The Samurai Jack fanbase is one that is strong in its belief that the show is one of the best ever made, and it’s hard to argue with that. So any game that is being made for the franchise has to be special. Thankfully, everything about Samurai Jack Battle Through Time seems to be just that. The creator of the show was largely involved in making the game, the voice actors from the show are back, and the game squad at Adult Swim Games and Soleil were able to fuse all the elements of the show with 3D action gaming to make something truly fun.
Nintendo Everything was able to talk with some of the team at Soleil, including director Hiroaki Matsui, who had some very interesting things to say about the game. Such as revealing when the game actually went into production:
We actually started its production from spring 2018 and finished the overall development process at the end of last year. So, the development period is a little over two years. At the time of the announcement in February, the game was mostly finished already. In fact, we were going to have a playable demo at PAX East, but we had to cancel those plans due to the coronavirus. However, the extra time gave us an opportunity add more refinements to the game with ASG.
He also talked about working with Samurai Jack creator Genndy Tartakovsky to help make the game line up with his original vision:
Mr. Genndy’s feedback was simple and bold as same as the concept of the original series. His thoughts are a legitimate view based on his experience and creativity. In that sense, I am grateful to him for leaving many things to us instead and trusting our skills to follow his vision. One of the many lessons Mr. Genddy taught me was about the quality of material for black surface used for Aku and Ashi, which you cannot tell the difference from normal black in the show but in 3D animation, you have to be able to distinguish them.
According to him, the game will take about 10 hours to complete on its “base level” which is “Samurai” but there are higher difficulties to challenge you. If you are on Switch when you play it, don’t worry, they planned to make it for Switch since the beginning:
Since Switch was planned from the beginning of development of this project, I think there was no big issue with its development in particular. Perhaps the most important thing there is not to forget at any time that the task for Switch is included in our work.
So it seems that no matter what platform you are on, Samurai Jack Battle Through Time will be an experience any fan of the show will enjoy.
