as promised, granblue fantasy The 2023 festival event brought with it a playable demo of Granblue Fantasy Relinkthe long-running action RPG adaptation of granblue fantasy itself and its characters. Along with the demo came a new extended trailer from developer Cygames. The trailer, which is the first all-new footage to appear from relink in almost a year, it showed more of the game’s story, gameplay, environments, and confirmed new playable characters. However, the trailer did not specify a release date for the game beyond its current “2023” window. During the stage presentation, creative director Tetsuya Fukuhara apologized for not being able to narrow it down further.
review the Granblue Fantasy Relink trailer below. The trailer was uploaded in both Japanese and English dubbed versions.
Here is the Japanese version.
And here is the English version.
The new Granblue Fantasy Relink The trailer shows the Skyfarer crew of the likes of Gran, Lyria, Vyrne, Katalina, Rackam, Eugen, Io, and Rosetta landing in Zegagrande Skydom, the setting for relink and a new area created for the game. There they will find new threats, particularly from the Church of Avia, which claims to be headed for “Utopia”. That could be another name for the Isla de las Estrellas, Estalucia, the ultimate goal of the crew’s journey.
The trailer introduces a new character in the form of Id, a mighty swordsman and one of Zegagrande’s strongest warriors. It also showed Gran’s game and his allies. Playable characters previously confirmed as the members of the Dragon Knights (Lancelot, Vane, Percival, and Siegfried) were shown once again. However, Lumiel Knight Charlotta’s game, Harvin Yodarha’s fisherman, and swordmaster Draph Narmaya were also shown. All playable characters will have styles inspired by their granblue fantasy skills and move sets.
Players who prefer to focus on the Granblue Fantasy Relink story will also be able to use two “Assist” modes. Standard Assist will automate blocking and evading, while simplifying combo tackles. Full Assist will automate combat almost completely, with the player only needing to manage movement.
Granblue Fantasy Relink is in development and is scheduled for release in 2023 on PC, PS4, and PS5.