Natsume Atari and ININ recently announced that Shadow of the Ninja – Reborn is currently in production for consoles and PC. Originally released in 1990 for the Nintendo Famicom (NES), Shadow of the Ninja (Blue Shadow in Europe and 闇の仕事人 KAGE in Japan… “Agent of Darkness: Shadow”, maybe? I’m trying) is a two-player co-op, side-scrolling action game that can be
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Natsume has partnered with ININ Games to release physical retail editions of Pocky & Rocky Reshrined for both PS4 and Nintendo Switch, with Natsume publishing in North America and ININ Games in charge of the European release. In addition, there are also plans for both a Limited and Collector’s Edition of Pocky & Rocky Reshrined from Strictly Limited Games, the
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Earlier this week, Natsume announced that Pocky & Rocky Reshrined will be delayed to spring 2022, though no specific reason was cited for the delay (at least they didn’t generically blame the coof). Originally scheduled for release in fall 2021 for PS4 and Nintendo Switch, Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is an overhead action game starring a shrine maiden and tanooki
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Earlier this week at the New Game Plus Expo, publisher Natsume announced that Pocky & Rocky Reshrined would be coming to the West sometime this fall. Previously announced as Pocky & Rocky 2021, Reshrined is an overhead action game starring a shrine maiden and tanooki who battle across a world inspired by Japanese mythology. Natsume also describes Reshrined as the
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In the latest issue of Famitsu, publisher Taito and developer Natsume Atari announced that a new game in the KiKi KaiKai series is headed to the Nintendo Switch. The unique, vertical-scrolling shoot ’em up series is known as Pocky & Rocky in the West, and the new game is tentatively titled KiKi KaiKai: Kuro Mantle no Nazo (whatever that means).
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The Splintering 