D3 Publisher just dropped the big one: seven classic Japanese-style RPGs from the ONI series, originally released on Game Boy and Super Famicom between 1990 and 1996, are getting Switch ports dropping January 28, 2027. The lineup includes the five Game Boy titles starting with 鬼忍降魔録 ONI (Kinin Koumaroku: ONI) through ONI V 隠忍を継ぐ者, plus the two Super Famicom entries 鬼神降臨伝 ONI and 幕末降臨伝 ONI. Fans who've been hunting physical copies or emulating old hardware can finally play them legally on modern hardware with quick save/load and rewind features added for comfort.

Pricing is straightforward but wallet-draining for completists. Individual digital downloads run ¥1,980 per Game Boy game and ¥2,970 for each SFC title. Physical collections bundle the five GB games for ¥8,800 or the two SFC ones for ¥5,940, while a limited first-print edition packs all seven plus seven soundtrack CDs and a new novel by series creator Takiya Iijima for ¥21,978 or ¥22,000 depending on the report. The ports keep original graphics and gameplay intact while modernizing QoL, exactly the kind of preservation move that makes old-school whales like me nod approvingly.

X and community chatter shows genuine excitement from retro RPG heads, with posts calling it "urepiyo news" and long-time fans celebrating the chance to revisit the series' transformation system and historical settings without digging up rare carts. This fits the pattern of Japanese publishers dusting off 90s obscurities for Switch—good for the niche, good for D3P's bottom line on a platform that eats up collections. The full details and creator comments land in the September 24 issue of Weekly Famitsu.