First Look at Fantasy Life

Fantasy Life launched today on the 3DS, by Level-5, and I'm just as pleased with it as I was with Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

They have a similar gameplay, as they're both life simulation. Go around, do what you want, pick flowers. Sounds good! Of course, it has the fantasy-RPG style, which makes me think of Rune Factory, except you can do more jobs, and the fighting is a bit more fun. There's also more places to go to (that I can tell, I didn't play much of RF4).

The graphics are quite chibi. The Nap Dragon is adorable as hell, and I stole its egg. Take that, Nap Dragon.

I haven't gotten to try multiplayer, yet, but I'd imagine it's just like Animal Crossing's, as well. I know your party freezes (can't add/remove anyone) and so does time. You also can't participate in multiplayer if you're doing a story quest, or switch your Life while in multiplayer. Fair enough.

You can dash, you can sneak. Each of these level up. You can fish, you can cook, you can make explosions (probably). You can basically do anything. Kill your bounty and drag it back in a crate while defending it from bees and coyotes.

This is definitely a great game to pick up, even if it's too cute on the surface. It's worth it. Even after the story quests are over, I know there will be many hours of post gameplay.

Pictures from my adventures in-game are to come.