Return to Shironagasu Island (Switch): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.0.5)

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Return to Shironagasu Island on Nintendo Switch (originally released on November 17th 2022 in Europe, North America, and Japan)!

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Return to Shironagasu Island – Ver. 1.0.5

• Release date: November 27th 2023 (North America, Europe) / November 28th 2023 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

Return to Shironagasu Island – Ver. 1.0.4

• Release date: September 18th 2023 (North America, Europe) / September 19th 2023 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

Optimisations

• Reduced loading times.

Improvements

• Skip function was changed to only skip text instead of fast-forward
• Adds ability to hide the text box at any time when the player can enter inputs
• Adds support for camera shake on each screen, matching the behaviour of the Steam version
• Adds support for background transitions and transition effects on each screen, matching the behaviour of the Steam version
• Disables burn-in reduction function / sleep mode during the ending

Quality of Life

• System / UI
  • “NEW” is now displayed next to the most recent save data file
  • Improvements to UI focus
  • Improves backlog scrolling
• Game features
  • Improves features such as Auto, Skip, and hiding text boxes
  • Increases the size of the clickable pointer and fine-tunes the crossbar
  • Allows for settings menu operation when the player can enter inputs
  • Changes Skip function so that it can now be toggled on/off, and makes it possible to keep UI displayed while skipping

Bug Fixes and Improvements

• Fixes various bugs
• Replaces some image ressources
• Improves some effects
• Adds some voices (Ikeda’s voice during the main Ending and the Extra Ending, and Neneko’s voice during some scenes)
• Various other adjustments.

Misc.

• Adds new languages: French and Chinese (Traditional)

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: room6

Return to Shironagasu Island – Ver. 1.0.3

• Release date: December 21st 2022 (North America, Europe) / December 22nd 2022 (Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Adjusted display timing and intervals in some scenes.
• Adjusted loop timing and volume of some music tracks, and fixed silent scenes.
• Replaced some sound effects.
• Fixed some scenes where lip-sync, blinking, and other effects did not occur.
• Fixed issues with text display.
• Corrected screen icons display in Skip/Auto modes.
• Replaced some pictures.
• Fixed an issue causing the cursor to slide on its own.
• Fixed a bug causing the game to become unresponsive when returning to the Title Screen after opening the save screen during the Staff Roll.

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: room6

Return to Shironagasu Island – Ver. 1.0.2

• Release date: November 21st 2022 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

• Replacement of the EXTRA Ending song, Akatsuki no Kaze
• Corrections to the Staff Roll listing

• Additional notes: none.
• Source: room6

Return to Shironagasu Island – Ver. 1.0.1

• Release date: November 17th 2022 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Patch notes:

No patch notes available.

• Additional notes: this is the Day One update for the game.
• Source: game

How to download updates for Return to Shironagasu Island for the Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Return to Shironagasu Island, you have three options:

• let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

• try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

OR

• select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.