Higurashi Mahjong Game Returns In HD Remaster For 2027
City Connection has built a business on reviving old mahjong games, and this remaster puts a 2009 arcade and handheld title from AQ Interactive back on current platforms with the original drama CD cast intact.
Key Facts
- City Connection will release Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong REMASTER in 2027 for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Steam.
- Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong REMASTER is an HD remaster of a dramatic mahjong game that released in 2009 for arcades and handheld consoles.
- The remaster keeps an original scenario supervised by Higurashi creator Ryukishi07 and animation effects using more than 7,000 drawings.
- Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong REMASTER will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026 at the City Connection booth in Hall 2, C03, starting September 17.
- The remaster's three modes are Oyashiro Mode, Club Activity Mode, and Club Activity Mode Extra: Tile-Crushing Chapter.
Reporting from 4 sources: 4Gamer.net, Denfaminicogamer, Automaton, Game Spark.
City Connection announced on September 15, 2026 that it will release Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong REMASTER for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Steam in 2027. The announcement came with a trailer and the opening of a Steam store page. The game is an HD remaster of the 2009 dramatic mahjong title Higurashi When They Cry Mahjong, which shipped for arcades and handheld consoles. It keeps an original scenario supervised by Higurashi creator Ryukishi07 and animation effects built from more than 7,000 drawings. Three modes are included: Oyashiro Mode, in which Keiichi Maebara plays life-or-death matches to avert the Hinamizawa tragedy; Club Activity Mode, for free matches among club members with punishment games; and Club Activity Mode Extra: Tile-Crushing Chapter, the scenario added in the handheld version. Cheating techniques are part of play. An Auto Mode lets the CPU take over for players who do not know mahjong, and an Extra Gallery unlocks newly drawn guest illustrations and voice dramas after clearing the story.
The voice cast returns from the original drama CDs. Soichiro Hoshi voices Keiichi Maebara, Mai Nakahara is Rena Ryugu, Satsuki Yukino plays both Mion and Shion Sonozaki, Mika Kanai is Satoko Hojo, Yukari Tamura is Rika Furude, and Yui Horie is Hanyu. Fumiko Orikasa, Miki Ito, Chafurin, Takehito Koyasu, Toru Okawa, Toshihiko Seki, Fumihiko Tachiki, Jurota Kosugi, and Shizuka Okohira round out the roster.
City Connection developed and will publish the remaster, and the copyright line credits Ryukishi07 and 07th Expansion. The game will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs from September 17 at Makuhari Messe, at the City Connection booth in Hall 2, C03, with a mahjong tile styled sticker for visitors who try it. The Auto Mode is aimed at players who do not know mahjong rules, while the animation direction covers riichi, ippatsu, and tsumo calls in addition to movie sequences for entrances, special moves, and reward scenes.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 4 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- 4Gamer.net 命懸け＆イカサマ上等の麻雀ゲームが復活。「ひぐらしの哭く頃に 雀」がHDリマスターで2027年にPC/PS5/Switchで発売
- Denfaminicogamer 『ひぐらしの哭く頃に 雀』のリマスター版がSwitch/PS5/Steamで2027年に発売決定。竜騎士07氏のシナリオも楽しめる、2009年の『ひぐらし』イカサマ麻雀ゲームがHDリマスター
- Automaton 『ひぐらしのなく頃に』の麻雀ゲームがまさかの復活、『ひぐらしの哭く頃に 雀 REMASTER』発表。負けると死、イカサマあり
- Game Spark 命賭けイカサマ麻雀『ひぐらしの哭く頃に 雀 REMASTER』2027年復刻決定。『スーチーパイ』『スーパーリアル麻雀』など脱衣麻雀復刻を手掛けたシティコネクションより