Updated
Updated · Nintendo Everything · Jun 12
The Adventures of Elliot Adds 4 Difficulty Options as Developers Cut Faie Dialogue
Updated
Updated · Nintendo Everything · Jun 12

The Adventures of Elliot Adds 4 Difficulty Options as Developers Cut Faie Dialogue

3 articles · Updated · Nintendo Everything · Jun 12

Summary

  • Four difficulty settings — including Easy and Very Hard — have been added to The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales ahead of its June 18 Nintendo Switch 2 launch.
  • Fan feedback from the demo also pushed the team to add an option that lowers fairy companion Faie’s dialogue frequency after players said she talked too much.
  • Producer Naofumi Matsushita said the developers had grown fond of Faie during production and only realized afterward that their attachment had biased that balance.
  • The same feedback pass led to menu and movement tweaks, including separate map open-close buttons, faster access to the magicite menu, and a higher base movement speed.

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