{"id":47054,"date":"2025-04-15T11:28:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T02:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=47054"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:28:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T02:28:48","slug":"masahiro-sakurai-has-no-idea-what-the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-is-about-but-he-cant-wait-to-finally-play-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/masahiro-sakurai-has-no-idea-what-the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-is-about-but-he-cant-wait-to-finally-play-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Masahiro Sakurai has no idea what The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is about, but he can\u2019t wait to finally play it\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/the-hundred-line-last-defense-academys-management-gets-distracted-by-monster-hunter-wilds-and-fails-its-own-100-day-login-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">100-day countdown<\/a> until the release of Too Kyo Games\u2019 narrative-driven TRPG <strong>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy<\/strong> is nearing its finale, with less than ten days left until the April 24 launch. To help promote Too Kyo Games\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/danganronpa-creators-are-risking-their-lives-for-their-upcoming-new-game-which-has-put-them-in-debt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ambitious passion project that will make or break the studio<\/a>, fellow industry peers with personal ties to the company will be offering comments about the game each day until it releases.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Hundred Line -Last Defense Academy-: Gameplay Systems Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hbk78WuQFwo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hundred_line\/status\/1911328513946456349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first message came from Masahiro Sakurai,<\/a> president of Sora games and creator of the Super Smash Bros. series. His somewhat unusual comment immediately caught peoples\u2019 attention for being extremely blunt yet \u201cfull of love.\u201d Contrary to what you\u2019d expect, Sakurai made a point of emphasizing that he has no idea what The Hundred Line is about for the most part. Here\u2019s his message in full:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eaeaea\"><em>When I received this request for a comment, I was honestly at a loss. I generally shut out all information about games I intend to play. So naturally, I\u2019ve been thoroughly avoiding any information about The Hundred Line, which means I only have a vague idea of what it\u2019s about. All I know is that there\u2019s a mascot character in there who\u2019s some kind of brain-ghost, so you can see why I was troubled when asked for a comment.<\/em>\u00a0<br><em>What I mean to say is, that\u2019s how eagerly I\u2019m looking forward to The Hundred Line. I have high expectations!!<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakurai has previously talked about how he wants to enjoy games \u201cas if he&#8217;s the first person to walk on freshly fallen snow\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GJJT8Yoxu_U?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">on his YouTube channel<\/a> \u2013 meaning that if he\u2019s actually interested in picking up a game (or movie), he will go out of his way to shut out not only spoilers but <em>any <\/em>information about it. He goes as far as to close his eyes at movie theaters when trailers start playing, because he wants to go in \u201cknowing absolutely nothing\u201d and without other people\u2019s observations coloring his impressions of the work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1351\" height=\"733\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1351px) 100vw, 1351px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250306-45248-header.jpg\" alt=\"The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy\" class=\"wp-image-45251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250306-45248-header.jpg 1351w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250306-45248-header-380x206.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/20250306-45248-header-768x417.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems he\u2019s been practicing this fully when it comes to Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi&#8217;s upcoming The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, as the only thing that\u2019s made it past his barrier is the game\u2019s transparent ghost-like mascot Sirei.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy\u2019s demo is <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3386470\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy_Demo_Ver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">out now and \u201cOverwhelmingly Positive\u201d on Steam<\/a>. The full game will drop on April 24 for the PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3014080\/The_Hundred_Line_Last_Defense_Academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) and Nintendo Switch.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Masahiro Sakurai makes a &#8220;blunt, yet full of love&#8221; comment about Kazutaka Kodaka and Kotaro Uchikoshi&#8217;s upcoming game The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":47058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-47054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Masahiro Sakurai has no idea what The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy is about, but he can\u2019t wait to finally play it\u00a0 - 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