G-MODE is bringing the classic Namco game Xenosaga: Pied Piper to the Nintendo Switch and PC. It will be available as part of the G-MODE Archives+ series through the Nintendo eShop in Japan and Steam. A specific release date hasn’t been announced yet.
Xenosaga: Pied Piper is a role-playing game first released on mobile phones in Japan on July 14, 2004.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
A special investigations chief is on the trail of the ruthless killer known as “Voyager”.
What incident changed the fate of a once-human cyborg?
Key Features
- Traditional JRPG with turn-based battles.
- Gameplay follows a similar system to the mainline Xenosaga games, but adapted for mobile devices.
- 2D overhead perspective, with a combination of conversations and cinematic cutscenes advancing the narrative.
- Battles take place in a virtual space tied to the story.
- The storyline was written by series creators Tetsuya Takahashi and Soraya Saga.
- A port of a Japanese flip phone title (feature phones popular before smartphones).
This update doesn’t include features like new languages or achievements that weren’t in the first release of the game.
Series Overview
This is a mobile version of the popular JRPG Xenosaga, first launched in 2006 for older feature phones.
This game is a prequel to the Xenosaga trilogy and is connected to the larger Xeno series. It tells the story of Ziggy, a cyborg who plays an important role in Xenosaga, but set a hundred years before the first game, Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.
Game Story
This new story focuses on Ziggy, a cyborg who was originally a supporting character in the main story, now taking center stage as the main hero.
This story takes place a century before the current events, revealing when he was still human and working as Jan Sauer, a counterterrorism officer with the Federal Police.
Will Jan and his team in special investigations be able to catch the dangerous killer known as Voyager before things get even worse?
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2026-04-16 15:32