Otomate Reveals Hakuōki Compilation for Switch 2 and Four More Games
Hakuōki Shinkai Kiwame marks the brand’s 20th anniversary in 2027.
Otomate announced Hakuōki Shinkai Kiwame for Nintendo Switch 2 at Otomate Party 2026 on Sunday. Four other announcements included a GENROH rerelease and a You Wish in the Snow fan disk.
Ideal Factory’s Otomate brand announced Hakuōki Shinkai Kiwame for Nintendo Switch 2 at Sunday’s “Otomate Party 2026” event. The brand describes it as a compilation of its Hakuōki otome game franchise.
The release is among the titles celebrating Otomate’s 20th anniversary in 2027.
Otomate also announced four games for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite:
- Velvet Candy Tint Kiss is a fantasy romance taking place in modern Japan. Its protagonist may captivate a male human through a kiss.
- GENROH, originally released in 2012, will arrive in 2027 as the 14th entry in the Otomate Graffiti collection.
- You Wish in the Snow -Love Connection- (Kimi wa Yuki ma ni Koinegau -Koi Musubi-) is a fan disk for You Wish in the Snow (Kimi wa Yuki ma ni Koinegau).
- The Doppelgänger of the Secluded Room
The Slanderous Words of Kuro Sagiri with Radiant, Fragrant Blood(Shinsō no DopperutoKagachi Kaoru Kuro Sagiri no Shiigoto) takes place in post-war Japan in 1947. Men and women harboring secrets assemble at a Western-style mansion to compete for a young, single lady’s affection.
Velvet Candy Tint Kiss has the following staff:
- Art: Maika Mido
- Director: Noriko Hiro
- Assistant director and scenario supervisor: Jo Ninomae
The Doppelgänger of the Secluded Room has the following staff:
- Character designer: Makoto Senzaki
- Director: Hiroe Aoki
- Assistant director: Jo Ninomae
The Hakuōki games and their anime adaptations follow the historical Shinsengumi samurai group in 19th-century Kyoto.
The franchise’s latest spinoff, Hakuōki Strange Tale: The Witch of Berezinski (Hakuōki Ibun: Berezinskii no Majo), launched on Nintendo Switch on August 27. Otomate first announced it in February 2024.
Otomate released the preceding Hakuōki Shinkai entry, Hakuōki Shinkai: Tenun no Shō, for Switch in 2022. Aksys Games and Idea Factory International have brought several franchise titles to English audiences.
Most recently, Eastasiasoft released the high school spinoff Hakuōki SSL sweet school life in English on February 12.
The franchise’s television anime adaptations include:
- Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom, which debuted in 2010
- Hakuōki: Record of the Jade Blood, which followed later in 2010
- Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom - Dawn of the Shinsengumi, released in 2012
- Hakuōki: Otogisōshi, released in 2016
Hakuōki has also received several films and original video anime releases, alongside stage musicals and live-action adaptations.
Sources: Otomate Party 2026 event's special website via ANN
