Today, publisher eastasiasoft held a showcase of their upcoming games.

One of the games they showed was an unexpected announcement: Tokyo Clanpool is coming to the Switch and PC later this year, with an English (and Chinese) translation for the first time.

Tokyo Clanpool is a Compile Heart dungeon crawler RPG release in 2017 for the PS Vita, although it never made it out of Japan.

When a mysterious tower appears and monsters threaten Tokyo, you play as the young Prime Minister leading her “Diet Dolls” into the tower to fight the monsters in turn-based combat. A unique feature due to the main character’s status is that you need to keep an eye on your approval rating to keep the support of your citizens.

It’s a weird idea, but it sounds like it could be fun.

Now, I would have said I never heard about Tokyo Clanpool before, but the funny thing is that while I was looking for information about it, I found a reddit post about the initial PS Vita version that I had upvoted. It seems I knew about Tokyo Clanpool at the time and was hoping it would get localized.

So… even though I completely forgot about it in the 7 years since then, I’m finally getting my wish!

In addition to the standard edition, a Limited Edition will also be available from Play-Asia, with preorders opening on July 4. The Limited Edition includes the game, a manual, an art book, a sticker sheet, a poster, and a numbered certificate.

Eastasiasoft has had a number of interesting titles lately, with the major one for me being Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom. They’re quickly becoming a publisher whose announcements I look forward to, and this is yet another one to keep an eye on!

Are you interested in Tokyo Clanpool?

I recently saw the announcement that an action RPG called Elrentaros Wanderings would be coming to the West on August 16.

The name meant nothing to me, but I decided to watch the trailer.

The trailer looked pretty interesting, so I read more about the game… and realized we’ve actually talked about this one before!

Elrentaros Wanderings is the English title of Rear Sekai, the action RPG developed by the Rune Factory studio that we discussed last year. I would not have made the connection from the title, so I’m glad I looked into it.

At the time, we knew barely anything about it, but it’s since been released in Japan and now is on its way here, and the trailer has me intrigued.

The digital release is due out on August 16, but it’s also getting physical editions (standard, deluxe, and collector’s) on October 11.

It seems like Rear Sekai got a mixed reception in Japan, but I’m still curious about it. Are you interested in Rear Sekai – or rather, Elrentaros Wanderings?