Ikatan: Guess the mystery squid

by Eric Caoili { Apr 24th 2008 at 12:45PM }

Japanese publisher Cyberfront (not to be confused with Cyber Connect) has posted a mystery page for an upcoming Nintendo DS game without revealing any information beyond the image you see above -- a possible title (Ika = squid?), a possible year of release, and a possible piece of surume, or dried squid. Oh, the possibilities!

A bit of background on Cyberfront -- you might recognize the company's name for its localizations of PC titles, like The Orange Box and Civilization IV, in Japan. Cyberfront's DS catalog includes Ryoukiki Exercise, New Zealand Story DS, and Inugaisha (Dog Company).

So, what could Ikatan be? A cooking game limited to squid recipes? An undersea SRPG dominated by armies of cephalopods? A Super Mario Bros. remake played from the perspective of a wandering Blooper? Give us your best guesses!

Tags: cyberfront, ikatan, mystery, official-site, squid, surume

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Verythrax @ Apr 24th 2008 1:52PM

IKAruga port?

jsutcliffe @ Apr 24th 2008 1:58PM

*soils his drawers* Good lord, I'd be all over that.

jsutcliffe @ Apr 24th 2008 1:59PM

*reads more* WHAT? A DS version of New Zealand Story? Want!

Verythrax @ Apr 24th 2008 2:16PM

or a Settlers of catan port, that would be great too.

Mad Martin Kinderhook @ Apr 24th 2008 3:36PM

It could just be Ika-tan, considering that -tan is an honorific.

But that has to be the most unappetizing image of a squid I've ever seen...seriously, I've liked squid when I've eaten it in the past but if the opportunity ever comes again I'm going to have that image permanently burned into my mind.

KaneDeth @ Jun 4th 2008 4:35PM

Reminds me of that ikachan game pixel made. I hope it's something like that.

Inanimate @ Apr 24th 2008 4:38PM

Ikachan pc remake?

Ikachan was a game made by the people who made Cave Story. Cave Story was a spiritual descendant of Ikachan.

Verythrax @ Apr 24th 2008 5:00PM

I think you nailed it. It fits the company type of games, the squid teaser page, and looks something that can work well with the stylus.

Tan > chan, so I expect a evolution of the original game.

You can download the PC version here: http://www.tinsanity.net/ikachan/