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.