Neko Atsume VR sounds far too silly to be a real life thing, but it’s actually happening and coming to PSVR in Japan…sometime.

About 45 minutes ago, while perusing Tokyo Game Show news, one of my colleagues informed me of Neko Atsume VR. I assumed he was joking, as he suggested it would finally be the game that would get me to buy in on virtual reality. I shrugged it off and went back to work on what I was doing.

And then, you know, I saw this:

That’s the official PlayStation Japanese Twitter account and yes, Neko Atsume VR is a real live thing that is happening…in Japan. Of course, in Japan! Why would North America ever get anything good and full of kittens?

We don’t have nearly enough details on Neko Atsume VR to say anything definitive. It is, quite obviously, based on Neko Atsume, which is a free mobile game where you put food and toys in a yard and adorable kitties show up. It’s perfect for mobile, but I’m baffled as to how it might translate into VR. Give me touch controls so I can pet the kitties and have them react, maybe?

A Neko Atsume film is headed to Japan next month, but given that there’s no word on whether even that will reach North America, don’t get your hopes too high that we’ll see Neko Atsume VR here. Then again, they do sell Neko Atsume plush in Barnes and Nobles here now, and the game has been translated to English for some time, so maybe there’s hope yet for my PSVR aspirations.

Neko Atsume VR, whatever it may turn out to be, will launch for PSVR in 2018. No other platforms nor a more narrow release date has been announced yet.