This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, more

Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch, and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Switch are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.

Also due out this week is the anticipated sequel Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II for Xbox Series and PC, ACQUIRE‘s turn-based deckbuilder RPG C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield, the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth trilogy for Switch, the PlayStation versions of Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana.

Get the full list of this week’s Japanese game releases below. It should be noted that Gematsu will receive a small percentage of money from purchases made through Play-Asia links. You can also save five percent with our multi-use “GEMATSU24” coupon code.

Physical and Digital

• Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Best Price (Switch)
• C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield (PS5, Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
• Earth Defense Force: World Brothers 2 (PS5, PS4, Switch)
  • English Asian Version (PS5, Switch)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 (Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation (Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 3: V Generation (Switch) – Launching digitally worldwide.
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth Triple Pack (Switch)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance (Switch) – Already available worldwide.
• The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria (PS5) – Already available worldwide.
• Moujuu-tachi to Ohime-sama for Nintendo Switch (Switch)
  • Special Edition
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
  • North American Version
  • European Version
  • Asian Version
• Rainbow Cotton (PS5, Switch) – Already available digitally worldwide.
  • Special Limited Edition (PS5, Switch)
• Tower of Fantasy: Assemble Edition (PS5)
  • Asian Version
• Ys Memoire: The Oath in Felghana (PS5, PS4)

Digital-Only

• Bread & Fred (Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• C.A.R.D.S. RPG: The Misty Battlefield (PS4, PC [Steam]) – Launching digitally worldwide.
• Devil Blade Reboot (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Galacticare (PS5, Xbox Series, PC [Steam, GOG]) – Launching worldwide.
• The Glass Staircase (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – Launching worldwide.
• Hauntii (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters (Xbox Series, Xbox One) – Launching physically worldwide.
  • North American Version
  • European Version
• One-inch Tactics (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Paper Trail (PS5, Xbox Seies, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam], iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
• The Quintessential Quintuplets: Memories of a Quintessential Summer (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • PlayStation 4 and Switch versions also launching digitally worldwide.
• The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Memories Spent With You (PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
  • PlayStation 4 and Switch versions also launching digitally worldwide.
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Xbox Series, PC [Steam, Microsoft Store]) – Launching worldwide.
• Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord (PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC [Steam]) – Launching worldwide.
• Wuthering Waves (PC [Epic Games Store, Client Download], iOS, Android) – Launching worldwide.
• XDefiant (PS5, Xbox Series, PC) – Launching worldwide.

The PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Switch titles listed above can be purchased through Japanese PlayStation Network and Nintendo accounts using prepaid cards:

• PlayStation Store cards (yen): 1,100 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 10,000
• Nintendo eShop cards (yen): 1,000 / 1,500 / 3,000 / 5,000 / 9,000