Analogue has announced new “Prototype” limited editions for the Analogue 3D and the 8BitDo 64 Controller. Five colors will be available of both on February 9.
The five colors are “Ghost,” “Glacier,” “Atomic Purple,” “Extreme Green,” and “Ocean.” The Analogue 3D consoles will cost $299.99, while the controllers will cost $44.99. The official website describes the limited editions: “Five colors were officially prototyped for the original Nintendo 64, unreleased. Until now. They were real, they were manufactured, they were never released. Analogue 3D Prototype Editions finally release these lost colors as limited editions. History finished, decades later.” You will be able to order the consoles and controllers via the Analogue website.
Lastly, the official website describes the Analogue 3D system, which initially released in December 2025, as follows:
A reimagining of the N64. In 4K resolution. 10x the resolution of the original N64. The first and perhaps greatest multiplayer system of all time. Analogue 3D is 100% compatible with every original N64 game ever made. Region Free. Bluetooth LE. Dualband Wifi. Four original-style controller ports. Entirely new, next generation Analogue hardware featuring 3DOS. Engineered entirely in FPGA. No Emulation.
Analogue 3D represents a milestone in video game preservation. It’s not just a reimagining of the N64—it’s the first fully compatible, hardware-accurate recreation, fully compatible with the entire N64 game library. After nearly four years of dedicated FPGA engineering, Analogue 3D overcomes the limitations of software emulation—no input lag, no graphic or audio inaccuracies, no timing or frame rate problems. This is the N64, perfected and true to its core
The TV spot reveals a new look at Bowser Jr., Yoshi on a bike, Kamek, Peach and Toad in a mysterious city, and the fight between Rosalina and Megaleg. Check out the “Level Up” TV spot for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie below:
Recently, Nintendo confirmed that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie will now release on April 1 instead of April 3. It also released a new trailer, which revealed the first look at Yoshi. Alongside showing Yoshi, the trailer also teased Birdo, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and the giant dinosaur from Super Mario Odyssey. While the voice behind Yoshi hasn’t been officially confirmed, unlike the rest of the cast, it appears that a famous voice actor won’t portray him with full lines of dialogue.
Brie Larson, the Academy Award winning actress from Room and Captain Marvel, will voice Rosalina. Benny Safdie, director of The Smashing Machine and Uncut Gems, who has also acted in Oppenheimer and Obi-Wan Kenobi, will voice Bowser Jr. The movie’s previously released clip gave fans a better look at the introduction of Bowser Jr, who dons his Super Mario Bros. Wonder design. The film will feature elements from both Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Odyssey.
HoYoverse has announced that Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0 “No Aha At Full Moon” will launch on February 13 featuring Planarcadia, a new world serving as the setting for the latest story arc. Players will also head to the Interastral Peace Entertainment headquarters, “Astropolis,” with the Astral Express to embark on new explorations, and Yao Guang and Sparxie arrive as playable characters.
Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0 No Aha At Full Moon
Planarcadia was once known as a flat “World in Canvas,” but after the IPC took over, the was revived into a bustling hub. The Astral Express crew arrives on Planarcadia, where Madam Pearl, one of the Strategic Investment Department’s “Ten Stonehearts,” will be there to play host. The world is also the location where the Astral Express reignited its journey 15 years ago, and it’s Navigator Himeko’s homeland. There’s plenty to discover to Planarcadia in Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0, including “Duomension City,” “Graphia Academy,” and the “the Phantasmoon Games.”
Combat is under the gaze of The Laughter in Planarcadia, and those who follow the Path of Elation on the team, or when fighting special enemies, will obtain “Punchlines.” As Punchlines accumulate and Aha’s interest peaks, Aha will initiate an “Aha Instant,” leading the Elation characters in the team to unleash Elation Skills. The more Punchlines obtained, the stronger the effects will be. Once Aha Instant ends, Path of Elation characters gain unique “Certified Banger” buffs.
Honkai: Star Rail Version 4.0 will introduce 5-star character General Yao Guang, the Seer Strategist from Xianzhou Alliance’s Yuque. As a Physical character on the Path of Elation, Yao Guang specializes in using “Weal and Woe Lots” to control the flow of battle. Weal Lots increase ally Elation and grant the team “Punchline” stacks when Yao Guang uses her Skill. She casts Woe Lots during an Aha Instant, causing enemies to take increased DMG while regenerating Skill Points for the team. Her Certified Banger buff allows teammates’ attacks to deal 1 instance of Additional Elation DMG. If that attack consumes a Skill Point, the DMG is further increased. Her Ultimate also provides Punchline to the team and triggers an instant extra Aha Instant, increasing All-Type RES PEN for all allies.
Sparxie is another 5-star Fire-Type character on the Path of Elation. She’s the hottest streamer in Planarcadia, and she will debut alongside Sparkle. In combat, Sparxie opens a livestream room to engage in a live upvote showdown with enemies. Players can continuously consume Skill Points to send random “Gifts” to Sparxie, regenerating varying amounts of Skill Points or “Punchlines” for the team. The more Skill Points consumed, the more Punchlines the team gains, and the higher the DMG dealt at the final settlement. She also deals massive damage in multiple bounces during Aha Instant. In the Certified Banger state, every gift deals additional Elation DMG to a random enemy target. In addition, her Ultimate deals extra Elation DMG.
The update is rounded out with Warp events featuring Black Swan, Evernight, and Hysilens, along with Sparkle, Cerydra, and Rappa. Fans can log in to receive a 20-pull reward and Ruan Mei’s new outfit for free. The Yao Guang fortune event also offers 1,600 Stellar Jades in rewards, and there will be new new Trailblaze Outfits, new headwear, and a free 5-star character selector. Fans can also look forward to new events and modes, including the “Cosmicon Collective” card game, “Furbobo Weekly” editorial activity, and expansions to “Currency Wars” and “Divergent Universe.”
Kafka and Blade Coming to Fortnite on February 26
To celebrate Version 4.0, Honkai: Star Rail characters Kafka and Blade are coming to Fortnite as new Ouftits (compatible with LEGO styles) on February 26 in the Fortnite Shop. Players will also be able to obtain a Back Bling, a Pickaxe, and access additional crossover content, including LEGO Styles for use in LEGO Fortnite. During the collaboration period, eligible players who download Honkai: Star Rail via the Epic Games Store and participate in
designated activities will receive the “Blade” character Outfit in Fortnite as a reward.
Lastly, Honkai: Star Rail is available now for Android via Google Play Store, iOS via App Store, PlayStation 5, and PC via Epic Games Store.
The new “Golden Bath” promotional video for the ongoing anime adaptation of Yūshi Ukai and Nekometal’s SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table light novel series revealed two new cast members. The new cast additions for SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table include Haruka Oribe as Azuma and Sumire Morohoshi as Riko.
New episodes of SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table release on Wednesdays at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET on Crunchyroll with English subtitles and an English dub. Netflix is also streaming the anime.
LIN from MADKID performs the opening theme song “¬Ersterbend” (Not Ersterbend).” Chiai Fujikawa performs the ending theme song “Inori (Prayer).” Fujikawa wrote the lyrics of the ending theme song, and the song was composed and arranged by Seima Kondō from Elements Garden.
The anime’s Japanese cast includes:
Chiyuki Miura as Yuki
Rena Motomura as Aoi
Inori Minase as Kinko
Haruka Satō as Kokutō
Mutsumi Tamura as Beniya
Rina Kawaguchi as Momono
Wakana Maruoka as Keito
Shion Wakayama as Kotoha
Rui Tanabe as Chie
Rio Tsuchiya as Mishiro
The English dub cast includes:
Suzie Yeung as Yuki
Dawn M. Bennett as Hakushi
Michelle Marie as Kinko
Morgan Berry as Beniya
Kayli Mills as Momono
Brianna Knickerbocker as Aoi
Sky Santacruz as Kokuto
The English dub crew includes:
Voice Director: Alex von David
Producer: Eric P. Sherman
Mixer: Ben Harrington
Engineer: Jonathan Jay Brannen
Sōta Ueno directs the anime at Studio DEEN. Rintarou Ikeda is in charge of series composition. Eri Osada is designing the characters, and Noriyoshi Konuma is the sound director.
Yen Press publishes the light novel series in English and describes the story:
Yuuki wakes up to find herself wearing a maid’s uniform in a strange manor. After wandering into the dining room, she comes across five other girls, each in the exact same outfit. Soon, the girls learn that the manor is brimming with lethal weapons and an array of deadly traps…and that they can only escape by playing the most gruesome of games. As the terrifying truth sets in, each girl’s face goes pale—except Yuuki’s. Why? Because this isn’t her first go-round. That’s right—Yuuki is a professional death game player who lives off the prize money she collects from winning brutal killing competitions, and she’s not about to let this chance pass her by.
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the live-action BLUELOCK film has revealed more cast members for the upcoming adaptation. Visuals for each BLUELOCK live-action cast member can be found on the official account as well.
The new cast members include:
Shunya Asano as Wataru Kuon
Yuki Sakurai as Yudai Imamura
Yūki Kura as Ryosuke Kira
The previously announced cast includes:
Fumiya Takahashi as Yoichi Isagi
Kaito Sakurai as Meguru Bachira
Kyōhei Takahashi as Hyoma Chigiri
Kōta Nomura as Rensuke Kunigami
Yuzu Aoki as Gurimu Igarashi
Shō Nishigaki as Asahi Naruhaya
Yūki Tachibana as Gin Gagamaru
Raizō Ishikawa as Jingo Raichi
Joey Iwanaga as Okuhito Iemon
The live-action BLUELOCK film adaptation is being produced by CREDEUS for a release in summer 2026 in Japan. TOHO is distributing the film. Further, BLUELOCK Season 3 is currently in the works as the anime adaptation of the manga’s “Neo Egoist League” arc.
The BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi-spinoff manga released in June 2022 and will finally be ending after three years, in August 2025. The BLUELOCK –Episode Nagi- spinoff anime film opened in April 2024, and the anime’s second adaptation, BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN, premiered in October 2024. BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- received a stage play adaptation in November 2025. The anime adaptation of both the original series and the spinoff are streaming on Crunchyroll.
Kodansha initially began serializing Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura’s BLUELOCK in August 2018. The manga is available to read on Kodansha’s website.
Lastly, here’s an overview of BLUELOCK via Crunchyroll:
Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer?
A new promotional video for the TV anime adaptation of Yuhiro Tsujitsugu’s Snowball Earth manga announced that tuki. will perform the opening theme song “Zero.” The Snowball Earth opening theme song will be tuki’s first-ever anime theme song, and Tsujitsugu released a new illustration to celebrate the announcement.
Yuhiro Tsujitsugu launched the Snowball Earth manga in Shogakukan’s Monthly Spirits magazine in 2021. Shogakukan will publish the ninth compiled book volume of the manga on July 30. VIZ Media will publish the manga’s sixth volume in English in August.
Lastly, VIZ Media licenses the manga in English and describes the story:
Yukio was destroyed in battle and Tetsuo survived in an escape pod. After eight years in cold sleep, the escape pod finally lands back on Earth. But when Tetsuo emerges he finds a world in ruins, entirely frozen beneath a blanket of ice and snow—snowball Earth! What happened to humanity, how did the planet freeze over, and will Tetsuo be able to keep his last promise to Yukio?
The Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha staff have revealed that cast member Hina Aoki will perform the ending theme song “Ephemeral” for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha EXCEEDS Gun Blaze Vengeance anime. What’s more, Yuna Ogata returns to voice Nanoha’s Raising Heart device, Akinari Sato voices Fate’s Bardiche device, and Yukana voices Rein Yagami, Hayate’s “daughter.”
The manga adaptation entered serialization in Kodansha’s Wednesday Sirius service on April 16, 2025. Creator Masaki Tsuzuki is writing the original story concept for theanime and manga series, and original character designer Shuichi Kawakami is drawing the art. Moreover, Takayuki Hamana returns as the director of the new anime at studio Seven Arcs. Issei Aragaki is the character designer and chief animation director.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series, via MyAnimeList:
Nanoha Takamachi, an ordinary third-grader who enjoys spending time with her family and friends, rescues an injured ferret that she had dreamed about the night before. The next day, the ferret cries out to her telepathically, asking Nanoha to save him. The ferret reveals himself to be Yuuno Scrya, a mage from another world who is trying to collect the dangerous 21 Jewel Seeds that he accidentally scattered across the world. He enlists Nanoha’s help, gifting her the magical wand Raising Heart, and teaches her how to become a powerful mage.
Days later, after reclaiming a few of the Jewel Seeds, another mage appears: Fate Testarossa. Stronger than Nanoha, Fate refuses to divulge her reasons in trying to collect the Jewel Seeds. Nanoha senses a melancholy in her eyes, but Fate refuses to communicate.
Shochiku has announced that Asa Rokushima’s Tsuiho Sareta Cheat Fuyo Majutsushi ha Kimamana Second Life wo Oka Suru (The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a New Life or Chi-Fuyo for short) novel series is getting an anime series by P.A. WORKS. To celebrate the announcement, a new teaser visual and promo video were revealed, and comments and illustrations by Rokushima, character designer kisui, and manga artist Gyomuyoumochi were revealed.
Comment from Asa Rokushima (Original Manga Author)
“I’m absolutely thrilled that Chi-Fuyo is getting an anime adaptation. Congratulations to Gyomuyoumochi. I always look forward to each new chapter of the manga, and I can’t wait to see Rein and the others brought to life on screen. I truly hope this anime helps Chi-Fuyo reach longtime readers and brand-new fans alike. Once again, congratulations to everyone involved in making Chi-Fuyo a reality.”
Illustration and comment from Gyomuyoumochi (Original Manga Author)
“I was genuinely surprised to hear that someone had even joined P.A. WORKS because
they wanted to work on this anime. Since the adaptation was greenlit, I’ve had the
chance to meet the production team, and everyone is approaching the project with
remarkable passion. I trust them completely and have nothing but respect for their
dedication. Never did I imagine my life would lead me to connect with people in this
way, and it’s all thanks to the readers who support me day after day. I promise this
anime will live up to your expectations, and I’m just as excited as anyone to see the
finished work. My heartfelt gratitude goes to the readers who have given me this
opportunity, as well as to Asa Rokushima and kisui for their generosity in allowing me
to work on this series.”
Illustration and comment from kisui (Original Novel Character Design)
I’m absolutely thrilled that Chi-Fuyo is getting an anime adaptation! From Asa
Rokushima, to Gyomuyoumochi on the manga, and now the anime staff—it’s been
incredibly moving to watch this series continue to grow! I’m grateful to all the fans
and everyone involved who have supported the work. I’m already looking forward to
seeing the anime air and can’t wait to share that excitement with all of you!”
The Laid-Off Cheat-Granting Mage Enjoys a New Life has moved over 1.3 million copies in print and digital formats, and its currently being serialized in Getsumaga Kichi by Kodansha.
Pearl Abyss has released a new entry in its features overview series for Crimson Desert, this time focused on “Combat and Progression.” The previous entry focused on “Kliff and the Open World of Pywel.”
As the name implies, this trailer features a look at the brutal and visceral combat of Crimson Desert, as well as the ways in which you can upgrade your moveset, and the three different playable characters. Check out the “Combat and Progression” trailer for Crimson Desert below:
The Standard Edition for the game will be available for $69.99 featuring the Khaled Shield, and PlayStation 5 players get the exclusive Grotevant Plate Set. Additionally, the deluxe edition (89.99) includes Standard Edition contents, the Deluxe Edition SteelBook, the Map of Pywel. Further, a developer letter, a Greymane brooch pin, three character photo cards, three patches, and the Deluxe Pack (Balgran Shield, Exclaire Horse Tack Set, Kairos Plate Set) are also in the edition.
Moreover, the collector’s edition ($279.99) will feature the exclusive 17-inch diorama, a Collector’s Edition SteelBook, a fabric map of Pywel, a developer letter, and a Greymane brooch pin. It also includes three character photo cards, three patches, the Deluxe Pack DLC, and the Ultimate Pack DLC (Tormented Soul Bow, Derictus Spear, Sielos Longsword, Shroud Lantern, Hyperion Horse Tack Set).
Lastly, Crimson Desert will release on March 19, 2026. It will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. It is likely that more features overview videos will release later. Recently, the game went gold and completed development, meaning it is fully ready for launch in just under two months.
Netmarble has announced that Seven Knights Re:BIRTH is available now on the Epic Games Store. Additionally, two new heroes are available in the game to commemorate the release.
[Unrivaled] Lu Bu, a member of the “Four Lords,” is one of the new heroes available. He is a legendary attack-type hero and AOE damage dealer. The Lu Bu Rate Up Summon Event is now live, and gives players the chance to add the character to their roster. The update also adds [Battle Maiden’s Return] Xiao Qiao, a Legendary Magic-type hero, plus costumes for Evan, Karin, and Yui, the introduction of Area 24, and the addition of the Equipment Sell Preset feature. Additionally, the Special Lunar New Year Summon Event is live and will allow players a chance to meet a member of Seven Knights of Old.
Seven Knights Re:BIRTH is available now for iOS via App Store and Android via Google Play Store. Final Weapon had the opportunity to interview Netmarble Nexus CEO and executive producer Jeong-min Kim to discuss the development of Seven Knights Re:BIRTH and various topics, including some of the challenges the team faced and what players can expect in the future.
Lastly, the Google Play Store describes the game:
Strategically set your team formation and skill order, and you’re ready to go! Sit back and watch the battle unfold!
Watch charming heroes unleash their skills before you; from the beautiful Lunar Slash to the breathtaking Meteor Wrecker.
Experience diverse cinematics from the [Seven Knights Hero Story]
See the colorful heroes like never before in new animations and illustrations.
