One of the more unexpected, but welcome, surprises of the September 2023 Nintendo Direct was the reveal of Unicorn Overlord. Coming from talented developer Vanillaware and published by Atlus, this unique strategy and tactics RPG hybrid takes Vanillaware's penchant for crafting captivating hand-drawn visuals and merges it with inspirations pulled from some of the genre's all-time greats, such as Ogre Battle, Fire Emblem, and the Sega Saturn classics Dragon Force and Dragon Force 2. It's been nearly five years since the release of Vanillaware's last game, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, and the developers recently revealed that both it and Unicorn Overlord began their development at roughly the same time.