Here's a classification you might not have expected! As spotted on social media, the ESRB for North America recently rated the Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition for multiple platforms including the Nintendo Switch.
The action-adventure game is rated 'E10+' and contains animated blood and fantasy violence. Here's a summary of the rating - sharing a little bit of insight about this unannounced release:
"This is an action-adventure game in which players assume the role of a reporter accompanied by a pig-like companion investigating a conspiracy on the planet of Hillys. From a third-person perspective, players explore fantasy locations, take photos of evidence, solve puzzles, and fight robot and alien enemies. Combat is sometimes fast-paced, with players using melee weapons (e.g., staffs, torches) to strike stylized enemies that generally break apart or vanish into puffs of smoke. One boss battle depicts a squid-like alien stabbed in the eye, with yellow-green splatter effects."
Ubisoft's Beyond Good & Evil originally made its debut on the GameCube, Xbox and PlayStation 2 back in November 2003. The game's 20th anniversary is obviously just around the corner, so we will likely be hearing something from Ubisoft about this latest version in the near future.
And if you're wondering about the sequel. Ubisoft is still working on Beyond Good and Evil 2. Although there have not been many updates, the publisher confirmed earlier this year the development team was still hard at work on the ambitious sequel.
Would you be interested in replaying Ubisoft's classic action-adventure? Did you play Beyond Good & Evil when it first arrived on the scene? Leave a comment below.
[source esrb.org, via twitter.com]
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I’ve always wanted to play this but I heard it had some dated controls or maybe it was no invert option for the camera… anyway I never got around to it. If the remaster/rerelease gets a good review i may at last finally play. Lol
Wow, that'd be fantastic if true! Been wanting to play the original Beyond Good & Evil for ages now (to the point where I was genuinely considering picking up an old Xbox 360 just for it) and a potentially remastered version for modern platforms would be amazing!
BG&E2 may still be purgatory but hey small price to pay I suppose XD
Sweet, it was a wonderful little game. The original was released at a ridiculous low price of around £20 back in the day so hopefully they don't take the Michael and ask £50, Red Dead style for the remaster. Still, I would urge everyone to give it a go if you haven't already.
Fudge yeah! I loved the game at the time.
NICE!
One of the things to do in the game is to complete a photo album. And I will never forget my friend playing through it (Spoilers ahead) At the end of the game when Pey'j dies, I asked my friend if he'd remembered to photograph him. He gave a casual 'oh yeah...' and nonchantly snapped his lifeless corpse on the floor. And it counted! Hilarious. There's one for the family album...
I LOVED this game back on PS2!
I still remember getting it from GAME alongside Spiderman 2 and Haven: Call of the King as part of 3 for £10 back in the day.
(Bet it'll cost more on Switch xD)
I suspect they'll use the HD versions from PS3/360 as base.
I'm in!
YES! YES! Please, let this be true!
Yes! Often on my bingo card for directs as an unexpected but possible surprise.
Fantastic game. Had it for both PC and Xbox360 and it's an absolute blast. Good story, top soundtrack and great fun to play. Certainly worth checking out.
Hmm, will keep an eye out for a physical, have seen it and liked the look, but not played it.
Oh for the love of…. I literally just finished this on Cube for the first time this month. I enjoyed it, but have zero desire to replay it any time soon. Wonder what (if any) bells and whistles they add.
@AG_Awesome there is a camera invert option. But I did find the controls a little clunky overall, which did hamper the combat. The number of times I did a forward roll when trying to quit the camera mode…
I really hope the include an invert y axis camera option this time around.🤞
Edit: I should've read the other comments before posting.🙄
Will happily play this Pokemon Snap + Zelda clone again.
@gaga64 there is an invert camera option but it changes both axis. Very hard to play.
@gaga64 Yeah I couldn’t remember exactly what the review I read said about it (years ago) but something jumped out at me that I didn’t like the sounds of and figured I’d just have miss for a while (which turned into years, lol).
If they give the game some modern controls than I will give them my money.
Oh this would be lovely to have on Switch. I have no faith in the prequel/sequel at this point though. They sorta lost the plot years ago.
Never played this despite wanting to so this is great news for me, looking forward to the official announcement and fingers crossed this version will be good!
I've owned this game for ages on the Xbox and never gotten around to actually playing it.
This is my favorite Ubisoft game, so this will be a day 1 for me!
I never played this game but I cannot look at this and not think of the sequel that's in development hell that Michel Ancel so badly wanted to make before making a new Rayman game until suddenly retiring
One of my faves ever and perfectly playable in 4K with invert y-axis on Dolphin. The story/characters are top notch.
Neat. I saw BG&E is playable through Ubisoft+ Cloud streaming, but I would definitely prefer some modern updates if possible.
Beyond Good and Evil 2
0th Anniversary Editionis real!Direct announcement, incoming.
@Lizuka me too! Always heard good things about it, but never got around to it. Hope it's worth picking up again!
Cool game - I am sick and tired of constant industry remakes.
Wonder if the new Beyond good and evil game will ever come out.
This gonna be one of those games where everybody buys it because they've been hearing about for 20 years
And then once everyone actually gets to play it, they're gonna realize that it's super overrated and then we can finally stop hearing about it
Great, I played the GC version. Really good game!
I bought this game on Gamecube when it released. It's the only game I ever bought and then played non-stop in one sitting until I finished. I bought it at Best Buy around 7pm, went back to the dorm, started playing around 8pm, kept playing all night and all morning until I finished it. I never blitz games like that but it was such a great experience I couldn't stop! Replayed it multiple times over the next few months.
That said, a decade later I replayed the game and it was WAY clunkier than I remembered. Hopefully the remake tweaks enough to modernize it.
There are many stand out aspects of this game but one that really wowed me is how the camera and the stage design is set up to make basically ANY screenshot feel professional, like it could be used in a magazine or on the back of the box. At any moment you could take a picture and it will look well staged.
To this day I've never seen another 3D game do such intentional framing, and it blows me away.
Beyond Good and Evil is one of a few Gamecube games I have that I didn't get around to playing. Eternal Darkness is still ahead of it on that list.
Sweet! I'd love to see this come to Switch! I think it would hold up beautifully. Hopefully there's a physical copy too, maybe with some extra goodies to commemorate the anniversary.
@AlexHarford Eternal Darkness is amazing! Hopefully it gets a rerelease!
I played the HD version on PS3. Really hope the sequel gets released someday and not just end up on the long list of cancelled games.
One of my favourites. Still own this on GameCube and played the HD version on my Xbox 360. Will definitely pick up this version too.
Funny, I have the original - never played it, and now I just set up a Gamecube again, for the first time in 15 years. So I guess I’m good, but I’d be curious what they change with the rerelease.
I picked this game up on Steam a few years ago. Unfortunately I was never able to get it running properly. So I'm excited for the opportunity to actually play this game.
I still remember buying this when it came out in a Game store in the UK. The cashier told me I was the first person to buy a copy, implying that it was great but selling badly. Loved it though, one of my favourites back in the day. As for the sequel..... well, it was a PS3 game at one point as I recall. Maybe it will get a 20th anniversary release date for twenty years of development at this point.
I beat this one 8 years ago and felt it held up, great little Zelda clone. That was a great era for Ubisoft, with this and Sands of Time
I'm glad that even though Beyond Good and Evil 2 is still being work on that they are also giving us the original to tie us over. Sad that the original creator passed away though so his vision for the sequel won't be what we got for the sequel if that ever came to fruition.
Nice to see another old classic come to Switch (psst Microsoft, port Psychonauts to Switch!). I just hope they have done the game justice in the remastering and been able to remove some of the jank in way the game controls. It’s a game with a lot of heart, but is showing its age, so hopefully gets some nice QoL upgrades in this version.
I've heard this game was a cult classic but never checked it out. Maybe this will be my chance to try it.
I am happy for any Gamecube re-releases. Keep them coming.
Huh this is interesting. But the fact that it’s a GameCube game makes me even more interested in it.
I hope it has the Dutch audio as well. I remember being royally ticked off there was no English audio option, but then I started playing it and my goodness the Dutch dub was AMAZING!!
I bought it once on PS2 and then double-dipped for PS3. I may triple-dip for Switch.
and still no info on the sequel seriously wth is ubisoft doing its like they dont care about it just leaving fans of this game in the dark.
If it's a quality port, I'll definitely consider this one! I've heard good things about the original. My interest in the series was piqued after the BG&E 2 announcement. Even if the latter is somewhere in dev purgatory.
@Cashews ditto. Let's just hope it's just a solid port of the original game.
GameCube is the unofficial virtual console for Switch that we wished we had for other past consoles. Metroid Prime, Mario Sunshine, Pikmin, Baten Kaitos, Ikaruga, Tales of Symphonia, Monkey Ball, Resident Evil, and now this. If only those Zelda HDs would get off their duffs and release themselves. And Viewtiful Joe, Rogue Squadron, and TimeSplitters please.
Holy crap I literally BEGGED for this to come out on switch ever since launch day!! I put so many hours into the game on my Xbox one years ago, but unfortunately never finished it due to some issues on my account. Now I can definitely finish Beyond 1 comfortably wherever and whenever at the palm of my hands!
Really hoping this does well enough for Ubi to acknowledge their original ips and maybe add Rayman 3 Hd (or a remastered trilogy) on Switch and modern consoles down the line.
@AG_Awesome I think this is why I never kept playing too, hopefully for Switch they have better camera/control options to allow for inverting BOTH axis if that's how we roll
@AlexHarford Those are two of the greater games of that generation, which had some of the greatest games I ever played. Eternal Darkness is one of them, BG&E is also a personal favourite but was criminally overlooked and underrated back then.
@Stamina_Wheel @Daniel36 even as a Belgian (Flemish) player, I very highly appreciated the Dutch voice over. I later got an English copy as well, but kept both, as I had originally played it in Dutch and probably will again if this version has the option. Its how I know the game and characters best.
Oh my God, this ran at 30 fps on all the old machines. Having it at 60 on an OLED Switch would be incredible. I hope they don't forget the frame rate when they're porting this!
@Ooccoo_Jr I think you mean take the Michel*
This was one of the few games that was a part of what I call my GameCube sins, meaning games that I should have played and always wanted to play but wasting my opportunity to play them when I could have. If this stays legit for Switch I am not going to miss this opportunity to rectify this.
I love this game so much, I had it originally on PS2, re-bought it on Xbox and then got both HD editions when I had a PS3 and then a Series X. Always wanted a copy for GameCube, but finding one for a decent price has kept me content with what I do have. I hope this 20th anniversary edition adds something to the overall package, but even if not, I might just buy it again to support it. I just wish Ancel hadn't tried to make some insanely confusing prequel/sequel and just followed up on his original story for this one. It does end of a bit of a cliffhanger. Also hope that more people will play this game and give it some much needed fans.
Great, great game. Controls and camera are so-so and always have been, but the world, the aesthetic, the characters, the vibe, it's all awesome. (And the game's really easy anyway, so the camera and controls are only annoying up to a point.)
It's one of those early adventure games that couldn't give you an actual open 3D world but wanted to make you feel like you were in one, so it employs storytelling, progression, and smoke-and-mirrors to make the playable area seem bigger than it is. Which actually aged really well because from a modern perspective (which is the only perspective I have, since I never played it back in the day) it's like an antidote to present-day bloat and open-world emptiness.
Bring it on! Have wanted to play this for years
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