'Root Film' Game Launches for Switch, PS4 in West in Q1 2021 - News

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The game will also be available on Xbox Series X|S and Steam. The company describes the game: In this JRPG, players will embark on an adventure that spans across worlds and even tim...</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="herald box aside reviews t-review" data-topics="article220465 reviews anime"> <div class="category-line reviews t-review"></div> <div class="thumbnail lazyload" style="background-position: 47.504% 49.138%" data-src="/thumbnails/cover400x200/cms/review/220465/screenshot-2025-01-25-172518.png.jpg"> <div class="overlay"> <div class="category reviews t-review"> review </div> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/220465">19 comments</a></div> </div> <a href="/review/failure-frame/how-i-became-the-strongest-and-annihilated-everything-with-low-level-spells/anime-/.220465" data-track="id=183193&from=SB"></a> </div> <div class="wrap"> <div> <h3> <a href="/review/failure-frame/how-i-became-the-strongest-and-annihilated-everything-with-low-level-spells/anime-/.220465" data-track="id=183193&from=SB"><cite>Failure Frame: How I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells</cite> Anime Series Review</a> </h3> <div class="byline"> <time datetime="2025-02-13T01:00:00+08:00">Feb 13, 01:00</time> <div class="comments"><a href="/cms/discuss/220465">19 comments</a></div> <span class="topics"> <a topic="anime" href="/all/?topic=anime" target="intro-by-topic"> anime</a> </span> </div> <div class="snippet"> <span class="hook">It shouldn’t set <i>Failure Frame</i> apart that Touka doesn’t take any of these characters as his slave, but it does. 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