Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Announced for Nintendo Switch 2 with Enhanced Features

LEVEL-5 has officially confirmed that Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time will receive a dedicated Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, bringing enhanced graphics and improved performance to the latest Nintendo hardware.

Building on the long-standing success of the Fantasy Life franchise, this announcement marks an exciting new chapter for both fans and newcomers eager to experience the game with refined visuals and higher framerates. First released for Nintendo Switch, Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time immerses players in a vibrant, role-playing adventure set on the ruined Mysteria Island.

In this unique installment of the Fantasy Life series, players travel to the past, reconstruct their own town, and adopt a variety of 'Lives'—different roles that function as jobs in the game's lively world.

The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition promises to elevate the experience, with LEVEL-5 confirming higher resolution and superior framerate compared to its Switch predecessor. Speaking to the new platform, LEVEL-5 stated that additional details regarding the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will be shared at a later date.

Significantly, those who purchased the game on Nintendo Switch will have the opportunity to buy a Nintendo Switch 2 Upgrade Pack, ensuring that early adopters aren’t left behind when the new edition launches. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time offers a host of engaging gameplay mechanics and customization options.

Players can design their own avatar with in-depth customization tools, selecting everything from facial features to hairstyles.

The game boasts a broad range of playable 'Lives', each providing unique gameplay experiences and ways to interact with Reveria, the mystical island setting.

Players are tasked with restoring Mysteria Island by gathering resources and shaping their own town—accomplishing much of this work by traveling a thousand years into the island’s past. Multiplayer features are central to the new release, supporting up to four players both online and locally.

Friends can collaborate on resource-gathering expeditions, work on communal town building, or simply explore the island’s mysteries together.

Collectible items known as “Strangelings” add further intrigue, presenting players with mysteries to solve and challenging their adventuring skills. LEVEL-5 has set the initial release date for the Nintendo Switch version of Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time as May 21, 2025, available both at retail and digitally via the Nintendo eShop.

The release date for the Nintendo Switch 2 Edition will be announced in the future.

With this installment, LEVEL-5 continues its tradition of crafting deep, open-ended RPGs for Nintendo’s platforms, further cementing its legacy as a leading Japanese developer in the RPG space. As excitement builds for the next phase of Fantasy Life, players can look forward to even greater adventures, enhanced by the performance capabilities of the Nintendo Switch 2.

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