October–December 2020 Japanese Video Game Release Calendar

2020 has been a wild year for everyone, so it’s no surprise that gaming has been impacted heavily as well. Between many delays and the release of two new consoles, it’s hard to keep track of what’s releasing this year. With that in mind, we’ve put together a list of (mostly) Japanese games that are still set to launch between now and December.

October

• 22nd — Bless Unleashed (PS4)
• 27th — The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV (PS4)
• 29th — Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster (Switch, PS4) (Japanese release) Featuring Dante from the Devil May Cry series
• 29th — Crimzon Clover – World EXplosion (Switch)
• 30th — Mad Rat Dead (Switch, PS4)
• 30th — Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Switch)

November

Xbox Series X Release Day: November 10

• 10th — Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (Xbox Series X) (Digital)
• 10th — Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (PC, Switch, PS4) Check out the Limited Edition
• 10th — Yakuza: Like a Dragon (PS4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X) The Series X version comes with ‘next-gen crustacean A.I’

PS5 Release Day: November 12 (US and Japan), November 19 (Europe)

• 12th — Death Come True (PS4)
• 12th/19th — Astro’s Playroom (PS5)
• 12th/19th — Demon’s Souls (PS5) There’s an unnecessary Digital Deluxe Edition as well
• 12th/19th — Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (PS5) (Digital)
• 13th — Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory (PS4, Switch, Xbox One) It packs in more than 140 songs from throughout the series
• 20th — Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Switch)
• 20th — Katamari Damacy Reroll (PS4 and Xbox One)
• TBA — Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype Definitive Edition (PS4)

December

• 1st — Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (PS5, Xbox Series X) (Physical)
• 2nd — Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Switch, PC) A port of a port
• 3rd — Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy (Switch, PS4, PS5) (Japanese release) Launches January 29 in Europe
• 4th — Dragon Quest XI S: Definitive Edition (PC, PS4, Xbox One)
• 8th — Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X)
• 10th — Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia (PS4) It’ll have the same Collector’s Edition as the Switch version
• 15th — Collection of SaGa: Final Fantasy Legend (Switch) Announced during Nintendo’s Partner Showcase back in August
• 24th — Earth Defense Force: World Brothers (Switch, PS4) (Japanese release)

That’s all for this round-up of Japanese game releases over the next few months. We’ll have a new release calendar ready for 2021, which should be full of games that were originally set to come out this year…

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