{"rewrite":{"id":"r_70f152cc0ce75d1cc10d0c7c","clusterId":"c_2a9e777ca7886358655d26a8","slug":"city-connection-brings-jajamaru-hack-and-slash-and-baseball-fighting-league-man-to-tgs2026","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"City Connection Brings Jajamaru Hack-and-Slash and Baseball Fighting League Man to TGS2026","summary":"City Connection's Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth has playable demos of Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakou Den and Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded. The new Ninja Jajamaru-kun entry is a hack-and-slash action game set in a yokai party dungeon, scheduled for release in 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. Players switch between sword, spear, kusarigama, hammer, and claws while collecting weapons and armor from treasure chests.","whyItMatters":"The booth puts a new series entry next to a revived classic, showing City Connection's TGS2026 lineup is built on both ends of its catalog.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe playable demo of Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakou Den puts Jajamaru in a dungeon that turns out to be a yokai party venue, complete with a disco floor and speakers that pour out enemies. Weapons range from a well-balanced sword and a long-reach spear to a wide-sweeping kusarigama, a heavy hammer, and quick hand claws, with shuriken and kunai for ranged attacks.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTreasure chests drop weapons and armor with random effects, some carrying yokai powers such as the Inazuma Hebi Sword or the Okkake Pinbo Me Dama. A floor called the Hyakki Yakou Parade features dancing pixel-art boss yokai, and the exhibition version ends with a fight against Shamy, an Electric Shamisen Musician who uses lightning-fast dashes.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakou Den swaps the series' platforming for weapon swapping across five movesets. The 2027 Switch 2 and PS5 release date puts City Connection's revival on hardware that isn't out yet.","twitterPost":"Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakou Den drops platforming for five-moveset hack-and-slash. City Connection ships it in 2027 on hardware that hasn't launched.","threadsPost":"Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakou Den trades the series' platforming for weapon swapping between sword, spear, kusarigama, hammer, and claws. City Connection is targeting 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5, so the booth demo is running a game aimed at hardware that hasn't shipped.","newsletterBlurb":"At Tokyo Game Show 2026, City Connection is showing playable demos of Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakou Den and the revived Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded. The new Jajamaru entry is a hack-and-slash action game set in a yokai party dungeon, planned for 2027 on Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/969/G096932/20260919049/\",\"title\":\"City Connection's booth is lively again this year, with the new hack-and-slash action game \\\"Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakou Den\\\" and the revived classic \\\"Baseball Fighting League Man Bases Loaded\\\" [TGS2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4818,"outputTokens":706,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789811064,"createdAt":"2026-09-19T09:40:19.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-19T09:43:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T09:43:21.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_2a9e777ca7886358655d26a8","canonicalTitle":"新作ハクスラアクション「じゃじゃ丸の百鬼夜行伝」や，名作復活の「野球格闘リーグマン Bases Loaded」など，シティコネクションブースは今年も賑やか［TGS2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_e597aaebe477bbc62c9f2ae7","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakouden\",\"Baseball Fighter League Man Bases Loaded\"],\"studios\":[\"City Connection\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-19T08:42:45.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-19T08:42:45.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-19T09:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/969/G096932/20260919049/","title":"新作ハクスラアクション「じゃじゃ丸の百鬼夜行伝」や，名作復活の「野球格闘リーグマン Bases Loaded」など，シティコネクションブースは今年も賑やか［TGS2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Jajamaru no Hyakki Yakouden","Baseball Fighter League Man Bases Loaded"],"studios":["City Connection"],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}