Kiki Kaikai

This article is about the 1986 video game. For the series it spawned, see Pocky & Rocky.
Not to be confused with Kaikai Kiki.
Kiki KaiKai
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Taito
Bits Laboratory (Famicom)
Publisher(s)Taito
Director(s)Mikio Hatano
Artist(s)Toshiyuki Nishimura
Kazuya Mikata
Composer(s)Hisayoshi Ogura
Yoshiaki Tsuruoka (Famicom)[1]
SeriesKiki Kaikai
Platform(s)Arcade, MSX2, Famicom Disk System, PC Engine, Mobile phone, Windows
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: 1986
  • NA: December 1986
MSX2
Famicom Disk System
  • JP: August 28, 1987
PC Engine
  • JP: March 27, 1990
Mobile
  • WW: June 12, 2003
Windows
  • JP: May 14, 2004
Genre(s)Shoot 'em up, action[2]
Mode(s)Single-player

Kiki Kaikai (奇々怪界, lit. "Strange and Mysterious World") is a shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Taito for arcades in 1986.[2] Set in Feudal Japan, the player assumes the role of a Shinto shrine maiden who must use her o-fuda scrolls and gohei wand to defeat renegade spirits and monsters from Japanese mythology.[3] The game is noteworthy for using a traditional fantasy setting in a genre otherwise filled with science fiction motifs.[2]

The game received a number of home ports, both as a stand-alone title and as part of compilations. The original arcade game was only ever released in Japan, but a bootleg version called Knight Boy was released outside Japan.[4] Kiki Kaikai was followed by a sequel for the Super NES in 1992 known as Pocky & Rocky outside Japan. The series, known as Kiki Kaikai in Japan and Pocky & Rocky outside Japan, has continued since then and includes several games.

  1. ^ VGMPF
  2. ^ a b c Morales, Emil. "Hardcore Gaming 101: Pocky and Rocky / KiKi KaiKai". Hardcore Gaming 101. Archived from the original on 2012-12-27. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
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  4. ^ Tjaberg, Tormod (2003). "KiKi KaiKai / Knightboy". Emulation Status. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-02.