N64 Platformer 'Glover' Returns As A Physical Switch Release

I asked the president of Piko what the process difference is between "a limited run published game" and "a limited run distributed" game, and how the later doesn't kick you in teeth and call you a sad baby man for asking for a refund on merchandise lost in the mail and is instead just an actual video game you can buy in a store like God intended, but he just said "it was a standard preexisting contract."

Which only raises further questions.

Glover is alright, shame it had to be released by LRG. I wonder if they sponsored the AVGN episode to raise awareness before the announcement.

"Missing out on this release will not compromise a complete Limited Run set." I respect how brilliantly they fleece foolish gamers who think they're going to buy a house one day with their collection, as much as I despise this company and will never buy one of their products.

@Grail_Quest to be fair, this Glover port has existed for about 2 years now. It's just been PC exclusive. Square-Enix probably has WAY more bug checks going on with Gex than LRG's normal "exploit the laziness of the publisher for our own vanity" projects like when they work with Konami

@Coalescence the AVGN episode was sponsored by Piko, the actual current owners of Glover. I have nothing to sunstantiate this claim but blind hope, but I'm pretty sure Limited Run Distribution is the real Clear River America branch, considering they're the only releases people that aren't whales with long postal patience can get.

There's already a cheaper Evercade release (with other games on the cartridge too) for those interested.

Hopefully it’s the PlayStation version and not the N64 one. Watch Angry Video Game Nerd play both if you’ve never played it.

Really? Solely a physical LRG release? C'mon man just slap it on the eShop and call it a day, I'm not buying the cart.

And right after the AVGN released his newest YouTube video on how bad Glover really was. Is it really the glove you want to love? Or is it really that bad and it's just nostalgia until you play it again and realize just how bad it really was (it's okay, we all live in denial sometimes):

https://youtu.be/K2lV23zqWtY?si=g7q-6LCxXPLxPzJe

And I mean just released it as in 2 weeks ago

@TheBigK You say that now, until your without a Wi-Fi connection and your Switch is locked and you realize your renting your games. I've been there a couple times. That's why I love the convenience of digital but always have a physical backup because one day, digital will all be gone and that's it, and it'll happen. BUT, the fact you're making such a big deal about an old N64 game today, I think proves my point. One day the digital version of the game will be gone too and the N64 game you already want and likely don't have because it's uncommon now. I think you catch my drift

I am curious to revisit this game again; hopefully they offer a demo in eshop so I can get used to the controls and frankly primitive graphics all over again. I remember enjoying this one quite a bit as a kid…

@GMMXX And then one day you discover your entire comic book collection is destroyed because your basement flooded.

Physical =/= Permanence

Don't kid yourself. Physical is just as susceptible to loss or destruction.

@SillyG what platforms and what games are included?

@CazSonOfCaz : One is a remote possibility, the other is a certainty. In any case, nothing in life is permanent. Our trinkets will most likely outlive us, but at least they will maintain their utility and/or value.

@VHSGREMLIN : Evercade is a separate range of consoles that utilises their own cartridges.

There's the Super Pocket, which is pocket-sized; the Evercade EXP, which is larger, and boasts a wider aspect ratio; and the Evercade VS, which operates as a home console.

@GMMXX ya if that absolutely ridiculous perfect storm of circumstances happens to me I’ll be sure to, say well Gmmxx told me so.

Is this really a game people are going to go to the trouble of ordering a physical copy of, and for $35? Maybe for Rocket: Robot on Wheels…

Can we just get the digital release already? They first announced this what, two, three years ago?

The Evercade version is cheaper and comes with other games.

@SillyG Well, that "remote possibility" has actually happened to me.

What's interesting is that after all my physical collections were destroyed, my DIGITAL stuff was still fine, as I have everything, including my saved games, backed up in the cloud.

So, in my experience, digital is superior. And THAT is a "certainty."

Did they make the glove four fingers so it wouldn’t have a middle leg?

Anyone have the antidote for this comment section?? I’m not feeling very well lol

Here comes the hate train for LRG again. I'm just going to pre-order this once the listing becomes available and be happy.

@Blast16 Right!? Everyone is here just to complain. I'm just thankful there's even going to be a physical release at all. It's going to look great in my Switch collection!

Put the Rogue Squadron trilogy on Switch then we can talk about it.

It’s going to be on the eshop correct?

„Missing out on this release will not compromise a complete Limited Run set“
Does… does anybody really do that? Buy everything they release? Wow, I wasn’t aware that ‚whales‘ are a thing in the physical games business as well.

had glover as a kid and always kinda liked it. imagine gyro controls btw.

As a Glover apologist, even I think this price is...questionable. Especially with the weird stuff that I've heard about how they handled the previous re-release of this game.

Like I just spent...I wanna say this exact amount, from LRG, for a Beyond Good and Evil remaster, which was a game a whole generation later (when that still mattered), a higher budget game that was treated better in its re-release.

I maintain this makes perfect sense as an NSO release btw. It is a memorable N64 game where there's only so much money you can make selling it again. But I guess to be fair, I do still hear about Glover a lot more than I do the (non-Rare) 3rd party NSO N64 games. (all four of them)

@GMMXX Ive been locked out of digital too, on WiiU and PS3. I prefer physical, feel like I own it. Plus the price, I pre-ordered Echoes of Wisdom for £35.99 and when I pre-ordered Mario Wonder it was for £32.99 instead £49.99 digital and if I don't like a game I can sell or trade and not lose to much. When servers shut the physical games will still be there, as long as they are not update dependant, which with Nintendo's own isn't usually an issue, and the fact you can still buy and play games from the 80's shows this.

I played a little bit of Glover as a kid and I'd love to play it again, but $35 is a lot, especially as Limited Run has quite expensive overseas shipping last time I checked. While I do prefer physical, this is the kind of game I'd be perfectly happy to buy on the eShop for a lower price, so I'll wait for that.

@BradlyOverrated LRG deserves all the hate they get.

As much as I liked to fool around with the game for a couple hours back in the day, I'm not sure I would purchase it. I mean I didn't in the n64 days after someone lent it to me. This would have been a great fit for NSO though.

My purchase is heavily dependent on what version of glover this is. The n64 version looks like a good way to go bald.

Hmm. It's kinda annoying that it's Limited Run exclusive.. I really don't want to import - although I also really want to play this again too.

This should also be on the eshop. And I am still waiting for the sequel.

Oh sweet! I was going to get this on N64, but I kind of hate that controller a lot, so I'll be glad to get it on Switch or PS5! I probably will also get it on Evercade too of course, no such thing as too much Glover as my old man always said

I kinda love these awkward N64 platformers, though back in the day I made it to the last world of Glover and my save file corrupted and I lost everything, brutal!

I prob would get it again as a sucker for nostalgia, it's an incredibly frustrating game but also very charming.

Really confused from this article if it is going on eshop? And is postage extortionate for the UK if buying from limited run?

Okay, but when does the digital version come to the eShop?

Can someone fill me in briefly on the hate for LRG? I've heard about stuff like long shipping/delivery times, but is that it, or is there more I'm not familiar with? I've only ever bought one thing from them and it seemed like a pretty smooth experience.

Man I really wanna play this. It looks pretty charming.

Another one of those games that could have been nostalgia if only I could have afforded more games as a kid. But that makes it great to play now.

I do have nostalgia for this game, but I also remember the frustration. It's weird to clearly remember both in this longing way. I recall kt having such weird, depressing music and level themes. It was great.

@SillyG sounds rad! Worth buying?

That “carnival level” music has been living rent-free in my head for decades. As well as Glover’s panicked cry… which I heard. A lot. This game is nostalgic, to be sure, but unless it comes to eShop with a smaller price tag, I’m good. 🧤

@EVIL-C Thanks for reminding me! Hang on one second...and...pre-ordered! Have a wonderful day!

@Grackler never played either version. I’m sure the N64 version is the best one to the fans, but the AVGN made a whole video on much easier the PS1 version was over the N64.

Obviously both versions of the game met their demise at the end of the video… it’s the Angry Video Game Nerd after all.

@BradlyOverrated That's a bigger self-own than you may realize. 🤡 Plus, Glover was always meh even in its heyday. 🤷‍♂️

As someone who mightve worked on the original - I hope it's the good Playstation version, and not the impossible (and crap imho) n64 one.

1.Annoying captcha when I already did the password right NL.

2.I've been wanting a modern console version of the N64 version for a while now since the PC release. Getting on Evercade is cool for that audience but for the rest of us yeah got to be other consoles instead.

But LRG physical how lazy. I get Piko Interactive aren't large of a company but I mean come on just offer the digital and be done with it been waiting too long now. Gex sure that's handled differently and by a different team but even then I'd just get the Vita release at this point (I know the PS1 Glover port isn't good apparently according to some which I mean still baffles me when companies port something and your like hmm I don't know about this.

I get different hardware but why the more texture quality, sure different physics I can get why between consoles/languages/APIs and parts to convey what they were going for but even then. Some companies offer lazy ports sigh to either platform. It probably isn't as bad as people say but it does looks and act how it does regardless of what Youtubers as and using my brain/eyes to determine it myself and ignoring N64 bias, like sure I'm not into PC versions either but besides visuals they probably run fair enough too I guess) but at least get it over with.

Or else I'll just emu it and go stuff it.

I think this game does a fair job of glove animations and the whole ball transformation thing is neat and uses the ball in water/weight/point scoring and ball platforming situations well. It's hardly perfect but I think it's cool.

Glover/Space Station Silicon Valley NEED modern releases. Jumping Flash was fun. For a PS IP that gets left behind when it's really fun.

But I like Mort the Chicken regardless of how safe that games to play and so my B grade platformer standards are very different when AAA ones are 'fine' but the platforming or combat or other priorities just don't do it for me besides the B grade's sure not as good personality/quality but fair more compelling mechanics and level design to me.

Playing enough PS1/2 era games has made me go huh I'm getting into these, sure they are different in controls, graphics, way we think to play a game to achieve what it's asking of us but to me that's part of the challenge/fun. I get into many Genesis/Atari games from compilations and never played those consoles before and some were easy to understand in a few seconds while others were a fair challenge for me to learn. Better than some modern games being complex in their you get skill trees/other stuff but so boring in missions/level design/movesets and other factors but depends on the developer/genre as well and how fun and excellent they are or just boring and dumbed down their game is for a different audience that while fine is too much so and just not fun in the slightest.

@VHSGREMLIN : They're reasonably priced, but it depends on whether you really want physical cartridges of retro games.

Didn't play Glover, but I'd love to see Rocket: Robot On Wheels again.

@SillyG good to know. Much thanks.

@SillyG Both Evercade owners are at least luke warm at this news.
I kid. I'm actually jealous. I just always forget that Evercade is a thing when I'm looking at getting a new handheld. I usually see what Anbernic is doing this week.
I'm not being a smart ass. I really do want an Evercade. And I do own too many handheld emu things. I like carts a lot though. My thing is I need to put hands on an Evercade before I buy one. Is the build quality alright? How is the dpad?

@LikelySatan : Both the Super Pocket and Evercade EXP are pretty solid, the latter even more so (and it's a little heavier than it looks). The Super Pocket's D-pad is pretty standard but the EXP has more of a looser D-pad that was perhaps intended as something of a compromise for the lack of a joystick for arcade games. I think you'd get a pretty good idea of them by checking out some pictures of the consoles.

I haven't really played them since upgrading my phone a couple of months ago though (I've mainly been catching up on Pokémon Go and replaying GB/GBA/DS games via emulation), but I've briefly revisited them for the purposes of your inquiry.

I ultimately bought the Evercade consoles on impulse upon learning of the Duke Nukem Collection releases. I can't see myself getting much mileage out of them in the longterm though. I think an emulation handheld would be a far better investment if you find the Evercade library to be underwhelming, but they also seem to be stepping up with more ambitious releases in more recent months, which bodes well for its future.

AVGN just reviewed it... ***** game...

@EVIL-C There will always be people that will do something just to spite you... as you saw. I actually like Glover but wouldn't put cash down towards this after LRG's weird... everything... during the Hogwarts Legacy implosion. It's a genuine shame they are doing cool things (I am also legitimately PSYCHED for the Gex collection) because I really can't support them after that.

@Elbow At the risk of sounding too political, especially over one incident with LRG I'm barely familiar with, since many companies, and not solely LRG, are fire-happy when it comes to employees, as well as online trolls who actively try to get people fired, best thing I can say in general is be mindful about what one says online, and that goes for everybody. Most workplaces lack democracy as well, so it's difficult to even adjudicate a wrongful termination claim too, but that's an entirely seperate can of worms.

All of my issues with LRG are with their product quality, pricing, shipping times, the FOMO peddling crap, not being transparent with their CDs for the D release, Scott Pilgrim requiring an online check to work, recently focusing too much on terrible crap like Plumbers don't wear ties, losing touch with their roots as an indie-focused publisher, too many deals with established publishers like Bethesda, Ubisoft, Disney, Konami etc.. when they should be handling their own titles; those are just the criticisms off the top of my head. But hey, if that user wants to fund LRG with money, on an average 3D platformer from 25 years ago, it is what it is. 🤷‍♂️ But I'll give my rebuke iff they call me out first, lol. 😂

Hmmm looking forward to this remake to see what it looks like on modern systems will they update the controls.