Perhaps video game fans need a break from all the shooting, fighting, brawling, and intense adventures. Or at least that’s what can be deduced from the success of Infinity Nikki’s pre-registration campaign.
If the pre-registration numbers were already good before, now they are spectacular. And possibly a large part of the responsibility for this lies in how well the game has been received at recent events such as PAX West 2024 or Gamescom in Germany. Explained quickly, we can say that the game already has almost 15 million pre-registrations.
It is very possible that a large part of users who are eagerly awaiting the launch of Infinity Nikki have never played one of the previous installments of this saga. Because yes, it is a highly successful franchise that has accumulated, in its previous mobile releases, millions of downloads. But with the change of genre to open world and with the PlayStation 5 and PC version, what the team at the head of the developer Infold Games has done is open up to a new world.
Therefore, it should not be surprising if many of the players who play Infinity Nikki, especially on PS5, are new to this saga. In it, we move to a magical world known as Miraland where many adventures await us in which, yes, pastel colors and the calm of a world that seems taken from a princess tale will predominate.
Infinity Nikki will not be a game where you level up, fight against large creatures or rescue the victims of a villain who is trying to end the world. In contrast to this, what Kentaro Tominaga, producer of this title and former Nintendo developer who participated in titles in the Zelda saga, does is give us a calm and relaxing world for us to enjoy. You can explore, jump and platform, combine your clothes, solve puzzles, fish, use magic and a lot of other things. But, in all cases, with style and a lot of charm.
As we travel through the different magical worlds of Miraland, we will meet new creatures, characters and marvel at everything around us. There will also be mini-games, in which it seems that Momo, the protagonist’s adventurous cat, will have a lot to say. In addition, there will be a camera so that we can immortalize the best memories and we will have to gather ingredients to later transform them into clothes. We must not forget that clothing, as in the previous installments of the mobile saga, is really important.
In practice, it sounds like a refreshing, relaxed proposal with a tone that is sure to be perfect for us to relax after so much fighting and action in other games. Now, after saying this, all that remains is for the Tokyo Game Show 2024 to arrive, since the team in charge of the game has confirmed that they will have a playable demo. And, in our case, we will be there to try it out and thus enjoy everything it will provide. Sounds good!