- The quirky Denpa Men series makes its mobile comeback
- This offbeat monster-collecting RPG charmed 3DS fans before migrating to Switch
- With its mobile return imminent, could worldwide availability finally be happening?
Given Nintendo's expanding mobile presence lately, we all expected some Switch exclusives would eventually migrate to smartphones. But who predicted the wonderfully weird New Denpa Men would lead the charge?
According to detailed reports from Japanese gaming specialists Gematsu, the game lands on iOS and Android March 10th. The original pioneered 3DS AR technology using the handheld's camera - a feature reportedly making its return in this version.
Longtime fans may recall the series' 2012 debut on 3DS - that peculiar AR-RPG where you hunted invisible "radio wave people" (the titular Denpa Men) through real environments via your device's camera, then assembled teams to conquer pixelated dungeons.
Denpa Mania Returns
While never achieving Mario-level fame, these oddball characters have persisted through multiple Nintendo generations. Developer Genius Sonority actually first brought New Denpa Men to mobile before its Switch makeover - meaning we're getting a mobile version of a Switch port that was originally a mobile game. Got that?
Here's the exciting part: the original mobile release stayed in Japan, while the Switch version went global. This revival could finally give international players proper access to the complete Denpa experience.
As we await Nintendo's next hardware move, our team keeps refreshing our definitive ranking of the 25 best Switch RPGs. With the next-gen Switch's mobile ambitions, maybe we'll see more hybrid releases like this in the future. Stay tuned for updates!
