The Shockmaster
Ratalaika Games and Shinyudenhave announcedthat they’re bringingKaizō Chōjin Shubibinmanto the West for the first time asCyber Citizen Shockman. Heck. Yes.
Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman was the first game in the series that started on the PC-Engine in Japan. We received the second game (namedKaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2) in North America on the Turbografx-16, but no other titles. RenamedShockman, this second title eventually made it to the Virtual Console. I just now realize that I forgot to buy it before the Wii U eShop shut down. Crap.
This is the first time that the first game has been localized. The announcement ofCyber Citizen Shockmanhit me out of nowhere. TheShockmangames are a series of action platformers with sort of a beat-’em-up slant to them. The SatellaviewShockmantitle (which was originally released also asKaizō Chōjin Shubibinman) evengot a fan translationrecently asShockman Zero.
On top of the base game,Cyber Citizen Shockmanwill include an image gallery, rewind, save states, a CRT filter, and illustrations by Suu Urabe.
This is one of those games where it absolutely sucks that we never got them in the West. It’s mostly understandable, because the Turbografx-16 was a resounding failure and we never got the Satellaview. But a translation has been a long time coming.
Thankfully, we don’t have to wait much longer.Cyber Citizen Shockmanwill release on July 26, 2025 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch at a very reasonable $5.99.
