Following the discharge of the primary sport this previous Could, Ratalaika and Shinyuden are re-releasing the 1992 Turbografx sport Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2 as Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace. This new launch is out on September 22.

Whereas a lot of the Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2 remained unique to the Japanese PC-Engine, we obtained Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2 right here within the West as merely Shockman. It might later develop into accessible on Nintendo’s Digital Console service and PS3. Curiously, the press launch implies that it was additionally Japan-exclusive, and doesn’t point out its earlier releases. This made me fact-check initially after which re-fact-check to be sure that, sure, Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2 was Shockman. Then, after that, I fact-checked a 3rd time to ensure we have been speaking about the identical sport. I’m fairly sure this is identical sport as Shockman.

Now that we’ve gotten that out of the best way, Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace makes some tweaks to the earlier sport by making it much more like Mega Man. That is even all the way down to the bosses being fan submissions. The melee fight of the primary sport was left behind, however in numerous methods, that resulted in a greater sport.

Whereas earlier re-releases have been strict ports of the Turbografx model, this new model guarantees new modes and can more than likely have save states and rewinding. Whether or not or not it has been (or wanted to be) re-translated isn’t talked about.

Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace arrives on Change, PS4, Xbox One, and PC on September 22, 2023. It would price you a really cheap $5.99 USD