Star Fox artist’s Omega 6 confirms English release date
OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars, the retro styled adventure game from a former Nintendo artist, has an English release date.
The game, which was released in Japan this summer, will be released digitally in English for Nintendo Switch and Steam on February 28, 2025.
Omega 6 is based on a manga created by former Nintendo art director Takaya Imamura, who created characters for games such as F-Zero and Star Fox.
Imamura is the story and art director for the game, while former Nintendo composer Shinobu Amayake (Stunt Race FX, Wario’s Woods) has created the music.
A synopsis reads: “A space-based epic awaits, when players embark on a sprawling tale filled with a cast of otherworldly characters, as they follow the story of Thunder and Kyra, our humanoid heroes, entrusted by their creator Dr. Victor Franklin to discover a new planet for the human race to call home while Earth faces a challenge for its very existence.”
An English-language version of Imamura’s comic will also be released in the west, published by Dark Horse Comics.
Speaking exclusively to VGC last year, Imamura explained the similarities between Omega 6 and Star Fox.
“Story-wise, it’s different, but the style I draw, which is like a ‘retro future’, is similar,” he said. “That’s the only thing I can draw – that’s my style – so I didn’t change it! I’ve always wanted to draw manga with this style, so I just applied it from my past games.”
Imamura left Nintendo in 2021 after three decades, having worked on such titles as F-Zero, Star Fox and numerous Zelda games including A Link to the Past and Majora’s Mask.
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