Koei Tecmo is developing the new Otome Ruby Party game
As 2024 comes to a close, Famitsu continues its tradition of speaking with many game developers. It’s always an exciting opportunity to hear from every corner of the Japanese games industry, and this time is no exception. Koei Tecmo’s Mei Erikawa, director and brand manager of the company’s Ruby Party brand, shared some exciting news. Pioneer otome The game developer celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2024, and it’s hard to make a new game otome game. [Thanks, Famitsu!]
According to Erikawa, the goal is to create one otome Romantic game suitable for the modern era. In recent years, Ruby Party has developed games such as Buddy mission bond, Warrior Touken Ranbu, Angelique Luminariseand the seventh match in Harukanaru Toki no Naka de/Haruka: Beyond Time series.
Talk about Haruka: Crossing the Time StreamErika also mentioned that for the film’s 25th anniversary in April, various activities are being planned to commemorate the occasion. We’ll have to wait and see what she means, but with the most recent game in the series having been released in 2020, it wouldn’t be shocking to see some sort of announcement of a new entry. With that said, Ruby Party works regularly appear in many forms of media, so it really could be anything.
The first otome game developer, the name Ruby Party carries a lot of weight in the genre. Few of its games have ever been localized for the West, but there’s always the possibility that Koei Tecmo will change its mind.
