Wonderful Neoran Valley doubles Kickstarter goal in 20 minutes

As hype around Pokemon Winds and Waves reached a fever pitch, Wonderful Neoran Valley — an indie monster-taming roguelike from Nara Studios — exceeded its Kickstarter target several times over. The developer says the project grew from a love for monster collectors and JRPGs like Pokémon and Shin Megami Tensei, along with roguelites that influenced the team such as Slay the Spire, Balatro, and Inscryption.

The campaign hit fully funded within 10 minutes and doubled its initial goal in 20 minutes. At the time of writing almost 8,000 backers have contributed well over $570,000; the initial funding goal was $100,000 and the Kickstarter is still taking pledges for the next 28 days.

With many stretch goals already passed, the game is set to receive a Switch 2 port, a hard mode, a randomizer mode, and extra questlines and Neorans (collectible monsters).

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