{"id":55301,"date":"2025-12-24T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=55301"},"modified":"2025-12-23T18:41:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T09:41:58","slug":"vr-revival-of-classic-japanese-strip-mahjong-game-crowdfunds-1690-of-original-goal-release-postponed-due-to-overwhelming-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/vr-revival-of-classic-japanese-strip-mahjong-game-crowdfunds-1690-of-original-goal-release-postponed-due-to-overwhelming-success\/","title":{"rendered":"VR revival of classic Japanese \u201cstrip Mahjong\u201d game crowdfunds 1,690% of original goal. Release postponed due to overwhelming success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese video game publisher ILLUMINATION recently announced that<strong>Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns, <\/strong>the brand-new entry in the long running Super Real Mahjong series, will be postponed from Spring to Summer 2026 due to the game\u2019s crowdfunding campaign being \u201ctoo successful.\u201d With over 1,690% of the original goal reached, the devs say this has motivated them to implement full voiceovers, a grand finale, and numerous other features that weren\u2019t originally planned for the game (source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespark.jp\/article\/2025\/12\/23\/160931.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Game*Spark<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u91cd\u8981\u306a\u304a\u77e5\u3089\u305b\u3011<br>\u300e\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30ea\u30a2\u30eb\u9ebb\u96c0 Venus Returns\u300f\u306e\u30ea\u30ea\u30fc\u30b9\u6642\u671f\u30922026\u5e74\u6625\u2192\u590f\u9803\u3078\u5ef6\u671f\u3044\u305f\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<br>\u697d\u3057\u307f\u306b\u304a\u5f85\u3061\u3044\u305f\u3060\u3044\u3066\u3044\u308b\u7686\u69d8\u306b\u306f\u3001\u5fc3\u3088\u308a\u304a\u8a6b\u3073\u7533\u3057\u4e0a\u3052\u307e\u3059\u3002\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d6sAq1VhQg\">pic.twitter.com\/d6sAq1VhQg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u30ea\u30a2\u30eb\u9ebb\u96c0 Venus Returns (@srm_vrjp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/srm_vrjp\/status\/2003315880730722350?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Super Real Mahjong is considered a classic, if not the definitive \u201cstrip mahjong\u201d game franchise in Japan. Once an arcade staple that was eventually ported to other platforms such as PC and consoles, the series was announced to return as a 3D VR-supported title in 2026, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/camp-fire.jp\/projects\/867108\/view\/activities\/786283#main\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">crowdfunding campaign<\/a> being unveiled in September 2025. However, contrary to the publisher\u2019s expectations, the game ended up swiftly shooting past the original target amount of 2 million yen, collecting over 33.8 million yen (about $216k USD) in just two months thanks to over 1,100 backers. The huge boost allowed the developers to budget features they didn\u2019t originally plan for the title, thus postponing the release for Summer next year. As they explained, \u201cthis is a rare chance, and we wanted to perfect the game without any compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Series&#039; Newest Title: Stripjong VR - Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns Teaser Trailer\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6spu665n9Cg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns will see the main characters from the beloved Super Real Mahjong PV \u2013 Mizuki Tohno, Aya Fujiwara and Akira Hayasaka come back after almost 30 years with revamped designs. The PV heroines will also be joined by Showko from Super Real Mahjong PII. The game promises to keep the series\u2019 traditional two-way strip mahjong format, except this time, you\u2019ll able to experience the stripping action point-blank in VR. A non-VR mode is also available for those who want to experience the game from a \u201csafe distance.\u201d While the game will involve stripping, it will not include any explicitly sexual content, according to the Steam store page,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns is set to release for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3718190\/_Venus_Returns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) in Summer 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Real Mahjong Venus Returns to be postponed for Summer 2026 due to the game topping its crowdfunding goal by 1,690%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":55302,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-55301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>VR revival of classic Japanese \u201cstrip Mahjong\u201d game crowdfunds 1,690% of original goal. 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