Important points
- Dungeon & Fighter spin-off expands with anime, manga, and novels
- Neople aims to reach a broader audience beyond the Dungeon & Fighter fan base.
The Dungeon & Fighter franchise may not be the biggest in the west, but it's certainly one of the biggest franchises in the West. But it's the series that has a huge following in Asia. For example, the recently released Dungeon & Fighter: Origin grossed more than $500 million in its first month. and topped the iOS App Store charts for four consecutive weeks in China.
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The success of this series in the Asian market Plus the upcoming release of The First Berserker: Khazan, a ghost-like story set in the DNF universe. As a result, franchise creators are looking to capitalize on their investment. Junho Lee, Khazan's creative director, told TheGamer exclusively that Neople is working on a Dungeon & Fighter anime, manga, and novel series.
Dungeon & Fighter Spin-Offs are coming
Speaking to us at TheGamer about the world of Dungeon & Fighter, Lee shared that during the creation of The First Berserker: Khazan, the team “began development with the assumption that there would be more users who didn't know about Dungeon & Fighter than did.”
“In the early stages of development Our goal is to make more people enjoy it as much as we do. The whole idea is to attract more users and enthusiasts to console action games,” he added.
However, even they are aware that it has not achieved full global appeal. But the team has full confidence in the franchise. Citing it as Khazan's biggest inspiration beyond the FromSoftware games, it was this confidence that led Lee to tell me, “Not only that, But we also work on books, anime, and manga.”
Although he was unable to reveal further details. But this is Korean developer Neople's second attempt to break into the anime and manga market. In 2009, the company released Slap-up Party: Arad Senki, a spin-off of Dungeon & Fighter adaptation. There are 26 anime episodes and one manga volume.
Published in Birz Monthly