The latest Tengo Project... project has been announced: it is a follow-up to 1992's Pocky & Rocky, in the venerable KiKi KaiKai series, for the Nintendo Switch. The announced title for the new game reverses the Super Famicom game's subtitle--Nazo no Kuro Manto--and whether that's signaling of the new release's intimately intertwined nature as a sequel or something else remains to be seen.
What is known is that Tengo Project know what they're doing, as their resume proves their aptitude for these sorts of video game revivals beyond question: these are former Natsume developers responsible then and now for material and remasters thereof like Wild Guns with Wild Guns Reloaded, and The Ninja Warriors Again with The Ninja Warriors Once Again. Super Famicom restorations are what these people do, and for anyone that enjoys the specifics of that platform and this creative team, they've always done their utmost to preserve that legacy and improve upon it, and pulled it off every time. By any measure, the remasters and remakes created by them rank among the very best the medium has ever seen. There were two KiKi KaiKai titles for the Super Famicom back then, so the well has not run dry yet on that front either, and who knows of the exact nature of this new incarnation--the important thing is that Sayo and Manuke are back, under the caring guidance of Tengo Project.
What is known is that Tengo Project know what they're doing, as their resume proves their aptitude for these sorts of video game revivals beyond question: these are former Natsume developers responsible then and now for material and remasters thereof like Wild Guns with Wild Guns Reloaded, and The Ninja Warriors Again with The Ninja Warriors Once Again. Super Famicom restorations are what these people do, and for anyone that enjoys the specifics of that platform and this creative team, they've always done their utmost to preserve that legacy and improve upon it, and pulled it off every time. By any measure, the remasters and remakes created by them rank among the very best the medium has ever seen. There were two KiKi KaiKai titles for the Super Famicom back then, so the well has not run dry yet on that front either, and who knows of the exact nature of this new incarnation--the important thing is that Sayo and Manuke are back, under the caring guidance of Tengo Project.