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Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight

Aksys Games made a number of announcements during a panel at Anime Expo 2024 today, including English localization plans for Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight. Those in North America and Europe can look forward to it in 2025.

Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight, a Switch otome visual novel, has actually not yet released. Japan will be getting it first on July 18, 2024.

We have some information about Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight via the following overview:

Virche Evermore - EpiC: Lycoris release date

Today, Aksys Games set a final release date for Virche Evermore – EpiC: Lycoris in the west. Fans can pick up the Switch otome visual novel on November 7, 2024.

Aksys confirmed localization plans earlier in the year. While we knew it was coming this fall, a proper date has now been provided.

Tokyo Clanpool

Eastasiasoft is partnering with Idea Factory to localize the Switch game Tokyo Clanpool for fans in the west, the company announced today. The title launches in North America and Europe later in 2024.

Tokyo Clanpool, a dungeon RPG made by Compile Heart, has players navigating mazelike dungeons in old-school first-person style. Turn-based combat is also included.

More information can be found in the following overview:

Radiant Tale Fanfare trailer

Radiant Tale: Fanfare is finally reaching the west, and a new trailer is here to celebrate. Aksys published the follow up to the original Radiant Tale in North America and Europe this week.

Learn more about it in the following overview:

Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom release date

The Switch version of Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom now has a release date, and it’s not terribly far off. Eastasiasoft announced today that the port launches on August 1, 2024.

Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom was first confirmed for Switch at the very start of the year. Originally, we were given a general 2024 release window.

Cupid Parasite Sweet and Spicy Darling trailer

A launch trailer ha arrived for Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling. This week, Idea Factory brought the visual novel to Switch in the west.

Here’s an overview of the title:

Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling review

System: Switch
Release date: May 28, 2024
Developer: Otomate
Publisher: Idea Factory


When Cupid Parasite released on Switch back in 2021 I was immediately taken with it. The premise of Cupid working in a matchmaking agency to try and find partners for hopeless cases without resorting to her powers to basically cheat them into a relationship was absolute genius, and it was the perfect marriage (if you’ll pardon the pun) between romance and comedy, punctuating its more serious moments with highly entertaining lighthearted moments. Despite being satisfied with the conclusion of each of the Parasite’s story arcs, I was never going to pass up Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling, a fan disc that picks up where the true ending of each route leaves off and introduces a brand new Parasite into the mix. It certainly lives up to its name, but there is also a sourness to it that hints at the overindulgence of too much of a good thing.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy delay

Idea Factory just announced that it’s delaying the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy indefinitely on Switch in the west. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 Sisters Generation, and Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation are all affected.

The company did not provide a reason for the delay. NIS America simple stated that the games are “postponed until further notice.” More information will be shared later.

System: Switch
Release date: May 14, 2024
Developer: Compile Heart
Publisher: Idea Factory


I think the most surprising thing about Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution is that it’s taken Compile Heart this long to produce it. Since her introduction in Megadimension Neptunia VII in 2015, the older Neptune has proven to be a fairly well-received and popular character in the franchise, and she has been long overdue for a game where she is the central protagonist. Now, finally, she stars as president of a game development studio, alongside three brand new characters, ready to depart on her own adventure. It is, I am pleased to say, one that is well worth experiencing, although perhaps not on the Switch if you have other options available.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy Switch English west

March 1: Idea Factory will publish the recently-announced Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy on Switch in the west with English support, the company just announced.

The set was previously confirmed for the console in Japan this week. Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 Sisters Generation, and Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation will now be coming to Nintendo’s console, though Idea Factory indicates that these will be digital releases.

Here’s some information about each one:


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