Karlstad, Sweden – July 7, 2025 - Clear River Games, a video game publisher specialising in classic and retro games, in conjunction with Japanese publisher and developer City Connection, today announced the release date for Mamorukun ReCurse!, coming to PC, PS4™, PS5™, Xbox, and Nintendo® Switch™ on September 25, 2025, in a brand-new, bullet-soaked trailer for the much-celebrated cute-em-up.
Dive into this modern remaster of a cult classic arcade shooter and embark on an adventure filled with breathtaking environments, bizarre creatures and bullets, to save the Netherworld and seal the gate to the World of Darkness. Players take control of Mamoru, who, after his untimely death, wakes up in The Netherworld. A brief meeting with three new friends is swiftly followed by the energetic Fululu explaining he, Mayuno, Kinya, and Beniko, are the only hope of stopping the invasion of darkness about to consume The Netherworld.
Don’t let the gorgeous, mellow aesthetic fool you - this vertical-scrolling shoot ‘em up will take you right back to the cabinet-pounding days of traditional arcade games. In Mamorukun Recurse!, the player is in control, and can make use of Curse Bullets to alter the difficulty of the game and reap in the rewards. Wipe out smaller enemies, clear projectiles from the screen, or power up larger enemies, making them harder to defeat. The greater the risk, the higher the score.
Mamorukun ReCurse! Features:
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An arcade classic, ReCursed! for modern platforms.
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Widescreen support and modern twin-stick controls.
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Use Curse Bullets to adjust the game’s difficulty on the fly!
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Story Mode, Arcade Mode, or Netherworld Adventures - a set of challenge courses to sharpen your skills? The choice is yours!
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Multiple characters, alternate costumes, and an extensive Gallery Mode!
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Original compositions by Yosuke Yasui, plus arranged music from previous releases.
Packed with content, Mamorukun ReCurse! includes Story Mode, Arcade Mode, Challenge Courses, alternative costumes, and a new Gallery Mode. The game also includes all previously released DLC characters, giving players plenty of reasons to play again and again.
Mamorukun ReCurse! is launching on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X|S,and Nintendo Switch on September 25, 2025.
For more information on Mamorukun ReCurse!, please visit Clear River Games’ social media: X, Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky.
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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 a 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.