This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: BAROQUE-YA, Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku Revival, more

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This week’s most exciting new Japanese video game releases for the Nintendo Switch are BAROQUE-YA and Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku Revival.

Also due out this week are Bounty Sisters for Switch, and HEART of CROWN Online for Switch and PC.

Here’s a complete list of Japanese games released this week. Just so you know, we earn a small commission on purchases made through the Play-Asia links provided. Plus, you can save 5% using the coupon code GEMATSU2025.

Physical

  • ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 9 (Switch)
    • Asian Version (Switch)
  • ACA NEOGEO Selection Vol. 10 (Switch)
    • Asian Version (Switch)
  • A-Train: All Aboard! Tourism – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Switch 2)
  • BAROQUE-YA (Switch)
  • Bounty Sisters (Switch)
    • Limited Edition (Switch)
  • HEART of CROWN (Switch)
  • INtLOVErt Game Club (Switch)
  • Kemco RPG Selection Vol. 4 (PS5)
    • Asian Version (PS5)
  • Kemco RPG Selection Vol. 5 (PS5)
    • Asian Version (PS5)
  • Kemco RPG Selection Vol. 12 (Switch)
    • Asian Version (Switch)
  • OBAKEIDORO 2: Chase & Seek (Switch 2)
  • Olympia Soiree Catharsis (Switch)
    • Special Edition (Switch)
    • Otomate Sweet Box (Switch)
  • REMATCH Elite Edition (PS5) – Already available worldwide.
  • Sorry We’re Closed (PS5, Switch) – Already available digitally worldwide.
  • Space Adventure Cobra: The Awakening (PS5, Switch) – Already available worldwide.
  • Wings of Endless (PS5) – Already available digitally worldwide.
    • Limited Edition (PS5)
  • Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku Revival (Switch)
    • Special Edition (Switch)

Digital-Only

  • Aaero2: Black Razor Edition (PS5, PC [Epic Games Store, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
  • ARTDINK GAME LOG: Tail of the Sun (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • The Axis Unseen (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
  • BAROQUE ~Become a Meta-Being~ Revive (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • BAROQUE SHOOTING: REVERSED (Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • BAROQUE SYNDROME (Switch, PC [Steam])
  • CloverPit (iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
  • Five Nights at Freddy’s: Secret of the Mimic (Xbox Series, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
  • Fort Solis (Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
  • HEART of CROWN Online (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Humble Haunted House (PS5, Xbox Series, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
  • Layers of Fear: The Final Masterpiece Edition (Switch 2)
  • Legacy of Evil (PS4) – Launching worldwide.
  • Mind Over Magnet (PS5, PS4, Switch) – Already available worldwide.
  • Nintendo 64 – Nintendo Classics (Switch 2)
    • Rayman 2: The Great Escape
    • Tonic Trouble
  • PopSlinger Vol. 2: Loveless (PS5) – Launching worldwide.
  • The Rogue Prince of Persia (Switch 2, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
  • SPLITGATE: Arena Reloaded (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, PC [Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
  • System Shock (Switch 2, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate (Switch 2) – Launching worldwide.
  • Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return Special Edition (PS5, Switch 2, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Utawarerumono: ZAN (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch (PS5, Xbox Series) – Launching worldwide.
  • Yuukyuu Gensoukyoku ensemble Re:R (Switch)
  • Zero Caliber VR (PS VR2) – Launching worldwide.

You can buy PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch games from the Japanese PlayStation Network and Nintendo eShop 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.

  • ANTONBLAST “The End” Update (Switch, PC)
  • Monster Hunter Wilds “Title Update 4” (PS5, Xbox Series, PC)
  • Palworld “Home Sweet Home” Update (PS5, Xbox Series, Xbox One, PC)
  • Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Expansion “Crimson Blaze” (iOS, Android)

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2025-12-15 06:02