NIS America announced on Wednesday that it will release The Longest Five Minutes (Sekai Ichi Nagai Go-funkan) game for the PlayStation Vita and Windows PC via Steam in North America and Europe. The company began streaming an English trailer on Wednesday. The game’s English release is slated for 2017.
NIS America describes the game’s story:
Our hero faces the origin of all evil, the Overlord himself, but suddenly loses all memories of his adventure.His finishing moves, the name of his hometown, and even the reason he’s trying to defeat the Overlord in the first place, all gone. Our hero feels as though he’s letting his allies down…
In the midst of battle, his allies’ words and the Overlord’s taunting triggers flashbacks, bringing his memories back piece by piece. Our hero tries to regain his priceless memories before it’s too late, but the Overlord stands before him, his power unyielding!
What can happen in The Longest Five Minutes!?
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