Publisher Shueisha Games and developer Tasto Alpha have renamed real-time roguelike deckbuilding adventure game The Tower: To the Bottom to Arcana of Paradise: The Tower, as well as delayed it from its previously planned January 19, 2023 release date to April 20. It will be available for Switch and PC via Steam for $19.99. Text language support includes English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, French, Spanish, and Brazilian Portuguese. A demo is available now for PC.
The publisher and developer worked together on the name change to help increase visibility and properly represent the game’s tarot card elements. The delay will allow Tasto Alpha to add new content at launch, including ranked leaderboards.
Additionally, the companies announced physical standard and collector’s editions exclusive to Japan and Asia, which are now available for pre-order.
“Pushing the release date was necessary to ensure that Arcana of Paradise: The Tower lives up to the expectations of our fans and partners,” said Shueisha Games executive officer and executive producer Masami Yamamoto in a press release. “Tasto Alpha, and we know this will make for a better game, and we look forward to everyone’s journey to the bottom of the tower beginning this April.”
Here is an overview of the game, via Shueisha Games:
Embark on a topsy-turvy tarot-inspired journey featuring character design by Masaoki Shindo, the artist behind the hit manga in Weekly Shonen Jump, RuriDragon. Guide a group of brave children trapped atop the tower as they make the perilous journey to the bottom in search of sustenance. Featuring a total of 20 playable children, each with their own starting cards, stacking the deck in their favor. In each run, players will be able to form a party of two to delve into the Tower.
Choose wisely, as real-time battles call for split-second decisions. Execute attack cards with haste to string together powerful combos, and play defensive cards at the perfect moment to put enemies in a daze. Re-deal new cards instantly if dealt a lousy hand, and watch for cards that can flip with surprising positive and negative effects. Pick from hundreds of possible pairings, as each child earns new traits and upgrades after every successful run.
Fight for survival against the tower’s inhabitants that grow in peculiarity after every descent, and collect new battle cards after each skirmish. The spoils of victory create a conundrum—will the heroes reward fellow tower mates with nourishing loaves of bread or build out the deck on this run to aid the arduous trek into the belly of the beast?
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