

Additionally, touchscreen controls, including swiping and tapping, were added to the prequel. While the original game only allowed for four characters to participate in battles at a time, Champions of the Continent extends the battles to involve up to eight characters. However, unlike the original, it also has free to play and in-app purchase gameplay mechanics worked into the game flow. Similar to the original Octopath Traveler, the game plays as a traditional turn-based JRPG. The game, which serves as a prequel to the original Octopath Traveler, was released in October 2020 in Japan for Android and iOS, and in the West in July 2022. Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent is a role-playing video game developed by Square Enix and Acquire and published by Square Enix.
