Guardian Tales

Guardian Tales
Initial promotional cover
Developer(s)Kong Studios
Publisher(s)
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
Release
  • iOS, Android
  • SEA: 24 February 2020
  • WW: 28 July 2020
  • PRC: 27 April 2021
  • JP: 6 October 2021
  • Nintendo Switch
  • WW: 4 October 2022
Genre(s)Action role-playing game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Guardian Tales is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by Kong Studios and published by the South Korean publisher Kakao Games. The game initially soft-launched in parts of Southeast Asia on February 24, 2020[1] for iOS and Android and then officially on July 28, 2020, for the rest of the world.[2] A Chinese version published by Bilibili was released on April 27, 2021,[3] and a Japanese version self-published by Kong Studios, in collaboration with Shanghai Yostar, was released on October 6, 2021.[4] A port for the Nintendo Switch was initially announced in May 2021 and scheduled for release on the later half of the same year,[3] but was quietly delayed to October 4, 2022.[5]

The game tells the story of the Guardian Knight, a newly recruited member of the Guardians, Kanterbury Kingdom's royal guard. After completing his/her first training as a Guardian, the Guardian Knight is confronted with a horde of enemies named "The Invaders" who want to rule the world. Guardian Tales was positively received by critics and players, praised for its creativity and evocations of classic JRPGs.

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  2. ^ "Guardian Tales - Overview - Google Play Store - US". Sensor Tower. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Kong Studios 'Guardian Tales' Surpasses $100M within 7 Months of Launch". Accesswire. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  4. ^ "「ガーディアンテイルズ」のリリース日が10月6日に決定。登場キャラやゲームシステムに関する情報も明らかにされた生放送をレポート". www.4gamer.net (in Japanese). Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Save Your Kingdom and Become a Legend in Guardian Tales on the Nintendo Switch - PR Newswire APAC". en.prnasia.com. Retrieved 14 September 2022.