{"id":70471,"date":"2026-08-03T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=70471"},"modified":"2026-08-03T18:50:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T09:50:26","slug":"senran-kagura-developer-honey-parade-games-may-return-to-console-games-going-forward-marvelous-ceo-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/senran-kagura-developer-honey-parade-games-may-return-to-console-games-going-forward-marvelous-ceo-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Senran Kagura developer Honey Parade Games may return to console games going forward, Marvelous CEO says\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During&nbsp;its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/irp-system.net\/presenter\/?conts=01kt0g02v96jh39yyq2s6beqy9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">financial briefing<\/a>&nbsp;for the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, game publisher Marvelous mentioned the possibility of&nbsp;<strong>Honey \u221e Parade Games<\/strong>&nbsp;entering the console game market.&nbsp;A subsidiary of Marvelous, Honey&nbsp;Parade Games is a development studio specializing in&nbsp;bishojo&nbsp;games,&nbsp;including the popular&nbsp;Senran&nbsp;Kagura franchise.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since around 2020, the studio&#8217;s output has primarily&nbsp;consisted of free-to-play titles like Dolphin Wave and the now defunct Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link.&nbsp;Additionally, the company&nbsp;is scheduled to release Shinovi Nexus:&nbsp;Senran&nbsp;Kagura \u2013 another live-service entry in the&nbsp;Senran&nbsp;Kagura series \u2013 within 2026&nbsp;domestically.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While fans of the Honey Parade brand have been missing its full-priced games,&nbsp;it seems the studio&nbsp;could be coming back to&nbsp;console releases&nbsp;in the future.&nbsp;While presenting&nbsp;Marvelous\u2019s future policy&nbsp;regarding its subsidiaries,&nbsp;president&nbsp;and CEO Shinichi Terui mentioned that going forward, the company is considering a focus not only on online games, but entry into the consumer game business (referring to full-priced console\/PC games).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a related note, the studio&nbsp;appears to be&nbsp;faring well financially, with Terui mentioning stable performance from Dolphin Wave and licensing&nbsp;royalties from&nbsp;Shinobi Master Senran Kagura: New Link&nbsp;as drivers of revenue.&nbsp;<\/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=\"\u30b7\u30ce\u30d3NEXUS \u2013\u9583\u4e71\u30ab\u30b0\u30e9\u2013\uff08\u30b7\u30ce\u30cd\u30af\uff09\u30bf\u30a4\u30c8\u30eb\u767a\u8868PV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_avt71u1eZc?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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Honey \u221e Parade Games\u2019s&nbsp;latest&nbsp;title,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hpgames.jp\/shinovi-nexus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shinovi Nexus: Senran Kagura<\/a>,&nbsp;is set to launch in 2026 in Japan for iOS,&nbsp;Android&nbsp;and PC (via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dmg-shinovi-nexus.hpgames.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DMM Games<\/a>).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The announcement was made during Marvelous&#8217;s Q1 financial briefing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":70472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-08-03T13:00:11+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ms6kj6vi2k2w","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ms6kj6vi2k2w\",\"cid\":\"bafyreieieoogukbogrh7k5s3z42ckj6oklqz4oyb4dngcsbwi6dtsjz3t4\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreifs74yomc3aimjnpow3ooujajz75o5mpkglwilkdnbdmogeyko4yi\",\"rev\":\"3ms6kj6vqts2w\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-70471","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 v28.0 - 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