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Onion Games Sets Oct. 30 Western Switch Release for Stray Children

The childlike RPG from Moon veterans emphasizes turn-based encounters that can be won with words.

Overview

  • Onion Games confirmed a digital-only Western launch on Nintendo Switch and released a new release-date trailer.
  • The adventure follows a boy pulled into a forgotten retro RPG world inhabited only by children.
  • Turn-based encounters let players confront “Olders” by fighting or by using whispers and other words.
  • The title comes from Moon veterans at Onion Games, including Yoshiro Kimura, Kurashima Kazuyuki, and Hirofumi Taniguchi, whose credits span Rule of Rose, Chulip, Little King's Story, Chibi-Robo, and Super Mario RPG.
  • The game has been available on Switch in Japan for nearly a year ahead of this Western release.