August 5: In collaboration with Japanese artist and game creator RIKI, City-Connection has announced they will be bringing RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection to Switch in Japan. The collection features an action game, a shoot ’em up game, as well as three music albums.
For more information, check out the overview which comes from the official site below:
A condensed version of the world of manga artist and game creator “RIKI”!
Five game and music album titles by the rare composer RIKI are now
available in one package on Nintendo Switch.
Experience the RIKI world, bursting with 8-bit style retro feeling and freedom!
Many gorgeous sound composers are also participating!PROFILE
He is a versatile creator who is an illustrator and manga artist, and also produces stores and music albums. He has done many 8-bit game-style pixel art projects, including the commercial “Pocari Sweat” and the anime “Owarimonogatari 2”. He is also very active in his hometown of Fujimino, where “Kirakira Star Night” was chosen as a hometown tax return gift, and his “Fujimino Historical Anime” is currently on display at Stella East.Sparkling star night!
This is an exhilarating jumping action game with a level of difficulty that anyone can easily play, and cute characters running around in search of stars. The game is livened up by cheerful sounds created by a group of talented composers! You can choose from three characters to control.Participating composers: 13
KUNIO / Takeaki Kunimoto / Yuriko Keino / Yuzo Koshiro / Nobuyuki Shiota / Tappy / Manabu Namiki / hally / Bun / Manami Matsumae / Takeshi Yomura / Robokabuto / Yasuhisa WatanabeAstro Ninja Man DX
An exhilarating shooting game with simple controls. Enjoy the intense expression of images and music. Use only the left and right keys for automatic rapid fire. The more you improve, the more difficult it becomes. Can be enjoyed by beginners and shooters alike. Your clone is invincible, so try to get a high score!Participating composers: 4
Hiroto Saito / Nobuyuki Shiota / Bun / Manabu Namiki8BIT MUSIC POWER
A music album of high-quality chiptune music. Legends who have created historic game music, as well as 11 composers active in the modern game and anime world, have created music for this work! You can enjoy it while watching the screen. 12 songs in total, 44 minutes in total.Participating composers: 11
Omodaka (Terada Soichi) / Masahiro Kajiwara / Takeaki Kunimoto / Yuriko Keino / Saitone / Professor Sakamoto / Hiroaki Sano / Nobuyuki Shiota / Tappy / hally / Hiroyuki Yono8BIT MUSIC POWER FINAL
The second chiptune album that can be enjoyed by both the eyes and the ears! This time, 18 composers will be performing beep-beep sounds. Kirara from Kirakira Star Night will be dancing. 18 songs in total, 52 minutes.Participating composers: 18
IPPO (Ippo Yamada) / Manabu Namiki / Yu Shimoda / ZUN / SEXY-SYNTHESIZER / Tappy / TECHNOuchi / TORIENA / Norio Nakagata / Junya Nakano / naruto / hally / Hige Driver / Motoaki Furukawa / Bun / Manami Matsumae / Takeshi Yomura / Yasuhisa Watanabe
8BIT MUSIC POWER ENCORE
The dreams of gaming boys are nonstop! In response to the calls of many chiptune fans, the third installment was released as an encore. Bit-chan from Eight Bit Music Power will be dancing. 14 songs in total, 42 minutes.Participating composers: 14
Tsuyoshi Abo / Kenichi Arakawa / Omodaka (Soichi Terada) / Saitone / Hiroto Saito / Nobuyuki Shiota / Yu Shimoda / Tomoya Tomita / Takuya Hanaoka / hally / Hige Driver / Bun / Yosuke Yasui / Keishi Yonao
We also have a teaser trailer for the game:
RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection will release on November 28 in Japan.
October 28: A worldwide release has now been confirmed. Check out a trailer announcing the western release below. The same November 28 launch date applies.
