<s>
is	O
a	O
2019	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Tokyo	O
RPG	O
Factory	O
and	O
published	O
worldwide	O
by	O
parent	O
company	O
Square	O
Enix	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oninaki	B-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
world	O
where	O
the	O
doctrine	O
of	O
reincarnation	O
is	O
enforced	O
by	O
figures	O
called	O
Watchers	O
,	O
who	O
assist	O
in	O
the	O
passing	O
of	O
souls	O
and	O
fight	O
monsters	O
born	O
of	O
regret	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concept	O
work	O
began	O
in	O
2017	O
during	O
the	O
last	O
stages	O
of	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphears	I-Application
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Takashi	O
Tokita	O
,	O
noted	O
for	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
,	O
came	O
on	O
board	O
as	O
a	O
creative	O
producer	O
and	O
pushed	O
writer	O
Hirotaka	O
Inaba	O
's	O
story	O
in	O
a	O
darker	O
direction	O
than	O
his	O
earlier	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oninaki	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
where	O
players	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
Watcher	O
Kagachi	O
,	O
who	O
battles	O
monsters	O
called	O
the	O
Fallen	O
while	O
exploring	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
through	O
two	O
planes	O
;	O
the	O
Living	O
World	O
and	O
the	O
afterlife	O
world	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Beyond	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
view	O
environments	O
from	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
angle	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Kagachi	O
exploring	O
dungeon	O
environments	O
completing	O
both	O
story-based	O
and	O
optional	O
quests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Discussions	O
and	O
concept	O
work	O
for	O
Oninaki	B-Application
began	O
in	O
2017	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
last	O
stages	O
of	O
development	O
for	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphear	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oninaki	B-Application
was	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
three	O
titles	O
conceptually	O
planned	O
by	O
Tokyo	O
RPG	O
Factory	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
founded	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
I	B-Application
Am	I-Application
Setsuna	I-Application
(	O
2016	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
staff	O
was	O
Takashi	O
Tokita	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
gained	O
fame	O
for	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
,	O
Live	B-Application
A	I-Application
Live	I-Application
and	O
Parasite	B-Application
Eve	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atsushi	O
Hashimoto	O
returned	O
as	O
director	O
from	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphear	I-Application
and	O
I	B-Application
Am	I-Application
Setsuna	I-Application
,	O
as	O
did	O
scenario	O
writer	O
Hirotaka	O
Inaba	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oninaki	B-Application
used	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
earliest	O
concepts	O
included	O
the	O
continued	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
turn-based	O
combat	O
system	O
from	O
I	B-Application
Am	I-Application
Setsuna	I-Application
and	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphear	I-Application
,	O
with	O
Kagachi	O
fighting	O
alone	O
to	O
protect	O
the	O
young	O
Linne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tokita	O
wanted	O
the	O
studio	O
's	O
games	O
pushing	O
for	O
reinvention	O
,	O
something	O
he	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
drastic	O
gameplay	O
changes	O
between	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
and	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
which	O
later	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
SaGa	B-Operating_System
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
shift	O
between	O
the	O
real	O
world	O
and	O
the	O
Beyond	O
started	O
as	O
a	O
joke	O
about	O
moving	O
between	O
the	O
worlds	O
of	O
I	B-Application
Am	I-Application
Setsuna	I-Application
and	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphear	I-Application
,	O
but	O
eventually	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
founding	O
elements	O
of	O
Oninaki	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Daemon	O
system	O
,	O
compared	O
by	O
Hashimoto	O
to	O
the	O
job	O
system	O
of	O
Final	B-Application
Fantasy	I-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
was	O
designed	O
so	O
players	O
would	O
not	O
end	O
up	O
hitting	O
roadblocks	O
because	O
some	O
boss	O
enemies	O
were	O
weak	O
to	O
job	O
types	O
the	O
player	O
had	O
not	O
focused	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
weapon	O
drop	O
system	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
item	O
drops	O
in	O
Kid	B-Application
Icarus	I-Application
:	I-Application
Uprising	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
on	O
which	O
Hashimoto	O
worked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Inaba	O
was	O
worried	O
,	O
Tokita	O
encouraged	O
him	O
to	O
include	O
far	O
more	O
mature	O
or	O
disturbing	O
content	O
than	O
either	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphear	I-Application
or	O
I	B-Application
Am	I-Application
Setsuna	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
globe-spanning	O
adventure	O
of	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphear	I-Application
,	O
Inaba	O
wanted	O
to	O
write	O
a	O
story	O
on	O
a	O
small	O
scale	O
similar	O
to	O
Vagrant	B-Application
Story	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
calligraphic	O
logo	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Tomonori	O
Kogawa	O
,	O
noted	O
for	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
Space	O
Runaway	O
Ideon	O
and	O
Aura	B-Application
Battler	I-Application
Dunbine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
foundation	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
RPG	O
Factory	O
had	O
drawn	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
Japanese	O
phrase	O
Setsugekka	O
(	O
Snow	O
Moon	O
Flowers	O
)	O
when	O
choosing	O
the	O
visual	O
themes	O
for	O
each	O
planned	O
game	O
;	O
I	B-Application
Am	I-Application
Setsuna	I-Application
used	O
snow	O
,	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphear	I-Application
used	O
the	O
moon	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Oninaki	B-Application
the	O
team	O
used	O
flowers	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
visual	O
motif	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Tsuchiya	O
and	O
Abounnasr	O
were	O
notable	O
for	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
Another	B-Application
Eden	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tsuchiya	O
wrote	O
the	O
main	O
theme	O
"	O
Oninaki	B-Application
"	O
based	O
around	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
theme	O
of	O
reincarnation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Oninaki	B-Application
"	O
portrayed	O
the	O
surface	O
reality	O
,	O
while	O
"	O
Blood	O
Flow	O
"	O
was	O
written	O
as	O
an	O
alternate	O
main	O
theme	O
and	O
symbolised	O
its	O
hidden	O
truths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
February	O
2019	O
for	O
a	O
Q2/Q3	O
release	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
limited	O
physical	O
release	O
for	O
Switch	O
and	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
was	O
also	O
produced	O
as	O
a	O
Square	O
Enix	O
store	O
exclusive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
simultaneous	O
release	O
was	O
challenging	O
for	O
the	O
team	O
,	O
creating	O
a	O
pressure	O
that	O
Tokita	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
limitations	O
he	O
had	O
to	O
face	O
when	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
and	O
Parasite	B-Application
Eve	I-Application
were	O
being	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Giving	O
themselves	O
a	O
four-syllable	O
limit	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
created	O
the	O
title	O
Oninaki	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
on	O
release	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
console	O
versions	O
of	O
Oninaki	B-Application
reached	O
second	O
and	O
third	O
place	O
in	O
sales	O
charts	O
compiled	O
by	O
Japanese	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
Famitsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
and	O
Switch	O
versions	O
combined	O
to	O
sell	O
nearly	O
27,000	O
copies	O
,	O
being	O
the	O
highest-selling	O
new	O
release	O
that	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
2019-2020	O
fiscal	O
report	O
,	O
Tokyo	O
RPG	O
Factory	O
posted	O
a	O
significant	O
loss	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
period	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Lost	B-Application
Sphear	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
Juba	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Game	O
Informer	O
,	O
enjoyed	O
playing	O
through	O
Oninaki	B-Application
while	O
citing	O
several	O
elements	O
that	O
undermined	O
the	O
experience	O
for	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T.J.	O
Hafer	O
of	O
IGN	O
called	O
Oninaki	B-Application
a	O
"	O
a	O
gorgeous	O
,	O
distinctive	O
,	O
entertaining	O
RPG	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
his	O
only	O
negative	O
views	O
being	O
on	O
combat	O
pace	O
and	O
the	O
story	O
delivery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mitch	O
Vogel	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
,	O
shared	O
several	O
opinions	O
with	O
Hafer	O
and	O
citing	O
Oninaki	B-Application
as	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
Tokyo	O
RPG	O
Factory	O
's	O
maturation	O
in	O
game	O
design	O
and	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
review	O
aggregate	O
website	O
Metacritic	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
earned	O
scores	O
of	O
68	O
(	O
23	O
reviews	O
)	O
and	O
69	O
(	O
45	O
reviews	O
)	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
points	O
for	O
its	O
respective	O
Switch	O
and	O
PS4	B-Operating_System
versions	O
.	O
</s>
