After weeks of criticism, Level-5 has put out a formal apology. In a statement posted on its official channels, the company said it \u201csincerely apologizes\u201d for the heavy use of computer-generated material in recent games and promotional content.<\/p>\n\n
The studio said it’ll review how those assets are being used. That comes after weeks of fan frustration<\/strong> over inconsistent artwork, text, and design details that clashed with the visual charm people expect from Professor Layton, Ni no Kuni<\/a>, Yo-kai Watch<\/a>, and Fantasy Life. Anyone who’s been following Level-5’s revival push has seen this simmering for a while: fans said the use of generated assets was broad and easy to spot, that it felt like a shortcut, and that the studio’s silence only made the backlash worse.<\/p>\n\n The statement doesn’t include any timeline for workflow changes or for revising content that’s already out there. So the bigger test is still<\/strong> ahead. Future releases will need to show stronger quality control, protect the studio’s identity, and start rebuilding trust. You can read the statement through Level-5’s official channels.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After weeks of criticism, Level-5 has put out a formal apology. In a statement posted on its official channels, the company said it \u201csincerely apologizes\u201d for the heavy use of computer-generated material in recent games and promotional content. The studio said it’ll review how those assets are being used. That comes after weeks of fan … Continue reading “Level-5 finally apologizes for heavy use of generated assets”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9351,"featured_media":378207,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6771],"class_list":["post-378208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","content-category-ai"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378209,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378208\/revisions\/378209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378208"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=378208"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=378208"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=378208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}