Operation Backlog Completion 2026

PC Remaster of JRPG Exstetra Announced by FuRyu

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Apr 242026
 

FuRyu has announced a PC remaster of Exstetra, a turn-based JRPG originally released in 2013 for the 3DS and Vita.

While the original was never released outside of Japan, the remaster will be available with Japanese, English, and Chinese language options.

According to its Steam page, Exstetra is about a high school boy named Ryoma who can awaken his allies powers by kissing them, which sounds both silly and entertaining.

Now, since I wasn’t familiar with the original, I checked its Wikipedia page and learned that the developer was Studio Saizensen, who developed several games I haven’t played but also did a lot of work on Glory of Heracles for the DS.

(I also learned that Yoko Shimomura composed the main theme, so that’s neat.)

It doesn’t look like there’s a trailer for the remaster yet, but I found one for the original.

Anyway, I never heard of Exstetra when it first came out, but now that the remaster has been announced, I’m curious about it. What do you think of Exstetra?

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!

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