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This new release from Brownies, the studio behind the Doraemon Story of Seasons series, brings their signature painted visual style to the roguelite genre while putting storytelling front and center. Working with Bandai Namco, they’ve created something that feels more like playing a JRPG than your typical dungeon-crawler. 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