Protect Me Knight
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Developer(s) | Ancient |
Publisher(s) | Ancient |
Composer(s) | Yuzo Koshiro |
Platform(s) | Xbox 360 |
Release | May 24, 2010 |
Genre(s) | Action, tower defense |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Protect Me Knight (まもって騎士, Mamotte Naito) is a retro style action tower defense video game developed by Ancient for the Xbox 360’s Xbox Live Indie Games service. Released on May 24, 2010, the game features music composed by Ancient co-founder Yuzo Koshiro.[1]
Players assume the roles of four character classes (Fighter, Ninja, Amazon and Mage) tasked with the duty of protecting a princess from legions of oncoming monster hordes. Protect Me Knight features 8-bit visuals and audio and contains different digital box art styles for the Japanese and English versions of the game, as a humorous spoof to the regional box art differences of video games from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.[2]
Legacy
A sequel to Protect Me Knight, titled Protect Me Knight 2, was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS eShop in September 2014, and later as Gotta Protectors in July 2016.[3] A third entry on the Nintendo Switch, titled Protect Me Knight: Princess Assault Serenade in English, was released in Japan on October 10, 2019.[4] Well initially scheduled for a Q2 2020 worldwide,[5] the release of its localization remains on a hiatus of unknown length.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Eric Caoili (2010-04-13). "Yuzo Koshiro Reveals XBLIG Retro RPG". GameSetWatch. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ^ DJ Fob Fresh (2010-06-09). "Not-A-SEGA: Protect Me Knight Indie Arcade". Segashiro. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
- ^ Danny Cowan (2014-08-07). "Protect Me Knight sequel coming to Japanese 3DS eShop in September". Joystiq. Retrieved 2014-08-08.
- ^ Nintendo (2019-10-10). "Protect Me Knight: Princess Assault Serenade Japanese eShop Store Page". Nintendo. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
- ^ Damien McFerran (2019-08-24). "Yuzo Koshiro Confirms That Switch Gotta Protectors Sequel Is Coming To The West". Nintendo Life. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
External links
- 2010 video games
- Action video games
- Cooperative video games
- Fantasy video games
- Hack and slash games
- Indie video games
- Retro-style video games
- Video games about ninja
- Tower defense video games
- Video games scored by Yuzo Koshiro
- Video games developed in Japan
- Video games featuring female protagonists
- Xbox 360 games
- Xbox 360-only games
- Xbox 360 Live Indie games