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City Connection
City Connection is in a dense release period, with remakes and re-releases shipping through 2026 and a 2027 slate built on its classic library. Its most recent announcement, on September 15, 2026, is an HD remaster of Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong for Switch, PS5, and Steam in 2027.
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Sep 19
City Connection's catalog runs on revivals. The nine stories here span May to September 2026 and cover one announcement after another of old games returning on current hardware. Two Cave bullet hell shooters, Muchimuchi Pork! and Pink Sweets, arrive as one compilation on October 1 for Switch, PS5, and Steam, with 11 game modes, online rankings, replay saving, and arranged BGM. Culdcept The First, a 1997 Sega Saturn board-card game, gets a July 30 release with Rewind, Quick Save and Load, and other additions. The 1993 Irem arcade game Baseball Fighting League Man returns as Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded on December 10, co-developed by City Connection and Irem Software Engineering, with a Moero!! Pro Baseball collaboration stage announced later in August.
The company does not only reissue. Jajamaru's Hyakki Yakouden is a new hack-and-slash entry in the Ninja Jajamaru-kun series, announced during the Pixel Arcadia stream on August 25, 2026, and moved from 2026 to 2027 with Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Steam confirmed. It is co-developed by the City Connection team behind Jajamaru's Yokai Daikessen and Amazing, and Clear River Games handles Western publishing. The game will be playable at the Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth, which runs September 17 to 21 and also features the Bases Loaded remake, a Jalecolle Famicom-hen: SHATTERHAND re-release for Switch in 2026, and Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets Boosted.
Crossovers tie the catalog together. The R-9Aix Extra Arrow, inspired by R-TYPE's R-9, was released as 550 yen DLC for FZ: Formation Z on PS5 in June, with PC and Xbox Series X|S versions later that night. The most recent announcement, dated September 15, 2026, is Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong REMASTER, an HD remaster of the 2009 arcade and handheld game with the original drama CD cast, Ryukishi07's supervised scenario, and three modes, for Switch, PS5, and Steam in 2027.
Key facts
- Most recent announcement
- Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong REMASTER, an HD remaster of the 2009 arcade and handheld game, announced September 15, 2026 for Switch, PS5, and Steam in 2027 ↗
- Higurashi remaster features
- Three modes (Oyashiro Mode, Club Activity Mode, Club Activity Mode Extra: Tile-Crushing Chapter), an Auto Mode, and an Extra Gallery; scenario supervised by Ryukishi07 and animation effects built from more than 7,000 drawings ↗
- Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakouden
- Hack-and-slash Ninja Jajamaru-kun title planned for 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and Steam; co-developed by City Connection and Amazing, with Western publishing by Clear River Games ↗
- Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth
- Runs September 17-21 at Makuhari Messe, with Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakouden playable and a Natsume command time attack event on September 19 ↗
- Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded
- HD remake of the 1993 Irem arcade game launching December 10, 2026 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC (Steam); co-developed by City Connection and Irem Software Engineering ↗
- Baseball Fighting League Man pricing
- Download version 4,180 yen (Xbox Series X|S 4,200 yen); packaged PS5 and Switch 2 versions 5,500 yen with a first-print Baseball Fighting Encyclopedia set ↗
- Baseball Fighting League Man modes
- Regular Season supports up to four-player local co-op with no online support; Climax Season is the high-difficulty arrange mode; BGM arranged by Yosuke Yasui ↗
- Muchimuchi Pork! & Pink Sweets Boosted
- Compilation of the two Cave bullet hell shooters launching October 1 on Nintendo Switch, PS5, and PC via Steam with 11 game modes, online rankings, and replay saving ↗
- Culdcept The First demo
- PC version exhibited at Steam Next Fest with a demo update adding volume adjustment and button display switching ↗
- FZ: Formation Z DLC
- R-9Aix Extra Arrow DLC released for FZ: Formation Z on PS5 on June 4, with PC and Xbox Series X|S versions later that night, priced 550 yen ↗
Timeline
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Facts
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- Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth lineup · 2026-09-01
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Sep 19
City Connection's Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth has playable demos of Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakou Den and Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded. The new Ninja Jajamaru-kun entry is a hack-and-slash action game set in a yokai party dungeon, scheduled for release in 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. Players switch between sword, spear, kusarigama, hammer, and claws while collecting weapons and armor from treasure chests.
Sep 15
City Connection announced on September 15, 2026 that it will release Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong REMASTER for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Steam in 2027. The announcement came with a trailer and the opening of a Steam store page. The game is an HD remaster of the 2009 dramatic mahjong title Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong, which shipped for arcades and handheld consoles. It keeps an original scenario supervised by Higurashi creator Ryukishi07 and animation effects built from more than 7,000 drawings. Three modes are included: Oyashiro Mode, in which Keiichi Maebara plays life-or-death matches to avert the Hinamizawa tragedy; Club Activity Mode, for free matches among club members with punishment games; and Club Activity Mode Extra: Tile-Crushing Chapter, the scenario added in the handheld version. Cheating techniques are part of play. An Auto Mode lets the CPU take over for players who do not know mahjong, and an Extra Gallery unlocks newly drawn guest illustrations and voice dramas after clearing the story.
Sep 1
City Connection announced its Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth lineup on September 1, with the event running September 17-21 at Makuhari Messe. The centerpiece is Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakouden, the latest Ninja Jajamaru-kun series title, a hack-and-slash action game planned for 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Steam. It will be playable at the booth, and visitors receive a double-sided mini uchiwa printed with Jajamaru-kun. The booth also hosts Yakyuu Kakutou League Man Bases Loaded, an HD remake of the 1993 arcade beat-em-up releasing December 10 on Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam; Jalecolle Famicom-hen: SHATTERHAND, a horizontal action re-release for Switch in 2026; and Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets Boosted, a vertical bullet hell bundle arriving October 1 on Switch, PS5, and Steam. A photo spot corner themed around the Jajamaru game, with the yokai cast and a large Gama Pakkun, and a Natsume command time attack event on September 19 are also planned. A live stream on September 2 at 21:00 will detail the booth contents.
Aug 28
City Connection announced Jajamaru's Hyakki Yakouden, a new hack-and-slash action game in the Ninja Jajamaru-kun series, during the Pixel Arcadia showcase streamed on August 25, 2026. The game is set for release in 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2, PS5, and PC via Steam, where a store page opened the same day. The title was first teased at the City Connection 20th Anniversary Thanksgiving Festival in December 2025, but this announcement revealed the platforms and shifted the release window from 2026 to 2027. Developed jointly by City Connection's team, which worked on the previous Jajamaru's Yokai Daikessen, and Amazing, known for Venus Eleven Vivid!, the game follows Jajamaru as he searches dungeons for the kidnapped Princess Sakura. Players use over 300 types of equipment, including ninja swords, kusarigama, and shuriken, and pass through glowing torii gates to trigger Hyakki Yakou Parades with special battle rules. Clearing dungeons teaches ninjutsu, and a base room allows stat and equipment upgrades, plus furniture that affects stats. The story culminates in a fight against the yokai general Nuraripiyoko. Western publishing is handled by Clear River Games.
Aug 28
City Connection announced on August 25, 2026, that the belt-scroll action game Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded will include a collaboration stage with Moero!! Pro Baseball. The game is a full remake of the 1993 arcade title Baseball Fighting League Man, originally released by Irem, and is co-developed by City Connection and Irem Software Engineering. It is scheduled for release on December 10, 2026, for PC (Steam), PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. The collaboration stage appears as an additional stage in the arrange mode Climax Season, where League Men fight against the backdrop of the stadium from Moero!! Pro Baseball. A new exclusive technique called Bunt, described as having home-run-class power, is also available. The remake includes updated graphics, widescreen support, new playable characters, new modes, mini-games, and arranged BGM by composer Yosuke Yasui. Controls have been simplified with one-button special moves. The main mode supports up to 4-player local co-op, with no online support. Pre-orders for the packaged versions for Switch 2 and PS5 begin today, and the first-print bonus includes the Baseball Fighting Encyclopedia with a soundtrack CD and official fan book.
Aug 19
City Connection announced on August 19, 2026, that Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded, an HD remake of the 1993 Irem arcade game Baseball Fighting League Man, will launch on December 10 for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. The download version costs 4,180 yen, except for the Xbox Series X|S version at 4,200 yen, while the packaged versions for PS5 and Switch 2 are 5,500 yen and include a first-print bonus. The remake adds Pink, a support character from the original, as a playable character, and introduces a high-difficulty mode called Climax Season with new stages and altered enemy placements. The main Regular Season mode supports up to four-player local co-op. Newly arranged BGM by composer Yosuke Yasui can be switched with the original soundtrack. The packaged version includes the Baseball Fighting Encyclopedia, a set with a soundtrack CD and a fan book containing arcade materials. Pre-orders for the packaged versions began today, and the Steam store page is open. A giveaway campaign on City Connection's official X account runs until September 2, and a livestream is scheduled for tonight at 21:00.
Jul 17
City Connection released the first sample video of new arranged BGM for the upcoming compilation Muchimuchi Pork! & Pink Sweets Boosted, launching October 1 on PS5 and Nintendo Switch. The video includes four tracks by composer Daisuke Matsumoto. Future sample videos will feature arrangements by Yosuke Yasui, Hagane, and Sean Bialo.
Jun 16
City Connection announced it will exhibit the PC version of Culdcept The First at Steam Next Fest and released a demo update. The revival of the 1997 Sega Saturn game adds features like Rewind, Quick Save & Load, Bonus Pack, and Hand Display. The demo update adds volume adjustment and button display switching.
Jun 4
City Connection released the R-9Aix Extra Arrow DLC for FZ: Formation Z on PS5 today, with PC and Xbox Series X|S versions arriving later tonight. The aircraft, inspired by the R-TYPE series' R-9 ship, transforms into a robot and carries signature weapons like missiles, lasers, and the Force. The DLC costs 550 yen and matches the pre-order bonus from the limited physical edition.
May 29
City Connection announced on May 29 that a compilation of two Cave-developed bullet hell shooters, Muchimuchi Pork! & Pink Sweets Boosted, will launch on October 1 for Nintendo Switch, PS5, and PC via Steam. The package version costs 6,490 yen, and the download version costs 5,390 yen. The set includes the original arcade versions of Muchimuchi Pork! (2007) and Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara (2006), plus a total of 11 game modes across both titles. New arrange modes, high-difficulty modes, and practice modes are included. The compilation adds online rankings, replay saving, and newly arranged BGM by Daisuke Matsumoto, Yosuke Yasui, Hagane, and Sean Bialo. Players can switch between original and arranged soundtracks at any time. First-print copies of the package version come with a soundtrack CD and a guidebook. Pre-orders are open now, and the first public gameplay will be shown at the Shu-Daisai streaming event on May 30.