Patch notes:

• Fixed an issue where reloading saved games caused abnormal Soul Essence.
  
• Fixed an issue in Trial Tower mode where Vanessa's movement speed became abnormal due to repeated challenges.
  
• Fixed an issue where Vanessa moved outside the scene while using certain attacks.
  
• Corrected some text.
  
• Adjusted some UI elements.

Patch notes:

• Fixed an issue with hat display in the Dark Tunnel.
  
• Fixed an issue where the name of the Mysterious Specter Armor was displayed incorrectly in Trial Tower mode.
  
• Fixed an issue in Trial Tower mode where Tania's attacks wouldn't disappear.
  
• Fixed an issue in Trial Tower mode where Nonota's infinite acceleration state.
  
• Corrected some text.
  
• Fixed UI health values not updating in real-time.

《Little Witch Nobeta》is a 3D souls-like action adventure game developed by a Taiwanese team, players will be playing as the little witch to combat powerful soul dolls in the ancient castle. Collect items across the map to unlock spin-off story for each boss. Little Witch Nobeta is near anniversary since official release in September 2022!

「BOSS RUSH」 is coming to STEAM, NintendoSwitch(Asia) and PS4(Asia) on 7th of September. It’s a free to play update on all platforms! Players will be playing as Nobeta or Nonota to challenge 「Trial Tower」, complete the challenge to reveal new story dialogues. Also, if you complete the stage with limiting conditions, you’ll unlock the new skins – Bishop, Rook and Queen for free!

https://www.littlewitchnobeta.com/post/news/post60/


The paid DLC 「Dragon Princess, Knitted Uniform and Land Mine Girl bundle」is coming on 7th of September too. Put Nobeta in dragon armor, cute uniforms and the land-mine dress and adventure in the castle!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2465440/Little_Witch_Nobeta/

A new chapter in Nobeta & Nonota’s adventure coming this summer! Be sure to follow 「Little Witch Nobeta」communities for the latest information!

【Our Sites】

《Little Witch Nobeta》Official Website：
https://www.littlewitchnobeta.com/

Official Twitter：
https://twitter.com/nobeta_staff_en （English）
https://twitter.com/nobeta_staff_jp （Japanese）

《Little Witch Nobeta》is a 3D action adventure game developed by Taiwanese indie team. As a player, you control the little witch and combat gorgeous yet powerful soul dolls in the castle. The game was officially released September 2022 on STEAM, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation.

Other than the main game, you could learn about the characters’ story from the spin-off comic & novel. By collecting items in-game, you will unlock the spin-off comic which helps you understand the secret behind Nobeta’s mystery.

This summer, an update will be released FREE on all platforms (STEAM, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation4) adding the new system 「BOSS RUSH」 into the game. The player will be controlling Nobeta or Nonota to challenge 「Tower of Trial」, upon passing the stage, you will unlock dialogue unveiling mysteries of Nobeta’s world!

「Tower of Trial」 is a training ground created by Nobeta based on Nonota’s memory and her own mana, choose between Nobeta or Nonota (in the black cat form) and face Tania, Monica, The Seal, or other elite enemies, time to test your strength!

When you defeat the enemy, you will unlock the newly introduced storyline. Through the conversation between Nobeta & Nonota, you get to learn about the past of Tania, Monica and Vanessa, and information regarding the Church, crafted soul, and the Witch, as well as Nobeta’s true identity.

When challenging 「Tower of Trial」, if you complete the run under certain conditions, brand new skins will be unlocked for FREE. The three new skins’ extracted elements from Tania, Monica, and Vanessa. We believe it will remind you of the memories fighting these soul dolls!

■ SKIN DLC：Dragon Princess, Knitted Uniform and Land Mine Girl bundle

Also, we will be releasing a new paid DLC 「Dragon Princess, Knitted Uniform and Land Main Girl bundle」. Dragon Princess coming with the sharp line, Knitted Uniform of the classic 「Joshi-Ko」 style and the trendy Land Mine girl. Carefully designed new hairstyle and weapons. Dress Nobeta in dragon scales, or fight the enemies with pen and umbrella!

Continue your adventure with Nobeta and Nonota this summer! Feel free to join the 《Little Witch Nobeta》community for detailed information regarding released date of the new update on each platform (STEAM, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation)

【Our Sites】

《Little Witch Nobeta》Official Website：
https://www.littlewitchnobeta.com/

Official Twitter：
https://twitter.com/nobeta_staff_en （English）
https://twitter.com/nobeta_staff_jp （Japanese）

Little Witch Nobeta is a 3D action adventure game. Playing as the little witch, the player unveils the mystery of the little witch and the secret lying deep in the castle. Little Witch Nobeta has sold over 300,000 copies since full release 29th of September 2022.
One of the most outstanding features in Little Witch Nobeta is the boss design, both the boss fight and the character visual make one wonder: “Can she be my waifu?”.

The dev team heard the voice of the players! Action, romance, storyline, more new content in the making! In the past, soul dolls were enemies to defeat, now you have the option to talk to them through dialogue choices, tender their heart and gradually become their lover, have an intense relationship with the adorable soul dolls. As your intimacy increases, you will unlock special abilities of the character to help you with your adventure in the castle. When the intimacy reaches max level, a doki-doki special event will happen!

The major update is soon to come in the latter half of the year. Little H Nobeta, more than your ordinary action game, a wonderful and unforgettable experience for a lone night.

《Little Witch Nobeta》Official website:
https://www.littlewitchnobeta.com/en/

Official Twitter:
https://twitter.com/nobeta_staff_en

Little Witch Nobeta is coming to Nintendo Switch & PlayStation 4 (EU/US) on the 7th of March 2023, the publisher Idea Factory International, Inc. is here with some questions for the dev team. The producer Pupuya will be answering these questions and sharing his experience in making 《Little Witch Nobeta》over the years.

Q1.
Little Witch Nobeta is often compared to other 「Soul-Like」games by fans, but the game also contains third person shooter element. By fusing the shooter play style and spell casting system, Little Witch Nobeta becomes a unique genre of its own.
How did you develop this concept? Was the shooter element always there or was it more melee focused during the early development phase? And how did the spell casting system affect combat design?

A1. (Pupuya)
The protagonist is a witch, so the design was always focused on shooter & magic from the very beginning.
However, we realised it would be plain to just do the shooting part, so we added the mana bar and melee mechanic for recovering mana.
So is the spell casting mechanic, the channelling time feels boring, so we added the melee part which helps accelerate the process.
Regarding the soul-like part, I suppose I’m overly accustomed to the game so I couldn’t tell whether it is difficult for players new to the game and the game might feel a bit difficult for some, that’s probably why people call it soul-like.
I will admit however, part of the game is soul-inspired (Dark Soul).

Q2.
How did you design the game’s difficulties?
In recent years players tend to prefer high difficulty-high reward design, and in LWN there are 「Standard（Easy）」和「Advance（Normal）」mode. Are you planning on releasing harder difficulties?

A2. (Pupuya)
We never meant to design a highly difficult game, and that’s why we have Standard Mode for people who are unfamiliar with action games.
About Hard Mode we are still discussing it, it’s undecided.

Q3.
In Elden Ring there is a guide NPC – Melina and she provides help to players throughout their journey. Why is it a black cat that guides Nobeta on her journey?

A3. (Pupuya)
The first story writer thought during the adventure it needs a person to talk to the protagonist, so the black cat was added as Nobeta’s company.

Q4.
What were you trying to convey or make player feel when you were designing these unique bosses in the game? (For example, did you want the boss to be big, difficult, or cute?)

A4. (Pupuya)
The initial plan was to give all bosses fearsome feature and to give player pressure when they engage in combat just like the first boss, after some discussion with the co-developer SimonCreative we decided to adapt cute characters.

Q5.
About stories that happened before the game or historic event like in Tania’s chapter, Monica’s chapter, and Vanessa’s chapter, they are all rather dark.
Will we see more story in the future besides all content present in the game?

A5. (Simon)
The story before LWN and Nobeta’s adventure with black cat were published here in Taiwan in October 2022 by Tong Li Publishing. The official novel – Little Witch Nobeta (whole) tells the untold bits of their adventure. We are also talking with publisher oversea regarding oversea publication.
We are also planning to release comic chapter for black cat as well as animated comic by first half of 2023. As the key character who accompanied the players, her past is about to reveal.

Q6.
How were the voice actors/actresses chosen?

A6. (Simon)
In the first half of the game the protagonist personality is naïve and clumsy, while in the second half she becomes a girl who speaks like an adult, and so we chose Ms Konomi Kohara who were good at playing different characters.
As for the black cat, we have considered inviting other actresses but due to the way the story was written, we decided it would be better for Ms Konomi to play the role as well, I wonder how many players recognized her voice when they were playing the game.

Q7.
How were the actors/actresses chosen for the bosses? Did you have a picture in mind of how each boss would sound like?
Also, we noticed that the first boss (Spector Armor) was voiced by two actors, that is unusual.

A7. (Simon)
About voice role for the bosses, at the time we happened to be in contact with COVER Corp. So, in 2020, we decided to invite their Vtuber talents to voice some of the bosses. The collaboration was settled very quickly, and they provided a surprisingly wide range of artist for us to choose from. In the end we invited two artists who were experienced in the work and one new to the field, based on their Vtuber character setting and how they match the bosses.
Usually a production company would provide recording studio & sound supervisor that they are partner with. However, during the collaboration with COVER Corp., we had to arrange all the resources for the recording sessions ourselves including location and personnel. Fortunately, we’ve been staying in touch with our past partners in Japan, so we contacted the studio and supervisor. Thanks to the supervisor who spent considerable time on making sure the work is ideal and completing the work.

For the male characters we requested professional VA production company Aoni Production Co. Ltd, to find fitting artist for the role, it was special how the boss’s war cry and dialogue were performed by different person, and we were content with the result.

Q8.
A few new bosses were added to LWN’s full release. Is there a plan for releasing more?

A8. (Pupuya)
There probably won’t be more bosses.
But we are discussing about making new mode like Boss Rush, and if we do decide to do that, we would like to adjust the behaviour/AI for certain bosses.

Q9.
Is there a story behind the name 「Nobeta」? Names like Monica, Tania and Vanessa are rather common. About the naming, is there more to it for the players to discover?

A9. (Simon)
The story is set in a world of fantasy closer to the western background, so we chose western names for these characters. As for the three bosses we picked names that are more memorable.

Q10.
In Little Witch Nobeta there are many cute characters, however in the game’s setting, they all live in the castle which is a harsh environment but so is the outside world. Was this strong contrast in the initial concept? Or did it occur naturally during the development progress? How is this design finalized?

A10. (Pupuya)
It happened during development.
The concept of dungeon-like adventure was decided in the beginning, we added cute characters into the game, and it became a strong contrast.

Q11.
Some of the background story in LWN can be learned from collectable items, was this in the original design? We get to learn about the Church and Nobeta’s past through collecting the items, when you created these items, how did it affect the game’s story ?

A11. (Simon)
After Early Access, we received much feedback that the story is difficult to understand, while we had considered adding NPC, we worried that it may conflict the main story also it will take more time to develop. The team was determined to complete the game as soon as possible so we decided to use item as story telling fragments, when a set of items is collected it reveals the story within the soul essence, the player will then be able to view the story in the main menu.

Q12.
Will there be a sequel?

A12. (Pupuya)
We are discussing about it, it’s yet to be decided, our primary goal right now is to refine the game.



Three new skins in one bundle! Midnight Kitty with the black cat slipper; double-bun classic Chinese Dress; and the cute Nurse. All skins come with a unique weapon model.


▲Midnight Kitty

▲Chinese Dress

▲Nurse

These three skins are bundled in one DLC. There is no unlock condition in-game, you could access these skin in-game directly. Put Nobeta in these new outfits for a wonderful adventure!



✦SKIN demo video(Youtube) ：
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2242530/Little_Witch_Nobeta/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2152390/Little_Witch_Nobeta/

《Little Witch Nobeta》Official website：
https://www.littlewitchnobeta.com/

Official Twitter：
https://twitter.com/nobeta_staff_en （English）
https://twitter.com/nobeta_staff_jp （Japanese）

《Little Witch Nobeta》Facebook page：
https://www.facebook.com/LittleWitchNobeta

Adjusted content:

• New content from DLC added in-game
  
• Lighting & effect adjusted for certain areas
  
• Certain Item location
  
• Void sound effect
  
• Enemy unable to be defeated under certain condition

Adjusted content:

• Certain scene (area)
  
• Added visual effects (prompts) for certain area
  
• Acceleration rate for thunder magic Lv1 ~ Lv4
  
• Player losing control over avatar when hit by enemy (airborne) during shooting
  
• Adjusted ground physic during melee attack to prevent melee attack being canceled
  
• Adjusted collision behavior of certain enemies to prevent Nobeta climbing onto enemies when melee attacking

Adjusted content:

• Certain scene & player out of bound behaviour
  
• Certain area prohibiting the casting of thunder element
  
• Display model of certain objects
  
• Discarded item breaking boundary on elevator
  
• Certain texts
  
• Added enemy sniper aggro prompt
  
• Wind element lvl2 now allows player to jump/dodge once each mid-air
  
• Reduced broom doll’s recovery stat from Abyss
  
• Charged-up thunder strike can now hit mid-air enemy
  
• Little witch’s dash-pause trigger condition
  
• Item slot will now loop over min/max index
  
• Increased assist aim range for thunder element
  
• Light orb disappearing after retrieving the hat in Dark Tunnel
  
• Increased tracking performance for fire element lvl3
  
• Reduced self-damage from magics
  
• Certain enemy movement
  
• Certain barrier crystals are adjusted to avoid being destroyed from long distance

We are still looking for the cause of the false display of total number of achieved achievement, please try to restart your game should you encounter the issue, we apologize for the inconvenience.