Alongside the announcement trailer for The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales revealed at this week's Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase, Square Enix has also shared the first screenshots and information for the upcoming HD-2D action RPG, detailing the game's premise, characters, gameplay, and more.
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The details can be found below, via Square Enix. In case you missed it, you can check out our impressions of the demo.
Concept
Hope is Timeless
A completely new action RPG – the first in the HD-2D series, which combines pixel art and 3DCG!
In a corner of a continent overrun with beast tribes, the Kingdom of Huther is humanity’s sole bastion, kept safe by a magic barrier.
After the discovery of heretofore unknown ruins, the adventurer Elliot and his fairy sidekick Faie brave the dangers outside the kingdom on a journey spanning not only the continent, but its thousand-year history.
Open new paths as you explore this untamed continent and reveal the world’s mysterious history. Enjoy intuitive and rewarding action-based battle with a healthy dose of strategic support abilities from a fairy.
Herein are intertwined the fates of one adventurer and one fairy. It is time to unravel the threads of history.
Prologue
One day, an adventurer named Elliot is ordered by the king to investigate ruins newly discovered outside the castle walls. With support from Princess Heuria, whose magic maintains the kingdom's spell of Safekeeping, Elliot explores the ruins and finds in its depths a huge, mysterious artifact. It is the Doorway of Time, a portal connecting the present and the past. What awaits beyond this door that transcends time and space?
Story
The continent of Philabieldia, overrun with beast tribes.
The story takes place in a world overrun with beast tribes and monsters. Humanity has cast the spell of Safekeeping in a corner of this world, repelling the threat of external enemies and maintaining prosperity.
Age of Safekeeping: Kingdom of Huther
A kingdom located in a corner of Philabieldia. Thanks to the spell of Safekeeping cast by Princess Heuria, humanity has been able to maintain a safe country on this continent. This is why this era is referred to as the “Age of Safekeeping.”
Characters
Elliot
The hero of this adventure. He makes his living as an adventurer who undertakes requests from townspeople in exchange for rewards.
Faie
For whatever reason, no one but Elliot can see or hear this fairy. As Elliot's partner, she uses her special abilities to support him on his journey.
Princess Heuria
The princess of the Kingdom of Huther. Born with powerful magic, she protects the kingdom by maintaining the spell of Safekeeping. As a result, although she longs for adventure, she cannot leave the castle.
Systems
Elliot's Actions
Elliot the adventurer and the fairy Faie join forces to battle enemies and explore dungeons. Players control Elliot directly, skillfully wielding a variety of weapons in action-based battles, while giving instructions to Faie at Elliot's side. Strategic use of Faie's abilities is the key to advantageous adventuring.
The battles in this game are simple, but timing is crucial. Watch your enemies' movements closely and switch between attacking and dodging.
If you guard with your shield precisely as an attack is about to hit, you can reflect projectiles or disrupt the enemy's stance to create opportunities for counterattacks.
Jump over scattered terrain or enemies that crawl along the ground as they attack.
Faie's Actions and Special Abilities
Faie helps by picking up items and providing a little support when attacking enemies. You can control her directly with the R stick, or have a second player control her in local co-op mode.
Faie pushes Elliot ahead at high speed. Use it to solve puzzles, escape danger, or simply get to where you're going faster than usual.
Faie warps Elliot to where she is located.
Strategically use this ability to get past obstacles and dodge attacks, or get the jump on enemies from behind.
Weapons
You'll gain access to more weapons as you progress through the adventure! Two weapons may be equipped for use simultaneously. Change weapons as enemy characteristics and the situation demands to fight most effectively.
Hold down the attack button to unleash powerful special moves!
Chains and sickles can be used to deliver wide-range normal attacks or pull distant enemies closer with a special move.
Magicite
Collect magicite fragments from treasure chests, etc., and use them to generate magicite at the magicite shop. Equipping magicite will grant various additional effects to your weapons. Combine magicite that matches your play style to gain the upper hand in battle.
At the town's magicite shop, you can use magicite fragments obtained during your travels to create magicite. Equipping certain magicite with a chain and sickle enables a special attack that launches fireballs!
Shortcut Menu
With a single button, you can call up a shortcut menu to quickly change weapons, Faie's abilities, or your magicite set. Time doesn't pass while the shortcut menu is open, so feel free to plan your next action at your own pace.
Demo now available on Nintendo Switch 2
Experience the action and exploration of this game ahead of time with the debut demo now available on Nintendo Switch 2! Take this opportunity to be one of the first to step into this world of adventure. We are also conducting a survey to gather your feedback on the demo. Your feedback will be used as reference for future development, so please take part. *We will be accepting submissions for the survey through Sept. 30, 2025.
The main focus of this debut demo is to showcase the game’s exploration and battle features. Demo content may differ from the retail version of the game.
Save data from this demo cannot be carried over to the retail version.
This demo includes online functionality in order to analyze how players interact with the game. Analytic data will be collected when connected to the internet.
No online functionality is planned for the retail version.
Product Overview
Title
Title The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales
Launch
2026
SRP
TBD
Platforms
Nintendo Switch 2/PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X|S/Windows/Steam
Language
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean
