Taito and Natsume Atari have announced a sequel to the 1992 shoot-em-up KiKi KaiKai: Nazo no Kuro Mantle, entitled KiKi KaiKai: Kuro Mantle no Nazo. For those who do not know, the original KiKi KaiKai: Nazo no Kuro Mantle was known as Pocky & Rocky in the West nd was available on the Super Nintendo.
This new game is in fact a sequel, not a remake, and features improved graphics over the original while maintaining the 16-bit style. The game is being developed by Tengo Project, a team within Natsume Atari.
No localization has been announced yet, but it is likely it will happen based on past games from Tengo Project, which were all localized in the 90’s.
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There’s a Pocky and Rocky 2 on SNES, so it’ll be the third game 😀