We have good news and bad news for fighting game fans. If you’ve been looking forward to the arrival of Hunter X Hunter: Nen x Impact (based on the anime and manga series), Arc System Works has now announced that it has delayed the launch until 2025.
According to a translation by the Arc System Works social account, this delay is to allow the team to implement the fallback network code. The release date will now be announced “later”, so we’ll let you know when we get an update. Here is the full message:
The release time for HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×IMPACT will be changed from the previously announced time of 2024 to the current release within 2025.
We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused by this delay to players who are eagerly awaiting the release of the game.
This delay is so that we can implement the fallback network code for the release. *Rollback netcode is a system that reduces the feeling of connection delay when playing online matches.
We made this decision out of concern that players would not be able to fully enjoy the game in a state where some players would have trouble playing online, given the nature of fighting games.
The release date will be announced later. We appreciate your understanding as we continue to work on providing the best game possible.
From the HUNTER×HUNTER NEN×IMPACT production team
Hunter x Hunter: Nen x Impact was originally revealed earlier this year in January and confirmed for Switch in March. You can check out the announcement as well as our previous coverage here on Nintendo Life.
