When one thinks of popular studios in the JRPG genre, undoubtedly the first title that comes to mind is Square Enix. Even breaking away from two stellar franchises, Final Fantasy in Dragon Quest, the Japanese studio has other smaller titles, but no less popular for this reason. One of them is a franchise Octopath Traveler, which popularized the term HD-2D due to its particular aesthetic. Now they’ve just appeared on consoles where they weren’t, thanks to a surprise release Square Enix.
first of all Octopath Traveler the original came to PlayStation 4 in PlayStation 5. This first title had the most difficult path of the two. The game was originally released as a Nintendo Switch in 2018, p Nintendo as the distributor of the game. The name was given to version a PC next year and it just came out on another console Nintendo in 2021 with a version Xbox One. To this day, the name does not have a native version Xbox Series X in Xbox Series S although it can be played on these consoles thanks to backwards compatibility. In March of this year, the game disappeared from Nintendo Online Store for a month, and when it was published again Square Enix has been listed as the title’s new distributor.
For his part, Octopath Traveler II now came to his senses Xbox Series X in Xbox Series S. Released in 2023, this game was originally available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 in PCbeing consoles Xbox the only ones that haven’t been launched yet. surprisingly Square Enix has also released an update for the game on all consoles that adds a new mode called Extra Battle. This mode will be available after completing the adventure, offering more challenging battles with new enemies, including even characters from the first Octopath Traveler.
Additionally, both games just arrived on the service. Game Pass with Microsoft today, so subscribers will be able to play the entire duology, especially now that the sequel has arrived on consoles. Xbox.
