Following the release of the first gamethis past May, Ratalaika and Shinyuden are re-releasing the 1992 Turbografx gameKaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2asCyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace.This new release is out on September 22.
While most of theKaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2remained exclusive to the Japanese PC-Engine, we gotKaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2here in the West as simplyShockman. It would later become available on Nintendo’s Virtual Console service and PS3. Interestingly, the press release implies that it was also Japan-exclusive, and doesn’t mention its previous releases. This made me fact-check initially and then re-fact-check to make sure that, yes,Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman 2wasShockman. Then, after that, I fact-checked a third time to make sure we were talking about the same game. I’m pretty certain thisis the same gameasShockman.
Now that we’ve gotten that out of the way,Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menacemakes some tweaks to the previous game by making it a lot more likeMega Man. This is even down to the bosses being fan submissions. The melee combat of the first game was left behind, but in a lot of ways, that resulted in a better game.
While previous re-releases were strict ports of the Turbografx version, this new version promises new modes and will most likely have save states and rewinding. Whether or not it has been (or needed to be) re-translated isn’t mentioned.
Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menacearrives on Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC on June 25, 2025. It will cost you a very reasonable $5.99 USD
