Jul 052024
I waited until after Aksys’s news from Anime Expo to write today’s blog post, and Aksys didn’t disappoint!
Before we get to Aksys, let’s talk about a couple other Anime Expo announcements quick. First, yesterday Sekai Project announced that the upcoming new Nekopara game, Nekopara After, was originally intended to be DLC but has now become a full release on its own.
Second, NISA announced that Ys X: Nordics will be out on October 25 in the west, and preorders for the limited edition have opened. Today, they followed that with the largely-expected news that Trails through Daybreak II will be coming west in early 2025.
Now let’s move on to Aksys!
On the otome front, we got three main announcements.
Mistonia no Kibou – The Lost Delight has been confirmed for localization next year. This is an otome dealing with fairies and a heroine seeking revenge, and it looks beautiful. It’s the one I’m the most interested in right now (although I wish the main character’s name wasn’t Applause, because I’m not sure I can take that seriously).
The really surprising thing, though, is that it isn’t even out in Japan yet. It’s coming out on July 18. For localization to be confirmed before the game is even out in Japan seems like a great sign for how much the otome localization situation has improved.
Utaka no Uchronia is also coming west in 2025. This one is set in a flying city, and I know a lot of people were hoping it would be announced.
The Switch port of 7’scarlet is also coming west, with a more specific window of Spring 2025. I never played the Vita or PC version, but it’s one I’ve considered, so I might keep this in mind.
As for their already-announced titles, the Virche Evermore fandisc got a release date of November 7, and the 2025 release window for Despera Drops was also narrowed down to spring.
2025’s otome lineup is already looking stacked.
They had a few non-otome announcements as well, including a zombie RPG called Raging Bytes that looks like it could be interesting.
So we’ve gotten plenty of great announcements out of Anime Expo so far, with still more to come. Don’t forget that Idea Factory is holding a separate event tomorrow as well!
What announcements have interested you so far?
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