Monster Hunter Rise, Balan Wonderworld, Memories Off Historia Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, and Love Live! School Idol Festival ~after school ACTIVITY~ Wai-Wai! Home Meeting!! are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.
Other new titles due out this week include otome visual novel LoverPretend, anime game adaption The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five, and SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition.
Get the full list of this week’s Japanese game releases below. It should be noted that Gematsu will receive a small percentage of money from purchases made through Play-Asia links. You can also save five percent using our “GEMATSU” coupon code.
Hardware
- Nintendo Switch Monster Hunter Rise Special Edition
Physical and Digital
- A Clockwork Ley-Line: Kagerou ni Samayou Majo (Switch)
- Ai Kiss 2 (PS4, Switch)
- Balan Wonderworld (PS5, PS4, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- North American Version (PS5, Xbox Series / One, PS4, Switch)
- European Version (PS5, Xbox Series / One, PS4, Switch)
- Kagawa Manao to Futari de Shogi (Switch)
- The House in Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants Edition (Switch)
- LoverPretend (Switch)
- Memories Off Historia Vol. 1 (PS4, Switch)
- Memories Off Historia Vol. 2 (PS4, Switch)
- Memories Off Historia Bundle (PS4, Switch)
- Monster Hunter Rise (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Hunting Friend Double Pack
- North American Version: Standard / Deluxe / Collector’s
- European Version: Standard / Deluxe
- The Quintessential Quintuplets ∬: Summer Memories Also Come in Five (PS4, Switch)
- Sea of Solitude: The Director’s Cut (Switch) – Already available worldwide.
- SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition (PS4, Switch)
Digital-Only
- Aery: Broken Memories (Switch) – Already available worldwide.
- Balan Wonderworld (Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Black Legend (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Bladed Fury (PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- BodyQuest (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- DARQ: Complete Edition (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- El Hijo: A Wild West Tale (PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Fishing Fighters (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Genesis Noir (Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Get-A-Grip Chip (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Golf Royale (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- It Takes Two (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- North American Version (PS4 / PS5, Xbox Series / One)
- European Version (PS4 / PS5, Xbox Series / One)
- Jumping Stack Ball (Switch) – Already available worldwide.
- Love Live! School Idol Festival ~after school ACTIVITY~ Wai-Wai! Home Meeting!! (PS4) – Launching worldwide.
- MazM: The Phantom of the Opera (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Mega Mall Story 2 (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- My Hidden Things (Switch) – Already available worldwide.
- Octopath Traveler (Xbox One, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Paperball Deluxe (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Rip Them Off (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Scandal In The Spotlight (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2 (PS5, Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
- North American Version (PS5, Xbox Series)
- Toon Shooters 2: The Freelancers (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Vaporum: Lockdown (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Wild Park Manager (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- YesterMorrow (Switch) – Already available worldwide.
- Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (Xbox One, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
The PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch titles listed above can be purchased through Japanese PlayStation Network and Nintendo accounts using prepaid cards: