The majority of Japanese role-playing games begin with an amnesiac hero, but what if the lead character forgets everything at the end? The Longest Five Minutes aims to explore exactly that, as you attempt to recover your memories on the PlayStation Vita in 2018.

“As the story unfolds, the conversations you have with your party and the Overlord will unlock memories of the hero’s journey,” the blurb reads. “Each memory plays out in classic 8-bit RPG style, and the outcome of those memories affect your party in their final battle.”

This is a really interesting framing device, though we want to see how the moment-to-moment gameplay takes advantage of it. There’s a new English language trailer embedded above. 

[source gematsu.com]