Developer Agatsuma Entertainment will introduce the upcoming side-scrolling action game entitled, Code of Princess, for Nintendo 3Ds devices.
Players must help the main character, Solange, obey her father's wishes to restore peace. She is given a magical sword and must deal with monsters attacking the royal castle.
The game's levels have three 2D layers that the player is able to jump between. When an enemy is defeated, this in turn releases experience points, which can be used to strengthen one's character. Players also have the opportunity to choose between co-operative and competitive multiplayer.
"Developed by an all-star team of industry veterans, Code of Princess is unlike anything else available for Nintendo 3DS," said Tim Pivnicny, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at ATLUS, in a press release. "Fans of action will savor the game's combat, which is loaded with satisfying chain attacks and plenty of depth-both in terms of attack options and also quite literally in the sense that battlefields employ a three-railed design, letting players move forward and back as tactics dictate. Fans of RPGs will relish the ability to level and improve their characters, converting their gained experience into boosts for the stats that best suit their play style and tactics. This appealing amalgam of game designs is wrapped in a beautiful package, boasting lovingly rendered and animated characters and eye-catching flurries of punches and kicks. With something for virtually every kind of old-school gamer and with an esteemed pedigree to draw upon, Code of Princess is certain to be one of the most anticipated Nintendo 3DS games of the year."
Code of Princess will be released in the fall of 2012, in North America.
View some of the characters from Code of Princess, in the slideshow above.