Take a Blast from The Past with a Collection of Five Retro Inspired Games and Music Albums by Legendary Manga Artist RIKI!
October 28, 2024
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Clear River Games :
Karlstad, Sweden – October 28, 2024 – Clear River Games, a video game publisher specialising in classic and retro games, in conjunction with Japanese publisher City Connection, announced today that RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection will be coming to Europe from November 28 on Nintendo® Switch™!
From the mind of celebrated Japanese Manga artist RIKI, RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection delivers not one, but five retro inspired games and music albums to explore, all beautifully created in classic pixel art and featuring the same addictive, twitch-based gameplay from the golden era of gaming.
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A must for any retro gaming fan, or just those looking for something different to discover, RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection features the following titles:
Kira Kira Star Night! – Reach for the stars (you’ll have to collect a lot!) in this surreal platforming action game that’s easy to play and accessible to all! Choose from three unique characters and enjoy the incredible chiptune soundtrack from composers including KUNIO, Takeaki Kunimoto, Yuriko Keino, Yuzo Koshiro, Nobuyuki Shioda, Tappy, Manabu Namiki, hally, Bun, Manami Matsumae, Takeshi Yokemura, Robokabuto, and Yasuhisa Watanabe.
Astro Ninja Man DX – Sharpen your trigger finger as you defend from hordes of descending enemies from above with simple controls and relentless gameplay. It’s a sensory overload which gets progressively harder the better you get! Your clones are invincible, so here it’s all about reaching for the high score! Composers include Hiroto Saitoh, Nobuyuki Shioda, Bun, and Manabu Namiki.
8BIT MUSIC POWER – A music album featuring the very best in chiptune music. Featuring a grand total of 11 composers, including gaming legends behind some of the best-loved gaming music ever created, in addition to modern composers behind classic anime. An experience to savour, watch the screen as you jam to the beats, with 12 tracks totalling 44 minutes in length. Composers include Omodaka (Soichi Terada), Masahiro Kajihara, Takeaki Kunimoto, Yuriko Keino, Saitone, Professor Sakamoto, Hiroaki Sano, Nobuyuki Shioda, Tappy, hally, and Keishi Yonao.
8BIT MUSIC POWER FINAL – The second chiptune album featuring as part of the collection, it’s another feast for the ears with performances from 18 composers at the top of their game. Kirara-chan from Kira Kira Star Night dances in the background as the music plays. There are 18 tracks totalling 52 minutes in length, and composers include 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 Yokemura, and Yasuhisa Watanabe.
8BIT MUSIC POWER ENCORE – Rounding off the compilation, the third and final chiptune album serves as a perfect encore to the RIKI experience! 8BIT MUSIC POWER‘s BIT-chan dances in the background on this one, and there are 14 tracks to enjoy totalling 42 minutes in length. Composers include Takeshi Abo, Kenichi Arakawa, Omodaka (Soichi Terada), Saitone, Hiroto Saitoh, Nobuyuki Shioda, Yu Shimoda, Tomoya Tomita, Takuya Hanaoka, hally, Hige Driver, Bun, Yousuke Yasui, and Keishi Yonao.
Available via digital download from November 28, RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection will also be getting a physical release planned for early 2025. The digital release on Nintendo Switch will be priced at 19,99 Euro/USD and the physical release with CD soundtrack will be 39,99 Euro/USD.
For more information on RIKI 8Bit GAME Collection, please visit: https://clearrivergames.com/upcoming-games/riki-8bit-game-collection.html
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About Clear River Games
Clear River Games is a publisher with love for classic retro games. We are a small team in Karlstad, Sweden, founded by the Freemode Group (part of Embracer Group). Our vision is to bring the joy of experiencing vintage retro games and revived classic game franchises to players all over the world. We focus on publishing high-quality classic game franchises, modern retro and pixel art games and indie games that inspire gamers and bring back great memories of the past or discover new great games. With physical editions distributed online and in retail stores, we want to make great and unique games accessible to retro game fans around the world.
About City Connection
City Connection was founded in 2005 and owns the IP of long-established game maker ‘Jaleco’. The name ‘City Connection’ is reference to a previously released game by Jaleco, much loved by the City Connection president. City Connection is a game developer and publisher, as well as a soundtrack business (Clarice Disc), licensing business, publishing/editing/writing business, and engages in all manner of activities relating to video games. City Connection specializes in increasing the value of much-loved IP, utilizing some of the industry’s most experienced talent and reinventing games for a modern audience. City Connection strive to deliver quality games which delight gamers and respect original IP.
About Embracer Freemode
Embracer Freemode (“Freemode”) is Embracer Group`s 11th Operating Group. Freemode is a global ecosystem of independently run companies led by passionate creators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders with decades of combined experience in gaming and entertainment. Freemode supports its businesses with strategic, operational, and financial support, helping its businesses accelerate growth with a long-term mindset.
Freemode is part of the Embracer Group AB family of companies, which is publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker EMBRAC B. (EMBRAC B).
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