Kotobukiya announced the pre-order phase for the Eltolinde Unicorn Overlord figure is open, and the company also shared a new prototype of her twin sister Rosalinde. The Turenos of Elheim will cost $184.99 and ship in December 2025. It noted Rosalinde orders will follow “soon” on social media.

Both of these are 1/7 figures that stand at over 10 inches tall (around 275mm), and the Eltolinde one’s been teased since September 2024. Rosalinde showed up again back in January 2025. Both wear their standard costumes from the game. Each one also carries a staff, with theirs matching each other. Kotobukiya noted that buying direct from the company means someone gets an extra smiling face plate for Eltolinde. However, it didn’t note if a similar promotion will appear for Rosalinde. 

Here’s how Eltolinde and her bonus face part look:

This is the Rosalinde prototype image:

And here are some photos of the Unicorn Overlord Eltolinde figure with the Rosalinde prototype.

As a reminder, Kotobukiya currently continues to ship to the US as usual, even with tariffs by President Donald Trump in effect. However, it is good to keep those fees in mind, as the company did state it will announce its policies in the future. Other figure companies, like Good Smile Company, already took action and ended pre-orders.

The Eltolinde Unicorn Overlord figure pre-order is open, it will debut in December 2025, and the Rosalinde one will follow. The game is available on the Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X. 

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Western RPGs like Baldur’s Gate, Mass Effect, Fallout, and Dragon Age are all well known for having dating and romance options, but they are less common in JRPGs. While many JRPGs have romantic storylines, it’s less common that they have dating sim elements where you can choose from a variety of different partners. If you’re looking for a JRPG to play with dating sim or romance options, here are 10 of our favorites.

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When people think of JRPGs with romance options, many think of the Fire Emblem series, which has long allowed people to marry certain units and strengthen them. Fire Emblem: Awakening gets exceptionally deep into the romance options, and you almost need a spreadsheet in order to organize everyone optimally. Not only will you be planning out your marriage – and the spawn that ultimately comes from that relationship – but the marriage and children of your other units. Certain marriages will produce offspring with different traits that can give an advantage in battle, making romance strategic.

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Almost since the beginning the Persona series has had romance and dating options – more on that later – but they became far more overt with the modern series. In these games you can romance as many people as you like, but just be aware that if you invite them out for a date at the same time, they tend to not vibe with it. We’ve chosen Persona 3 Portable to represent the series, as it has a male and female MC with different dating opportunities. One of the cheesy things I love about this is that if you date one of the characters that dies mid-game, there is a post game dialogue that lets you know they are just in a coma. There aren’t many JRPGs where smooching will save lives.

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Most of the games in the long-running The Legend of Heroes series have some dating or romance aspects, but the Trails of Cold Steel subseries takes it to a new level. There are four games in Trails of Cold Steel and while romances start fresh in every game, there are bonuses for characters that you romanced in other titles. In the first entry, if you choose someone to take to the dance near the end of the story, they’ll receive an EXP boost in the second game. It doesn’t just offer you additional cutscenes, but a few sweet rewards for your affections.

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Dragon Quest hasn’t always had romantic or dating options, but Dragon Quest XI added the option to date certain characters in the post game. It’s still completely optional, but it adds an extra layer to the after credits quests for those who are deeply invested in the game. After you’ve finished the main story you’ll be asked to rebuild Cobblestone and once done, you can choose another character to live with forever. While you can only technically marry Gemma, you can choose to cohabit with a number of other characters giving you some options. 

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Most of the Yakuza games don’t have dating sim or romance options outside of hostesses and that always felt more friendly than romantic. Yakuza: Like A Dragon switched this up with its personality stats that dictate which of six women our protagonist Ichiban can date. While it’s completely optional, dating certain NPCs and party has huge benefits, and there is even a side story related to dating all six women at once. For a man who fails so completely in love in Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth he’s quite the lothario in his debut game.

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Many of these games have dating or romance elements as an aside to the story, but Summon Night as a series is known for being part JRPG, part visual novel, and part dating sim. This is the series you will want to jump into if you want the dating to be at the core of your gameplay. At the end of every chapter someone will you up on the rooftop, and you can decide how much you vibe with them. While Summon Night 6 has some localization issues, you should try out the series if you want the quintessential JRPG meets dating sim experience.

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Just like in the original Final Fantasy VII there are some hidden dating and romance options in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth. Things you do and say with different party throughout the game will determine how they feel about you, and this culminates in a date that you have at the Gold Saucer. In the original FF7 you could date Tifa, Aerith, Yuffie, or Barrett, with Aerith being the standard option – sorry Tifa fans – but Final Fantasy VII Rebirth adds two new options. Cloud can also date Red XIII in Rebirth, or if you haven’t shared enough romantic moments with any of these characters you’ll share a romantic date with the boys: Cid, Vincent, and Cait Sith. Yes, at the same time.

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Unicorn Overlord is one of the best games of 2024, and it also is the JRPG with the most dating and romance options. It’s all about recruiting characters and organizing them into armies to fight for the cause, and almost everyone you recruit can be romanced and married. In fact out of 70 recruitable characters you can smooch more than 60 of them. You need to build your bonds with everyone, by giving gifts, eating with them or having discussions, and maxing out your rapport means you can hand over the Ring of the Maiden and marry them. Aside from showing your love to that character they gain +5 in every stat, so there are definite benefits to falling in love.

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Technically Tokyo Xanadu Ex+ isn’t a dating sim in the sense that you don’t pledge yourself to one person, but you do choose which characters to spend your time with, and there isn’t enough time to get to know everyone. Finishing your bond with a certain character will give you a special final scene and item near the end of the game, giving you more incentive to spend as much time as possible with your favorites. There is a canon choice here that gives you more insight into the ending, but if you have a favorite teammate, you’ll want to make sure you spend your time with them as well.

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The modern Persona series – Persona 3 onwards – put romance and dating at the forefront as an integral part of the gameplay. However, romance options began with Persona 2: Innocent Sin where our protagonist Tatsuya can choose to date Maya, Lisa, or Jun. Yes, Persona 2 had a same sex dating option, which the modern series will not give us for some reason. Your choice of romantic partner doesn’t have any major outcomes on the story, and if you play Persona 2: Eternal Punishment you’ll know that Maya is Tatsuya’s canon romantic partner, but it is still a beautiful touch to this early story.

Let us know what your favorite JRPG that has dating sim options is in the comments below!

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Kotobukiya has formally revealed its figure of Scarlett from Atlus and Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord. The company has also opened pre-orders for the figure, which it will release in October 2025, with a tax-inclusive MSRP of 23,100 yen (~$153.30).

The figure will have a scale of 1/7 and an overall height of around 242 mm (~9.53 inches). Kotobukiya will base the Scarlett figure's pose on her official regular in-game art. It will also include the bronze staff that the priestess wields in the art.

Here are some of the sample images of the figure, taken from multiple angles:

Kotobukiya will also offer an alternate head part showing Scarlet with an open smiling mouth as an exclusive bonus for orders made on the Kotobukiya Online Shop. However, it can only legally ship domestically inside Japan.

People living outside the country can alternatively place orders for the same figure on AmiAmi with a discounted price of 21,940 yen (~$146.85), but the latter does not seem to include the exclusive part.

Scarlett will not be the only Unicorn Overlord character to have a figure made by Kotobukiya. In early February 2025, the company revealed gradual progress for figures based on Melisandre, Eltolinde, Rosalinde, and Yahna. Kotobukiya is not even the only company to produce Unicorn Overlord character figures, as Apex-Toys is also separately working on a figure of Berengaria.

Kotobukiya will release the 1/7 scale figure of Scarlett from Unicorn Overlord in October 2025. The character's appearance will be based on the strategy RPG that has been available worldwide on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X.

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As part of Wonder Festival 2025 Winter, Apex-Toys shared a new Unicorn Overlord figure of Berengaria. She’s the former Tricorn Mercenaries leader who eventually s our army in the game. Since the item is still fairly early in development, we don’t know when it will be released or how much it will cost.

Only one photo of the Berengaria prototype figure appeared at WonHobby 39. She’s in the unpainted prototype phase, so we only had a general idea of how she will look. However, her armor and full-body suit are entirely black and crimson, and we included a screenshot from the game to highlight how her official art looks. The initial image suggests she’ll also be equipped with the same Iron Axe and Iron Greatshield she holds when you recruit her in-game.

Here's how Berengaria looks so far, and there's a screenshot from the game alongside her to allow someone to compare the two.

As a reminder, you can not only recruit Berengaria in the game. She is also one of the characters it is possible to marry. 

There are quite a few Unicorn Overlord figures that are already available or on the way. Kotobukiya already established that it is working on ones of Yahna, Rosalinde, Eltolinde, and Scarlett. Those are at various stages of development. It also confirmed in 2025 that a Melisandre figure is in the works too. While all of these items will appear in Japan first, we'll also eventually see them at retailers that ship worldwide or stores in North America.

There’s no word yet on when Apex-Toys will release its Berengaria Unicorn Overlord figure. Unicorn Overlord is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X. Kotobukiya is working on Melisandre, Yahna, Rosalinde, Eltolinde, and Scarlett figures as well.

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Kotobukiya issued a series of updates on its Unicorn Overlord figures at its Kotobukiya Collection 2025 event, and it included an announcement of a Melisandre one. Others that appeared in various states of development were Yahna, Rosalinde, Eltolinde, and Scarlett. No release dates were shared for any of them.

Melisandre is the Unicorn Overlord figure that is earliest in development. As such, there wasn’t even merchandise to show yet. Instead, Kotobukiya shared concept art for how she’ll look when it is released. 

Here's the preliminary art for her from Kotobukiya Collection 2025:

The state of the other figures varies. Two appear to practically be ready for pre-orders to open, while we probably will see the other two show up at another event. The Yahna and Rosalinde ones were both revealed at the end of 2024. While they initially only showed up as concept art like Melisandre, now both are at the unpainted prototypes stage. Both Scarlett and Eltolinde were revealed earlier in 2024, and as such are both already showing up as painted figures.

Here’s how all of those look so far:

Since the Eltolinde and Scarlett ones are so far along, we'll likely see an update on them in the next few weeks. Depending on production updates, it is possible both of them will appear before 2025 ends. Given the state of the Melisandre one, we might not end up seeing a prototype of some kind until the end of the year.

Unicorn Overlord is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X, and the Melisandre, Yahna, Rosalinde, Eltolinde, and Scarlett figures are in development.

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Kadokawa has revealed a new lineup of Unicorn Overlord-themed merchandise available for pre-orders exclusively on its ebten web store. A peculiar item is included in the list, which is a Zippo lighter designed after kingdom emblems from Atlus and Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord game. This lighter will be available in late April 2025 at 12,980 yen (~$83.45).

The lighter will be made of hard stainless steel and brass manufactured directly from Zippo's headquarters in the US. However, the uniquely branded lighter will have a distinction with engravements of the Cornia Kingdom's emblems.

One of the wide sides will have the original Cornia Kingdom emblem, while the other will instead feature the New Cornia Kingdom version. Atlus and Sega's copyright marks will complete the lighter's decoration on the side.

The Zippo lighter is not the only new Unicorn Overlord merchandise Kadokawa has announced. The company also revealed a B2-sized hanging tapestry poster at 3,850 yen (~$24.75) and an acrylic at 2,750 yen (~$17.70) with four different designs. Just like the lighter, these items are also available exclusively on ebten, but Kadokawa will ship them earlier in mid-March 2025.

The Unicorn Overlord-themed Zippo lighter will be available in late April 2025. The original video game is available on the Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S. Atlus noted that it had sold over 1 million units of the game as of September 2024.

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Kotobukiya is re-releasing a figure of Natsuno Minami and B.J of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. The figure will come out in June 2025, and it costs 16,500 JPY ($108.60).

Those who can’t order from the Kotobukiya shop can also pre-order this figure from AmiAmi. The 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Natsuno Minami and BJ figure originally came out in July 2021. It’s a 1/8 scale figure that stands at around 250 millimeters, including the stand.

As for the figure itself, it depicts Natsuno on a stand that resembles a destroyed street. BJ is next to her, and the Start to activate her Sentinel is in the air next to her. There is some degree of customization to this figure. For example, you can replace Natsuno’s hand part with a normal one if you don’t want the Start . You can also take BJ off the stand if you don’t want him there, or if you want to display him separately. There’s a t in BJ’s neck, so you can make him look at different things if you want to.

In 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, Natsuno is one of the main playable protagonists. She’s a cheery and athletic girl who loves sci-fi, and is childhood friends with Yuki. Her discovery of the mysterious talking robot BJ drags her into the plot, and a huge part of her particular story is helping BJ while also finding out what or who he is.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is readily available on the PS4 and Nintendo Switch.

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Atlus is working with Animate and Frontier Works to release more acrylic stands featuring characters from Unicorn Overlord. The new standees will appear in mid-2025. Pre-orders for the stands are immediately available on Animate's online storefront.

The newly revealed acrylic stands will be different from the first batch of 107 character stands revealed earlier in 2024. The new batch will mostly feature the existing title characters in two different poses, with more variations based on the lower and upper-class attires.

There will be 272 new stands in this batch. The prices for individual stands will range between 1,760~2,750 yen (~$11.70~18.30). However, if one wants to purchase all of those 272 stands, they will have to spend a grand total of 572,440 yen (~$3,810).

The companies will also restock the acrylic character and background stands from the first batch. When combined with the new second batch, there will be a total of 379 unique character stands with 15 backgrounds available.

These items will be based on Atlus and Vanillaware's strategy RPG that has been available worldwide on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X. Atlus announced that it has sold over 1 million units of the game as of September 2024.

Animate will close the pre-order window for the new batch of Unicorn Overlord character and background acrylic stands on January 15, 2025. The company will start delivering the goods in mid-June 2025.

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The Japanese Unicorn Overlord Orchestra Concert will be accessible to non-Japanese foreigners living outside the country. Atlus has announced on its official Japanese X that it is working to make ticket applications for the concert available more widely.

Atlus originally announced the concert in early October 2024 to celebrate Unicorn Overlord suring one million units sold worldwide. The Tokyo Chamber Orchestra will perform tracks from the game with Naotaka Tachibana as the conductor. Vanillaware's Takafumi Noma and Basiscape Mitsuhiro Kaneda, Toki Takeda, Richter, and Denys Fontanarosa will also appear as guests for the talk show.

As of this announcement, only tickets for physical attendance are available via lottery on the Japanese e+ website. Prices for the tickets will range from 9,900 yen (~$66.20) for regular attendance to 19,800 yen (~$132.40) for receiving bonus character acrylic stands.

While Atlus also announced that people residing outside Japan will also be able to purchase tickets for the concert, it is still unclear whether they will still have to come to Tokyo to physically attend the concert or be able to watch it via online streaming.

Atlus announcement tweet is also available to view right below, with the English announcement appearing on the second image:

The Unicorn Overlord Orchestra Concert will take place at the Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo, Japan on March 2, 2025. The game is available on the Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X.

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During a special program to commemorate Unicorn Overlord suring a million sales, Atlus revealed the most popular characters in the game. Rosalinde ended up taking first place in the poll. [Thanks, Dengeki Online!]

Here are the top ten most popular characters in Unicorn Overlord, as voted on by players:

1. Rosalinde
2. Melisandre
3. Berengaria
4. Virginia
5. Alain
6. Eltolinde
7. Yunifi
8. Scarlett
9. Chloe
10. Travis

Nigel was also on the list, in between Berengaria and Virginia, but he’s not technically part of the ranking. People picked their favorite characters based on design, personality, and their usefulness in combat. For example, a person talked about how they liked Rosalinde for her powerful skills and how she was able to remain in Alain’s main party the entire time in their playthrough. Another person said that they picked her for her smart yet funny, strong yet straightforward, and motherly yet delicate personality.

Other polls in the program focused on people’s favorite classes, scenes, music tracks, and stages. Atlus also revealed people’s favorites for the Rite of the Covenant. Berengaria was the most popular for those outside of Japan, and Scarlett won on the Japanese poll. During the program, Kazuki Ura and Takayuki Ishii even gave a live performance of Alain performing the Rite with Nigel.

Unicorn Overlord is readily available for the PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox Series X.

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Yet another Unicorn Overlord figure announcement is here, and this time it is for a Yahna figma. Good Smile Company is working on it, with Max Factory and Masaki Apsy deg it. There’s no release window for it yet. This announcement, like the others, comes after the VanillaWare game’s first anniversary.

Unlike some of the other Unicorn Overlord figure reveals, the Yahna figma will be a posable one. This means like all figmas, there will be multiple points of articulation in her neck, arms, body, and legs. She will also come with various accessories at launch. However, since only concept art appeared at the moment, we don’t know what those might be. She is shown wielding her staff, as she does in the game, so that weapon will at the very least be included in her kit alongside additional hand parts for posing.

Here’s the official announcement art from the Max Factory social media .

This is the fourth figure announcement for the game to come up in the last week. The first two were Eltolinde and Scarlett scale figure reveals by Kotobukiya at the end of September 2024. Then during WonFes Shanghai 2024, Good Smile Company revealed a scale figure of Virginia. 

Unicorn Overlord is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X, and the Yahna figma figure is in development.

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Atlus and Vanillaware announced a new Unicorn Overlord special program broadcast to celebrate the game suring over one million in sales, both when it comes to physical and digital units, worldwide. The broadcast will appear on October 4, 2024 on the AtlusTube official YouTube channel, and it will only be in Japanese.

Takayuki Ishii, the Japanese voice actor for Nigel in Unicorn Overlord, will be the host of the program. Meanwhile, the voice actors for Alain and Scarlett in the Japanese dub of Unicorn Overlord, Kazuki Ura and Hina Suguta, will be featured as guests. The broadcast will be a variety talk show. It will also include the announcement of the preliminary results for the survey aimed at s who finished the game, conducted in August 2024. In addition, new Unicorn Overlord merchandise items will be showcased. This could involve looks at the figures.

The special program will debut on October 4, 2024 at 8pm JST (or 4am PT/7am ET). You can check it out here when it premieres:

Atlus announced the sales milestone on September 25, 2024. It confirmed that Unicorn Overlord ed over 1 million sales worldwide. The game originally released in March 8, 2024. It was so popular that physical copies sold out in Japan shortly after release.

Unicorn Overlord is readily available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X.

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As part of the WonFes Shanghai 2024 announcements, Apex-Toys revealed it is working on a figure of Virginia from Unicorn Overlord. The announcement was accompanied by a photo of an unpainted prototype of the character, hinting at the design we can expect when it is released.

While there’s no release window for this product, the announcement did include a few details. This will be a 1/8 scale figure. This means she’ll likely stand at over a foot tall. She will also appear in her full armor from the game, befitting her role as a Crusader. As such, she has shields on both of her arms and wields a sword in her right hand. 

Here’s the full announcement for the Unicorn Overlord Virginia figure with unpainted prototype photo. It noted that it is on display at the event for people to see in person.

This is the third Unicorn Overlord figure we’ve seen in the last week. Kotobukiya announced it is working on ones of Eltolinde and Scarlett. Like the Virginia model, they will be scale figures. Both also are only in the unpainted prototype phase.

Unicorn Overlord is available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X. There’s no release window for the Virginia figure yet.

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Kotobukiya announced it will release figures of Scarlett and Eltolinde, two of the main heroines and romance options in Unicorn Overlord. Photos of unpainted prototypes of each one appeared on social media, and the company confirmed both will also be on display for the first time at MegaHobby Expo 2024 in Japan on September 28, 2024.

Both the Unicorn Overlord Scarlett and Eltolinde figures will be scale ones, though Kotobukiya didn’t explain what size each one will be. Each one features a pose that makes them look as though they are walking. Scarlett, who is a human priestess that acts as a healer, is carrying her staff. Her base has a cobblestone path on it. The elven Turenos Eltolinde carries a spear and appears to be running through grass. Each design seems to be based on Vanillaware’s official art.

Here are Kotobukiya’s first two photos of the figures. While the current models are unpainted, their eyes are so you have a better idea how they will look.

Both Scarlett and Eltolinde are major characters in Unicorn Overlord. Scarlett is one of the first allies on your team, though various circumstances mean she temporarily leaves early on. Meanwhile, Eltolinde eventually s your party after going through the Elheim region.

Unicorn Overlord is available on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X. There’s no release window for the Scarlett or Eltolinde figures yet.

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Atlus and Vanillaware announced the release of an official Unicorn Overlord art book, which is coming out in Japan on October 2024. The art book is now available for pre-order from various retailers, including the Chara-Ani online store, and they will close on September 30, 2024. [Thanks, Famitsu!]

Additionally, there are two editions available, a regular version and a ebten DX pack version featuring extra goods. The regular version of the official Unicorn Overlord art book costs 4,400 yen (or approximately $30.05,) while the ebten DX pack version of the art book costs 18,700 yen (~$127.70.)

The cover and back of the book features plenty of characters from Unicorn Overlord celebrating after Alain's coronation ceremony. The book includes plenty of personal character data, art of the game's setting, and interviews with the developers. The aforementioned ebten DX edition includes a framed print of the art used for the book cover and back.

You can take a look at the art book and the cover art print here:

The official Unicorn Overlord art book is available for pre-order until September 30, 2024 and is available in a regular and an ebten DX pack edition. Unicorn Overlord is readily available for the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and Xbox Series X.

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