Namco Bandai Teams With Imageepoch and Satelight For Tokitowa

The mystery title Namco Bandai began teasing last week has been confirmed in Famitsu this week to be “Toki to Towa,” a new RPG title for PlayStation 3.

Tokitowa, when translated to English is “Time and Eternity”. The game will be published by Namco Bandai Games and developed by Imageepoch and animation studio Satelight. The game is produced by Kay Hirono and Kensuke Tsukanaka, has character designs from Vofan(Bakemonogatari) and music from Yuzo Koshiro.

The game is set in Kamuza Kingdom, a nation formed when a prince, known as the Knight King, and a magic wielding princess married.

You play as that prince whose marriage formed the Kingdom. You’re 18 years old, and even though you’re married, you still haven’t had your first kiss. The prince is meant to be named by the player, although he does have a voice actor, Tsubasa Yonaga. The princess’s name is Toki. Toki is 16 years old and always keeps Drake, her blue colored dragon-like pet, at her side. Toki is voiced by Kana Hanazawa.

The game uses hand drawn 2D animation for main characters and enemies during movement throughout the world and in battle. This isn’t an approximation of hand drawn artwork using cell shading — it’s actual hand drawn art. Backgrounds and other areas appear to be 3D.

As for now, development on Tokitowa is currently 45%.

Source: andriasang