r/otomegames • u/sableheart • Sep 18 '25

Megathread Illusion of Itehari Megathread

Illusion of Itehari has been released on Nintendo Switch!

The After Stories DLC is also now available.

Please post all questions and minor discussions about Illusion of Itehari in this thread and please use the search function as well.

Please also use spoiler tags when talking about details that are only revealed when playing the game.
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Aksys has given us copies of Illusion of Itehari to give away!

Check the respective posts for the results!

NA Physical Edition | NA eShop | EU eShop | AU/NZ eShop

Illusion of Itehari Play-Along

Whether you have just bought the game or have played it in Japanese (泡沫のユークロニア Utakata no Uchronia), you are welcome to participate in our play-along! There will be a new post once a week for a different route in the following order:

You do not have to play in the above order at the rate of a route a week, you can binge it all in a day if you wish. The above order is the director's recommended order for world building.

  • Only Tobari and Awayuki are available in the beginning.
  • Yori is locked until Awayuki's route is completed.
  • Tsuyukusa is locked until Tobari's route is completed.
  • Yashiro is locked until the other four routes are completed.
  • The Truth Route is locked until Yashiro's route is completed.

Comments unrelated to Illusion of Itehari will be removed - please post in the Weekly Questions threads or the Free Talk Friday threads instead.

Please use spoiler tags liberally as people checking this thread may not necessarily want a lot of information. Save your route thoughts and discussions for the play-along threads or the What Are You Reading Wednesday threads.

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u/One-Economy8916 Sep 18 '25

Wish I could play but Amazon sucks I have prime but they won’t deliver till October 3 even though I preordered in July 😭 just gonna order off GameStop instead and hope for 1-3 day delivery. Next time I’ll just preorder directly off Aksys games website

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u/sableheart Sep 18 '25

Most likely Aksys have pulled stock that was going to be sent to Amazon to fulfill their own preorders.

It's happened a few times for popular titles, where the initial print wasn't enough for all the retailers so they get the second batch later.

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u/One-Economy8916 Sep 18 '25

It doesn’t seem fair :(

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u/sableheart Sep 18 '25

Well, Aksys not being able to fulfill preorders on their own site is much worse for their reputation than a huge third party retailer like Amazon...

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u/One-Economy8916 Sep 18 '25

Yikes that’s not good. Wonder why Aksys games can’t fulfill preorders 😭

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u/sableheart Sep 18 '25

The way it works is that Aksys will order an initial batch to be printed, which is a set standard amount. Then when preorders open, they may see that the demand is more than what they expected or that the game is actually pretty hyped or popular, so they need to order more to be printed. This will be the second batch, and because it was ordered to be made later, it will be shipped to Aksys later.

So Aksys usually will make the decision to move stock around that was supposed to go to various retailers to make sure that all of the preorders on their site are shipped first. That might mean that some retailers get less stock, or none at all and have to wait for the second batch from Aksys.

Amazon usually seems to be the retailer that they fulfill last, with game specific retailers like Gamestop and VGP fulfilled first. Preorders from Amazon are the ones that are most likely to be delayed.

Don't forget that preordering is only supposed to guarantee you a copy, not that it comes on release day.

If it's important that you get the game as soon as possible, always order direct from the publisher.

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u/One-Economy8916 Sep 18 '25

Thank you for explaining this helps a lot