NHK has revealed its line-up of games that its TV show Game Genome will cover in season 2. It’ll start airing its episode on Final Fantasy XIV on January 10, 2024. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
There will be ten episodes in total. The list of games that Game Genome will cover is:
- Final Fantasy XIV (January 10, 2024)
- Street Fighter series (January 17, 2024)
- Journey (January 24, 2024)
- Mushiking: The King of Beetles, Love, and Berry: Dress Up and Dance! (January 31, 2024)
- It Takes Two
- Power Pros
- NieR Automata
- Cities: Skylines
- Fatal Frame
- Earthbound
Each episode will end with information on the next episode’s release date and guests. While we have the concrete release dates for the first four episodes, it’s a little unclear what the order will be for the last six games on the list. As a note, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of Earthbound, and Hobonichi and Nintendo have promised many campaigns and events to celebrate it. So they might give some information about the anniversary during the Earthbound episode.
Artist Yoshitaka Amano, who has contributed artwork for the Final Fantasy series over the years, has drawn an illustration for the show. The art represents the many genres of video games, and a genome surrounds the goddess in the middle of the picture. The piece will appear on the set as decoration, and a CG-animated version of it will appear in the opening.
Game Genome started airing in October 2022 on NHK. It offers a deep analysis of famous or beloved games, with the game’s developers appearing on the show to explain what makes their game deep or special. The first season covered games like Dark Souls, Death Stranding, and Life is Strange.
Game Genome season 2 will start airing on NHK on January 10, 2024.
