Switch Neptunia Re;Birth Games, Death end re;Quest: Code Z Canceled

Idea Factory International announced three Neptunia Re;Birth games and Death end re;Quest: Code Z won’t come to the Nintendo Switch in North America or Europe as originally planned, as all four titles are now canceled. It cited Nintendo Guidelines as being the issue for the games not appearing on the system as planned. All of the games appeared on the system in Japan in 2024.

Idea Factory International did not cite which elements of the Nintendo Guidelines the games Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 Sisters Generation, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation, and Death end re;Quest: Code Z violate. The first and second Death end re;Quest games appear worldwide on the Switch eShop and are still available to purchase. We also saw multiple other Neptunia games appear on the system in 2024. Neptunia Game Maker R:Evolution and Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters both appeared there. There is an age-gate on the website for the new Death end re;Quest game. 

This does perhaps explain a delay from earlier this year. All three Switch Neptunia Re;Birth games were supposed to debut in Europe on May 21, 2024. The day before launch, Idea Factory International said it wouldn’t happen. There was no explanation at the time.

It seems one Neptunia game isn’t hit by this. The official site for Neptunia Riders vs Dogoos still lists that as heading to the Switch worldwide. That debuts on January 28, 2025.

Death end re;Quest: Code Z will still come to the PS4 and PS5 in North America and Europe in 2025.