The first official remake of a Touhou Project mainline game, Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil., is set for release on September 10, 2026, on PC, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS5, and Steam, developed by the newly formed doujin circle Shanghai Alice Reprise.
Alliance Arts and ZUN announced the first official remake of a mainline Touhou Project game during the Nintendo Direct broadcast on June 9, 2026. The new version, titled Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil., is a remake of the 2002 bullet hell shooter Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil., a foundational entry in the series known for its challenging danmaku gameplay and extensive fan community.
To produce the remake, ZUN and other developers formed a new doujin circle called Shanghai Alice Reprise, dedicated to making Touhou Project games playable on modern systems. The remake supports 1080p resolution, adds new systems and newly arranged BGM tracks, and includes a Classic mode that faithfully reproduces the original 2002 game. The remake is scheduled for release on September 10, 2026, and will be available on PC, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, PS5, and Steam.
The formation of Shanghai Alice Reprise and the recovery of a long-lost source code backup finally address a 24-year-old technical barrier that had made the foundational Touhou title unplayable on current hardware. This marks the first official remake of a mainline Touhou Project game, a series historically defined by independent development and fan-driven content rather than commercial remakes.
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Shanghai Alice Reprise, the studio ZUN established, will release a physical edition of Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil. for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 on December 17. The Switch version costs 4,400 yen and the Switch 2 version 5,610 yen. Alliance Arts handles sales. The game was previously download only, and the physical run follows user requests for a copy on hand.
Shanghai Alice Reprise released a bonus text video on YouTube on October 10 in which original creator ZUN looks back on the setting notes from Touhou Koumakyou. The text data, viewable from the PC install in 2002, is not bundled in the remake Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic, which is available on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Steam. ZUN says the extra story and character introductions appear only in the video.
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic, developed by Shanghai Alice Reprise and released by Alliance Arts on September 10, 2026, drew 1,732 Steam reviews within half a day, 98 percent of them positive, for an Overwhelmingly Positive rating. Steam Scout data shows 41.58 percent of reviews in English and 28.73 percent in Simplified Chinese, with positive rates of 99 percent and 98 percent.
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Alliance Arts announced the first remake of the Touhou Project title "Touhou Koumakyou" during the Nintendo Direct broadcast on June 9, 2026. The new version, titled "Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.", is scheduled for release on September 10, 2026, for PC and Nintendo Switch. The remake will feature newly arranged BGM tracks alongside a Classic mode that faithfully reproduces the original 2002 bullet hell shooting game. The original "Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil." was released in 2002 and is a foundational entry in the long-running Touhou Project series, which is known for its challenging danmaku gameplay and extensive fan community. The announcement was made during the Nintendo Direct 2026.6.9 presentation.
ZUN and other developers have formed a new doujin circle, Shanghai Alice Reprise, dedicated to making Touhou Project games playable on modern systems. Its first project is Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic, a remake of the 2002 bullet hell shooter, announced during a June 9 Nintendo Direct. The remake supports 1080p, adds new systems and BGM, and includes a Classic Edition reproducing the original. It launches September 10 on Switch, Switch 2, PS5, and Steam.