Marvelous and Nintendo are making a mech action game that lets you zip around on the ground and in the air to dismantle giant killing machines, robbing them of their weaponry. It’s coming to Switch next year with involvement from Kenichiro Tsukuda (Armored Core). Would you like to know more?
Following Daemon X Machina‘s unexpected reveal a couple months ago, Tsukuda and Nintendo brought a new demo to Germany for gamescom. Let’s sift through this half-hour-long video together.
Your avatar (an “Outer”) will pilot a mech (read: “Arsenal”) that can be altered on-the-fly as you encounter different enemies that call for alternate battle tactics. Do we need a reason to gun down hostile robots? No, not really. But Daemon X Machina has one. The moon collided with our planet, drawing out a strange new type of energy that has mysteriously turned AI against their masters.
Oh, and Outers? They’re humans — or they were, anyway. The energy that spurred an AI rebellion also gave some people superhuman abilities. They’re now defending humanity, but they are outcasts.
With that setup locked in, let’s dig into some details.
Source: Destructoid Takeaways from 30 minutes of Daemon X Machina gameplay