{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ac9c6beaf2a321848e00437a","clusterId":"c_fdacf6f5f4d1cf2bbca0fc03","slug":"vixen-357-steam-port-lands-in-2026-with-rewind-and-permadeath-intact","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Vixen 357 Steam Port Lands In 2026 With Rewind And Permadeath Intact","summary":"Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden plan to bring the 1992 Mega Drive robot SRPG Vixen 357 to PC via Steam in 2026. The port keeps the original's turn-based grid combat, 16 maps, free pilot and unit composition, and permadeath, while adding a gallery, rewind, speed-up, save anywhere, screen filters, and cheats. The store page lists Japanese support.","whyItMatters":"The port preserves the design that made Vixen 357 an outlier for its era, permanent loss of destroyed pilots and units, instead of softening it into a modern tactics game.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game began as a Masaya release for the Mega Drive in 1992, sharing a worldview with the 1990 title Kaiserad. Its story opens in AD 2396, when the special unit Slash, operating the humanoid weapon VECTOR built by the new nation Melizmahap, is attacked by an unidentified enemy during training. The player is pilot Takuya Murazawa.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombat is turn-based across grid maps, 16 of them. Pilots and units are combined freely, armaments change by unit, and destroyed pilots and units do not return.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Vixen 357 keeps permadeath but adds rewind in the same port. The two systems pull opposite ways: one punishes every loss, the other lets you undo it.","twitterPost":"Vixen 357 keeps permadeath and adds rewind. Ratalaika and Shinyuden built a game that can undo the loss it still asks you to accept.","threadsPost":"Vixen 357 keeps permadeath while adding rewind, save anywhere, and cheats. The port keeps its 1992 loss states and then hands over the tools to erase them. Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden leave the decision to the player.","newsletterBlurb":"Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden plan a 2026 Steam release of Vixen 357, the 1992 Mega Drive robot SRPG from Masaya. The turn-based grid combat, 16 maps, free unit composition, and permadeath all stay. The port adds a gallery, rewind, speed-up, save anywhere, screen filters, and cheats.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/29/172917.html\",\"title\":\"1992 Mega Drive robot SRPG 'Vixen 357' Steam version coming in 2026 - Features free unit composition and permadeath/loss, plus convenience features\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4753,"outputTokens":628,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791238030,"createdAt":"2026-10-05T22:03:09.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T22:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T22:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_fdacf6f5f4d1cf2bbca0fc03","canonicalTitle":"1992年発売のメガドライブ向けロボットSRPG『ヴィクセン357』Steam版が2026年登場へ―自由な機体編成とパーマデス＝ロストが特徴で便利機能も搭載","representativeArticleId":"a_b3593c1a94078e8a4cdb16d5","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Vixen 357\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-29T10:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-29T10:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-05T22:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/09/29/172917.html","title":"1992年発売のメガドライブ向けロボットSRPG『ヴィクセン357』Steam版が2026年登場へ―自由な機体編成とパーマデス＝ロストが特徴で便利機能も搭載"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Vixen 357"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}