The latest Fire Emblem game, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, is set to release this week, adding a new Officer’s Academy “school” portion where you have even more choices than before for raising your students into efficient killing machines, in addition to a revamped SRPG portion. The game concerns a teacher who must choose between three houses, each led by a future country leader, and stick with them until whatever bitter end awaits them.
Rune Factory 4 Special releases just a day before Fire Emblem, bringing Rune Factory back from the hibernation that it has been in since 2012. This port adds in HD graphics, a new UI to match the single-screen gameplay, and a Newlywed Mode that features new story and Live2D technology.
Finally, the third game of note this week is Kill la Kill: IF, which is being published by Arc System Works. This game is a 3D fighter which has some very Kill la Kill mechanics, such as a rock-paper-scissors mechanic in the form of argument matches in the heat of battle.
(Oh, and Sega’s official licensed game for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics also releases this week.)
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Here are this week’s JP releases below:
Nintendo Switch
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (+ eShop version)
Rune Factory 4 Special (+ eShop version)
Kill la Kill: IF (+ eShop version)
Tokyo 2020 The Official Video Game (+ eShop version)
Fishing Spirits Nintendo Switch Version (+ eShop version)
Piofiore (+ eShop version)
Psikyo Shooting Library Vol. 1
eShop Only (Switch)
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
Super Neptunia RPG
Raiden V: Director’s Cut
Pirates 7
Yoiyami Dreamer
Dosukoi no Kabe
Seki de Dodgeball
Picross Lord of the Nazarick
Deaidama 2
PlayStation 4
Kill la Kill: IF (+ PS Store version)
Tokyo 2020 The Official Video Game (+ PS Store version)
Making*Lovers (+ PS Store version)
PS Store Only (PS4)
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors
PlayStation Vita
Shinigami to Shoujo (+ PS Store version)
Making*Lovers (+ PS Store version)
Key European Releases:
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Kill la Kill: IF
Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation
Key Domestic Releases:
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Kill la Kill: IF
Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation
Raiden V: Director’s Cut (Switch)
