Stomp stomp stomp
Microids has announced that Enroad’s adaptation of the classic anime, UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves, will be released on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC on November 14. A Switch release will follow in 2024.
What a weird trailer. To be honest, UFO Robot Grendizer is one of those classic animes I know of but don’t know anything about. The trailer doesn’t really answer any of those questions. A mean-looking robot stomps around an idyllic countryside, then fights a bunch of robots. Tell me more, press release.
UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves will follow the first narrative arc of the anime series. It will feature re-orchestrated music from the show “for an even more immersive experience.” Oh gosh, that’s all the press release says.
Shoot Them Up
Okay, the Steam page has more. You play as Umon Daisuke, who pilots the Grendizer, and the rest of this is sort of a word salad. I then did my due diligence and compared this information against the Wikipedia synopsis of the show, and the result is just bonkers. I mean, look at this:
“A new gaming experience is offered to you in multiple game phases: Action/Brawler, 3rd person Shooter, Shoot Them Up and Exploration.”
Ignoring the egregious lack of an Oxford comma, I find the term “Shoot Them Up” to be so quaint. I don’t particularly like the “shoot-em-up” nomenclature (and you’ll never hear me saying “shmup”), but “Shoot Them Up” sounds like something an out-of-touch mother might say to sound cool.
All right, well, what we can glean from this is that UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves is trying to be true to the show/manga. It looks like it mainly involves exploration and brawling, with Shoot Them Up sections where you pilot the Spazer. Most importantly, however, you get to stomp your big metal boots around an idyllic countryside, and that’s pretty cool.
UFO Robot Grendizer: The Feast of the Wolves will launch on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PS4, PS5, and PC on November 14, 2023. The Switch release will come after in 2024.
