{"id":127715,"date":"2022-08-31T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-136929"},"modified":"2022-08-31T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T12:00:00","slug":"the-unofficial-strider-sequel-cannon-dancer-is-finally-coming-to-consoles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/31\/the-unofficial-strider-sequel-cannon-dancer-is-finally-coming-to-consoles\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘Unofficial Strider Sequel’ Cannon Dancer Is Finally Coming To Consoles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As we’re only weeks away from this year’s Tokyo Game Show, we’re starting to find out what games developers and publishers will be showing off at the annual convention. And amidst Konami’s line-up \u2014 which includes multiple Yu-Gi-Oh!<\/strong> games, Super Bomberman R 2<\/a>, and Coffee Talk Episode 2<\/a> \u2014 is the surprise return of a forgotten classic \u2014 Cannon Dancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Known as Osman<\/strong> in Japan, the game was created by Kouichi “Isuke” Yotsui, who worked as a designer on Capcom classic Strider<\/a>. Our friends over at Time Extension<\/a> spotted the game in a listing shared by Twitter user @ohfivepro<\/a>. What makes this so special? Well, Cannon Dancer was an arcade exclusive back in 1996, and Isuke considered it “his” sequel to the classic side-scrolling action game. So this is the very first time we’re getting this game on home consoles.<\/p>\n

Developed by Mitchell Corporation, Cannon Dancer is set in a neon-cyberpunk Arabian world, and the plot is supposedly Isuke poking fun at his time at Capcom. And it’s an absolute stunner of a game, too \u2014 though we’re not surprised given how fantastic Strider is. Strider did eventually get a direct sequel, and there’s another game with the name Strider 2<\/strong>, but given that Cannon Dancer had the original’s designer on board, we think it’s earned the title of ‘spiritual successor’ or ‘unofficial sequel’.<\/p>\n