"Mischief Makers" was the only game displayed at the Enix booth at the April 1997 Tokyo Game Show. It was later demonstrated at the 1997 Electronic Entertainment Expo and released in Japan on June 27, 1997, the United States on October 1, and Europe and Australia on December 18. Its Japanese title is "Yuke-Yuke Trouble Makers", or "Go-Go Trouble Makers". Near the time of the game's Japanese launch, Treasure announced that they would continue to develop for the Nintendo 64 with the Japan-only "Bakuretsu Muteki Bangaioh", which was released in September and later introduced to North America as "Bangai-O".