Kan Naito has announced work on a new NES / Famicom RPG called Lady Stalker 2D, which will feature character designs created by the late Yoshitaka Tamaki who passed away in 2023. Naito and Tamaki both worked at Climax Entertainment on titles such as Shining in the Darkness (1991), Landstalker (1992) and Lady Stalker (1995), the last of which is the inspiration behind the new game.
The game’s origins come from the fact that Naito, Tamaki and Hiroyuki Takahashi all worked at Enix prior to establishing Climax, where they had wanted to create a spin-off from Dragon Quest IV starring Princess Alena, an idea that was revisited as Lady Stalker, with Taito handling publishing duties.
The Lady Stalker 2D cartridge will feature LEDs that illuminate in time with on-screen commands, and a Famicom-compatible console is also under development. A crowdfunding campaign for the game is planned for later this year.