FuRyu announced on the Japanese version of the February 2021 Nintendo Direct thatCaligula 2is coming to Switch.Caligula 2will be launching on July 12, 2025 in Japan, for 8778 Yen (tax included). FuRyu did not announcedCaligula 2in the West.
The trailer explainedCaligula 2and it surprisingly has the exact same story pitch as the first game
Caligula 2on Switch is set in a virtual world titled Redo, where people with regrets can redo their lives in high school. The world of Redo is controlled by a virtual idol named Regret, who guides the inhabitants to happiness with her songs.However, none of the inhabitans are aware the world is virtual.
However, one day, the protagonist and several other students realize this is not the real world, and try to find a way home. They form the Return Home Club, gathering allies to escape. If you haven’t played thefirstCaligula, the pitch is also quite similar to Key’sAngel Beatsif you watched that. Except it’s a virtual world instead of the afterlife.
The protagonists will end up facing the composers of Regret, a group of individuals who call themselvs the Obligado. InCaligula 1too, the antagonists were music composers.
Caligulawas first launched on PS Vita on May 2018 only in Japan. Later on, an enhanced version titledCaligula Overdoseas launched on PS4. NIS America localized the game asThe Caligula Effect: Overdosein March 2019. OnPC,PS4, andSwitch.
Caligula 1was written by Tadashi Satomi, who worked on thePersonagames beforePersona 3. DualShockers previously interviewCaligula’s directorTakuya Yamanakaas well.
FuRyu should reveal more details soon via theCaligulaJapanese Twitter.
Caligula 2On Switch Reveal Trailer
The Japanese version of Nintendo Direct was as always now narrated by the beautiful voice of Yuichi Nakamura. One of the most popular seiyuu and whom you can regularly hear in anime.
