If Coronavirus COVID-19 took the world by surprise, slowing down all activity andcanceling major events,Kimetsu no Yaibagetting a PlayStation 4 game is the least surprising news of 2020.Kimetsu no Yaiba:Hinokami Keppuutan was announced for PS4 with a 2021 release. The game is published by Aniplex. The developer studio wasn’t revealed.
We learned ofKimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Keppuutanvia usual magazine leaks shared by Spytrue:
In the magazine, the game genre ofKimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Keppuutanis described as “fighting action”, this means it’ll be a 3D battle arena fighting game with 2 or more players fighting each other. Think of games likeDissidia Final Fantasy,or all the recent Shonen adaptations from Bandai Namco likeMy Hero One’s Justice, One Punch Man A Hero Nobody Knows,etc. All greatly inspired by older games such as Sega’sVirtual On.
Kimetsu no Yaiba, localized asDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaibaoutside Japan, is a manga first launched in February 2016, drawn and written by Koyoharu Gotōge. Over the years,Kimetsugarnered incredible popularity in Japan and worldwide, becoming one of the flagship titles of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. As of February 2020, theKimetsumanga reached over 40.3 million copies sold, making it one of the best selling manga of all time. The manga’s popularity only increased when its high-quality TV anime adaptation by Studio Ufotable aired from April to September 2019, and a movie will also be coming in 2020. Many believeKimetsu no Yaibais pretty muchOne Piece’s successor in terms of popularity in Japan, assuming the manga runs for just as long.
It’s highly likely we’ll get more details and an announcement trailer forKimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Keppuutanon PS4 during March 21-24, when Anime Japan 2020 was supposed to be held beforegetting canceled like many Japanese events.Kimetsu no Yaiba: Hinokami Keppuutan’sofficial websiteisn’t open yet either.
