Uta no Prince-sama Dolce Vita, Shining Live Games Get Release Dates
The announcements consolidate the franchise's game lineup on Nintendo Switch, bringing a long-delayed new title and a revived port of a discontinued mobile game to a single platform.
Key Facts
- Broccoli and KLab announced release dates for two Uta no Prince-sama games on June 24, the 16th anniversary of the franchise's first game.
- The Nintendo Switch title Uta no Prince-sama Dolce Vita, a completely new game first announced in 2016, will launch in 2027.
- Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live for Nintendo Switch, a port of KLab's smartphone rhythm game that ended service in 2023, will release on December 17, 2026.
- A 3D live concert, ALL STAR STAGE -BEGINNING-, will be held at Makuhari Messe over five days in March 2027, featuring ST☆RISH, QUARTET NIGHT, and HE★VENS.
- The announcements were part of an eight-item information drop that also included a flagship store tour, a yukata collaboration, and new content for the Live Emotion app.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, 4Gamer.net, Nijimen.
Broccoli and KLab announced release dates for two Uta no Prince-sama games on June 24, the 16th anniversary of the franchise's first game. The Nintendo Switch title Uta no Prince-sama Dolce Vita, a completely new game first announced in 2016, will launch in 2027. The game was originally planned for PlayStation Vita before being moved to Switch in 2019. Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live for Nintendo Switch, a port of KLab's smartphone rhythm game that ended service in 2023, will release on December 17, 2026. The announcements were part of an eight-item information drop on a special website, which also included details on a flagship store tour, a yukata collaboration with designer Keita Maruyama, new content for the Live Emotion app, a drama CD, a book series, and a 3D live event scheduled for March 2027. The first visual for Dolce Vita was also released, showing the 11 idols of Shining Agency.
The eight announcements were published on a special website timed to the June 24 anniversary of the first Uta no Prince-sama game's 2010 release. Alongside the two game release dates, Broccoli detailed a five-city flagship store tour called UTA☆PRI GRAND SHOP running from July to September 2026, and a yukata collaboration with high-end designer Keita Maruyama under the K.M☆U.P line. The Live Emotion smartphone app will add two new series this summer: Birthday Cover Shot and Gekidan Shining/Paradise Lost content featuring HE★VENS. A drama CD titled SHINING IDOLS' WORKDAY, originally an April Fool's project, will release in two parts on September 16. The PRINCE TWEET LogBook Vol.6 and Vol.7 will be released simultaneously, with reprints of earlier volumes. A 3D live concert, ALL STAR STAGE -BEGINNING-, will be held at Makuhari Messe over five days in March 2027, featuring ST☆RISH, QUARTET NIGHT, and HE★VENS with two different setlists. The Shining Live port will also be accompanied by a Visual Collection Card Vol.6 releasing on the same day, with reprints of Vol.1 and Vol.2 in October.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.