UPDATE 21/12/23: Suica developer Aladdin X has confirmed it is not involved with The Suika Game, which appeared on the PlayStation Store recently.
In a statement sent to Eurogamer, Aladdin X said: “We are aware that [The Suika Game] appeared on the Playstation Store, but we have no affiliation with [The] Suika Game. So, the game has nothing to do with our Suika Game!”
At time of writing, The Suika Game is still listed on the PlayStation Store, as is publisher Gogame Console Publisher’s website with HTML code copied from Guerilla Game’s website.
ORIGINAL STORY 20/12/23: Suika Game, the hit viral puzzler where you drop fruits into a container and combine them, looks set to be getting a release on PlayStation per a recent product page.
This page has raised some eyebrows, however, as the game is listed there as “The Suika Game” and not “Suika Game”. The game’s original developer is also not mentioned.
The original Suika Game was developed by Aladdin X and, so far, it has only been released on the Nintendo eShop, though many browser versions and clones on other platforms have since popped up.
From what has been uploaded to the PlayStation Store so far, “The Suika Game” bears a striking resemblance to Suika, reusing the artwork for the fruits and putting different emoji faces on them. No price or release date is listed.
The publisher listed for The Suika Game on PlayStation Store is Gogame Console Publisher Ltd, a company established on 2nd October 2022 in London, as recorded by Companies House, with a sole director – based in Romania.
Gogame’s website is also rather bare bones – there are screenshots of a game called Constructor Simulator, but no links to it or any other game it says it has published. “Our company has been in the market for several years now,” Gogame writes on its website, despite being incorporated only last year. The Suika Game is not mentioned on Gogame’s website at time of writing.
Eurogamer has contacted both Aladdin X and Gogame Console Publisher for confirmation of their involvement with The Suika Game.
Gogame has been potentially linked to Midnight Works (via Nintendo Life), a holding company with apparent links to VG Games, the company behind the knock-off version of The Last of Us which appeared on Switch eShop earlier this year, and Instamarketingandgame, the company behind a PEGI 3+ drink driving simulator also released on the eShop. Both games have since been removed from the eShop.