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Press release:
Thursday 11th May, 2023.
The Spain-based indie games publisher Ratalaika Games and Japan-based video games publisher Shinyuden, are today very proud and excited to announce that their retro arcade action platformer “Cyber Citizen Shockman” (which is an iconic title previously released on PC Engine in Japan but never before released in the West), is coming to consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) via digital stores on May 19th, 2023.

This retro arcade action platformer starring two characters (boy and girl), with a number of improvements, captures the excitement and appeal that made it a genre favourite.

‘Cyber Citizen Shockman marks the beginning of the release of the entire Shockman’s titles that will be presented to retro game fans over the year for the first time which will be available for home consoles (except Shockman 2), which is the only one that was ever officially released’.

The Backdrop Story

Cyber Citizen Shockman is the story of two Japanese school kids named Tasuke and Kyapiko, who are in fact androids built by a mad scientist known only as Doc, who built Tasuke and Kyapiko with the ability to morph into armoured superheroes known as Shockman. Their plight is to battle the evil forces of Dark Skull. Doc’s first attempt at a cybernetic organism who went rogue and established a gang of goons called the Skull Force. The Skull Force is trying to take over the city and have captured civilians in various locations. As Shockman, you must take back the city, one building at a time, rescue the hostages, and defeat Dark Skull and his gang.

The premise of what Cyber Citizen Shockman offers is a fairly straightforward, hack and slash experience as you fight through 18 stages, collecting rewards – healing, gold, etc. before you face the obligatory boss in the guise of a mecca or three headed dragon. As you progress, more powerful rewards and upgrades will be presented to you and a challenging experience with fluid movement and precise actions is well presented!

FEATURES/FACTS:
* Action platformer starring 2 characters (boy and girl), 18 exciting platforming stages with multiple routes to explore

* A plethora of upgrades to unlock

* Added image gallery from hand-made scans

* Rewind/FF functions

* Brand new english translation, plus old JP Original

* Complete EN and JP user interface!

* Save states

* CRT Filter

* Suu Urabe, famous mangaka, created the character design and the main illustrations of the game

Shockingly coming soon for the first time in the West!

* Thanks to hardcoregaming101.net for assisting with information for this Press Release

About Ratalaika Games
Ratalaika Games S.L. is a video game company focused on publishing & porting great games to the console market.

About Shinyuden
LLC Shinyuden is a Japanese video game publisher focused on classic Japanese video games and indie titles, as well as a localization ageShincy for major companies.