Bandai Namco has made it official: My Hero Ultra Rumble, the free-to-play My Hero Academia battle royale that has been running on consoles and PC since 2023, is getting a dedicated smartphone version. The publisher posted a teaser for My Hero Academia: Ultra Rumble Mobile on its official YouTube channel today, November 8, and pre-registration is already open in Japan on the App Store and Google Play. There is no global announcement yet, and Bandai Namco has not confirmed a launch date.
What Bandai Namco has confirmed
The teaser ends on a pre-registration card pointing players to both storefronts, using the game's Japanese nickname, Ulran (ウルラン), as the search term. The App Store page, published under Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc., is live as a pre-order listing on the Japanese store and describes the same core structure as the console game: 24 players split into eight teams of three, each player controlling a character from the series and leaning on that character's Quirk to outlast the rest of the lobby. The listing promises seasonal updates built around new characters and costumes, which is how the console and PC version has been run since launch.
The listing also confirms one piece of monetisation up front. Alongside the usual optional purchases, Ultra Rumble Mobile will sell an Ultra Hero Pass, a monthly subscription priced at 1,200 yen that unlocks additional features. Bandai Namco has not yet said exactly what the pass includes.
A separate game, not a port with cross-save
The most important detail sits in the fine print of the teaser itself. Bandai Namco states that the mobile app does not support cross-play with the console platforms, and that account data, including purchases and play history, cannot be carried over from the existing version. Anyone who has spent three years building a collection of characters and costumes on PlayStation, Xbox, Switch or Steam will be starting from scratch on their phone.
Within mobile, though, the two platforms are joined up: the same note confirms that the iOS and Android versions support cross-play and multiplayer with each other. In practice that makes Ultra Rumble Mobile a parallel game with its own player base rather than a new window into the existing one, which matches how the App Store listing presents it.
The teaser also notes that some of its in-game footage was captured from the Steam and PlayStation versions, so it shows the general look of a match rather than final mobile performance. The App Store screenshots, by contrast, show the mobile interface, with on-screen buttons laid over the same arenas and character models.
Requirements and the date on the store page
The App Store listing gives an early idea of what the game will ask of a phone. It requires iOS 18.0 or later, carries a 12+ age rating, and the current build is listed at roughly 1.8GB before any additional downloads. English, French, German, Italian and Spanish appear in its language list alongside Japanese, although for now the app is only listed on the Japanese store.
The Japanese pre-order page currently shows an expected release date of February 6, 2027. Apple requires developers to enter a date when they open pre-orders, and these dates often move, so it is best treated as a placeholder until Bandai Namco announces a launch date. Pre-ordering on iOS is free; the game itself will be free to download.
Why a mobile version makes sense
Ultra Rumble has been one of Bandai Namco's more durable free-to-play games. It launched on PS4, Switch, Xbox One and PC in September 2023, has added new characters through a steady stream of seasons ever since, and gained cross-play between its console and PC versions along the way. A three-player squad battle royale with short rounds and character-driven abilities already suits a phone better than most console games do, and the My Hero Academia licence remains one of the biggest in anime games.
The open question is reach. For now, pre-registration is limited to Japan. Ultra Rumble's console and PC versions were released worldwide, and the mobile listing's multi-language support hints that a wider rollout is at least being planned, but Bandai Namco has not said anything about a release outside Japan. Players elsewhere will have to wait for an official announcement.
How to pre-register
Players with a Japanese App Store or Google Play account can search for ウルラン or the full Japanese title, 僕のヒーローアカデミア ULTRA RUMBLE モバイル, and pre-order or pre-register from the store page. Bandai Namco has not yet announced milestone rewards tied to pre-registration numbers. We will update our coverage once the publisher confirms a launch date or a global release.
