People who want to send Valentine’s Day and White Day gifts to game characters and staff members of Koei Tecmo Games are still unable to do so in 2025. The company published a new tweet on its Japanese X account, which leads to a webpage noting that it still refuses gifts related to the special days due to safety considerations and the difficulty in sending responses.
Koei Tecmo Games used to accept Valentine’s Day and White Day gifts for not only its staff members but also characters from its game franchises, especially those from Ruby Party’s NeoRomance otome games like Angelique and Omega Force’s mainline Warriors games like Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors. The company still accepted the gifts when its staff members moved to the newly completed office building in Yokohama’s Minatomirai in 2020.
The company stopped accepting such gifts in 2021 due to the lockdowns and restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it still has yet to lift the restrictions in the following years. With Koei Tecmo now confirmed to close its gift receptions in 2025, it marks the fifth consecutive year the company has stayed with this policy.
Fans of Koei Tecmo’s game characters will have to wait until 2026 or further when the company finally determines the situation is safe enough to start accepting Valentine’s Day and White Day gifts again.
Published: Jan 31, 2025 01:30 pm