Archive EntryPreservation Record

Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed Director's Cut

Shelf markLIB-0144

Editorial StandingCatalogued · Permanent Record

2023Game

Catalog Information

Original Title: AKIBA'S TRIP2 ディレクターズカット
Release: 2013 (Japan, original) · 2023 (Nintendo Switch Director’s Cut)
Developer: Acquire
Publisher: XSEED Games
Platform: Nintendo Switch
Region: Region-free · North American Day One Edition · HAC-P-A87TB
Medium: Nintendo Switch game card · Day One Edition box
Subjects: Action · Brawler · Akihabara · Akiba's Trip · Director's Cut · Preservation

Archival Status

Custody: Permanent archive holding
Reference Copy: Nintendo Switch game card · Day One Edition
Filed: October 5, 2026

Curator Notes

Akiba’s Trip: Undead & Undressed sets its fights in a recreation of Akihabara, with more than a hundred real shops rebuilt as its streets. Acquire released the original in Japan on PlayStation 3 and Vita on November 7, 2013, as AKIBA’S TRIP2; XSEED Games brought it to North America in August 2014. The Director’s Cut came to Nintendo Switch in Japan on April 20, 2023, and from XSEED in North America on August 1, 2023. It adds Kati’s Route, a new story path with new Japanese and English voice work, alongside the original game’s downloadable content and more than a dozen new side missions. This filing opens the Akiba’s Trip lineage on the shelf.

Collection Documentation

The retained object is XSEED Games’ Day One Edition, the North American physical release issued on launch day, August 1, 2023. As issued, the Day One Edition packages the game with nine oversized art cards and a CD of selected music in a custom box. Dedicated artifact views of the individual copy have not yet been filed; the gallery below is held open for that documentation.

Preservation Notes

Access Hardware: Nintendo Switch; compatible Nintendo Switch family hardware
Original Hardware: Nintendo Switch
Playback Compatibility: Nintendo Switch software is region-free. The retained game card is the primary access copy and runs on any Nintendo Switch console.
Preservation Concerns: Game cards are flash media; long-term charge retention, contact wear, and loss of the small card from its case are the principal risks. Any content delivered as an eShop download or update depends on Nintendo’s servers and is not preserved by the card alone.
Edition History: Original release as AKIBA’S TRIP2 on PlayStation 3 and Vita in Japan (November 7, 2013); North American release by XSEED Games in August 2014. The Director’s Cut reached Switch in Japan on April 20, 2023 (HAC-P-A87TA) and North America on August 1, 2023; the Day One Edition (HAC-P-A87TB) is the edition recorded here.
Access Status: The Day One Edition was a launch-window physical release; later copies circulate through retail remainder and the secondary market. A digital edition was issued on the Nintendo eShop.

Connections

Series: Akiba's Trip
Editorial Record: Reserved for future critical writing in Bloodsoaked Media.

Artifact Documentation

Reference photography of the preserved copy held by Bloodsoaked Media. Each view records the edition, materials, and condition of the work in custody.

Space is reserved for official artwork verification, collection photography, scans, and supplementary archival media. Nothing is forced into the record until documentation is filed.

Stewardship History

A permanent chronology of this archival record — filed, revised, and tended over time. Entries accumulate; none are erased.

Oct 5, 2026
Collection Documentation entered
Oct 5, 2026
Connections established
Akiba's Trip recorded.
Oct 5, 2026
Official artwork entered
Official Nintendo Switch front cover filed under the Library accession path.
Oct 5, 2026
Curator Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Filed into the Library
Accessioned as LIB-0144.
Oct 5, 2026
Preservation Notes entered
Oct 5, 2026
Published to the public shelf