PlatinumGames is heading to PAX East, and it’s bringingThe Wonderful 101with it.
The developer, in an update made via its Kickstarter on Wednesday, announced it will have a booth at the Boston-based convention, set up with playable Nintendo Switch versions ofThe Wonderful 101: Remastered. Additionally, studio head Atsushi Inaba andThe Wonderful 101’s director, Hideki Kamiya, will be talking about the past, present and future of the company in a panel titled “101 Things You Didn’t Know About PlatinumGames.” They will also be signing autographs all four days of the show.
From PlatinumGames' Kickstarter updates page:
“We have a very exciting announcement to make. We know a lot of our North American fans weren’t able to see us at Wonder Festival this year, but we have a very special treat for all of you that we think you’re going to love.
Members ofThe Wonderful 101: Remasteredteam are going to be at PAX East 2020 from February 27th to March 1st. We’ll have a booth at the event, with playable Switch versions ofThe Wonderful 101: Remastered, and plenty of delicious merch to buy, courtesy of our friends at The Yetee.
Oh, but that’s not all! We’re also going to be hosting a PAX panel session on Saturday the 29th, starting from 2pm, featuring both Inaba-san and Kamiya-san, live and in charge! This will be your chance to meet them in person, and find out “101 things you didn’t know about PlatinumGames”.
Not able to attend the panel? You’re in luck. PlatinumGames is going to be hosting autograph sessions all four days. Get Kamiya-san and Inaba-san’s signatures on a game, a poster, or anything else you bring with you.
We can’t wait to see you there!”
This will beThe Wonderful 101: Remastered’sfirst appearance on a show floor, coming less than a month afterthe announcement of its Kickstarter campaign, which had a Switch, Steam and PlayStation 4 port of the cult-classic action game successfully crowdfunded within hours of its launch.
As of early Thursday morning, the campaign has raisedmore than $1.6 million, hitting stretch goals that guaranteed the additions of a time attack mode and aside-scrolling epilogue mission. Copies of the game are expected to start shipping out sometime in April.
In that same update post, Kamiya also offered more insight intoThe Wonderful 101’sdevelopment history, showing off early concepts for the game’s protagonist, Wonder-Red (designed by Mai Okura) and its 99 other heroes.
“It was a lot of work to come up with 100 different ideas for how each of the Wonderful 100 would look,“Kamiya wrote. “But as far as the first member, Wonder-Red goes, he was actually decided on pretty quickly.”
you may see all those designs, along with one of the early options forThe Wonderful 101’stitle,by checking out Kamiya’s write-up in full here.
