this is a match made in heaven for us!
I went to a sushi conveyor belt restaurant that was 'Demon Slayer themed'. Every 5 plates so would activate a little mini-game that was pure chance. If you won, a gacha-pon dispensed itself onto the table.
I mean, I guess its better than another arena brawler.
That was unexpected and awesome. I'm down for it!
Uh, okay.😅 Great.
@BirdBoy16 No! Demon Slayer is the anime about a ramen shop, duh!
If this comes to NA, I'm 100% getting this! I love all things Demon Slayer!!!
EDIT: It is! Woo!!!
@B_Lindz I thought I was the only one!
ive never seen demon slayer but im really interested all of a sudden
@epicgamner I highly reccomend the show, one of the best animes going at the moment.
Okay, this sounds really cool. Mario Party style video games but with a different character Universe. Yeah, more o'this please. All in for Demon Slayer iteration
Really looking forward to this, me and my partner are huge demon slayer fans and recently finished the swordsmith village arc so this will fill the gap whilst waiting for the next season
@UltimateOtaku91 haha, ill def get around to it one of these days. College and persona 5 take priority for now LMAO
If I close my eyes I can clearly see the top of a cartoonish stone tower in the middle of an infinite sea, seen from a bird eye view. Atop it sit 4 beautiful anime teenagers, each at the corner of an imaginary square. An Oni spawns at the very center. The Mario Party 1 narrator shouts in a child-like manner "Slay!" as a very SD jpeg clock starts to count down
This seems whack and yet I'm totally going to buy it...
...What? I love Demon Slayer and Mario Party! Unorthodox is just right~
Random “not Mario party” spin-offs is actually quite popular and common for anime games. It’s just rare those get localized. Guess localizers are banking Demon Slayer name will carry.
@Fizza The ending was crazy, I didn’t think inosuke was capable of such things.
I don't know how people can watch any anime that DOESN'T have a Mario Party-like video game adaptation. It's a must for any manga or anime!
Cool, hopefully it gets a physical release.
@B_Lindz You're not the only one
Surprised this is getting a Western release, but I'm all for it even though I haven't watched/read Demon Slayer yet (definitely want to do so eventually)!
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