Power Rangers: Battle For The Grid is set to receive a physical collector's edition later this year, publisher Maximum Games has confirmed.
This fancy physical release will include the full Collector's Edition game, and also throws in a new, previously unavailable character, Lauren Shiba. As seen at the end of the new trailer (above), you can also get your hands on the Green Ranger V2 skin as a limited preorder bonus.
It'll launch for Switch - and other platforms, too - on 6th October, priced at $29.99 / €29.99. If you want to learn more about the game, feel free to check out our full review. We'll even leave a quick snippet for you below.
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid isn't some cheap tie into a quarter-century-old franchise – at least not in sense of its core mechanics and gameplay. With a smooth 60fps in all formats on Switch, lots of modes to play through and support for ranked and casual bouts online, it's a decent fighter, even without the licence. However, an ugly yet suitably contemporary approach to content accessibility leaves this game feeling frustratingly spartan to anyone who doesn't invest in a rolling number of ongoing season passes.
Do you already own the game digitally? Will this physical release tempt you into a purchase? Let us know down below.
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So does this have all the dlc? The lrg run of it had the season one dlc included so........?!
(Isn’t Lauren supposed to be in the S3 pass along with RJ (jungle fury wolf ranger) and Scorpina?)
Ok, Limited Run already did a physical release for this game a while back (it's still available on Best Buy) and charged $60 for it. As a physical collector of Switch games, I'm a bit irritated at this price gouging crap happening with physical Switch games (especially limited ones). There have been a couple releases so far that have gotten released by multiple publishers (sometimes at different prices for the same thing). There needs to be some standards put in place to protect the customer as this is getting out of hand. Glad to see this is getting a proper standard physical release but I feel bad for physical Switch collector's getting yanked around by these "limited" publishers.
@TreonsRealm yeah I’ve now given up on LRG and their ilk.
I had everyone from start and gave up a while ago now. Cowboys that know they are signing a deal that means they won’t be limited at all but don’t tell us.
It’s happened loads now. Disgusting to claim you are one thing and be another. Limited run games are the worse. The guys are all over the Internet preaching their morale codes and what their business stands for and it’s all lies.
I hope people avoid from now on.
@Stocksy
Problem is that we as consumers don’t know if a game will get a second retail physical release.
It's a good move for Maximum Games. The publisher is usually associated with publishing mediocre games. However, Power Rangers BftG is not mediocre. This release will improve their rep a bit.
We have the limited run physical copy. That kind of sucks.
@Cevil
The fault tends to lie with the game developers, not the publishers here.
Limited Run Games only represents a release market for the North America region, but it happens that they have a lot of customers worldwide due to the nature of their releases.
But in the case of Streets of Rage 4, aka Bare Knuckle IV, they found other publishers for the European and Asian regions. They were announced after the LRG pre-orders went live.
@Shworange Sorry but I disagree. Why only limit a physical release to those lucky few? At least your copy will always be the LRG variant. I pre-ordered SoR 4 from LRG but didn't give two hoots that it then got a proper release. Unforseen to LRG, they apologised and offered refunds if people wanted it. I really didn't think it necessary to cancel as I wanted the game physically regardless. They's more to life than to be bitter about a game you bought for its exclusivity and then realise it gets an official release.
Well I bought the digital version of the Collector's Edition back in May I think and recently bought the wolf ranger guy. I like it, looks good and runs really well, as a fan who grew up watching from the beginning it is a solid game. Not sure if I'll buy the physical copy but who knows I just might, stay safe everyone and happy gaming.
So glad I didn't get the Limited Run edition. I'd already bought the game (which wasn't as good at launch)...yet I really wanted to have it physical editon, as I'm a hardcore Power Rangers fan.
Now this gives me a chance at a much more reasonable price, and if it already comes with the Season 3 pass, so much the better.
I've been thinking about getting this game physically thru Best Buy but it cost $60 and doesn't even come with all of the DLC so I didn't.
For $30 I would buy a copy. The eshop says this game supports local wireless play but can anyone confirm that? If so then I'd pay $60 for 2 copies. I hope this version comes with all of the DLC at least.
Oh please let it be an instruction manual oh pretty please let it be something that was standard with your video game purchase 10 years ago (crosses fingers)
@GameOtaku Yeah, this looks like another physical cartridge version with updated DLC but not all the DLC. If fighting games are going this route then why even have a physical version?
This did seem like an odd choice for Limited Run games. I mean it's not like Hasbro would struggle getting a disc/cart deal put together with a publisher right?
It’s so disappointing. With over 20 seasons of legacy to create a massive roster here we are with such meager offerings. It’s easily one of the best fighting games on Switch yet it’s held back because of lack of content (its roster should’ve easily topped Smash Ultimates going by the base 5 of most seasons it should’ve been around 105 Rangers not counting villains).
@Tipehtfomottob I didn’t buy it for exclusivity. I don’t care about that. My kid wanted the game. I bought it for almost double the asking price of the new version. I’m don’t care about collecting crap. Just getting around the garbage sharing system that switch has. This way multiple kids can play on their switch’s
@Cevil signature edition games is just merge who makes the retail version. They just make their own limited for every big game.
Okay, so, a particular UK retailer has this edition on pre-order for 21.95 GBP...at that price, I'm seriously getting worried this might be a code-in-a-box thing...Are we sure we're getting a cartridge?
Also, confirmed, Season 1 and 2 DLC is included. Lauren is the ONLY season 3 character included, RJ and Scorpina are not, which is pretty lame.
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