The friends of Ringo Ishikawa

The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa launched in May 2018 as a solo-developed indie game and has received periodic updates over the years. The most significant recent development was the "EX Update," which shipped on January 18, 2025, adding local co-op, updated character sprites, bicycles, new streets, a fishing mini-game, updated battle mechanics, and more. The developer followed this with smaller patches through early 2025, including free roam mode, new achievements, and a completed Brazilian Portuguese localization. On January 21, 2025, the developer stated they were "not sure for how long I'll be working on the game, maybe a couple of days or weeks. Mostly I'm already satisfied with it" — a clear signal that the EX Update cycle represented the end of their planned additions. On April 13, 2026, the developer announced a brand new game ("The Concrete Sutra #1"), confirming their creative focus has moved to a new project. A July 15, 2026 post celebrating a magazine feature noted "3 games later Ringo still sells the best," further framing this game as part of their back catalog rather than an active project — and included only a speculative aside about a possible physical Switch edition ("maybe?"). The one patch since early 2025 — a June 30, 2026 feature restoring old-style speech bubbles as a player option — is a minor quality-of-life tweak, not a content addition. The only DLC ever released, a manga companion piece from October 2020, is fully shipped. There are no unreleased DLC entries and no announced future content for this game.