ONI Zero Reboot Port Adds 16:9, New Battles, and Kae Nanbu Character Designs
Konami is spending on redrawn graphics, additional tracks, and new story rather than shipping a straight re-release, which puts the port's budget closer to a revival than a routine catalog move.
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At Tokyo Game Show 2026, Konami detailed its Nintendo Switch port of the 2001 PlayStation game ONI Zero: Fukkatsu. The screen ratio moves from 4:3 to 16:9 with graphics redrawn from scratch, battle loading is removed, and roughly five new battle tracks are planned, including a boss track. New events written by creator Takiya Iijima connect to the sequel ONI Zero X. Kae Nanbu handles main character design, and the release window is spring to early summer 2027.
The Switch version of ONI Zero: Fukkatsu does more than run the PlayStation original at a new resolution. Konami is drawing the 16:9 graphics from scratch, and the slides shown on stage were still in the old 4:3 ratio. Battles no longer load with every action, a change Konami says removes the stress players felt in the PS version and speeds the game up. The new battle tracks land at around five, with a boss track among them, and the added events written by creator Takiya Iijima tie into the sequel ONI Zero X.
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