Thank you for always playing "Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE"

I'm Uematsu, the Director.

This is the first Director's Letter of 2026.

With gratitude to all our Revivers, the entire development team will strive to make this a year filled with even more enjoyable content.

In this letter, we'll share details about the new fighters arriving in late January,

plus announce an upcoming new battle content and explain how to play it!

Challenge trials within the memories hidden within the statue of the woman and obtain various reward items!

You can also earn [LR] Fighter Shards as rewards!

The defining feature of The Hidden Technique's Sanctum is the presence of Ordeal, which allow you to freely customize battle difficulty.

The higher the difficulty you set via Hardships, the greater the score you earn upon clearing the stage.

Your total score across all stages determines the quantity of reward items you receive.

Various types of Hardships exist, so the key strategy is to combine effective Hardships based on your team composition to aim for a high score.

Additionally, some Hardships limit the number of times each Fist Fighter can be deployed,

so broadly developing many Fist Fighters is also crucial for boosting your score.

This pre-release event, The Hidden Technique's Sanctum, will run for approximately one month.

Please challenge yourself to update your high score by strengthening your fighters and refining your team composition.

We plan to continuously improve this content based on feedback received during the pre-release period.

We would greatly appreciate it if you could send us your opinions and requests via the inquiry form or our various SNS channels.

Next up is the new fighter information corner.

Here's the new fighter arriving on 1/24!

Ultimate Victor Kaioh will debut as a new rarity upgradeable fighter.

The last one standing is evil!

Kaioh, who lives by dark arts, dominates and manipulates enemy fighters with the power of evil!

Let's take a detailed look at his battle performance!

Ultimate Victor Kaioh possesses a standard passive effect that increases party speed based on skill level.

Furthermore, upon ascending to LR rarity, it gains an additional stackable party speed boost effect, making it easier to gain the initiative and gain an advantage in battle.

Ultimate Victor Kaioh can consume his own Land of Shura Ability when activating Destiny Arts to deal additional damage and trigger Non-Reducible Damage

Each turn, you can grant yourself Land of Shura Ability based on the number of Shura's Realm Fist Warriors present on your side, allowing you to further enhance your offensive capabilities when combined.

Detailed performance specifications will be available in-game at a later date.

We'll also share details about February's event schedule!

That concludes this Director's Letter.

Starting early February, the new battle content The Hidden Technique's Sanctum will begin its pre-launch phase.

As indicated by the countdown login bonus in the schedule,

we're also preparing a campaign in March to celebrate Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE's 6.5th anniversary.

The next Director's Letter will be published in late February.

While continuing our efforts to reduce bug reports,

we'll keep striving to make Hokuto Revive even more enjoyable for everyone. Stay tuned!

We look forward to your continued support of Fist of the North Star LEGENDS ReVIVE this year.