Movieguide reported back in July that Togashi, who has been working on the series for decades, declared the series would be on an indefinite hiatus. The new game is a welcome respite for fans of the series. Back in 2014, Bandai Namco released the 'Hunter X Hunter: Battle All Stars' which was also a smartphone game.

'Hunter X Hunter: World Hunt' is not the first of its kind. Players will also have to answer a two-choice quiz and do a water divination test to determine their base Nen power. The game will ask smartphone players to choose an avatar to around the game. The game will feature guilds of up to 13 characters that can all fight simultaneously in real time. However, much like any other smartphone game there would be in-game item purchases which players can opt to buy or not.īandai Namco opened a teaser on its website to show fans how the game would look like. The manga has been made into an anime and has had several OVAs.īandai Namco, the maker of smash hits 'Tekken,' 'Dark Souls' and 'Dragonball Xenoverse,' is responsible for the new smartphone game which the makers called 'Hunter X Hunter: World Hunt.'Īccording to reports, 'Hunter X Hunter: World Hunt' will be free to play, meaning the game would be available for download in Google Play Store and the Apple store without any payment.

'Hunter X Hunter,' a manga famous both in and outside of Japan, was made by Togashi and has been serialized in Weekly Shonen since March 1998. Fans of the hit manga/anime series 'Hunter X Hunter' are in for a treat as reports say Yoshihiro Togashi's creation will have its new smartphone game.Ĭiting the 42nd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, the Anime News Network reported that famous manga 'Hunter X Hunter' will get a new smartphone game.

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