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Imagineer Opens Global Pre-Registration for Medabots S

The iOS and Android game's App Store listing gives January 21, 2027 as its release date.

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Imagineer announced a worldwide release for Medabots S and opened pre-registration. The game first launched in Japan as Medarot S: Unlimited Nova in January 2020.

Imagineer announced Friday that Medabots S will launch worldwide on iOS and Android, with pre-registration now open. Its App Store page lists January 21, 2027 as the release date.

The game debuted in Japan in January 2020 under the title Medarot S: Unlimited Nova.

Other releases in the franchise include:

  • Medabots Survivors launched globally on Android and iOS on February 25, following its Japanese debut on February 10.
  • Medarot Card Robattle RB (Medalist Card Robattle RB) arrived on Nintendo Switch in Japan on June 25 through Imagineer.
  • Medarot Classics Plus shipped for Nintendo Switch in November 2020, updating the Nintendo 3DS compilation Medarot Classics.

Medarot Classics Plus offered Kabuto Version and Kuwagata Version editions. Each contained the corresponding Kabuto or Kuwagata versions of eight Medarot games.

The original Medabots (Medarot) game led to a Bee Train television anime in 1999. A sequel, Medabots Spirits (Medarot Damashii), followed in 2000.

ADV licensed the series for North America. Nelvana produced the first series’ English dub, which aired on Fox Kids in 2001 before moving to ABC Family. Medabots Spirits aired on ABC Family in 2003.

Delta Arts, which developed many of the more recent Medabots games, closed in April 2016.

Sources: Medabots S's X/Twitter account via Project Rising Beetle via ANN

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