27 years after her original debut, Wonder Momo, one of Namco Bandai’s older
IPs, is getting a franchise.
Wonder
Momo was originally an arcade game released in
1987. A fairly simplistic (by today’s standards) side-scrolling beat ’em up
game, featuring a transforming, hoop-wielding heroine.
Since its release, the game
has been ported to the PC-Engine (the Japanese version of the Turbografx-16)
and the Virtual Console on the Wii. Despite the game’s Japanese cult
following and the fact that the main protagonist has made
appearances in numerous other games, the original game has never been released outside of Japan. Wonder Momo has been introduced to the
west mostly through the webcomic on Namco Bandai’s own classic game character multi-media site, ShiftyLook
https://kotaku.com/namco-bandais-shiftylook-uses-webcomics-to-re-invent-fo-5888889/
Namco Bandai announced earlier today at a
special press event that, starting February, they will begin airing a new Wonder Momo anime series. The anime will consist of five 5-minute episodes, and will be released in Japanese with English
subtitles on Crunchyroll.
An all-new Wonder Momo game developed by WayForward Technologies for PC and
Android consoles is also in the works and scheduled for release in the first quarter of 2014.
Wonder Momo [ShiftyLook]
Top image: ©NAMCO BANDAI GAMES Inc.
Kotaku East is your slice of Asian internet culture, bringing you the latest talking points from Japan, Korea, China and beyond. Tune in every morning from 4am to 8am.
To contact the author of this post, write to cogitoergonihilATgmail.com or find him on Twitter @tnakamura8
