Roaring Sword

Roaring Sword (轟音, Goon Ken) is a Japanese role-playing game (or JRPG) and is the first installment in the Roaring Sword series. Developed by a collaboration between Nintendo, Square Enix, and Atlus, it was released on January 1st, 2019 for the Nintendo Switch. This title was meant to reference to old traditional JRPGS, while giving a fresh twist to the genre as well. It can be considered as a deconstruction of the JRPG genre.
Roaring Sword follows the story of Thalos Kaminada, an adventurer in training who wants to travel the world, as he ventures through the world of Paunov, a fictional version of Earth. On his adventures, he meets 5 other characters who join him on his quest, and gets wrapped up in a world-saving mission, opposed by the main villain, Ashtel, and her sidekicks, Rein, and Angis.
The gameplay is a deconstruction of the JRPG genre, while being similar to RPG's created in the Super Nintendo, and Playstation (1) era. The game was very successful in both Japan and western territories. The game is respected as one of the best JRPG's of this generation, taking aspects from many games like the Harvest Moon series, Final Fantasy, the Mario RPG series, and even Minecraft.[1]
This game has sparked a sequel currently in development named, Roaring Sword II: Days of Aftermath. Two expansion games have also been released to expand the story of the first game. Those two expansions being, Roaring Sword: The Beginning, and Roaring Sword: Mushroom Mayhem.
==Gameplay==
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Roaring Sword uses a turn based battle system, similarly to old JRPGs in the old days. In this game, the Speed (SPD) stat dictates which character (playable or enemy) goes first, and the turn order is dependent on who has the highest SPD stat. Up to 6 characters can be in a party, who each has their own specific roles and attacks in the game, can equip special weapons only avaliable to them. After each battle, characters receive EXP which can cause them to Level Up. When a character levels up, they can learn special attacks, or abilies. If a player deals (or takes) enough damage, they can perform special attacks, called Ultimas, that deal massive damage.
Similarly to the Mario RPG series, certain attacks can combo into other attacks if a Timed Hit is performed, allowing the player to deal extra damage. Most attacks are like this, and there are some attacks that can chain into others. Like many other traditional RPGs, there are several types of attacks. A standard attack, Tech, Magic, and Overdrives. Certain characters have special attack options, such as Thalos' "Talk". Along with EXP, the player also collects items and curreny (which is called Dollas) can be saved in banks and used to by items.
Around the world, the player can collect food items where the player (once they unlock the Kandis character or find a stove) can mix together and create food items that can give the player better buffs or heal the more effectively. There are even multiple mini games the player can play, including a trading card game.
==Setting==
Roaring Sword, and it's expansions, take place in the fictional planet of Paunov, a fictional version of earth. This planet is as big as Jupiter[2], and inhabits many organisms. One speices, Yunans, are the equivilent to humans in this world. The world itself is a mixture of our modern world, a rural area, and a futuristic setting, with many towns having fast food restaurants, cars, and video games. Many places are paradies of actual places. (Examples being Candy's, a parody of the Wendy's fast food chain)
==Plot==
===Characters===
*Thalos Kaminada - The main protagonist of the game. He is a young boy who ventures out to be an Adventurer as a part of the Hunter's Guild, a guild that tries to discover all the secrets of Paunov. After his first encounter with Rein, and learning about the main villain's scheme, he vows to defeat Ashtel and save the world once and for all.
*Elith Vallice - The 2nd main party member. She meets Thalos while she was visiting his hometown. She's a samurai in training, and she wants to gain enough money to support her poor family.
*Sam Chief - The 3rd main party member. He is a blacksmith in-training, and is trying to get his shop known to the world.
*Lani Yunus - A black mage and the 3rd party member. She meets with Thalos' group and develops a crush onto him, and goes through most of the story trying to get with him.
*West Kaminada - The 5th member of the game, and Thalos' little sister. She's found in a Bandit's ship, and she's a white mage in-training.
*Kandis Fireslick - A young dancer and the 6th member of the game. She wants to be a professional chef, and acts like the cook for the team.
=== Villain Characters ===
* Ashtel - A demon queen who wants to rule the worl village, she attemd. After encountering the heroes and attacking an innocent she attempts to find acient artifacts and let her father take over.
* Rein - A boy who was raised by Ashtel. He works as her assistant and is Thalos' rival.
* Angis - A girl who assists Rein. She has a pretty playful attitude, and seems to have the hots for a certain someone later in the story.
=== Story ===
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