Last week, on the same day as the Mortal Kombat 11 reveal, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid was announced. While many onlookers at the time thought this was a bold move by nWay - the developer and publisher also responsible for the hit mobile game Power Rangers: Legacy Wars - it turns out this reveal was not intended.
Hasbro, Lionsgate and nWay planned to announce the new Power Rangers fighting game on 22nd January (a week later) until a YouTube channel uploaded the game’s trailer and press release ahead of schedule. It led the creators behind the game with no choice but to embrace the moment. While the response so far has been “good” for most parts, during a recent interview with DualShockers, Senior Product Manager Jesse Cherry reassured fans the game was not a cheap, quick and nasty mobile port and was instead being “made from the ground up” for modern consoles.
In saying this, some tech is being borrowed from the mobile game Legacy Wars to improve the match-making and cross-play features in Battle for the Grid. The goal is to deliver a quality fighting experience that matches other popular fighting games already available on home consoles. One other essential part of the development outside of the game’s match-making is the animation - with the aim to create full movement, previously unseen in the mobile game. Cherry noted how nWay had taken great care when recreating animations based on the source material.
As for why this game is being released on consoles, according to Cherry, it’s all to do with fan demand and people wanting to play a Power Rangers game with a controller:
“Constantly in our mentions and comments, people were asking ‘can we get a full controller, Marvel vs. Capcom style fighting game for consoles. That’s what spurred [Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid] on”
The cross-platform fighting game arrives on the Switch eShop this April. For more details about this upcoming release and how to pre-order it, check out our previous post. If you haven’t already seen it, below is the game’s official trailer:
Are you excited about this game? Tell us below.
[source dualshockers.com]
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I’m going to wait for some more info on this game but I’m heavily intrigued. Even moreso that it’s not a mobile port. Also the green/white ranger cameo is bonus points. It’s gotta be good!
Lightspeed Rescue Titanium Ranger Ryan and Dino Charge Black Ranger Chase, please, ty.
Throw in Zord battles and the villains as fighters and I'm sold.
I hope they had zord battles as well. It'll get quite boring if the entire game is just ranger/monster/villain battles.
Well, considering the last Power Ranger game of note was that PS4 meh-fest MMPR: Mega Battle, I guess they don't have anywhere to go but up with this.
Where is Rita Repulsa ? 😆
I hope Power Rangers Zeo costume can be selected as well. Love those . Go go powder rangers la la la. Go go powder rangers. I can't wait!
Man, this is gonna have a hard time competing with MK11.
I'd take this over MK11 any day as long as it's a competent game. I don't really need something overly technical - Street Fighter has me covered on that front.
But they have to bring in the Power Rangers goodness hard - Zord Battles, Villains, big roster (the 15 slots shown so far are not great, especially considering how many characters are in the mobile game), classic tunes (or heck, bring in Ron Wasserman to do some brand new ones!) and, hopefully, a physical edition.
It's been a while since we've had a Power Rangers game that was actually good - Samurai on the Wii. The 3DS titles were less than stellar and MMPR Mega Battle never arrived on a Nintendo system, so I've been dying for some good new PR action.
Power Rangers really hasn't had a decent game I can remember. I so want it to be good, but history dictates it probably wont be. Think the SNES had the last decent one...
Yeah I'll stick with Mortal Kombat 11 for now, a game that truly was made for consoles and is looking great.
Who are they making this game for? Kids these days don't know no Power Rangers, only adults in their 30s will know them.
@Retupmocnin
Presumably for us then?
So, why are power rangers fighting each other? This is blasphemy.
As the big Power Ranger fan I am I can't wait for this to hit the switch. Hopefully it has a decent single player story mode hopefully based around the shattered grid storyline from the boom comics. Maybe the LupinRanger Vs PatRanger sentai series will be adapted soon after beast morphers and we in the west can play the switch game of that!
@Retupmocnin Completely untrue. First off, my nephew is obsessed with Power Rangers and was the Red Ninja Steel Ranger for Halloween. And while taking my kids and nieces and nephew out to trick or treat, there were a ton of Power Ranger costumes. The most surprising was that there were quite a few older team costumes sprinkled in and not just Ninja Steel. So yes, kids these days do know who Power Rangers are.
@ncb1397 it's training
@Shellcore I find Lightspeed Rescue for PS1 to be the ultimate PR game. It's just a 3D beat-'em-up with the og voice cast and scenes from the show, all fun. The music is great too. I'd recommend this game to anyone who likes action/adventure games.
The SPD game for GBA is just like the SNES one but has every ranger use a different ability to progress and is pretty playable, at least I'd say it passes for decent.
@Retupmocnin They still make the show, so some kids have to still be watching. Hell, the first Hasbro produced series, Power Rangers Beast Riders, is going to launch soon and you bet Hasbro will probably go all out to get kids and adults to watch the show and buy the toys.
I mean I'm sure Hasbro wants to earn back that $500 million they spend on buying the franchise (And when you compare what Saban paid to buy it back from Disney, that's a huge increase.)
@UmbreonsPapa Bet you couldnt resist saying "NIN-JA STEEL!" all night like in the theme song. XD
Its nice to hear they're taking it seriously. Just hope it pays off in a good game.
I mean, the trailer had the Dragon Dagger tune during the preorder bonus part so that has to mean effort, right.......?
@Retupmocnin are you living under a rock? Kids still watch the Power Rangers.
If it's not too expensive, I may give this a go just for the nostalgia Mighty Morphin' feels!
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