Gamera Games and Softstar Entertainment announced during the Tokyo Game Show 2023 that the classic pixel role-playing game Xuan-Yuan Sword: MISTS Beond the Mountains will be released at the fourth quarter of 2023. Version of the Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beond The Mountains for Nintendo Switch contains optimization updates and adds a new content to this classical game: the screen ratio was optimized to 16: 9, and the image quality and resolution were improved. The user interface was also improved to increase ease of use. In addition, the game includes a new chapter “China”, added to the publication for smartphones, which tells about the adventures of the set and his comrades in the Tan Empire.
The long-standing historical fantasy franchise Xuan-Yuan Sword is one of the most successful games in the Chinese-language territories. The third part of Mists Beond the Mountains was originally released in 1999; This remister-publication transfers the original to new platforms, preserving the original design, a rich story based on Chinese fantasy and real historical events, as well as a deep gameplay that made Mists Beond the Mountains with a critical and commercial success.
MISTS Beond the Mountains puts players in the center of epic history, covering two continents – from Venice to the Chinese Empire of Tan, passing through the Caliphate Abbasids. The main character is Septem, the Frankish Lieutenant Knight Pepin the Younger, who goes on a long journey in search of invincible military art. In his travels, he will be involved in complex disputes about the authorities between the largest world powers, but he will also have to face the fraud of Satan himself, always looking for a way to subordinate the world. Thanks to the huge scope of the game, players will visit cities such as Venice, Damascus or Chan, each with their own unique art, architecture, food, customs and clothes.