This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: Kirby Air Riders, R-Type Delta: HD Boosted, more
SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide, One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 for current-generation consoles, etc.
Kirby Air Riders for Switch 2 and R-Type Delta: HD Boosted for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.
Also due out this week is SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC, the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2 versions of One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4, and the PlayStation 5 version of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl.
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.
Hardware
Physical and Digital
- BOKURA / BOKURA: planet Double Pack (Switch)
- Eldrador Creatures Shadowfall (Switch) – Already available worldwide.
- Asian Version (Switch)
- Hades II (Switch 2, Switch) – Already available worldwide.
- Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2) – Launching worldwide.
- Love Delivery & Love in Login (Switch)
- Model Debut4 #nicola (Switch)
- R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (PS5, Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide (PS5, Switch 2) – Launching worldwide.
- North American Version
- Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2)
- Ghostly Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2)
- European Version
- Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PC)
- Ghostly Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PC)
- North American Version
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (PS5) – Launching worldwide.
- Sumikkogurashi Create a Wonderful Sumikko Island! (Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
- Tetsudou Nippon! RealPro Choukyori Unten! Tokkyuu Hinotori Kinki Nippon Tetsudou Hen (Switch)
- Yami-iro no Maju (Switch)
- Limited Edition (Switch)
Digital-Only
- Astroneer (PS5) – Launching worldwide.
- The Berlin Apartment (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Bob The Brick Breaker (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Chill with You: Lo-Fi Story (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked (PS5 / PS VR2, PC / SteamVR, Quest) – Launching worldwide.
- Demonschool (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Eldrador Creatures Shadowfall (PS5, PS4) – Already available worldwide.
- Fantasy Aquarium (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Forestrike (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- INDIKA (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- JDM: Japanese Drift Master (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
- Kiosk (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Marvel’s Deadpool VR (Quest 3) – Launching worldwide.
- Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault Early Access (PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Morsels (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- MySims: Cozy Bundle (PS5, Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
- Neon Inferno (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2) – Launching worldwide.
- Ozymandias (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Remnants of the Rift (PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One) – Launching worldwide.
- Resident Evil: Survival Unit (iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
- Retrace the Light (PC [Steam, Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- Roboquest VR (PS VR2, SteamVR, Quest) – Launching worldwide.
- R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (Xbox Series, PS4, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Saborus (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Sailing the Winds (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One) – Launching worldwide.
- Samurai Academy: Paws of Fury (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Save Room: The Merchant (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
- Sektori (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE (PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Titans of the Tide (Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- Squirrel with a Gun (Switch 2) – Launching worldwide.
- Terrifier: The ARTcade Game (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
- North American Version
- Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch)
- Limited Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch)
- European Version
- Standard Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch)
- Limited Edition (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch)
- North American Version
- Tomb Raider: Anniversary (PS5, PS4) – 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.
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage Update “Valley of Memory” (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, PC, iOS) – Launching worldwide.
- Borderlands 4 Downloadable Content “Bounty Pack 1: How Rush Saved Mercenary Day” (PS5, Xbox Series, PC) – Launching worldwide.
- The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria Expansion “Durin’s Folk” (PS5, Xbox Series, PC) – Launching worldwide.
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Downloadable Content “Future Island Egghead Pack” (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) – Launching worldwide.
- Super Robot Wars Y “DLC #1: Contract from the Darkness” (PS5, Switch, PC) – Launching worldwide.
- Wuthering Waves Version 2.8 Update “To the City Set in Amber” (PS5, PC, iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.