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A version of The 25th Ward for the Nintendo DS was originally planned by Suda, to be released with the planned DS port of the original game.[19] The existence of The 25th Ward meant that no new content was created for the DS port of The Silver Case.[12] In a later interview, Suda referred to The 25th Ward as a "ghost" game due to its status as a mobile title that was no longer available for download.[7] The Silver Case was re-released as a high-definition remaster in 2016, with Suda commenting that it if sold well he would consider remaking The 25th Ward,[20] eventually developing it in the following year.[21] Due to the game's age and initial platform, Suda decided upon a complete remake rather than a remaster.[7] PlayStation 4 and Windows versions were released on 15 March 2018.[22] The PlayStation 4 version was packaged with its predecessor in Japan under the title The Silver Case 2425.[23] A port of The Silver Case 2425 for the Nintendo Switch was released in Japan on 18 February 2021,[24] and for North America and Europe in July.[25]

It’s fitting that it ended up being the final one of these games to get a proper translation too, because The 25__th Ward, especially with the new chapters added in this version, manages to tie up every theme and idea shared by these games with a nice little bow. The game does a one up on The Silver Case by having three story lines, with Suda and Ooka returning for Correctness and Placebo, while also introducing Masahiro Yuki as the writer for Matchmaker. This modern version has been sold as a complete remake instead of The Silver Case‘s remastering tag, and you can definitely see that just from how well the old work fits with the new added chapters in Correctness and Placebo.

In an interview with Famitsu, Grasshopper founder and CEO Goichi Suda said The 25th Ward: The Silver Case, which is coming to Windows PC, will be more of a remake than a remaster. The 25th Ward