This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster, PRAGMATA for Switch 2, more

Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, and PC, and PRAGMATA for Switch 2 are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.

Also due out this week are Kiln for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, Dragon Quest Smash/Grow for iOS and Android, and Tides of Tomorrow for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC.

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

• Elminage ORIGINAL: Priestess of Darkness and The Ring of the Gods (Switch)
• FRONT MISSION 3: Remake (PS5, PS4) – Already available digitally worldwide.
• GIGASWORD (PS5, Switch) – Already available digitally worldwide.
• Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster (PS5, Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
  • Limited Edition (PS5, Switch)
  • Asian Version
    • Standard Edition (PS5, Switch)
    • Limited Edition (PS5, Switch)
• Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmei kashokuden (Switch)
  • Special Edition (Switch)
  • Otomate Sweet Box (Switch)
• Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten New Price Edition (PS5, PS4)
• PRAGMATA (Switch 2) – Already available worldwide.
  • Deluxe Edition (Switch 2)
  • Asian Version (Switch 2)
• SHUTEN ORDER – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2) – Already available digitally. Physical edition launching worldwide.
  • North American Version (Switch 2, Switch)
  • European Version (Switch 2)
  • Asian Version (Switch 2)

Digital-Only

• Albion Online (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
• ARTDINK GAME LOG: Aquanaut’s Holiday (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Combat Kart (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• Causal Loop (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
• Dark Hours (PS5, Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
• Dialoop (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• DIMENSIONS 2 (Xbox Series, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Dragon is Dead (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• Dragon Quest Smash/Grow (iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
• Drop Duchy: Complete Edition (PS5, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• Farm Manager World (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
• Fruit Mountain Party (Switch 2, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• GluMe (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• Jay and Silent Bob: Chronic Blunt Punch (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Switch, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Kiln (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster (Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Kristala (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Kumitantei: Old-School Slaughter (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Nagi no Koi (PS4, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• OBLITACRATER (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Our Metal Bowl (Xbox Series, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Party Club (PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Puzzle Bobble Everybubble! (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Rumbral (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Saint Slayer: Spear of Sacrilege (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Save My Scrap (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Shy Cats Hidden Orchestra 2 (Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Star Fire: Eternal Cycle (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Sudden Strike 5 (Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store]) – Launching worldwide.
  • PlayStation 5 version launches May 20 in Japan.
• Tides of Tomorrow (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Until Then (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
• Urban Jungle (Xbox Series, PC [Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, Switch, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Wild Arms 4 (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

Additionally, direct top-ups for gacha games are available here, including:

• Blue Protocol: Star Resonance
• Genshin Impact
• Honkai: Star Rail
• Love and Deepspace
• Marvel Rivals
• Where Winds Meet
• Zenless Zone Zero

Demos, DLC, Updates, etc.

• Age of Mythology: Retold Downloadable Content “Obsidian Mirror” (PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC)
• Dragon Ball FighterZ Downloadable Content Character Goku (Super Saiyan 4, DAIMA) (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC)
• Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.2 Update “So Laughed the Masses” (PS5, PC, iOS, Android)
• Petit Planet “Stardrift Test” (PC, iOS, Android)