Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Has Been Delayed Again

Oh, gosh...
I hope the game will not get canceled. 😟
For just in case, release the game also on PS5, for smooth 60 FPS.

This game keeps getting its development time stolen

I hope the TO THE WORLDS CHILDREN event doesn’t also get delayed again… and I hope Level 5 are ok

At this point just move the project for a Switch 2 release. We don't need it on Switch anymore.

Last year I was excited for Suikoden and this. Guess I won’t see either of these this year. Might revisit the 3ds Fantasy Life

Will buy this game no matter what day 1. I think lol

I remember seeing someone on Gamefaqs saying the original Fantasy Life took them 2000 hours to 100% complete, so the delays for this one are understandable.

Honestly, October is packed anyway, as we'll all be busy with Zelda Echoes of Wisdom, then later that month there's The Plucky Squire, Mario Party Jamboree, Shin Chan: Shiro of Coal Town and Sonic X Shadow: Generations.

Level-5 Actually Release A Game Challenge (Difficulty: IMPOSSIBLE)

No worries. I have plenty of backlog to keep me busy until its eventual release.

A pity, I was looking forward to this one, but if this is to have the game improved, I won't mind. Perhaps they want to release Decapolice this year as well, and so they don't want them to collapse.

Anyway, I was hesitating between this and Ys X, so now it's settled lol.

@LXP8 2000h what the actual F-
I remembered about this game recently and realized I was not going to play it on release. 3DS version is still playable so I'll go with it if I get the time meanwhile.

Better late than never I always say.

A bit disappointed, but I'll still take it as long as it doesn't end up being another "Dragon: Marked for Death".

I just really really hope they don't cancel the game. I was heavily addicted to the 3DS release back in the day so I'm really looking forward to this game. But also, with Astro Bot and Sonic x Shadow Generations coming out, I'll have plenty to play this fall.

Now a Switch 2 launch title that will get lost against Nintendo's own heavy hitter.

@LXP8 Yeah, I'm actually kind of relieved it was delayed. That, and if it's to reduce crunch or give the game extra polish, I'm all for it.

I'll buy it day one, though. I really want to support Level 5 in the US.

Why am I not surprised, Level 5 seem to be all over the place. There was supposed to be three games releasing last year and none of them did, seems like none of them will be releasing this year either.

I just want it to be good. The original is an all timer.

It was practically going to launch on the same day as Metaphor, so this actually works in my favor.

I'm not in a rush for it...but what is going on with Level-5?
They have some great games but there's something weird going on there. Like it's one of those offices you just know is a disaster.

I downloaded the mobile game on release and that was a hot mess. If I recall correctly it got shutndown really quickly too.

Ah, modern gamer problems - I guess delays are inevitable when many games have gotten so inconceivably big over the years. I feel like delays were a problem back in the 8- and 16-bit days, but not as often nor as lengthy. Or maybe we just weren't as marketed to, back in the wholesome pre-internet days.

Yep, typical Level 5 release where it gets delayed again and again.. Yikes. Well, if it gets delayed AGAIN after this, then consider my interest gone

On the other hand, there's quite a few games releasing this October anyway.. the game would've been buried and forgotten if it did release then. Let's just hope we don't have to wait TOO long.

Honestly it’s probably a good thing, October looks to be the busiest month of the year and releasing close to metaphor the d4 expansion dragon age and Ys x would probably get it lost in the shuffle.

DAMMIT!

okay, now to read the article as to why...

@Olrun My mistake, I found the post I was referring to and it actually took them 2860 hours to 100% 🤣

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/971712-fantasy-life/78073920

Article doesn't say.
Interview doesn't say, but I can read between the lines (lies)
This game is now going to be a Switch Successor launch window title!

@LXP8
There's a limit to the Dosh?
Holy heck!

But when is Level 5 Vision? Are we going to have to wait for the announcement for the announcement?

Something tells me that trouble is brewing at Level-5. These consent delays are less of a "Let's let it bake a few more months to make sure it's fully done" and more of a "Nope, let's throw this out and start ALL over. If I was Nintendo, I would buy a 25% stake in the company to find out what the heck is going on to cause all this confusion and delay.

Ever feel like Level 5 has more events to announce new delayed again release dates than any other developer?

I'd probably be pretty unhappy about this if I didn't still have a mountain of games to dig myself out of. With the threat of running out of entertainment slowly fading into distant memory, these days I'm fairly content to wait however long it takes for a game to be ready. Better that than it releasing half-baked.

On one hand, delayed games are delayed for a bit, while bad games are bad forever.

On the other hand, ME WANT FANTASY LIFE. ME ANGRY!

Least shocking news tbh.

Gonna be terrible for the games sales missing the holiday and probably arriving about when Switch 2 is about to hit.

Level-5 is really absolute garbage at getting games out the door and handling the marketing sensibly.

They have a metroid Prime 4 situation with most their major releases nowadays...

Good! I’d rather have a finished game full of content than a rushed sloppy affair. Especially since this is a pretty niche series so there’s a potential this may be the last we see in the west.
Make it a banger for the fans please!

This is getting beyond a joke with Level-5. So unprofessional.

Take as long and you need to make the game experience fun. Just go ahead and send us an updated Fantasy Life out there while we wait.

It's insane that even their showcase keeps getting moved back. It was meant to happen in the Spring only to get moved to the Summer. Now it's almost the end of the Summer, and they're still not releasing a date for it.

I can't wait to play fantasy life, the 3ds game is one of the best game on 3ds. But it's a great news for my wallet because I'm buying romancing saga 2 and ys X already and I'll be playing zelda before that. And I'm not talking about my infinite backlog....

level=5 been delaying games or overpromising when they would have been released..

I was really looking forward to this one, actually the game I was most excited about in the second half of the year. However, I am hoping they release inazuma this year as that game seemed fun based on the demo, should have staggered their announcements as they were overly ambitious.

I'd rather this game sell well; and going against Zelda, Metaphor, Ys X, Mario & Luigi (soon after) would not bode well for sales.

Just hope it doesn't end up on Switch 2, this game is a system seller for me and I can't afford two new consoles.

Level-5 should be renamed to Delayed-by-5-Years

And here I thought Level 5 finally got their act together after the atrocious localization times of the 3DS era. Sigh.

Between this and the Suikoden remasters, it's kind of funny both my unrealistic pipe dreams got announced in the same year only to get delayed for who knows how long...

I have been waiting for 10 years. So I have no problem waiting a couple of more months. I just hope the experience will be just as marverlous as the 3DS game