Visual Novel News:
Shiravune has announced the upcoming release of TORAWASE: The Girl in the Mirror (TO-RA-WA-SE ~Toraware no Anata ga Yumemiru Shiawase~) by developer Dark One. A short visual novel where the protagonists finds himself dreaming of being a woman in the Middle Ages, and gradually transforming in real life.
An old castle in Eastern Europe that’s been renovated into a hotel… Traveling all the way from Japan, the protagonist proposes to his girlfriend there, and she accepts. However, an unexpected phone call causes his girlfriend, now-fiancée, to take an emergency flight back home for work reasons. Once left on his own, the protagonist has a strange dream. He becomes a woman, invited into an era when the castle still flourished. When he wakes from his dream, he realizes with shock that he’s physically transforming into the woman he was in his dream. And although he struggles to find a way to change back, every time he sleeps, he’s taken to the dream world―the castle during the Middle Ages. Every time he wakes from the dreams, his body comes closer to becoming that of an actual woman. His girlfriend accepted his proposal, but he can’t get back to her like this. Will he escape his dreams? Can he transform back into a man? Or will the future take a turn in an unseen direction…?
Gaming News:
Level-5 have given us another update on the latest mainline entry in their beloved Professor Layton series. Professor Layton and the New World of Steam takes place one year after the events of Professor Layton and the Unwound Future and is set in a city in America named Steam Bison; a city that has developed at an incredible pace thanks to its use of steam technology. The puzzles for this new game are being handled by Takuji Izawa, known as the Quiz King of Tokyo City University, with this new game boasting the largest amount of puzzles in the series’ history. The game has also been confirmed for more platforms and a release window has finally been revealed.
Professor Layton and the New World of Steam launches for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC towards the end of 2026.
Watch the trailer for Professor Layton and the New World of Steam
The third anniversary of Hoyoverse’s RPG gacha game, Honkai Star Rail is fast approaching and it’s celebrating in a big way. The 4.2 patch for the game will introduce Silver Wolf Lv. 999 and Evanecsia to the playable cast, Robin and Huohuo will be available in the game’s shop, and even more characters will be available in the game’s standard gacha pool. Alongside this, the anniversary will also include 1600 premium currency, 20 free pulls, new costumes, events, and buffs to some of the game’s older units. And last, but not least, MAPPA premiered an animated short for the game that focuses on some of the game’s memorable characters.
The 4.2 update for Honkai Star Rail goes live on April 22nd.
Watch the 4.2 update trailer for Honkai Star Rail
Watch the MAPPA animation concept trailer
Anime News:
The Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure fans were up in arms at Netflix’s release schedule for the highly anticipated anime adaptation of the series’ seventh part: Steel Ball Run. After a large outcry after only getting one episode for the premiere and having no concrete release date for more episodes, Netflix released a statement addressing the situation. In a post on X, Netflix have confirmed that the 2nd Stage of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run will be streaming this Fall and will be released in a weekly release structure.
After the release of the second season, fans of One Piece‘ live-action adaptation from Netflix wanted to know when the story will continue, and we now have our answer. It was announced in a short teaser that the third season of the live-action One Piece adaptation, titled The Battle of Alabasta, will be premiering in 2027.
Upcoming Releases:
The quirky life-sim sequel from Nintendo is ready to release this week. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream brings back the whacky antics of the Miis you invite to the island, but this new entry includes many more features compared to the original game. This includes being able to give them special quirks that change how they behave and the option to landscape your island with decorative items and changing the structure of the land to make it truly unique to you. You can even customise items, outfits, and even the exterior of houses with the new Palette House feature.
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream launches for Nintendo Switch on April 16th.
After numerous delays, Capcom’s new IP, Pragmata is finally releasing this week. You play as a man named Hugh on a research station in space that has been taken over by a rogue AI. With the help of an android girl called Diana, take on this hostile threat by breaking into their systems with the help of Diana in this mixture of puzzle mechanics and action combat. Will Hugh and Diana manage to escape this hostile environment and make their way back to Earth?
Pragmata releases for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC on April 17th.
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