WILD BUNCH Productions and YUKIKAZE announced the Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness and Penny Blood Double Kickstarter closing stream airs on September 30 at 9 a.m. EDT. Fans can tune into the stream at https://www.twitch.tv/pennyblood.
The live stream features special guests, new music, interviews, creator challenges and more. On October 1 at 2:50 AM EDT, a backer-exclusive Golden Ticket Concert will be held. The Golden Ticket Concert features a special band by Yoshitaka Hirota and Akari Kaita, a performance by Shoji Meguro (Persona series, Guns Undarkness), a surprise special guest, and more creator challenges.
More details from the Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness and Penny Blood Double Kickstarter campaign are available below via Gematsu:
Double Kickstarter Campaign Success
Having raised over 260,000,000 yen with the support of more than 13,000 backers at the time of this writing, the campaign has allowed backers to purchase combo packs of both games, with additional digital and physical rewards, allowing them to receive two high quality JRPGs at a competitive price compared to that of most AAA JRPGs.
Music
Both games will feature music by composers who are no stranger to the genre, with Armed Fantasia: To The End of the Wilderness‘s huge 100-plus track soundtrack set to capture the essence of “Westernpunk” by Elements Garden (Wild Arms series) and Michiko Naruke (Wild Arms series), and Penny Blood‘s soundtrack incorporating the sound of various international locales in the 1920s from Yoshitaka Hirota (Shadow Hearts series) and Akari Kaida (Breath of Fire series).
Famed Final Fantasy series composer, Nobuo Uematsu, has already officially joined the project, and will assist with research and insight into authentic Irish music for Penny Blood‘s American locales. In addition, SaGa series legend, Kenji Ito, is now officially on board to help create the authentic sounds of Japanese locales in Penny Blood. Uematsu, Ito, and Hirota share roots at Square Co., Ltd. (currently Square Enix), and Hirota is the bassist in Uematsu’s band “Earthbound Papas,” where he often arranges songs from SaGa series composed by Mr. Ito.
“Composer’s Dream” CD
A special “Composer’s Dream” CD featuring special arrangements, remixes, and original music from the two games’ key music collaborators, along with additional collaborations by Persona series composer, Shoji Meguro, and Lufia series composer, Yasunori Shiono, will be available to backers of the campaign. Only 500 copies will be produced and there are no current plans to release the album after the campaign. Since it is an add-on item, only backers qualify for purchase.
Armed Fantasia: To the End of the Wilderness – Field Test 2
Penny Blood – Combo Attack (Normal Version)
Penny Blood – Normal Attack (Normal Version)
Lastly, the double Kickstarter campaign ends on September 30 at 12:50 p.m. EDT.
