since we're on the topic... did you know the Ninja Kamui game from a year or so back is a G.rev joint? did you even know it exists? no? well one of the leads pushed through immediate life-threatening illness to get it over the line so it'd be nice if ppl gaf store.steampowered.com/app/2586560/...

...and to top things off: at tonight's Mamorukun ReCurse launch party/irl YO-KAI DISCO, they announced "Mamorukun ReCurse 2", co-developed by G.rev & City Connection, platforms/release window TBA 🇯🇵

Cosmo Machia's returned to crowdfunding to produce ports of Shikigami no Shiro & Shikigami no Shiro III for Switch camp-fire.jp/projects/875... 🇯🇵 (¥3M goal) Cosmo Machia had to buy the publishing rights from Degica/Komodo for the OG, and they're promising a more accurate port than the Steam version

well fuck... aside from being personable& candid about their work, it's even more amazing in retrospect that Andrew & co. didn't attempt to parlay their early doujin loc success into some sort of fiefdom like so many that followed, and instead continued to support & work shoulder-to-shoulder with...

Andrew Dice was a wonderful colleague, and I will sorely miss him as both a coworker and a friend. My heart goes out to Robin and all of Andrew's friends and loved ones. I'm still blindsided.

Konami's Back (to, like, 2017) www.youtube.com/watch?v=w28q...

I would've said this was even more niche but it quickly hit its crowdfunding goal a lil while back: Zuiki's mini replica of Sammy's pachislot Jyu-Oh game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20... 🇯🇵 Zuiki wants this to kick off a line of online-enabled minis that can be played for real prizes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

an even more niche proposal from Tassei Denki: a scaled-down replica of Jaleco's 1993 flag-raising elemeka prize game, Captain Flag www.youtube.com/watch?v=-90G... 🇯🇵 this is another interest-check, and part of Jaleco custodian City Connection's 20th anniversary initiatives

here ya go game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20... 🇯🇵

reminder(?): Aquapazza, the Arcana Heart devs' Aquaplus crossover fighting game from 2011, just hit PC store.steampowered.com/app/3229260/... this is a raw port of the old PS3 build with all the same issues, which include poor performance, bad-even-for-the-time delay-based netcode, etc etc

Success & Studio Saizensen also confirmed platforms & a release window for Cotton Rock With You, the sequel to Cotton Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy: it'll be out this spring for PS5/Switch 2/PC plus APM3 cotton.success-corp.co.jp/rock-with-you/ 🇯🇵 OG Switch phased out already, huh icymi, Izuna's in this one

completely forgot about the New VF talk & missed a bunch of it, might come back for it later but don't hold me to it www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnxa... 🇯🇵

can't share pics but worth mentioning anyway: Tassei Denki's showing off a prototype of their upcoming "Viewlix Lite", a licensed LCD-equipped compact Viewlix cabinet; no word on price/ETA, afaik

out today on PC & consoles: Mamorukun Recurse!, a deluxe modern port of G.rev & Gulti's Pocky & Rocky-esque overhead free-scrolling STG that includes all the extras & DLC from the various older ports, plus a twin-stick mode, widescreen story mode, etc store.steampowered.com/app/3273980/...

another curveball from red Art: they're reissuing Sunsoft's PC Engine City Hunter game, out Feb.26 for Switch1+2/PS5/Steam, incl. a physical CE you wouldn't know it from the trailer but it's getting a multilingual loc which includes a Nicky Larson-ified French loc www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYc...

surprise, it's Psyvariar 3, out this spring for PS5/Switch1+2/PC psyvariar.success-corp.co.jp/3rd/ 🇯🇵 Cotton's in it, ofc even bigger surprise: it's been outsourced to Red Art Studios, the dev arm of French publisher Red Art Games that's only really worked on ports until now...

what'd I tell ya (re: publishers working with m•dreʇr•

Taito's discounting a bunch of Darius-related stuff atm, with a few JP-only digital releases ppl might not be aware of Darius MD Extra, the expanded version of the Mega Drive port produced for MD/Genesis Mini store-jp.nintendo.com/item/softwar... 🇯🇵 ¥100 store.playstation.com/ja-jp/produc... 🇯🇵 ¥99

City Connection revealed their "secret" TGS game: R-Type DX Music Encore, an emulated reissue of R-Type DX (Game Boy Color) with an expanded soundtrack by WASi303 that newly implements all the tunes from the arcade games that were missing from the ports store.steampowered.com/app/3804290/...

remeber Raiden Nova, MOSS' attempt to bridge Raiden & modern twin-stick vampire bs? no? well, Mikado's hosting a Nova stream with the devs on September 29, 20:00 Japan time, and they're keeping quiet as to why... www.youtube.com/@MIKADO4649/... 🇯🇵 idk what's cooking but it's doa if it's not free

G-MODE's once again asking players to submit requests for future G-MODE Archives reissues & this time they're partnering with Dengeki for a formal survey, with the results made public in mid-Nov dengekionline.com/article/2025... 🇯🇵 form translation, should you need it mastodon.social/@gosokkyu/11...

idk why you'd want it, given they misspelled COMVOY everywhere, but Games Glorious will be pre-selling their new FC Transformers merch at TGS games-glorious.com/news/68d08de... 🇯🇵 the hat's a collab with THUNDERBOX's retail store Nazo no Mise

are these the Konami romance ADV remasters you asked for store.steampowered.com/app/3907350/... store.steampowered.com/app/3907380/...

missed this amid all the Baroque news: Viractal, Sting's new co-op digital RPG boardgame, launched via early access store.steampowered.com/app/2909580/... it's a procgen thing with card-battle combat, kinda akin to DnD-lite with big swingy Dokapon-esque events, and more-or-less-co-op 3-player multi

Matrix Software revealed the debut title from their new "Matrix Creators" line ahead of TGS: SAKA-DOH: THE REVERSAL ARTS, an arcade action game by several veteran devs incl. Kenji Kaido, Kohji Kenjoh, Nakayama Raiden & M-KAI store.steampowered.com/app/3991290/_/ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub_A...

SETA's classic strip mahjong series Super Real Mahjong's getting another revival, this time for VR: studios Infinite Loop & Illumination will be crowdfunding Super Real Mahjong: Venus Returns (PC) from September 24, ¥2M goal camp-fire.jp/projects/867... 🇯🇵 Merry Haruhina's handling the design revamp

Bandai's new Kinnikuman 3D pixel charms aren't being explicitly pushed as Muscle Tag March merch but cmon parks2.bandainamco-am.co.jp/item/PRE_458... 🇯🇵they're missing Warsman & Buffaloman, Geronimo from the NES version, the gold-cart exclusives (which still haven't been fully ID'd)… Meat-kun, maybe?

idk if anyone's hanging out to pay $27 for the SFC Cho Aniki sorta-fighting game with no netplay but if you are, have at it www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

why not, let em think it stands for Urza

today's the day, worldwide www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... there's a free demo, too www.youtube.com/watch?v=chcK...

ACA Neogeo Selection vol.7&8 aren't even out yet and they've already announced vol9&10, out Dec.18 www.snk-corp.co.jp/official/aca... 🇯🇵 ACA Neogeo ended after 108 games (minus sporadic delistings), so they've managed to get most of em onto cards... just in time to resell em all as ACA2, I guess

fwiw Sonic Wings Reunion did just get patched, adding a new difficulty mode, character rebalances & other smaller fixes swr.success-corp.co.jp/uncategorize... 🇯🇵 idk how they might redeem this game short of remaking the whole thing, but at least they haven't abandoned it...?

out January 29 in Japan, ¥6600 each/¥16500 deluxe pack: Tantei Kibukawa Ryosuke Jikentan Collection Zenpen & Kohen, physical Switch collections containing the G-MODE Archives reissues of Takanari Ishiyama's (Paranormasight) galakei detective ADV series info.gmodecorp.com/gmodearchive... 🇯🇵

out December 18 in Japan: Baroque YA (Switch), a physical compilation containing the recent-ish reissues of Sting's Baroque & Baroque Syndrome plus a port of the Frogger-esque iOS game Baroque Become a Meta-Being & a fresh port of the 2000 PC STG, Baroque Shooting www.sting.co.jp/baroque_ya/b... 🇯🇵

Earnest Evans Collection's out December 25 in Japan www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyRi... 🇯🇵 Edia's collections are generally Switch-only but this one's also for PS4/5, and they've confirmed an intl version too icymi, it includes El Viento (MD), Earnest Evans (Mega CD) & Annet Futatabi (MCD)

do I know any J->E interpreters available during TGS week? please sound off/share!

Sunsoft's announced another revival game: Ripple Island: Kyle & Cal no Restaurant, which inherits the setting of their 1988 FDS ADV Ripple Island but in the guise of an Overcooked clone, out Nov.27 for Switch 2+PC www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlNS... 🇯🇵 up to 8-player multi on one system, or 16 via online

Japanese STG folk have kicked off a STG stream rally for this weekend: 135 players casually challenging all manner of shooting games, from now until 23:00 Monday JP time sites.google.com/view/shootin... 🇯🇵 the schedule's not super consise, so search シューティング配信祭 on twitch, yt etc for best results

bumping this to add that Tengo Project's confirmed they won't be at TGS this year, so if they are cooking up a new Shatterhand, it's not imminent

the store page is up for Dungeon Antiqua 2, the SFC-style sequel to the 2024 FC-style RPG borne from a fan game that crossed Wizardry's mechanics with Final Fantasy's aesthetic store.steampowered.com/app/4005090/... demo's due on Dec.6; January ETA for the full game www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC75...

denfami spoke to independent politician & anti-censorship crusader Yoshiyuki "Zenko" Kurishima to get a breakdown of the current goings-on re: Steam/itch & payment processors, Collective Shout et al: unilateral enforcement, lack of accountability etc news.denfaminicogamer.jp/interview/25... 🇯🇵

‪new SIMPLE Series game coming to Switch/PC on Nov.27, ¥2000: THE Yanki Brother / BADBOY BROTHER, a brawler with mahjong hand-themed roguelike elements, a goofy titling system, etc www.d3p.co.jp/simple_switc... Ritsu Yamaguchi's ('00s-era KOF animator, 3DS-era Kunio director) studio ZOC is on dev't

pertinent jab or sloppy copy editing, you decide www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

@iiotenki.bsky.social not as tapped in as you are, but this struck me as novel: these devs are straight up listing their various translators alongside the original author, artists, composers etc as a selling point store.steampowered.com/app/3962240/...

Success is going to be announcing a new STG at TGS exhibition.success-corp.co.jp/tgs2025/ 🇯🇵 that's on top of a demo for Cotton Rock With You, the upcoming Cotton Rock'n'Roll/Fantasy sequel Cotton Reboot High Tension just launched a few wks back in Japan, too…would they dare announce another Cotton?

"the new codes would also apply to AI chatbots, app stores, hardware manufacturers, social media services, & other designated internet services" "[dev't] of the codes began in July 2024 and involved several industry groups:[…] & the Interactive Games and Entertainment Association (IGEA)" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

several former writers for the Sharp-centric computer mag Oh!X are reuniting for a new issue, out March 20 www.sbcr.jp/product/4815... 🇯🇵 in addition to including DVD archives of Oh!X floppy supplementals & DoGA CG contest winners, it'll also offer a X68000Z-compliant reissue of Nemesis '90 Kai

idk why they're ducking PC outside of their Neogeo Windows Store dalliance (a freebie when doing Xbox, basically) but if I had to guess, I'd say it's bc their business is reliant upon unwavering weekly drops & PC requires exponentially more work wrt testing, ongoing support in multiple languages etc

tonight's ACA stream featured in-studio &/or write-in comments from damn near every Mach Breakers dev and showed off lots of materials: design docs, unused designs, flip-book anims, approx 765 logo drafts etc www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wNM... 🇯🇵 a sample: 50-inch chara panels, originally made for AOU

a day JP fans will never forget