Happinet Games announcedBrigandine: The Legend of Runersiawill launch worldwide digitally on June 01, 2025, on Nintendo Switch. Over on Twitter, Limited Games alsoconfirmeda physical release forBrigandinewill be coming in North America.
As a reminder,Brigandine: The Legend of Runersiais a brand new entry in theBrigandineseries, followingBrigandine The Legend of Forsena,a tactical and strategy simulation RPG released in 1998 on PS1. The overall game flow is divided into a map phase where you plan your battles, and the battle phase played like a tactical RPG with hexagonal grids.Brigandine: The Legend of Runersiawas announced back in September 2019. You can read more details on the gamewith our past coverage.
The newest trailer is included below, showcasing the game’s awesome art by Raita Kazama, some gameplay, and the seiyuu cast. If you’re into seiyuu,Brigandineis fully voiced and has an incredible cast with tons of awesome seiyuu including Soma Saito, Kenta Miyake, Shinichiro Miki, Reina Ueda, Megumi Toyoguchi, Minami Tanaka, Wataru Hatano, Emiri Kato, Shunsuke Takeuchi, Shigeru Chiba, and Yu Serizawa. you’re able to listen to voice samples and check out detailed introductions for each character on theofficial site.
As a longtime fan of Japanese tactical RPGs and as someone who heard about the original PS1Brigandinebut never touched it, I’m extremely excited for this Switch revival.Brigandine, similarly toDragon Forceon Sega Saturn, is also among the biggest influences of the strategy simulation genre. I’d most notably citeVahrenturga, a free doujin game extremely popular in Japan, as one of the works partially inspired byBrigandine.Vahrenturgaspawned many mods and brand new games using its base, including the excellent strategy simulation gameLost Technology, available on Steam.Brigandineis an important part of history, and that’s one of the many reasons why you should check the game out this June. I know I’m definitely going to.
