Another Eden Begins Download Pre-Orders Open, Season Pass Announced
The Season Pass structure, bundling all five character packs at a discount, signals a deliberate post-launch content plan that extends beyond the September 17 release date.
Key Facts
- Another Eden Begins is scheduled for release on September 17, 2026, for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam.
- Additional Character Packs Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 launch on September 17, 2026, each priced at 1,000 yen including tax.
- A Season Pass bundling Additional Character Packs Vol. 1 through Vol. 5 is planned for 4,500 yen including tax.
- Vol. 3 through Vol. 5 are scheduled for sequential distribution within 2026, featuring Iefa and Venefica, Iska and Claude, and Ashtia and Vict.
- The scenario is written by Masato Kato, who worked on Chrono Trigger and Xenogears.
Reporting from 2 sources: Game Spark, Inside.
Light Flyer Studio has opened pre-orders for the download version of the new RPG Another Eden Begins for Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The game is scheduled for release on September 17, 2026. The scenario is written by Masato Kato, who previously worked on classic RPGs such as Chrono Trigger and Xenogears. The story is a large-scale adventure themed around time travel across three eras: ancient, modern, and future. Alongside the base game, the DLC Additional Character Packs Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 will launch on the same day, September 17, 2026. Vol. 1 features Chiruriru and Tiramisu, while Vol. 2 features Ershir and Benedito, with each pack priced at 1,000 yen including tax. A Season Pass bundling Vol. 1 through Vol. 5 is planned for 4,500 yen including tax. Vol. 3 through Vol. 5 are scheduled for sequential distribution within 2026, featuring Iefa and Venefica, Iska and Claude, and Ashtia and Vict respectively. Several collaboration events are planned to commemorate the release. A limited-time collaboration cafe themed around The Banquet of Parsifal Palace will run at Nagoya PARCO from August 28 to October 5. Animate Cafe Gratte will be held at five Animate stores from September 12 to 30, offering items selectable from 19 characters. A trial play event will take place at the Happinet booth during Tokyo Game Show 2026 in September.
- Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 each cost 1,000 yen, and the Season Pass bundles all five packs for 4,500 yen, a 500 yen saving over buying the first two separately.
- The collaboration cafe at Nagoya PARCO will serve menus that recreate in-game dishes and sell goods inspired by the Banquet of Parsifal Palace.
- Animate Cafe Gratte offers Gratte drinks and icing cookies, with designs selectable from 19 characters across five Animate stores.
- Tokyo Game Show 2026 trial players at the Happinet booth will receive novelties for participating.
- Retail listings show a first-press bonus: a serial code flyer usable in the existing mobile title "Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Time and Space."
- Amazon Japan exclusive editions add a set of 12 original postcards, priced at 5,480 yen for the Switch 2 version, versus 4,760 yen for the standard Switch 2 first-press edition.
- The Switch version first-press edition is listed at 4,325 yen.
- The source articles note the original "Another Eden" is currently celebrating its 9th anniversary, with new large-scale serialized content and a music festival planned.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.