This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, ToHeart remake, more
Farland Saga I & II Saturn Tribute, Persona 5: The Phantom X, etc.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach for PlayStation 5 and the remake of ToHeart for Switch and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.
Also due out this week are Farland Saga I & II Saturn Tribute for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC, and the global release of Persona 5: The Phantom X.
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 with our multi-use “GEMATSU2025” coupon code.
Physical and Digital
- Arcade Paradise All-in-One Edition (Switch)
- bitter smile. (Switch)
- Limited Edition (Switch)
- Calamity Angels: Special Delivery (PS5, Switch)
- Castlevania Anniversary Collection Deluxe Edition (PS4, Switch)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (PS5) – Launching worldwide.
- Farland Saga I & II Saturn Tribute (PS5, Switch)
- HITMAN World of Assassination (Switch 2) – Game-key card. Already available worldwide.
- Kemco RPG Selection Vol. 3 (PS5)
- Asian Version (PS5)
- Kemco RPG Selection Vol. 10 (Switch)
- Asian Version (Switch)
- Master of Monsters SSB (PS5, PS4, Switch)
- Nekonyan Best Collection: bitter smile. / Sweet Cafe Collection / Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o Refine Set (Switch)
- Tamagotchi Plaza (Switch 2, Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
- ToHeart (Switch)
- Premium Edition (Switch)
Digital-Only
- Against the Storm (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Alterna Vvelt: Blue Exorcist Another Story (iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
- ANTRO (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Calamity Angels: Special Delivery (PS4)
- Farland Saga I Saturn Tribute (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Farland Saga II Saturn Tribute (PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- FRONT MISSION 3: Remake (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- How 2 Escape: Lost Submarine (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- I Am Your Beast (PS5, Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
- Locomoto (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Master of Monsters SSB (PC [Steam])
- Outrider Mako (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Persona 5: The Phantom X (PC [Steam], iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
- Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4 (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Ruffy and the Riverside (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Shuffle Tactics (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, Humble Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate (Xbox Series, Xbox One) – Launching worldwide.
- ToHeart (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Until Then (Switch) – 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:
- PlayStation Store cards (yen): 1,100 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 10,000
- Nintendo eShop cards (yen): 1,000 / 1,500 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 9,000
Demos, Betas, Updates, etc.
- Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves Downloadable Content Character Andy Bogard (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series, PC) – Launching worldwide.
- Palworld Update “Tides of Terraria” (PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC) – Launching worldwide.
- Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Expansion “Eevee Grove” (iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
- Phasmophobia Update “Chronicle” (PS5, PS VR2, Xbox Series, PC) – Launching worldwide.
- Rift of the Necrodancer Downloadable Content “Hatsune Miku Music Pack” (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II Update “Siege Mode” (PS5, Xbox Series, PC) – Launching worldwide.