Apex Legends game director hints Season 9 Legend will appeal to Japanese players Respawn EntertainmentChad Grenier, Apex Legends\u2019 game director at Respawn Entertainment, has hinted that the upcoming Season 9 legend will appeal to the battle royale\u2019s massive Japanese fanbase. As has become customary in Apex Legends, the start of a new season means a new legend. This is expected to be the case with Season 9 and, with explosive Aussie Fuse now in-game and wreaking havoc, some fans are casting their minds forward to consider what the game\u2019s next season will bring. At this point details are still fairly scarce, but Chad Grenier has hinted that the game\u2019s upcoming legend will have a particular appeal to the Japanese fanbase. Apex Legends\u2019 release on Nintendo Switch came on March 9, and will have undoubtedly boosted the game\u2019s popularity in Japan where Nintendo dominates the video game markets. Speaking to Famitsu about the game\u2019s launch on Switch, Grenier touched on the game\u2019s ninth season, which is expected around the start of May, 2021. Although he did not divulge specific details, he hinted that the new legend will be especially popular in Japan. Read More: Can you play solo in Apex Legends? – \u201cWe are thrilled to bring Apex to all Switch players in Japan,\u201d Grenier said. \u201cI love Japan and it\u2019s a country where people play Apex a lot. I hope we can deliver unique content to Japan. I mentioned a little about Season 9, but the legend in Season 9 I hope will be liked in Japan. Thank you for your support. You can finally play on Switch.\u201d Note that the above comments are a translation, as the original article was published in Japanese. There are still very few details known about the Season 9 legend and how it will shake up the established pool of characters. A few names have surfaced, including Valk, Blisk and Ash. As we know more, you\u2019ll know more. Whether Grenier\u2019s comments mean we can expect a Japanese legend remains to be seen, but we can expect more details on the Season 9 legend as its release creeps closer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apex Legends game director hints Season 9 Legend will appeal to Japanese players Respawn EntertainmentChad Grenier, Apex Legends\u2019 game director at Respawn Entertainment, has hinted that the upcoming Season 9 legend will appeal to the battle royale\u2019s massive Japanese fanbase. As has become customary in Apex Legends, the start of a new season means a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}