Otome visual novel Side Kicks! beyond will launch for Switch, iOS, and Android on June 5 in Japan, publisher eXtend and developers Toybox Inc. and Karakuri-ism announced. Pre-orders will open on February 1.
Side Kicks! beyond is an enhanced port of Side Kicks!, which originally released for PS Vita in March 2017. It will add new episodes to the main story of Side Kicks!, as well as a crossover episode with otome murder mystery visual novel BUSTAFELLOWS, which is set in the same world.
In related news, eXtend announced that total sales for BUSTAFELLOWS have surpassed 150,000 copies.
Here is the Side Kicks! story synopsis, via VNDB:
Side Kicks: a newly established special investigation bureau within the Sakrada Police Force, located in California, designed to heighten the security of Sakrada City with their unique style of thinking and individual skill. Currently seeking additional members.
A city in California, United States of America—Sakrada. In recent years, the spread of a highly addictive drug, Ripcord, has been causing several issues in the sunny, quiet city located on the West Coast. In order to control cases like this, the Sakrada Police Force established a new organization—a special investigation bureau made up of members with unique styles of thinking and their idiosyncratic skills, known as the Side Kicks.
Chika, who has exceptional athletic talent; Hibari, the profiler who possesses a way with words; Shishiba, the quiet hacker prodigy; Rico, gifted with photographic memory; and Tatewaki, the leader in charge of the four.
The special investigation bureau has become well-known in the city for its ground-breaking investigation methods that are unlike anything ever seen before.
One day, the heroine Inori is scouted as a new member of Side Kicks. The skill she possesses… is the mysterious ability of clairvoyant dreams.