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New Trailer for No Sleep for Kaname Date Shows Returning Characters and More

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Apr 232025

There’s a new trailer out for No Sleep for Kaname Date, providing a general introduction to the game.

One thing that stands out to me is that partway through, the trailer describes the game as “Somnium x Escape Room.”

The addition of the escape room features is definitely something they’ve been highlighting, and this trailer makes that more evident than ever. From everything we’ve seen it seems like you’ll play as Date during investigations, Aiba in the Somniums, and now also Iris for the escape room parts.

We get to see a quick glimpse of new scenes not seen in the previous trailers, as well as several more returning characters, like Ota and Boss.

It also starts with a look at a UFO, but I’m not convinced the whole “Iris was abducted by a UFO” premise won’t turn out to be a trick in some way. An actual alien abduction feels a bit too out of line with the rest of the series.

(I can only imagine how random the part at 1:12 must seem to anyone who isn’t already familiar with Date.)

You know, the more I think about this game being set in between the two main games, the more intrigued I am. I enjoyed Nirvana Initiative, but it never fit together with the first game as neatly as I would have liked. My ideal hope is that No Sleep for Kaname Date makes use of its place in the timeline to smooth things out between the two games a little better.

In the meantime, we’re one day away from the release of The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy, and it’s gotten excellent reviews. I can’t wait to start it. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also comes out tomorrow and got fantastic reviews, so my backlog is crying. I’m sure I’ll be all caught up in time for No Sleep for Kaname Date.

…Right?

Anyway, what are you thoughts on the latest trailer for No Sleep for Kaname Date?

New Trailer (and Steam Page) for No Sleep for Kaname Date

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Apr 092025

No Sleep for Kaname Date: From AI: The Somnium Files was my favorite surprise announcement from March’s Nintendo Direct, so let’s talk about the latest details!

Spike Chunsoft released a new trailer for No Sleep for Kaname Date, along with an official game description that confirms the new escape room segments the first trailer implied.

In addition to the “Investigation” and “Somnium” gameplay sections from the previous games, there will now also be “Escape” sections where the player must solve puzzles to escape locked rooms.

It also confirms that it takes place only one day after the resolution of the first game, which raises certain questions for me (you know what I’m talking about), but since it also says Iris has been abducted by a UFO, I have to question what’s going on in this game in general.

The trailer itself doesn’t show too much besides what was already in the Nintendo Direct trailer.

In addition to the trailer, thhe official website has been updated to reveal two new characters, one being an ABIS engineer named Hina and the other being the host of the escape game, Akemi.

The Steam page is up as well, with some new screenshots.

Preorders are open now, too. I’m a little disappointed that there isn’t a limited edition this time, but you do get a couple holographic stickers plus an exclusive Mizuki sticker if you order from Spike Chunsoft’s store. The store page also confirms that the Switch 2 version is a Game-Key Card rather than a regular game card, so even if I intended to get a Switch 2 at launch, I’d still be going for the Switch version.

Anyway, although I have some criticisms of Nirvana Initiative’s story compared to that of the first game, I’m excited for this new game and I can’t wait to see where it goes. What are your hopes for No Sleep for Kaname Date?