Beyond Good & Evil is an iconic title for a number of gamers, and it made quite a mark in the GameCube generation; back in 2006 we reviewed it and said it was "an intelligent, refreshing, well-balanced, and entertaining piece of genius".
Now Michel Ancel, the hugely respected developer who runs his own studio under the Ubisoft umbrella, has posted a delicious piece of concept art and the following comment on his Instagram page.

Somewhere in system 4 ... - Thanks #ubisoft for making this possible!
Naturally fans are going crazy on theories on who the characters could be, but it certainly seems to be extremely likely to reference the long awaited sequel.
It's no secret that the title is happening, with Ancel and Ubisoft saying at various points in the past year or two that it's an active project, albeit with no release timeline or even formal reveal on which to hang our hat. Destructoid also reported earlier this year that it had sources claiming the title could be an NX exclusive, with Ubisoft then asking for the story to be removed. Ubisoft has been consistently talking up the NX and saying it has surprise releases planned for the system, but that doesn't mean assumptions should necessarily be made about this release.
In any case, here's hoping that this project is picking up steam - naturally we'd love to see it on NX when it finally comes to fruition.
With thanks to SLIGEACH_EIRE for the heads up.
[source instagram.com]
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@JaxonH Well well, looks like you could be right.
As I just wrote in my Runner 3 post, Nintendo needs to get on with the NX reveal so we can see the games. It's not supposed to be about the hardware Nintendo, it's supposed to be about the games. Just show BG&E2 at the reveal and a lot of people will be excited, hardware won't matter, the way it should be.
Please, please, please, make this happen Nintendo! I would buy your system just for this game!!
@rjejr
Well it's certainly a distinct possibility,
We'll see how it plays out
I think it'll happen and it'll be NX exclusive. Prepare for Bayonetta 2 all over again and the ensuing tears.
Oh and the image suggests a prequel rather than a sequel but it could be a flashback or perhaps you play in different time periods.
Coming to PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
Assuming it's exclusive, mid-life cycle I don't believe this would be a system seller. But an exclusive at or near to launch would be a whole different proposition.
Good timing. I just finished up BG&E HD last weekend. My first time beating the game AND with 100% completion.
I had the original on PC a long time ago, but my PC couldn't keep up very well, so I never beat it. The last boss was a slideshow on my old machine. lol.
If this was an NX exclusive I don't think Ubisoft would be teasing everyone with this picture before Nintendo had the chance to do a surprise reveal of it during the showcasing of the launch line of the NX games.
@FragRed It hasn't given anything away. It's just concept art. We knew it was coming. We've heard the rumours and that it could be an NX exclusive. I think it's a great idea. Now all PS and XB owners interest will be piqued only to hear later that they need to buy an NX to play it.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Did you miss the thing at the bottom of the article?
@Mega_Yarn_Poochy Nope, I seen it.
Is Nintendo waiting as long as possible to reveal the NX so they can show a steady stream of for sure games like maybe this, Bayonetta 3, Metroid, 3D Mario, Pokemon, Zelda, Pikmen 4, and what ever else they have in production? Could make for an interesting 1st year if, at the reveal, they have 6 exclusive titles with release dates for the launch year as well as teaser projects in development
Seems about right.
The wait for the NX is Beyond Good and Evil!
@rjejr Home console confirmed!
And before you ask why: IF this game is coming to NX, it will not be on any handheld device.
If I remember correctly, Michel Ancel already said somewhere last year, or even longer ago, that this game couldn't run on the Wii U, and the NX handheld is not going to be more powerful than the Wii U.
@BensonUii "... on every NX article."
You really don't need the "NX" in there.
But in this case, @JaxonH had told me a month or 2 ago BG&E2 could be an NX, not sure if he said exclusive or mentioned launch or not, but I basically laughed in his face, so this was my mea culpa. I'll still be shocked if it's an exclusive, and very happily surprised if it's even on NX, but Jax was the one who told me about it.
Have you sang my song yet? If enough people sing it then NX will be revealed.
#JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX
So, JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
September has nearly went
October fast approaching
If you say it loud enough
You'll drown out Pro n Scorpio
JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Are all the hybrid rumours true
Is this a 4 D S
Will we get 1 console or 2
You're causing much distress
Eurogamer told us 1 thing
HNF another
Nintendo Direct let it sing
You damn dirty mother
So, JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
September has nearly went
October fast approaching
If you say it loud enough
You'll drown out Pro n Scorpio
JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Iwata told us brothers is were the future takes us
iOS and Android are just like a run-a-way bus
Software departments were combined so games can keep comin'
It's time for a hardware reveal so we can get to gamin'
JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
September has nearly went
October fast approaching
If you say it loud enough
You'll drown out Pro n Scorpio
JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
Um-dittle-ittl-um-dittle-I
So get in gear oh can't you see
We've waited long enough
Now's the time, time is now
This waiting has just got too rough
I'm going bald and I can't sleep
Your ruining my life
For example
Yes?
I spend more time on Nintendo Life than I'm with my wife
Oh! And a lovely thing she is too. he he he
So #JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
JusttellusReggiewhenyoulltellusallabouttheNX!
@ThanosReXXX Well that's all well and good, except this might not even be on NX, it's just a random tweet and w/ all things NX people are just jumping to conclusions. [I only saw the IF after typing this ]
If it is on NX though, I'll give you AMD x86 confirmed. And maybe ARM in the controller? Though I really like DMP for something.
@rjejr Right folks, thanks to rejr we're now never going to see the NX. Send your thanks his way.
@rjejr DMP is ARM, so there you go.
This picture was already made earlier, so it may not be a prequel after all. Maybe there's parts in the game where you play flashbacks of how the main characters grew up and finally ended up together.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE including the bad sales?
If it's a NX exclusive it'll certainly help and shift some consoles, but just like the NX we have to wait and see.
@BensonUii Haha. That's gold! When @rjejr says every article, he means every article.
It does not matter if it's NintendoLife, Push Square or even resurrecting old comment sections on Pure XBox (R.I.P.), he's there!
@BensonUii I'll go with "I don't want to miss a thing" from Aerosmith, especially the part where it says "Don't wanna close my eyes".
This reveal is going to be so quick, that you can't even blink or you'll miss it...
If the game is ever released, it's not going to be an NX exclusive. Pretending otherwise is just plain dumb. There's a 0% chance of that happening. The first game flopped. Ubisoft will want this one to sell.
People are forgetting that Michel Ancel said,
“Thanks to Ubisoft for making this possible!”
Yes the first game sold poorly. So did the first Bayonetta but that didn't stop Nintendo picking up the sequel. He could easily be thanking Ubisoft for allowing Nintendo to pick up the cheque book and pay for the sequel because the game has been going nowhere fast for well over a decade. People also said the same things before Bayonetta 2 was officially announced. There was also that rumour a while back that Nintendo had procured it as an exclusive.
Keep in mind Wii U and us as owners were shunned from the HD remake......talk about exclusive, we exclusively get shoved aside and you guys think this new game is now NX exclusive?
Pffft, doubt it.
Think they're going to need a Re-Remaster of the original soon to remind gamers of the franchise. Even the PS360 port was years ago and we're on a new console gen.
@BensonUii Inventive... so thumbs up for that, but in the case of NX, I think that the original lyrics, and especially the lines I quoted, will suffice. Making lyrics to other songs does seem to be a recurring thing with Italian NLife members, though. Gotta love it...
And just for the sake of hyping this game up even more, let's remind people of the early teasers, now already more than 5 years old, so things may have changed in the meantime...
I could see them pulling a BAYONETTA 2 and packing in the first game as a download code. Giving NX BG&E2 as an exclusive would certainly make up for the RAHMAN LEGENDS debacle on WiiU.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE We'll, I'll take full responsibility for not seeing it after today, but I only wrote the song b/c we haven't seen it yet, and you can't blame that on me. Well you could, everybody else does, but really, it's not my fault. At least I don't think it's my fault.
@Angelic_Lapras_King The reminder has already been posted, a month ago on Games with Gold for Xbox 360.
@rjejr - I don't even wanna know how long it took you to type all that!
@BensonUii Ah, my bad. I also get pegged like that sometimes, because I'm a yank living in Amsterdam.
@BensonUii "Game's a journey not about trophies"
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2016/09/rise_of_the_tomb_raider_has_a_ridiculous_125_trophies_on_ps4
@Gerbwmu I did a copy and paste of the original lyrics, took me about 30 minutes to come up w/ the rest. It was fun.
http://www.songlyrics.com/mary-poppins/supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-lyrics/
Well, if that rumour about it being exclusive to NX is true (and it IS interesting that Ubi asked Destructoid to remove that article), the internet's gonna explode again as it did for Bayo 2. Its was so funny.... but so sad for people's reactions.
It has a fair chance though - a new console needs games to get attention, and Nintendo has a nice fund reserve as to finance this.
@Sir_JBizzle "It does not matter if it's..."
You should see my twitter feed. By the end of last nights debate I was voting Reggie for President and NX for his VP.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE Congrats on your story mate
@rjejr - that debate was.......um.......yeah
I really hope Nintendo pulls off a BG&E coup like they did with Bayonetta and publishes the 1st game with it on NX. I think that with a Bayonetta 3 and a list of 1st party games with release dates in the 1st year of NX could really help the pre sales hype
If Nintendo makes this happen the way they did for Bayonetta 2, I'd buy the system at launch just on principle alone.
Hamtastic news!
@BensonUii
Well, yeah, yours truly happens to be 100% made in Da Boot. So you're not from Italy, but you just work there (here)? How come?
He has a very awkward name considering the project he's teasing. I have a feeling this won't be the first time I have to catch my breathe thinking they finally chose to "cancel" Beyond Good & Evil 2...
@Gerbwmu "could really help the pre sales hype"
Well, it couldn't do any worse than they are doing now. Anxiety is not the same thing as hype.
@CanisWolfred A good thing then that his first name doesn't start with a 'C'. That would REALLY be creepy...
@rjejr "Anxiety is not the same thing as hype"
No, more like hives...
I don't have my hopes up for this one. but if Ancel comes through I'll buy it day one. No matter the system.
I loved the first one, if they did this as a launch title for NX I'll buy day one.
I'm playing the game right now on my Xbox one on HD amazing game amazing story amazing everything!! I'm shocked how this game failed !!! Why ? There is nothing missing with it ... It's so sad to see such a masterpiece game fail like this
@peeks
I missed it on Gamecube but got HD remix for 360........... it is one of VERY FEW games where the second I finished, I sat in awe for a few minutes and then immediately started from the beginning and played it all the way through again. (see also Lufia 2)
It really is an amazing piece of storytelling, pace, variety of gameplay all while feeling like a unified experience. I don't know if a sequel can even live up to it, but this is at the level of half-life 3 (or even higher) in my list of "please-please-please-make-this-game"
... games. system seller for anyone who has played the first. no doubt.
@ThanosReXXX ...C. Ancel, okay, I get you. Still, saying the full name quick is bad enough. -_-;
I think it would be a big win for the system if it turns out to be true.
One of the best games ever. Both games on NX please.
@ThanosReXXX No good for Sony gamers since PS4 doesnt do backward compatibility... @_@
@Angelic_Lapras_King The Games with Gold thing, you mean? It wasn't really about that, but about the game itself being in recent memory again, regardless of platform.
And it's on Steam too: http://store.steampowered.com/app/15130/
@ThanosReXXX Yeah, but I mean Sony gamers won't get much of a reminder unless they kept their PS3.
They'll probably to a Re-Remaster anyway if the sequel does finally get revealed. Hell, they could do what they're doing with the South Park sequel and just give away a PS4/XBONE version download of the original for free with the sequel.....
Somehow this single piece of art expands the possibilities of the Beyond Good and Evil universe in a very exciting way.
@Angelic_Lapras_King Well, the Xbox version was already free for both Xbox 360 and Xbox One users, AND it was the HD version as well, so no need to release that again...
@ThanosReXXX Assuming also of course Nintendo didnt chunk some money at the sequel.
In which case, NX PORT OF THE ORIGINAL! XD
@Angelic_Lapras_King I think it would be nice for the people that haven't played the first one yet to also include that with this new game, but I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
I also wonder how that will go with cartridges. Two in one box or two games on one cartridge?
@ThanosReXXX Probably a cart for the sequel and an download code for the original just like South Park.
Aaaaah! Every time this games pops up again it looks so beautiful and I try not to get excited but I can't help it! It's been so long!
Really hope it's a sequel with flashback though. They can't leave a cliffhanger like that and then after almost a decade release a prequel! Hope Jade is back too.
As for NX exclusivity? I'd love that, even as a timed exclusive. People here hate on Ubi a lot but honestly, given the state of the WiiU their support was amazing. I can't think of a third party that supported it more? At least not in the West. Sure the Rayman thing was messy but the game was amazing in the end, so water under the bridge and all that.
Here's to a prosperous relationship between Nintendo and Ubisoft with the NX. Whatever it is!
To those of you doubting that Beyond Good & Evil 2 is coming to the NX, stop doubting it! The only question to ask is, is it an NX exclusive? I can't say 100% but I believe it is. I've heard it numerous times from sources I respect and they say it's happening. RMC on GoNintendo was only talking about it a little over a week ago on his weekly podcast. Watch the video below from 1:11:40 onwards for a few minutes.
It's happening folks and I think Nintendo forked out the money to resurrect it from its perpetual limbo. Besides, Ubisoft need a major title to get back in our good books.
Stop taunting me ;__;
Exclusively on the NX.
I just want to play BG&E outright. I gotta find a better emulation. Thanks for not releasing Gamecube games, Nintendo.
Another likely concept art image from BG&E2.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BK7ZwcYgNim
Nah, its just Farcry 5, lol!
But seriously: It would be sooo cool if this would hit NX, even better if it would be a NX exclusive! Beautiful pictures by the way. The little pig suggests that it would be a prequel!
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