Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster Announced for NS2, PS5, XS, NS, and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 10 December 2025 / 654 Views
Inti Creates has announced action RPG, Kingdom’s Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster, for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. It will launch worldwide on April 23, 2026 for $14.99 / 1,980 yen.
Users who buy the Switch version will be able to upgrade to the Switch 2 version for free using an Upgrade Pack.
View the announcement trailer below:
Read details on the game below:
Kingdom's Return: Time-Eating Fruit and the Ancient Monster is an action RPG where players must adventure to restore their fallen kingdom. Collect materials in 2D side-scrolling adventure stages, then use them in the strategy part to build your city as you see fit, and powering up your characters in the process!
hoose from one of four characters, Imperial, Alchemist, Wizard, or Zipangu, and set out on adventure through a variety of action stages. Collect the materials here you’ll use to build up your kingdom, placing buildings that buff your characters’ stats. Then set out again to conquer even more dangerous stages, until the bosses are afraid of you!
Story
In a world of swords, magic, and fairies, you are a lone adventurer who suddenly becomes tasked to revive the ruined kingdom of Almacia along with the Fairy of Time, Chronos.
Through adventure (action) and revival (strategy), restore the kingdom to its former glory!
Playable Characters
Imperial
With high defense, Imperial is your reliable close-range fighter.
Her shield gives her guard abilities that allow her to safely get into range for her sword. Her easy-to-use skills, together with her unique counter action, give her a high maximum damage output.
Alchemist
Alchemist specializes in mixing potions to inflict statuses and other effects on enemies. Change the element of his bottles with a unique action, then inflict the perfect status effect for the situation.
His skills also apply a variety of debuffs, allowing him to consistently weaken his enemies.
Conversely, he has few direct attacks, so he’ll need to focus on status effects while he fights.
Wizard
Wizard fights from long range using a variety of magic attacks.
Her charge action can power up her magic before she casts it. Most of her actions will use SP (skill points), so you’ll need to keep an eye on it.
Her health and defense is low, so positioning is of utmost importance.
Zipangu
Skilled at attacking and dodging, Zipangu’s specialty is consecutive attacks.
He can get in close with a dodge move, then press the attack harder than any other character.
What he wants to do is rather simple: dodge, then attack back. However, his defense is lacking, so failing to dodge will be painful.
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