FuRyu Announces Beyblade X Evobattle Game for Switch, Steam

FuRyu announced on Thursday that it is developing the Beyblade X Evobattle game, and will release the game for the Nintendo Switch and for PC via Steam on November 13. The action game will add a three-part "evolution" component with "ultra high speed action" battles involving hitting a command action at the right time. Players can continue to battle other players from around the world in online battles. The game will also have a new story featuring the character Tenka (voiced by Yūko Natsuyoshi). The game will also have a wide range of customization options, and those who have save data from Beyblade X XONE will receive a bonus in the new game.Beyblade X XONE, the latest game in the Beyblade franchise, launched in English on the Nintendo Switch eShop on November 14, alongside its Japanese release. The Japanese version of the game launched for both Switch and Steam.The television anime of Takara Tomy's Beyblade X project premiered in Japan on TV Tokyo and its affiliates in October 2023. The anime premiered globally in July 2024.Takara Tomy announced the Beyblade X project in March 2023. Takara Tomy describes the project as the "4th generation," after the original 1999 Beyblade (Bakuten Shoot Beyblade), 2008's Beyblade: Metal Fusion (Metal Fight Beyblade), and 2015's Beyblade Burst. Homura Kawamoto (Kakegurui), Hikaru Muno (High Card), and Posuka Demizu (The Promised Neverland) launched the Beyblade X manga in Shogakukan's Monthly Coro Coro Comics magazine in June 2023. Kawamoto and his younger brother Muno are credited with the original story, and Demizu is drawing the manga.Source: PR Times via Gematsu