Developer Digital Eclipse has revealed that the Green Ranger will be unlockable as a playable character in its upcoming 2D brawler, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind.
Revealed via social media, the team confirms that the Green Ranger, whose 'real life' identity is Tommy Oliver, will appear in the main game as part of the character's origin story. Once players complete the campaign, Tommy will be selectable as a playable character.
The Green Ranger became a firm fan favourite of the original TV series after his appearance as a villain. Once freed from Rita Repulsa's spell, Tommy joined the Rangers and eventually became the White Ranger during Season 2's 'White Light' saga.
Tommy Oliver was originally played by actor Jason David Frank, who maintained a strong relationship with the Power Rangers franchise and its fanbase from his first appearance in 1993 to his sad passing in 2022.
There's currently no firm release date set for Rita's Rewind, but the game is scheduled to launch on the Switch later this year. We recently went hands on at Gamescom and came away feeling very optimistic about the full title.
Are you looking forward to checking out the upcoming Power Rangers game from Digital Eclipse? Let us know your thoughts with a comment down below.
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OBV the coolest ranger ever! so glad to see this and what an inspired choice for an "unlockable." 👍
Oooh, ahhh, a palette swap! How thrilling! xD
Pretty cool that Green Ranger is unlockable, but even more so that you have to complete the campaign first because his story is part of it!
Shame that they already said that all characters play exactly the same....
this would be cool news if the characters didn't all play the same
it's even less cool considering that the move pool is apparently even more limited than Shredder's Revenge which is not great because I thought that game was a bit too limited already
RIP Tommy (Jason David Frank) aka the coolest power ranger ever. I always liked him best in Mighty Morphin and Dino Thunder, but his green variation will always be my favorite.
Huh? What happened to all players playing the same? Does this mean Green Ranger doesn't play the same, but also uses the power of friendship?
The odd thing is that this would be the first Mighty Morphin Power Rangers game where we could finally play as the green ranger on a Nintendo console. All the MMPR Nintendo games back then never had the green ranger or dragonzord as a playable character (not even the Zyuranger game had him as playable), he's only exclusive to Sega for some reason. Now that Sega and JDF are gone, they finally made it happen.
So like Casey Jones being unlocked at the end of Shredder's Revenge, if he had story relevance and was just a pallet swap.
I need a release date so that I know when my bank account will take a hit.
1 - Who care? They all play the same!
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@Serpenterror
What about that horrible fighting game?
What sucks is I was really looking forward to this game!
The news yesterday? about them all being just pallette swaps really killed my interest!
There is a national power rangers day?! Why?
@Ryu_Niiyama To recognize the brave teenagers in colorful tights who protect our planet from intergalactic aliens in thier giant robot.
Does he play any different?
Well, duh, there was a green car on the rollercoaster in the trailer.
@Spider-Kev That game was only on PlayStation 4 and Xbox, it was never released for Switch.
And then when you beat the game with him you unlock white ranger Tommy, right? What a badass moment in the first movie, good times
@NeonMullet Or had one button be same-y/generic martial arts and the other be each of their unique weapons, with different combos switching between them. Still keeps it simple but everyone unique.
They couldn't even reach the low bar of TMNT II style, where the only variation is how much reach the weapons had. I call Donnie!
@Spider-Kev actually, it is on the switch
All is right in the world now.
Dear Eclipse,
I was already buyin’ the game. Once you’ve made the sale, stop sellin’.
EDIT: although, that does suck pretty bad that all the rangers have the EXACT same move set. I was hoping they’d at least do the thing they did on Sega’s Power Rangers Movie where they at least have their respective weapons or whatever else. Who knows, like another said, I just want the release date so I can give my wallet a heads up. He’s still whining about that recent eshop sale.
@NeonMullet this news is disappointing. I was hoping to get this one but now I’m thinking I may not. Very strange in a genre where things can easily get stale to not give each ranger their own unique moveset. They’re already just character palette swaps. Strange decision, no?
@Ryu_Niiyama August 28th 1993 was the day Mighty Morphin Power Rangers aired, so I imagine they're just referring to the anniversary.
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