Ratalaika Games
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Industry | Video games |
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| Founder 👔 | Adrian Vega |
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| 🌐 Website | ratalaikagames |
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Ratalaika Games is a video game publisher focused on porting titles digitally to the console market. Ratalaika publishes new, original titles from developers and retro legacy titles that weren't previously available on current consoles, specifically games that were only available in Japan.[1]
Overview
Ratalaika was founded in 2013 by Adrian Vega. Vega launched the company while in college. Once they had received access to developing for consoles, Vega reached out to a developer of a game they enjoyed on OUYA, and asked if they could port and publish the title on the WiiU.[2]
The company has also developed its own mobile titles.[3] Their first console title was 2015's Guardians of the Forest for PlayStation 4.[4]
One of Ratalaika Games' specialties is porting titles developed with Ren'Py to modern consoles.[5] Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine is a free software game engine which facilitates the creation of visual novels.[6] Ratalaika does not charge any kind of up-front costs for publishing services, or for their expenses to be recouped from a game's royalties.
In 2025, 6 Ratalaika published games were removed from the Microsoft Store, PlayStation Store, Nintendo eShop, and Steam.[7] This was confirmed by the publisher to gaming news outlet TrueAchievements.[8] In April 2025, Ratalaika released Sunsoft's Super Famicon title Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1, translated to English and for modern consoles.[9]
Certain titles Ratalaika has released are considered "easy completions"; offering quick achievements/trophies. This trend is more often associated with shovelware on the Xbox and PlayStation storefronts.[10] Ratalaika has stated that the rights to their translations in ported/localized games do not belong with the original IP holders, but with Ratalaika.[11]
Select Releases
- Guardians of the Forest (2015)[12]
- Sagebrush (2019)
- Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace (2023; originally released in 1991 for the TurboGrafx-16)[13]
- Cyber Citizen Shockman 3 (2024; originally released in 1992)[14]
- Ninja 1987 (2024)[15]
- Final Zone (2025)[16]
- Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1 (2025)
References
- ↑ "10 Best Ratalaika Games Ranked". DualShockers. February 12, 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Industry Interviews: Adrian Vega". Switch Effect. February 8, 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ↑ "Interview with Ratalaika Games". Hackinformer. May 2, 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Raving Rabbits Brawl in Guardians of the Forest". Cliqist. May 22, 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ren'Py". Ratalaika. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ Vincent, Brittany (April 2, 2020). "The best engines for making your own visual novel". PC Gamer. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Game Rant". 6 Xbox Games Are Being Delisted Soon. March 25, 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Delistings confirmed". Trueachievements. March 24, 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ratalaika and Shinyuden set to release forgotten Sunsoft Super Famicon title Feudal Bros Tonosama #1 in English". My Gamer. April 6, 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ↑ "Publisher Ratalaika Games Is Delisting 6 'Easy Gamerscore' Titles From The Xbox Store". PureXbox. March 25, 2025. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ratalaika Dismisses Claim That Retro-Bit Had Permission To Use Its Translations". Time Extension. March 4, 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ratlaika Games Archive". Nintendo Everything.
- ↑ "PC Engine Action 'Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace' Hits Xbox Consoles Today". Xbox Era. September 23, 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ↑ "Satellaview Platformer 'Cyber Citizen Shockman Zero' Comes To Consoles This July". Time Extension. June 17, 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ↑ "Ninja 1987 Has Been Released For All Three Major Consoles". Bleeding Cool News. December 14, 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
- ↑ "Final Zone". Gematsu. December 10, 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
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