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Dragon Quest's Yuji Horii, Blue Lock's Muneyuki Kaneshiro Collaborate on New Switch Game
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Game studio Any announced on Wednesday that it is collaborating with game studio ArtePiazza to develop a new Switch game titled Tensei Game (Reincarnation Game) for release in 2026, with Dragon Quest RPG series designer Yūji Horii advising the game, and manga creator Muneyuki Kaneshiro (Blue Lock, As the Gods Will) credited with the original planning. This is the first such "dream" collaboration between Horii and Kaneshiro.
The studio describes the game as a "friendship ruining sugoroku game" (sugoroku refers to a genre of traditional Japanese dice-based board game with roll-and-move mechanics, similar to snakes and ladders). The game is set in a world named Rinnekai (Reincarnation World), a dark fantasy world which is filled with characters that will allow players to ruin friendships.
In the game, players will be able to obstruct each other, which may lead to their pieces dying and "reincarnating" repeatedly, accumulating "karma" in the process, which can be used to further obstruct and betray players.
The developer is looking to develop the property into anime, merchandise, and TikTok content.
Ayaka Sato is the game director, and YouTuber koyakky is credited as project director. Shintarō Majima is designing the characters.
Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura launched the Blue Lock soccer manga in Weekly Shōnen Magazine in August 2018. Kodansha published the manga's 33rd compiled book volume on March 17.
The BLUELOCK television anime premiered in Japan in October 2022. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and streamed an English dub. The anime film of Kōta Sannomiya's BLUELOCK -Episode Nagi- spinoff manga premiered in Japan in April 2024. The film sold 337,000 tickets to earn 463 million yen (about US$2.99 million) in its first three days, and ranked at #2 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film premiered in North America in June 2024. BLUE LOCK vs. U-20 JAPAN, the second television anime, premiered in October 2024.
