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Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi Comes to Switch 2 and Switch in Spring 2027
room6 and Yokaze announced on October 28, 2026, during the Indie World 2026.10.28 presentation that Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-shima no Kotoro Oni will be released for Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch in spring 2027.
Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Game Spark.
Why it matters
The Steam store page for the separately planned PC version was updated to list 2027 on the same day as the Nintendo announcement, so the console date and the PC window now sit on the same calendar.
Key Facts
- room6 and Yokaze announced Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-shima no Kotoro Oni during Indie World 2026.10.28 on October 28, 2026.
- Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-shima no Kotoro Oni is scheduled for release on Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch in spring 2027.
- The PC version of Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-shima no Kotoro Oni had its Steam release date updated to 2027 on the day of the announcement.
- Developer Rias is an illustrator and 3D graphic designer, and the game is a 3D action adventure.
- A demo of Kitsune to Kaeru no Tabi: Adashino-shima no Kotoro Oni was playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
The 3D action adventure is developed by Rias, who works as an illustrator and 3D graphic designer. Players control a fox girl who, with a frog companion, explores Adashino Island, a place of torii gates and neon signs where beings called Kotoro Oni lurk in the darkness. A stolen shrine drives the pair to the island, where they search for a way to return it and get home while pursued by oni. Gameplay splits into exploration, where players talk to residents and light shrines to widen the explorable area, and a tag section where they flee oni, using limited light to stop them. A demo was shown at Tokyo Game Show 2026.
- Game Spark describes the island's look as "Showa-retro room to a neon-lit, bewitching island," and says extra scenes shown at Tokyo Game Show 2026 revealed a more refined Japanese worldview than earlier footage.
- Denfaminicogamer notes the island's oni include "those who have been consumed by desire and transformed into oni," plus an "otherworldly monster that calls itself the island's master."
- Light is a limited resource in the tag sections. Players must open an escape route without being caught, and recover light by stopping at shrines.
- Game Spark reports the Steam page for the also-planned PC version was updated to list 2027 on the same day as the Nintendo announcement, putting the PC window on the same calendar as spring 2027.
- Rias, credited with development, posted on X after the broadcast that the title had trended.
- 4Gamer.net frames the game's appeal as Japanese-style fantasy fused with a horror taste, and asks what ending "the fox and frog's journey at the end of one summer" will reach.
Written with AI by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited. See our editorial policy.
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