Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero release date set for January, new trailer

September 26: Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero received a release date on Switch today. The game will be available for Switch on January 30, 2025. A demo will be published sometime this year.

When Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero was announced in a Nintendo Direct, the game initially had a general Spring 2025 window. This is the first time that the franchise is being revisited in two decades.

Catch up on everything you need to know in the following overview:

Set sail to save the day in this colorful strategy RPG! Join Marona – a gifted young girl with the power to speak to Phantoms – as she traverses the ocean world of Ivoire, providing aid to those in need. When a fleet of ghost ships attack, it’s up to Marona and her new friend Apricot to assemble the legendary crew that once defeated these spectral foes.

Recruit Phantoms, bind them to objects, combine them with Gadgets, and even merge them with Marona herself to unleash show-stopping abilities and sink the Shipwreck Fleet!

Marona is a young girl with the power to speak to Phantoms, the spirits of those who have passed on. Alongside her dear friend, the Phantom Ash, she sails the ocean world of Ivoire, providing aid to those in need.

But when a fleet of ghost ships attacks and separates them, it’s up to Marona and her new friend Apricot to assemble the legendary crew that defeated the ghost ships once before.

Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero is an unconventional Strategy RPG that features free movement on a gridless map. Summon your Phantom squad members during battle by “Confining” their souls to objects on the map.

What object you Confine them to is up to you, and each different object informs their stats. Phantoms can also “Confire” with special gadget items for slow-moving but hard-hitting attacks.

In addition, Marona can “Confriend” with Phantoms to transform her appearance and access special attacks!

Key Features

• Play It Your Way: Create a team of allies from over 50 unit types and send them into battle! How the fight unfolds is limited only by your imagination.
• Phantom Possession: Take on tactical turn-based RPG battles using the Confine system, which allows Phantoms you’ve befriended to combine with and possess items to battle alongside you!
• Light-hearted Adventure: Marona may be on a quest to save her dear friend Ash, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be fun and new friendships to be found along the way!

Check out a new Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero release date trailer below.

Release Date Trailer

Our original report on Phantom Brave: The Lost Hero can be found here.

October 30: An English version of the trailer is now available. We’ve swapped that in above.