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Full SHIKA-Q update
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SHIKA-Q changes
To celebrate the start of pre-orders for the Nintendo Switch version (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia), the ultra-fast competitive puzzle game SHIKA-Q is now available as a Steam Playtest starting today!
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Steam Playtest Now Live! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Period: March 19, 2026 (Thu) around 20:00 JST – April 5, 2026 (Sun) 23:59 JST
This Playtest is based on the Nintendo Switch version. You can experience a portion of the full game for free.
Included Content:
Offline Versus Mode
Challenge Mode (up to Stage Level 20)
If you're considering purchasing the Steam version, we encourage you to try the Playtest first. If you enjoy it, please consider adding it to your wishlist!
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This Playtest is not only for Nintendo Switch users, but also for those considering purchasing on PlayStation®4 / PlayStation®5. Get an early feel for the gameplay, atmosphere, and controls on Steam.
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■ Nintendo Switch Available from April 9, 2026 (Thu) 00:00 JST Pre-orders now open in Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia (20% off during pre-order period) Pre-
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