BODY: The Tsukihime fighting game saga marches on. Aniplex has officially announced MELTY BLOOD: TWI-LUMINA (ใกใซใใฃใใฉใใ๏ผใใฏใคใซใใ), a 2D versus fighter positioned as a renewal of 2021's MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA. The game is targeting an early 2027 release with pricing still under wraps.
The platform spread is unusually generous for a niche anime fighter: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, original Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Steam. That cross-generation, cross-vendor footprint suggests Aniplex wants to keep the existing competitive community intact while pulling in players from the new Switch 2 install base.
Type Lumina itself was developed by French Bread (the studio behind Under Night In-Birth) and shipped to a warm reception on the FGC scene, with multiple character DLC waves rolling out through 2023. TWI-LUMINA appears to build directly on that foundation rather than reset the series, though Aniplex has not yet detailed roster changes, system tweaks, or whether save data and DLC will carry over.
For a series that began as a doujin fighter spun off from TYPE-MOON's Tsukihime visual novel, sustaining a multi-platform commercial release across two console generations is a meaningful milestone.
The insider take
The "renewal" framing is doing a lot of work here. In the Tokyo fighting-game scene, Type Lumina has been the quiet workhorse of the anime fighter circuit โ it never drew Street Fighter-tier numbers, but Mikado and other arcades kept cabinets warm and tournaments running. Aniplex relabeling this as TWI-LUMINA rather than Type Lumina 2 signals they don't want to fragment that community across two titles. The Switch 2 inclusion alongside the original Switch is also telling: it mirrors how Japanese publishers are handling the generational transition right now โ keep the legacy hardware supported, because the install base is still there.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).