Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Is Coming To Switch Later This Year

A long overdue sequel to the 3DS classic

by Ollie Reynolds Wed 8th Feb 2023

LEVEL-5 Inc. has announced Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time, coming to Nintendo Switch later in 2023. The game is the long-awaited sequel to the 3DS classic Fantasy Life and looks to expand on what the original did so well, blending life sim elements with traditional action RPG combat mechanics.

A new chapter of Fantasy Life that transcends time!

Begin a fantastic life on a ruined island, and embark on a great adventure into the past! Gather friends, craft, and build your own city!

・A completely new entry in the Fantasy Life series!
・Build your own city and go on adventures on a new island!
・Explore the island with whatever Life (occupation) suits you!
・Travel between the past and present to unravel the mysteries of this ruined island!
・Popular characters from the series make a return!

Looking forward to the return of fan favourite? Let us know with a comment below.

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Friscobay
Wed 8th Feb 2023

I really do find these character models suspicious. And what about this i thing ?… hope it has the polish of the original one.

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Greatluigi
Wed 8th Feb 2023

As someone who (unfortunately) skipped out on the first game I’ll definitely give this a go.

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HerMajestysmyPronoun
Wed 8th Feb 2023

This announcement has made me so incredibly happy. Fantasy Life is one of my absolute favorite games ever! Day one buy for me!

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MS7000
Wed 8th Feb 2023

Biggest surprise announcement for me! Finally, a sequel not for mobile.

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NatiaAdamo
Wed 8th Feb 2023

@Friscobay I think it's the number i. As in an imaginary number.

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Fizza
Wed 8th Feb 2023

@KateGray you picked a real bad time to leave XD

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BTB20
Wed 8th Feb 2023

Really surprised by this one.

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MarinoKadame
Wed 8th Feb 2023

This is actually Fantasy Life 3, 2 was renamed to Online and came only to mobile.

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Friscobay
Wed 8th Feb 2023

@NatiaAdamo it throws me back to the time when they released fantasy life on cellphones. Not a good vibe.

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Anti-Matter
Wed 8th Feb 2023

YAAAAY...! 😃
Fantasy Life Builders !

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Ralizah
Wed 8th Feb 2023

Level-5 just crashed the party. I've wanted a real sequel for so long!

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Bizaster
Wed 8th Feb 2023

This one totally shocked me!!! I’m so happy LEVEL-5 is back

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Pak-Man
Wed 8th Feb 2023

Between this and Ghost Trick, Kate Gray really picked the wrong day to quit, didn't she?

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gamingxaidan
Wed 8th Feb 2023

The first game was so much fun on 3Ds! Can't wait to play this one. Level-5 really showed up at this direct.

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HelenBaby
Wed 8th Feb 2023

I hope they bring back Huntin' Pete! He was my crush <3

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Ryu_Niiyama
Wed 8th Feb 2023

Loved Fantasy Life and have been begging for a game for years so I will get it day1. Money where my mouth is.

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Magician
Wed 8th Feb 2023

Three new games from Level-5 announced. One of them, a sequel to one of my favorite 3DS games, Fantasy Life. Along with Deca Police and Professor Layton, today was a very good day.

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Serpenterror
Wed 8th Feb 2023

Welcome back Level-5, they announced like 3 games in just this one direct.

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EdwardElric
Thu 9th Feb 2023

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE FANTASY LIFE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES OF ALL TIME

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zawa113
Thu 9th Feb 2023

YES! I wasted SO much time on the first game, and then was bitterly disappointed when we got a mobile game, so seeing a true second game in the series?! Day 1 buy for me!

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MitchaK
Thu 9th Feb 2023

@MarinoKadame having played it,id say that was more a 1.5. Only thing drastically different was the story but it reused the grand majority from the first

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Travisemo007
Thu 9th Feb 2023

This series would be better as a free to play mmorpg imo. For switch that is.

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Anachronism
Thu 9th Feb 2023

Fantastic news. Had a great time with Fantasy Life back on 3DS and despaired at seeing the series go mobile-only. Now it's finally back where it belongs.

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Vash0125
Thu 9th Feb 2023

I never thought I would see a proper sequel to Fantasy Life especially after they made that mobile follow-up to the original, hope more people check this one out and that this can become a proper franchise.

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KateGray
Thu 9th Feb 2023

famtasy life

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miniMewtwo
Thu 9th Feb 2023

I was SO happy to see this.
I hope it's just as good if not better than the original, I really want to see this series thrive.
Please let there also be Multipayer again.

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Dijita
Thu 9th Feb 2023

I was walking to my car in a parkade, and literally squealed like little girl when I was listening to the Direct on my earbuds. What the actual heck!? I can't believe this is happening! I am sooo thrilled. But ya, I thought Metroid Prime 4 having a shadow drop was more plausible than ever seeing a Switch release of a new Fantasy Life game.

YaY! I am so happy that Level 5 is releasing games in the West again.

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Stylas
Thu 9th Feb 2023

This can't be real life, I must be having another of my recurring dreams about Level-5 coming back to the West, somebody pinch me please

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ecco6t9
Thu 9th Feb 2023

This is fantastic news.

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PinderSchloss
Thu 9th Feb 2023

This might have interested me if it wasn’t so ugly.

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quinnyboy58
Thu 9th Feb 2023

cannot believe this happened! AMAZING!!!!!

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LEGEND_MARIOID
Thu 9th Feb 2023

The first gamenhad a bit of a following on the 3DS. I liked it but didn't play it as much as I should have. So this is welcome. And another surprise!

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Xayners
Thu 9th Feb 2023

@Friscobay Suspicious in what way? They're the same models as the ones in the garbage mobile game and fried my phone from the inside out. I'm not really thrilled that they're using the same characters due to that, though. Every time I see the black haired guy with the sword, I'll get war flashbacks of my phone burning up in my hand and then dying a painful death. Thinking it was just my old phone, I stupidly tried to play it again on my new phone, which was the latest tech at the time, and the game tried to fry that one too so I uninstalled and never looked back.

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krvstkvlt
Thu 9th Feb 2023

I forget there is a Direct and this gets announced?! 2023 is an amazing year already for gaming.

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JohnnyMind
Thu 9th Feb 2023

One of the biggest surprises of the Direct for me, Level 5 finally back outside of Japan with a completely new game, a new Fantasy Life and a new Layton is a dream come true!
The only thing that worries me is that they didn't mention multiplayer, would be a bummer not having it since I had so much fun playing the original with my sister and her boyfriend.

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Friscobay
Thu 9th Feb 2023

@Xayners ye they have this mobile finish here. But I do remember the polish of the original fantasy life. Such a great little gem.

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ricklongo
Thu 9th Feb 2023

I legit couldn't believe my eyes. This was up there with Mother 4 for me as a sequel that I really wanted but would never get.

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dojmin
Thu 9th Feb 2023

Original Fantasy Life was the closest to Skyrim on 3DS we ever got. Can't wait for the sequel

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Coolmusic
Thu 9th Feb 2023

I'm happy for the FL fans, nice to see a new title coming soon.

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Zimon
Thu 9th Feb 2023

I'm super hyped and worried at the same time.
There is zero mention of multiplayer so is this going to be single-player with npc companions?
I will buy it either way being one of my favorite 3DS games but if there's no multiplayer I'm going to be a little dissappointed.

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FINGER
Thu 9th Feb 2023

Honestly... Mouth DROPPED when I saw this. One of my all time favorite games on the 3DS. I still have the expansion saved to go back to and revisit one day. Didn't see this coming at all.