Inazuma Eleven Ares Renamed to Inazuma Eleven Heroes Great Road, Gets Delayed to Spring 2020

In a blog post published on September 27,Level-5 CEO Akihiro Hino shared a development update on the future ofInazuma Elevengames. As you probably know, the latest game in the series,Inazuma Eleven Ares no Tenbin,has beendelayed multiple timesfor overtwo years now, and still has no release date. The anime season based on the game has already finished.

Even the sequel season,Inazuma Eleven Orion no Kokuin, finished airing. This is unprecedented in the history of Japanese kids shows tied with toys and games. In fact,Orion no Kokuin’s final episode aired on September 27, hence why Akihiro Hino released a message on this date.

In the blog post, Akihiro Hino started by apologizing about the delays and how the anime seasons ended before the game released. He added that in the past Level-5 used to outsource parts of the game’s development, but now they switched to 100% inhouse development to further increase the quality of the game.

Next, Hino announced the game is also getting a name change. It won’t be named Inazuma Eleven Ares no Tenbin, like the anime season anymore. The newInazuma Elevengame is now calledInazuma Eleven Eiyuu Tachi no Great Road, which can be translated toInazuma Eleven Heroes' Great Road.

Hino also said the game’s systems are getting reworked to makeInazuma Eleven Great Roadmore exciting. Most notably, the game has a mouse-like system, letting you click to pick the players' trajectories. The story will be based onAres no Tenbin’s anime story, but will also feature the old characters and be a “plus alpha” title.

Hino also saidInazuma Eleven Heroes' Great Roadwill have a higher degree of freedom than past games. It’ll be a “brand new type of RPG”, with new game systems. It’ll even have an Esports aspect. Features from previous games are coming back too, like characters recruitment, raising characters, and things unlocked by linking toys with the game.

Lastly, Hino saidInazuma Eleven Heroes Great Roadwill now be launching in Spring 2020. A new screenshot was published too, seen above.

In an interview we covered,Hino also talked about the future of Level-5 as a whole and which measures they took to avoid their games getting delayed like that anymore.

Inazuma Eleven Great Roadis supposed to launch for PS4, Switch, iOS, and Android, in Spring 2020.