I believe it is impossible to “save E3” without improving operational security.
Limited Run Games held its annual ‘E3’ presentation today, and a company known for delivering big surprises and highly questionable publishing choices delivered both on par.
new game
- Zeboyd Games’ (Cosmic Star Heroine, Cthulhu Saves Christmas) next major RPG, Shakespeare’s magical girl RPG This Way Madness Lies, arrives digitally on Switch on July 25th.
- The Game Boy Advance Shanty game (known as Shanty: Risky Revolution), which was shelved due to poor sales of the Game Boy Color original after the GBA, is now complete and will be available on GBA karts. Pre-orders will open in September, but it could come to Switch later in digital/physical form.
- WayForward has also unveiled the ‘Rose & Camellia Collection’ on Switch, with a release date set for 2023. Developed by NIGORO and based on his classic Flash series, the game uses Joy-Cons to slap people and has been described as “if Punch-Out was themed after Jane Austen.” I was.
- The last game released by WayForward in the program was clock tower, receives the first localization. The 1995 Super Famicom horror game has been remade with his LRG ‘Carbon Engine’ and is set to launch in early 2024.
- Digital Eclipse’s next collection (TMNT Cowabunga Collection) is based on the 1984 action-adventure title ‘Karateka’. Originally created by Jordan Meckner (who later created the Prince of Persia game), the package includes a complete remaster of the game.
- The M2 development remaster of the Toaplan Shooter Tiger Heli, previously only released in Japan, will be available for pre-order in the fall. This includes multiple versions of Tiger Heli (including Mega Drive and Famicom), as well as the first home release for side-scrolling arcades. The game GetStar (known as “Guardian” outside of Japan).
- The Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection, a compilation of all the games based on the 1993 film, will be screened with more details coming soon. Footage included NES, SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, and Game Boy versions of him. Physical pre-orders will begin on September 1st.
- Another Crusade, the fourth wall-breaking RPG inspired by Super Mario RPG, is scheduled for release this fall.
- 3D platformer Double Shake will release on Switch in 2024.
- A remake of the 1997 Sony-published platformer Tomba was screened, but there was no release date.
new limited release
- The 2021 Indie Showcase veteran Chicory: A Colorful Tale will begin a physical run “soon” with pre-orders.
- The June 2021 release of Bear’s Restaurant by developer Odencat and its 2022 follow-up Fishing Paradiso are now available for physical pre-order as “Odencat’s Paradise Collection”.
- Dungeons of Aether, the action-RPG sequel to April’s release of the brawler Rivals of Aether, will be available for physical pre-order on July 14th.
- The Castlevania Advance Collection will be available for physical pre-order on July 28th.
- The popular amusement park sim, Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, will receive a full physical version this year, including the game’s PC extensions.
- A remake of the classic adventure Colossal Cave, developed by Ken and Roberta Williams of Sierra On-Line fame, will be physically released soon.
- Digitally released in 2022, the Touhou Multiverse-based run-and-gun 2D platformer “Komajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony” will be released as a physical version at a later date.
- Midnight Fight Express (2022) will have a boxed version in the future.
- The Gargoyles Remastered physical release will be distributed by Limited Run. Details will be announced in the fall.
dear god why
- The remastered version of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, the arguably divine 2011 character action title previously released on Steam, is coming to Switch via LRG.
- Advertised as a spiritual sequel to the CD-i Zelda game, developer Seedy Eye Software (which previously worked on fan remakes) has announced Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore, due out this year.
- After threatening for the past two years, the infamous Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties is now available for pre-order in September.
- The “other thing” of the show was the announcement of the Gex trilogy. His three early 3D platformers, which referenced completely outdated pop culture, had no release window.
Fixed Roller Coaster Tycoon Status: It Was A Digital Switch Release In 2020