March Release] 10 new PS5, PS4 & Switch games recommended by our editorial team to buy this month!

New items released in March

Unicorn Overlord

• Compatibility: PS5/PS4/Switch/Xbox Series X|S
• Release date: 2024/3/8
• Genre: Simulation RPG
• Price: 8,778 yen (including tax)
• Maker: Atlus

A completely new simulation RPG from the team of Atlus and Vanillaware, known for "Thirteen Soldiers" and "Dragon's Crown," the main character is Alayne, a prince of the exiled country of Cornia who has been chosen to lead a liberation army to restore peace to the world from the rule of the newly born Zenoira Empire. In this title, a total of more than 60 characters can be made into companions. Players can freely organize their friends of different races and types of soldiers, create their own units, and take on the challenge of fighting the imperial army. Players are free to roam the open world and decide where to go and which stages to conquer.

Dragon's Dogma 2

• Compatibility: PS5/Xbox Series X|S/Steam
• Release date: 2024/3/22
• Genre: Open world action 22
• Price: 9,889 yen (including tax) *8,990 yen (including tax) for download version
• Maker: Capcom

The latest in the "Dragon's Dogma" series, which has sold over 8.4 million units in total. Set in a royal fantasy world with two major kingdoms, Vermund, the kingdom of man, and Batar, the kingdom of beastmen, players travel around the world as "Sentaku-sha" on a mission to slay dragons. The people who appear in the game have their own motivations and goals, and the demons are alive in this world with their own ecology and habits.

Another feature is "pawns. They are like followers of the player who is an enlightened person, and they help the player in exploration and combat. They are AI-driven, and they make their own decisions on how to move according to the situation. They learn and grow as they share the adventure with the player. Players can borrow pawns raised by other players as support pawns, giving them the feeling that they are playing with someone else even though they are playing alone.

Rise of the Ronin

• Compatibility: PS5
• Release date: 2024/3/22
• Genre: Action, Adventure
• Price: 8,980 yen (including tax)
• Publisher: Koei Tecmo Games

An open-world action RPG set in Japan at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate's 300-year reign, the game puts players in the role of a nameless ronin through a tumultuous period of turmoil caused by the decline of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the advance of powerful nations. The storyline will diverge depending on the player's choices. Will the player assassinate or escort a historical figure? Your answer will greatly affect the future of Japan.

Other features of the game include fierce battles using a variety of weapons such as swords, spears, and bayonets, as well as an open world depiction of the cityscape of the time. The photorealistic graphics allow players to fully experience the Japan of the past.

Winning Post 10 2024

• Compatibility: PS5/PS4/Switch/Windows
• Release date: 2024/3/28
• Genre: Simulation
• Price:
• PS4/Switch: 9,680 yen (including tax)
• PS5/Windows: 10,780 yen (including tax)
• Maker: Koei Tecmo Games

The latest in the popular horse racing-themed "Winning Post" series. Players take on the role of an "owner-breeder," a horse owner and producer, and experience the drama of horses and people living in the world of horse racing. A new "Horse Racing Historia" feature is included in this title, allowing players to experience half a century of Japanese horse racing history. In addition to experiencing events related to the famous horses that played a leading role in each era, the game also uses newspaper articles from the era with the cooperation of Sankei Sports to thoroughly recreate the atmosphere of each era.

Princess Peach Showtime!

• Compatibility: Switch
• Release date: 2024/3/22
• Genre: Action
• Price: Package version: 6,578 yen (including tax) Download version: 6,500 yen (including tax)
• Manufacturer: Nintendo

An action game starring Princess Peach, a well-known character from the "Super Mario" series. Peach must fight the Grape Troupe alone in order to save the stage of the Kirameki Theater, which has been taken over by the Grape Troupe. The key to success in this game is the power of the ribbon given to Peach by the fairy Stella. Using the power, Peach helps those in need on stage and fights the Grape Troupe's men who stand in her way.

Peach also transforms when she goes to special places on the stage. Dressed as a swordsman, detective, patissier, or other costume appropriate for the stage, Peach can use her special powers. She can use her special powers and enjoy a variety of actions that are unique to the stage.

Kemco RPG Selection Vol.6

• Compatibility: PS4/Switch
• Release date: 2024/3/21 *PS4 version is currently on sale
• Genre: RPG
• Price: 4,378 yen (tax included)
• Maker: Chemco

This is the latest edition of the Selection series, which picks up and compiles past RPGs created by Chemco. This sixth volume includes "Asdivine Kamra," "Alphadia Genesis," "Lost Dragon," and "Dragon Lapis.

Asdibine Kamura" is a Japanese-style fantasy in which players travel through an altered world with four friends. Alphadia Genesis" depicts a story of young people caught in the middle of history as they struggle with their own personal agendas regarding the energy called "Energi". In "Lost Dragon," a boy with amnesia confronts an evil dragon along with a princess who has lost her father. Dragon Lapis" features a story about two dragons with retro graphics and sounds.

Irem Collection Vol.1

• Compatibility: PS5/Switch
• Release date: 2024/3/7
• Genre: Shooter
• Price: 4,400 yen (including tax), download version 3,520 yen (including tax)
• Manufacturer: Tozai Games Inc.

Package version of "Irem Collection Vol. 1" released in November 2023. Includes the arcade, NES, NES, and PC Engine versions of "Image Fight," the PC Engine version of "Image Fight 2," and the arcade version of "X MULTIPLY. In total, six versions of three titles are integrated into one game.

New features have been implemented in each title for the reissue. In addition to "Online Ranking," which allows players to compete against players around the world in a score attack without a continue, the game is packed with elements that allow players to fully enjoy each title, such as on-the-fly saving and rewinding, and various settings that allow for infinite remaining time and even invincibility.

Fit Boxing feat. Miku Hatsune -Exercise with Miku

• Compatibility: Switch
• Release date: 2024/3/7
• Genre: Sports
• Price: 6,980 yen (including tax)
• Publisher: Imagineer

A collaboration between Miku Hatsune, the world-renowned virtual singer, and "Fit Boxing," a game that allows players to enjoy authentic boxing exercises at home, this title maintains the basic principles of the "Fit Boxing" series, in which players exercise by holding the Joy-Con and moving both hands. The new "Mixercise" mode allows players to listen to original songs by Miku Hatsune, Rin/Len Kagamine, and Luka Megurine while exercising. In addition to six newly written songs, 24 popular songs are included, and each song has a different speed, allowing users to enjoy different exercise loads while exercising.

Snufkin: Melody of the Moomin Valley

• Compatibility: Switch/PC (Steam)
• Release date: 2024/3/7
• Genre: Adventure
• Price: 2,550 yen (tax included) for download version *Package version will be available in June
• Maker: Raw Fury

An adventure game featuring Snufkin, one of the characters in the world-famous children's book "Moomin. Snufkin sets out on an adventure to restore his hometown to its former glory while distracting the police in the Moomin Valley, which has been completely transformed by the presence of unnatural objects such as billboards and statues. This title features graphics with a "Moomin"-like picture-book quality. In addition, more than 50 characters and creatures from the Moomin Valley appear in the game.

Maid of the Dead.

• Compatibility: Switch/PC (Steam)
• Release date: 2024/3/1
• Genre: Action shooting
• Price: 2,780 yen for download version (tax included)
• Publisher: qureate

Maid of the Dead, a new game by qureate, is an omni-directional action shooting game in which the player controls an armed maid to destroy the zombies that are flooding the city and restore peace to Akiba. This exhilarating and highly addictive survival-type action shooter, combined with a variety of slightly erotic elements, is a unique and entertaining experience, just like the world of B-movie horror films.