Kiki Kaikai: Dotō-hen — stories left

In the "1st Gamest Grand Prize" feature of the game magazine Gamest of the time (1987), Sayo, the protagonist of this game, took 5th place in the Best Character award by reader vote.

In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 15.00 out of 25, as shown below.

In the Cross Review feature of the magazine Famitsu, the four reviewers gave 6, 7, 7, and 5, for a total of 25 out of 40. Gekkan PC Engine gave scores of 75, 80, 85, 75, and 75, for an average of 78. Marukatsu PC Engine gave scores of 8, 7, 9, and 7, for a total of 31 out of 40. In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by PC Engine FAN, it scored 21.84 out of 30, as shown below.

This score also placed it 177th among all PC Engine titles (485 titles in total, as of 1993).

In the later budget releases TAITO BEST (2006-7-6) and Eternal Hits (2007-6-28), the secret feature was abolished and the specification was changed so that all titles could be played from the start.

Developed by Starfish and scheduled for release for the PlayStation 2, but cancelled.

Developed by Starfish and scheduled for release for the PlayStation 2, but cancelled.

An exclusive game soundtrack was never released commercially, but all the music from the game was featured on the 1987 album Taito Game Music (catalog number 28XA-110) published by Alfa Music as a single track medley.

The game's first home version was released for the MSX2 on February 10, 1987, with minor gameplay adjustments.

This was the first port of Kiki Kaikai released overseas.

While similar to the earlier released game Commando in both style and presentation, Kiki Kaikai is described by Taito as a "lovely action game" offering an "exotic Asian atmosphere".