Arcade Archives: KiKi KaiKai

Kiki Kaikai is a 1986 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. Set in Feudal Japan, the player assumes the role of a Shinto shrine maiden who must use her o-fuda scrolls and gohei wand to defeat renegade spirits and monsters from Japanese mythology. The game is noteworthy for using a traditional fantasy setting in a genre otherwise filled with science fiction motifs. The game received a number of home ports, both as a stand-alone title and as part of compilations. Taito would license the rights of the game to Natsume, who developed a sequel for the Super NES in 1992, known as Pocky & Rocky outside Japan.