Hiroki Kikuta, known mostly for creating the iconic Secret of Mana soundtrack, is also a "total military otaku." He's such a fan of the genre that he's making what can only be realistically described as a spiritual successor to Advance Wars.
Dubbed simply Tiny Metal, the new turn-based strategy game is set for a release on PC, Mac, Linux, and PlayStation 4, and will be published by American publisher Area 34 sometime in June of next year.
Kikuta-san will be overseeing the entire development of the game, with I Am Setsuna composer Tomoki Miyoshi. The team is described as being made up of "grizzled Japanese veterans" including Kikuta and Miyoshi, however most are currently unable to reveal their identities due to obligations to existing employers.
Kikuta pledges to avoid typical crowdfunding pitfalls, even noting that most team members have worked together in the past on "many small to blockbuster" titles. Coming from this, there's even a playable prototype for the game,
which you can download here.
