City Town (DLC)

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City Town is an upcoming DLC expansion for Hello Kitty Island Adventure. It is planned to be released in the 2nd quarter of 2026 (April-June) on Steam (PC) Steam (PC), Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation PlayStation. The regular price on these platforms has not been announced. This DLC will add the City Town region to the game and will include Usahana Usahana as a new Friend Friend.

City Town City Town is already available (in an incomplete state) on Apple Arcade Apple Arcade.

Apple Arcade

Because Apple Arcade Apple Arcade is a subscription service that does not allow in-app purchases, City Town City Town is included in the normal Apple Arcade Apple Arcade subscription. The initial release of City Town City Town was in the version 2.0 update (September 18, 2024), with the following updates often containing additional content for the region.

As of version 2.10 (October 1, 2025), the City Town City Town region and story is incomplete. The version 2.11 update (November 12, 2025) is supposed to introduce major changes (such as a redesigned map), but it has not been confirmed when City Town City Town will be considered complete.

Other Platforms

As of October 15, 2025, the developers have announced that City Town DLC will come out as a single paid release for Steam (PC) Steam (PC), Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation PlayStation, with a release sometime in Q2 2026 (April-June). The developers previously had planned that an initial release would arrive on additional platforms before the end of 2025. Sunblink Sunblink pushed back this date following input from players who took part in a closed beta to test and guarantee City Town's quality.

Current Announcement

Hello everyone,

We’d like to share an important update on the status of City Town. This message includes information relevant to all platforms, so please read carefully.

Recently, we began our City Town DLC closed beta with the goal of launching Part 1 on Switch, PC, and PS5 by the end of this year. However, feedback from the beta made it clear that we still have a significant amount of work to do in order to reach the level of quality this release (and our players) deserve.

We always try to deliver the best experience possible. We’d like to integrate the feedback (and our learnings from Wheatflour Wonderland) and make City Town the best it can be, rather than rush it out before it’s ready. With that in mind, we’ve updated our roadmap: the City Town DLC is now planned for next year, likely around Q2 2026 (April–June). It will be a single paid release, similar in structure to Wheatflour Wonderland. Pricing details will be shared closer to launch.

For Arcade players, the next major update (2.11) will include substantial changes to City Town—featuring a completely redesigned map that improves gameplay flow, storytelling, and navigation. We’re also reworking main storyline progression over the next few updates to remove most (if not all) of the “wait a day” style quest requirements, replacing them with gameplay and friendship-based requirements instead. This has been one of the most frequent pieces of feedback across all platforms, and we hope these changes will create a smoother, more engaging experience for everyone.

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We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of our closed beta participants for their valuable feedback, and to our Arcade community for your ongoing support and insights around improving City Town. We’re committed to bringing City Town to all platforms as soon as it’s ready.

Thank you again for your patience and understanding.

- Sunblink Sunblink in their official Discord server, "City Town Update" (October 15, 2025)

Other Statements

About Expansions (May 01, 2025)

"For large expansions to the game -- for example, City Town -- it is much more important that we hit a high quality bar and feeling of completeness. When we released the game originally on Switch and Steam, the core game experience was considered complete --- you essentially reach the 'credits' moment when you release the Island Spirit and get the Friendship Montage video. We want all of our major expansions to have a similar feeling of completeness before we release them on Switch and PC. Therefore, timelines may be drastically different between platforms. These will be their own releases, separate from the standard content updates, and we will try our best to release Switch and PC as close together as possible, if not simultaneously."
- Sunblink Sunblink in their official Discord server, "Updates Across Platforms" FAQ

Initial (Outdated) Release Plans (August 15, 2025)

"We said we'd talk about City Town on Switch/PC/PS5 this month, so here's the rub:

  • We aim to have an initial release of City Town this year for non-Arcade folks
  • We'll be making a formal announcement with all the important details in October, since we want to keep the focus on Wheatflour Wonderland for now!

That's all we're able to say right now! Thanks as always for your patience and we hope you enjoy Wheatflour Wonderland next month!"

- Sunblink Sunblink in their official Discord server, in a #heads-up announcement (August 15, 2025)

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