Protect Me Knight (まもって騎士, Mamotte Naito) is a retro style action tower defense video game developed by Ancient for the Xbox 360’s Xbox Live Indie Games service. Released on May 24, 2010, the game features music composed by Ancient co-founder Yuzo Koshiro.[1]
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Developer(s) | Ancient |
Publisher(s) | Ancient |
Composer(s) | Yuzo Koshiro |
Platform(s) | Xbox 360 |
Release | May 24, 2010 |
Genre(s) | Action, tower defense |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Players assume the roles of four character classes (Fighter, Ninja, Amazon and Mage) tasked with the duty of protecting a princess from legions of oncoming monster hordes. Protect Me Knight features 8-bit visuals and audio and contains different digital box art styles for the Japanese and English versions of the game, as a humorous spoof to the regional box art differences of video games from the 8-bit and 16-bit eras.[2]
A sequel, Gotta Protectors, was released for the Nintendo 3DS eShop in Japan in September 2014 and in English in July 2016.[3] A third entry for the Nintendo Switch, Gotta Protectors: Cart of Darkness, was released in Japan in October 2019 and in English by 8-4 in April 2022.[4]