The famous duo of Shrine Maiden and Tanooki are back, in Pocky & Rocky Reshrined, coming to the Switch this Autumn.

For anyone who has played any of the games in this classic series, this news will likely be very welcome, although if you've never played any of the Pocky & Rocky games before, you may be interested to know that there were games on the SNES and on the Game Boy Advance, some of which are still available on the Wii U Virtual Console.

If this title is to be your first foray into the series, when it launches later this year, then this is a good a place to start as any.

Check the press release below.

Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is a multi-directional scrolling shooter in the classic 16-bit style with improved graphics, sound, and fun! The adventures of Pocky and Rocky begin again! It’s the third installment in the original shrine maiden shooting series. The new game is being developed by the original development team, Tengo Project.

Pocky & Rocky follows the adventures of a young Shinto shrine maiden named Pocky and her companion, Rocky the raccoon, as they attempt to save a group of creatures known as the Nopino Goblins. Gameplay takes place from a top-down perspective and features both single-player and cooperative modes.

Pocky & Rocky Reshrined is a sequel to Pocky & Rocky, known in Japan as the action-shooting game series Kiki Kaikai, which first appeared as an arcade game from TAITO Corporation in 1986 and is being developed under license from TAITO Corporation.

And here's the trailer...

Will you be purchasing Pocky & Rocky Reshrined when it launches later this year? Have you heard of the series before? Do you have a favourite entry in the series which you'd also like to see appear on the Switch, in the future?

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