Utawarerumono Developer Aquaplus Acquired by Yuke’s

Sometimes company acquisitions make a lot of sense, and other times they leave me scratching my head a bit.

Aquaplus, the developer behind the Utawarerumono series (among others, like the ToHeart remake that came out in June) has been sold by its parent company and acquired by Yuke’s.

Yuke’s is a developer most famous for… the WWE series and a few Earth Defense Force games.

Not exactly the first match I’d pick for a developer of visual novel strategy RPGs.

(Then again, their most recently announced game is Full Metal Schoolgirl, so maybe it’s not such a surprise after all that they’re interested in branching out in directions Aquaplus could help them with.)

Meanwhile, I had completely forgotten about the Monochrome Mobius sequel that was announced last year. I wonder if it’s still set for 2025 and if this acquisition will have any effect on it. Of course, I still need to catch up on the series myself.

What do you think this will mean for future Aquaplus games?

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