Astro Bot developer opens up about why PlayStation classics like Final Fantasy weren’t included

ASTRO Bot is the precocious released PlayStation exclusive that excited players with its amusive and fast-paced gameplay.

Not lone are determination platforming planets to research with unsocial themes and power-ups, but determination are abbreviated challenging levels to overcome.

One of the astir amusive parts astir Astro Bot is the hundreds of bots that you person to find and rescue, including implicit 150 characters from classical PlayStation games.

With characters similar Crash Bandicoot, Solid Snake and Lara Croft, each of your favourite characters are here.

Or I should accidental astir each of your favourite characters, due to the fact that games from 1 large steadfast are noticeably missing.

People instantly noticed that fashionable characters similar Cloud from Final Fantasy were missing, but different bid similar Dragon Quest, Kingdom Hearts, Nier and Mana, are besides missing.

It was soon evident that Square Enix had refused to cooperate with Astro Bot’s Team Asobi, and truthful nary of its characters are present.

People were asking astir wherefore Square Enix characters weren’t included successful Astro Bot erstwhile truthful galore games are specified a immense portion of PlayStation history.

In an interrogation with Game File, caput of Team Asobi Nicolas Doucet spoke astir the process of getting each the antithetic cameo bots successful Astro Bot.

Doucet reveals that erstwhile helium approached publishers, helium expected to person a affirmative effect from astir fractional of them.

Instead, determination was a hugely affirmative response, with astir partners reportedly “raising their hands and saying ‘Absolutely!’”.

Doucet claims that “almost 100%” of those approached to beryllium included did extremity up successful the last game.

When asked astir Square Enix characters specifically, though, Doucet doesn’t person overmuch to say, but his remark confirms that the steadfast was approached.

Doucet says: “It's hard to remark on. We truly respect the prime of each publisher.”

By saying that Team Asobi respects the publisher’s prime it seems wide that Square Enix was approached, and turned down the connection to look successful Astro Bot.

Team Asobi whitethorn lone cognize arsenic overmuch astir Square Enix’s refusal to beryllium included arsenic we do.

More characters are coming successful Astro Bot’s escaped DLC that volition motorboat earlier the extremity of the year.

Eve from Stellar Blade and a Helldiver are confirmed to beryllium included successful the driblet which volition see 10 caller cameos.

If you privation to work much astir the game, cheque retired our Astro Bot review.