Switch physical releases seem to be alive and well, with Limited Run Games announcing "two-week pre-orders" for a physical copy of Battle Princess Madelyn on Switch and PS4 go live later this week, on 25th October.
Here's a bit about the game, in case you forgot:
Madelyn and her (ghost) dog Fritzy must save the kingdom from an evil wizard in Battle Princess Madelyn, a 2D action-adventure!
And below is a message from the creator Chris Obritsch, who talks about the changes in the Royal Edition:
Part way through development, it became clear that the game was straying from it's originally intended roots. The game was intended to be Story Mode and Arcade mode in the same level set. But with all of the added extras of the Kickstarter and story additions added to appease the CMF funding we never ended up getting, the levels needed to be made much bigger and the flow no longer worked for the arcade. It became more "fetch quest" and less of an action adventure game that was originally designed, this was due to accommodating all of the backer NPCs. We continued on this path and I separated the Levels into two sets: One designed for story mode - the original levels and one designed just for arcade mode. And while we were happy with the way the game turned out in the long run - it wasn't the game I had originally set out to make. So I pulled out my old designs from before Kickstarter and CMA funding application, which required us to alter and add certain story bits to meet their criteria for submission. I began to change things to be the way they were before either mode existed and more like my prototype. My partner and lead developer of CBG had also left at the time to pursue another career, therefore I had personally reprogrammed a lot of different things for this version of the game. You'll see the movement for skeletons resembles the movement of my prototype as it was originally intended. Little things such as this will have changed as well.
Will you be adding this to your physical Switch library? Tell us below.
[source limitedrungames.com]
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Idk Let’s see what the pricing comes in at. It is a good game but not for $35-$40.
One thing that would be a neat new series of articles is rereviewing a game after it gets all of its DLC and updates. Give it a final grade post updates and such. Let the consumer know how much better it gets or not.
So is Chris Obritsch saying that the Royal edition plays PURELY like Ghouls 'n Ghosts now? If so then I'm VERY interested in buying it, as we can't seem to get any G&G love from Capcom anymore. I hope it doesn't cost too much from LRG though, I've run out of organs to sell... maybe my brain?
@Zach777
Good idea! How about it, NL?
Got this one on Steam and yeah, I won't be double dipping on it unlike a few others (Freedom Planet, Shantae 3/4, River City Girls, etc).
I might bite. Always wanted to give it a go (despite its initial mixed reception) and it seems to have changed a fair bit. I'm also a sucker for physical copies, so if I feel like I can spare the money I might preorder.
Great, a week after I finally caved and bought it from Play Asia this appears?? For flip sake.
This is a completely different version of the game? It would be nice to have it as an update, as the original game just wasn’t very fun. I have the Asia release, and won’t be double dipping.
@DockEllisD The knock back is super super annoying, but i will pick up another switch version as it's a different game and hopefully more of what i had originally expected.
@Joekun Same, i backed it but also bought the Asian physical as i didn't want to wait. The game is very unbalanced and becomes quite annoying to me. I will pick-up this switch version as it is different and possibly more of what i expected.
Man why waste time doing this one again when they could had make physical edition out of the games that really needs them? C'mon Limited Run go grab us some physical version of Grandia HD Collection, FAST RMX, The Mummy Demastered, Untitled Goose Game, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Stick it to the Man, the Doom Trilogy, Ori and the Blind Forest, and Blaster Master Zero 1 & 2 for Switch please.
Will it really be different from the Japanese physical version everyone already owns, or will this version also be updated? It is unclear if this background story/anecdote is actual recent development?
I suppose I'll consider it, there tends to be the odd game on Limited Run I bundle together with another purchase, as one pre-order opens and another ends.
They're probably not all that limited, as mentioned the Asia/JP region multi-language release is already available on Play-asia.
@retro_player_22
Limited Run Games have already announced a physical release of Blaster Master Zero, but not its sequel.
I'm hoping that they will do both.
A game like Ori and the Blind Forest is extremely unlikely given that it's Microsoft.
@TurboTEF It's a different game.
@RupeeClock
Where did LRG announce Blaster Master Zero? That would be awesome but I can't find it on their site.
@nin10dobot
It was during their E3 presentation back in June 2019.
https://limitedrungames.com/blogs/news/lrg-e3-2019
A number of things listed here have already had their pre-order windows come and go, like Blazing Chrome, Freedom Planet, Turok, some Star Wars games, Power Rangers, Shenmue III, Transistor, etc.
They've also had some pre-orders for games that were not announced during E3, such as Timespinner, and Wondersong.
Night in the Woods was also announced for pre-order, but the expected pre-order dates are likely to be delayed due to unfortunate circumstances surrounding the developers.
@RupeeClock
Oh wow, thanks so much!
@YANDMAN
Yeah, I reread everything and was actually impressed tbh. I'll probably go ahead and get this version too for a more authentic Ghouls n' Ghosts style game.
I've only gotten about 3-4 hours of a sleep a day this past week so I've been knee-jerking reacting to lots of things.
Combine it with Blazing Chrome and call it a day
@TurboTEF I have the Switch asian physical, i originally abcked it for the wiiu and then that got changed to the PS4. Thge game in it's original form caused me to lose interest rapidly. Whilst there is a storm brewing over the release of this 'Royal' version and the fact that it is a switch exclusive i am interested in it if it means it's a better play experience.
Are they still releasing this for Wii-U too? I seem to remember last year them saying it would release on Switch first and then still release on Wii-U later the next year (this year). Only a couple months left of this year.
I wish the key art was even halfway as good looking as the in-game art. How much of an audience is this game missing because it looks cheap?
@YANDMAN I understand the sentiment, but I feel that the dev hasn’t earned any trust with what he has delivered so far. Now he’s offering a limited run of a version of the game no one has seen, and has no reviews. We don’t know if this limited run will be the only way to get this version of the game going forward or not, and by the time reviews hit the game will be sold out. It’s a smart way to fool people twice. Hopefully this new version is great, but there is no way to know.
@Joekun He has already stated it will not be available anywhere else, but has stipulated that it could release on Steam at some point in the fututre time permiting. It certainly is an odd situation but as i do truly love the franchise on which this is inspired i'm prepared to give it a go if it does indeed bring an enjoyable game. If not it will certainly be an interesting collectors piece.
@rdrunner1178 No.
@MisterKorman
Ha, totally; we find ourselves in a no-win world often, don’t we.?! Admittedly, I am one of those physical hold-outers, but when the time comes that one of my games I’ve wanted goes physical, I STFU and just open the coffers! Now, with Night in the Woods (etc.) and possibly dubba-dippin, well...aaaaarrrrghhh!!
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