Illusion Connect: Re returns today with real-time RPG nostalgia

Illusion Connect: Re is one of today’s main launch-window titles, and it carries more baggage than the average anime RPG because the original already had a life, an audience and an end. The new version is listed for June 6 on Android and iOS, with the Google Play page framing it as a return to the Radiants, real-time battles, shifting formations and new Nightmare threats. That gives it a useful comeback angle: this is not just another unknown fantasy gacha arriving with a glowing logo and three currencies.

It has nostalgia to work with. The risk is whether that nostalgia is enough in 2026’s crowded mobile RPG market. A relaunch needs generous early rewards, clean combat, good pacing and a reason to trust long-term support. Today is the real store-check moment.