Operation Backlog Completion 2026

Cupid Parasite is Coming to PC!

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Apr 222026
 

For quite a while now, the major otome companies have only been releasing their games on the Switch, but today Idea Factory announced that Cupid Parasite will be coming to the PC later this year!

Personally, I prefer to play visual novels on a handheld system when I can, so I’d probably stick with Switch releases anyway.

However, it’s still exciting news! Now I can recommend Cupid Parasite to even more people.

And believe me, I will.

I loved Cupid Parasite and found it to be one of the funniest visual novels I’ve played, with loveable characters and a ridiculous sense of humor.

I also quite enjoyed playing the (sometimes unhinged) fandisc earlier this year. No word on the fandisc coming to PC yet, but hopefully it will eventually.

Right now it’s not clear if this is just the first of many otome games Idea Factory will bring to PC, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s a test case to see if the market is there.

Will you be playing Cupid Parasite when it comes to PC?

We’ve Officially Caught Up to Apollo Justice’s Timeline

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Apr 202026
 

We used to joke about how we’d catch up to the timeline of Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney before getting Ace Attorney 7, and now we’re here.

April 20, 2026 is the date of the first case in Apollo Justice.

I remember when fans celebrated hitting the dates of the original trilogy’s cases, and now we can finally do the same thing with Apollo Justice.

When Ace Attorney came out, it opted for a “near-future” setting, with the games being set a few years ahead of when they released.

They then kept this going with the 7-year time gap between the end of Trials & Tribulations and the start of Apollo Justice.

Well, we made it through that whole time gap in real time without getting another Ace Attorney game, which now leaves us with a new question: will we get through the entire sequel trilogy’s timeline before a new game is announced, or will we have another set of dates to look forward to by the time we get that far?

We’re also closing in on the 25th anniversary of the series this year. With all the games (excluding the crossover) available through multiplatform collections and Capcom listing it as an IP they want to grow, the future has never looked brighter.. . although I’ve said that for a few years in a row now.

What do you think? Will Ace Attorney 7 finally be announced? Will we have a new Ace Attorney game before we hit the end of the canon timeline? And, if a new game is announced, will it do another timeskip to keep the near-future setting intact?

In the meantime, Happy Apollo Justice Day!

Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter (Remake) Set for September 17

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Apr 172026
 

(Yes, I’m still cropping the key art to avoid showing spoilers.)

We have a release date! Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, the remake of the second Trails game, will be out on September 17 worldwide.

(Japanese preorders also include a download code for an HD remaster of the original Trails in the Sky, which is neat.)

There’s also a new trailer, although it’s a short one.

The trailer is fairly safe to watch in regards to spoilers, but I wouldn’t look into any other details about the game unless you’ve finished the first one.

Curiously, based on the character profiles on the official website, it seems there are also a couple recasts for the English voices since the first remake, which is surprising.

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Loewe, who was voiced by Travis Willingham before, will now be voiced by Stephen Fu. Stephen Fu did his voice in Ys vs Trails in the Sky, so maybe they liked his direction more.

(It’s a little strange, though, since Loewe was one of the few characters to have dialogue in the initial teaser trailer for SC.)

Second, Weissmann is now voiced by Liam O’Brien instead of David Lodge.

It’s kind of a shame, because I thought it was really neat how they got pretty much the whole voice cast to return from the original games, even though the original English voice acting was pretty much just battle cries.

Anyway, Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter is coming soon! Meanwhile, I’m looking forward to continuing my journey through the later games…

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