Even though there’s no E3 this year we figured at least one company would move ahead with their big splashy presentation anyway. We didn’t think it would be Limited Run Games, but so far, they’re the only ones who have shown up. During a special presentation broadcast at 1 PM Pacific today, over 30 upcoming games were announced for release from the physical publisher, most for the first time.
Chucklefish Games and Robotality have announced a physical edition of their strategy game Pathway is now under production with the folks at Limited Run Games. The physical will come with a LRG trading card and an Adventurers Field Guide manual.
Since Microsoft isn’t willing to do anything with Banjo and Kazooie beyond license them out for Smash games, it falls to their creators to carry on with two knockoffs, Yooka and Laylee. So far, Playtonic Games — a game studio made up of ex-Rare employees — has whipped up two tributes in the form of Yooka-Laylee (the 3D Banjo games) and Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair (the 2D Donkey Kong Country games). We hoped we’d hear about a third game starring Yooka and Laylee during E3, but there was no such announcement yet. They will, however, be starring in a game of a different kind.
It’s that time of the year again….the time when Limited Run Games reveals everything they’re planning to publish in physical form over the next few months. This time there were a few surprises, but nothing as earth-shattering as in years past. Maybe Limited Run peaked with Scott Pilgrim.
Ask any collector what the hardest, most expensive Game Boy cartridge is to find, and if they don’t say “Shantae,” it’s at least in their top five. Matt and Emily Bozon’s creation made her hair-whipping debut in a critically acclaimed but underselling Game Boy Color cart back in 2002. The half-genie has starred in many games since, most of which have attracted a much wider audience and left them searching for the original.
Even though there’s no E3 this year, that didn’t stop Limited Run Games from holding their usual mega conference in a fake coliseum, with cheesy green screen effects aplenty. This year’s video was the longest ever, running over 40 minutes long and containing over thirty announcements.
It has finally happened! I have picked up a copy of Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse Collector’s Edition from Limited Run Games, but for $150! THAT IS TOO MUCH! It’s my fault that I waited so long to get it, but it’s worth it. Special thanks to KaivenX, who is a supporter and a fan of my content for a very long time. Also, he’s the only one who put up with me. youI have received the copy of that awesome bundle! Plus, I’m excited that I won’t have to worry about working on a month of Shantae in September, once I picked up a copy of Shantae: Half Genie Hero for the Switch. Now the main question is, will I ever get to pick up the ACTUAL copy of the Shantae game for the Game Boy Color??? Just look at the price of that game! It cost me my own freakin’ house just to pick that up!
Limited Run has had a presence at Portland Retro Gaming Expo for several years, pretty much since their inception, but this year they looked a little different. A LOT different, actually.
PM Studios and acttil announced today their strategy RPG Mercenaries Wings: The False Phoenix, now on the way for Playstation 4 and Nintendo Switch, will be getting a physical release via Limited Run Games later this month.
Limited Run Games held its E3 presentation at noon Pacific today and revealed much of its planned release schedule for 2019. The entire remainder of their Vita list was revealed and their first title for the 3DS was unveiled. MIA from the list was VAL-HA11-A for Switch, which was promised earlier…its absence is curious and we hope it’s not a bad sign.
Everyone’s eagerly awaiting Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, the upcoming return to Gothic castles from the man who put the “vania” into Metroidvania, Koji Igarashi. However we already got a taste of the game, in a manner of speaking: last year Iga released a spinoff, Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, that was rendered entirely in old-school 8-bit style.
Limited Run Games, preservers of physical copies and defenders against a digital future, surprised everybody late last night when they revealed their plans to start selling games for the Playstation 3. You read the correct number. It’s a console Sony no longer even makes, but they will apparently authorize new discs and cases for it. And what will Limited Run be selling first?